So, im not sure exactly how this affects the mid-atlantic, but I know that the El Nino this year in the pacific jacked up all the winter weather back east because the jet stream drops down further south, which is why MD and DC got bamboozled by snow.... But just a heads up, today in SD they released that we are looking at a La Nina summer/fall which is going to dry us out good on the west coast and leave cooler water and less wind in the fall.... But look up the ol' farmer's almanac and see if this is good or bad for you... I am pretty sure the La Nina out west translates into positive surfing conditions back east... Not sure, but regardless of the reactions, La Nina is here.... enjoy. They always said that the surf isnt as good out west during La Ninas, but I recall some of my best winters after a la nina episode...
La Nina is associated with an increase in Atlantic tropical storms. So, ya, now, its our turn, hopefully!
is there something going on with the low amount of rain that we are getting here in NJ? Combined with the record breaking heat we've had this june? I mean summer just started and the temps seem to show that summer has been here for 6 weeks already.
I totally agree with the lack of rain and I've got the blonding lawn to prove it. The temps are going to start normalizing in the next week though. It does kind of feel like we went from harsh winter right into harsh summer though.
yeah really I mean we're experiencing drought like conditions during a month that is normally still relatively cool and wet. I hope the temps normalize but just looked at the forecast and the highs for the next 10 days are: 82, 89, 83, 91, 87, 82, 77, 81, 83, 84 what happened to the 73 and dry weather that I am used to this time of year? Those days are the best. I guess one benefit to all of this is the water is warmer than usual and if this continues it might get into the upper 70's by the end of august. Tell me about the lawn I have been back and forth from my lawn to our other property trying to keep water on it to no real avail.
I have real time temperature monitors on my desktop for like 6 places, so everyday all year I al looking at multiple places back east... I have A/C NJ, OC MD, VB, HATTERAS, CAROLINA BEACH on there as well as SD AC NJ has been consistently hotter for the past few weeks than even down in CB. Usually, CB takes the heat cake, with Vb right behind it, but OC MD has been the most mild temps and coastal NJ has been reading like death valley.... So, this is out of the norm? I was starting to think NJ had its own micro climate.,.... And OC Spong: I was talking about out west... The jet stream links us all together.... The same thing that happened to MD this winter happened out west... The Pacific Northwest always has nice winter weather when the jet stream shifts down on both coasts... The NE is super nice, like this past winter and so is the NW.... It all goes hand in hand.... Its just gonna be a bad wildfire season out in the socal dessert. And since we had El Nino this winter, that means we got a few days of rain, which mean all the vegetation grew more than normal, which means in mid july, there is going to be that much more dead brush and vegetation... So, SoCal is screwed regardless... People say we always need rain. but if we get it, it just leaves more **** to burn out in the dessert.
And i dont know if you all have been following this, but SD has been experiencing quakes everyday since easter.... Our whoe fault line is out of place and this place is like sitting on a washing machine.... Quakes from 3-6.0s everyday.... Sketchy... They say the earth out in the imperial valley shifted 2 feet south, and a bunch of crust on the earth has shifted upwards as much as 4 inches.... Creepy.
Thats what the crazies are saying. Who knows. Its pretty commonplace actually. But I have felt really heavy once about once per week. They say that the initial quake at easter was triggered by the huge plate shifts down in Chile. Basically what they are saying right now is that all the plates along our nearest fault line are "settling". They are all a little out of place, so when one drops back into place, there is more pressure put on a different side of it a long distance away, giving another quake... I just hope Arizona doesnt start sporting ocean front real estate =) THe only times im really tripped out is when it happens while im working. My restaurant sits atop the LJ cove, on the edge of a sheer cliff right above the ocean. Doesnt feel the most stable of structures... Since its built on clay and sand etc... shady. The tiles on my outdoor patio floor at work buckled two feet up in the air 3 weeks ago during one.
maybe this is just b/c i'm from the east coast, but IMO, the ground SHOULD NOT MOVE. ground/earth is supposed to stay in place. hurricanes, snow storms, nor'easters, floods...who cares? the ground starts moving beneath my feet, i'll be praying to every known deity & several i'll invent right there on the spot. when i was about 10 my family went on a vacation to southern california & did all the usual touristy stuff (sea world, disney, sd zoo & wild animal park, etc...). about mid-week, there was a quake up around san fransico & we felt at the hotel we were staying at in san clemente. if i'd had my way, we would've been on the next flight back to nj. it's just so UNNATURAL to me to feel the ground heave like that. that said, we went to disneyland that day & didn't wait in one line all day...
Haha. I feel you. My fiance is from Baltimore, and when she moved here almost a decade ago, she told me that if the ground ever shook, we were high tailing it out of there. She slept through the first few big quakes that happened when I lived here. The first two were 6.0+ quakes. Both times, I was in the top floor of the Merrill Lynch Building in downtown San Diego... The first one I felt, I thought it was a subway at first, and by the tmie I realized that there is no subway in San Diego, it was over. Whole building shook though. The second quake I was in the same office, and all the walls and framing of the building began swaying and twisting. You could feel the whole building shift back and forth. From a distance, you can actually see the building sway if you are up in Balboa Park looking at the skyline.... But, I guess my point is, I have experienced multiple quakes, and there are no big deal. Really. Out of all the quakes ive been in in 8 years, there has been ZERO, and i mean ZERO damage to anything in San Diego County. Not even a tree has fallen... So while San Francisco sits on a giant fault line, and ive been told that the pennisula that is to the Northwest of the city, it going to snap off and the entire bay area is going under water.... But lucky for SoCal, the main fault lines are about 100 miles inland, so the epicenters are really far away.... Here are the two misconceptions about living in Socal with the natural disasters... I am a surfer, so I live by the beach... Wild fires burn out in the dessert... So, tip #1, if you move to Socal, stay west of the 5, because if you buy a house ni the dessert, it very well may burn down..... Second is the Quakes... They are scary, but they have left no damage at all... I had a restaurant full of business guys frmo Texas in when the last one hit. They were hooting and hollaring afterwards saying that it was the coolest thing ever.. So, since im from the east coast too, I agree that it sounds really bad. But its not what people think. its nothing. Most people dont even pull over or pay any attention... So, I guess Quakes could be potentially "scarier" than a hurricane etc... Because if a really bad quake hit and you are inside a building that collapses, yeah your done.... But I think the Hurricanes are worse for people, because they are inevitably damaging. If you own coastal property from Florida to OBX, and even Jer and MD sometimes, you are going to get blown off the map sometimes within 10-15 years.... I mean, at least with hurricanes, you see them coming, you grab the dogs and kids and you bounce... So, yeah they are safer... But Hurricanes detroy everything... They will take out a whole city... So, ill take a few little quakes with that regard... as long as its not the "Big one".... But long story short, quakes suck, but they arent that bad.
