For many years I planned on doing just that upon retirement, I love the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately before retirement happened far too many California liberals beat me there.
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For many years I planned on doing just that upon retirement, I love the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately before retirement happened far too many California liberals beat me there.
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Indio is about 25 miles east of Palm Springs. It is NOT dry-humidity, at all--its proximity to the Salton Sea and much nearby irrigated farmland raises its air moisture SIGNIFICANTLY. West end of the Coachella Valley is pretty dry, but east of about Cook or Washington Streets you hit a wall of dense, humid air that makes Georgia in August seem mild by comparison. You should try 128*/75% relative humidity in wool unform pants and body armor to fully appreciate the effects. 4 years of that drag was quite enough, thank you.
It was 111* here a few minutes ago, down from 3 P.M.'s 115* reading. I'm sure the Chamber of Commerce and realty association will revise those figures shortly.
It was 111* here a few minutes ago, down from 3 P.M.'s 115* reading. I'm sure the Chamber of Commerce and realty association will revise those figures shortly.
waco
Springfield, Oregon
Yeah. Most of them live up and down I-5far too many California liberals beat me there.
Get east of the Cascades and your set!
Rally Hess
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We've had a couple days around 80-82 this year. Any hotter and I'll go to the basement!! I was in Manitoba for six days and it was warmer there than it was here in Mn. when I talked with the wife on the phone. The ticks were bad when I was there.
Pistolero
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Smokeywolf - that is where I was born, Ventura. Dad was doing flight test support at
Pt. Magu and Edwards for many missile programs, Sidewinder, a lot for the Regulus and
predecessors (US built versions of V-1, look up "Loon").
Happy not to be there these days, not talking weather. A little bit of family left, but mostly
second cousins that I don't know too well, aunts and uncles all gone from around Alameda.
Last time I was there, saw LOTS of strawberry fields.
Central Fla without AC when in HS and not in the dorms in college, either. No AC in
my cars, either. Now that I can afford it, AC is a mandatory luxury item, even though
KS is not anywhere near as humid as central Fla.
Bill
Pt. Magu and Edwards for many missile programs, Sidewinder, a lot for the Regulus and
predecessors (US built versions of V-1, look up "Loon").
Happy not to be there these days, not talking weather. A little bit of family left, but mostly
second cousins that I don't know too well, aunts and uncles all gone from around Alameda.
Last time I was there, saw LOTS of strawberry fields.
Central Fla without AC when in HS and not in the dorms in college, either. No AC in
my cars, either. Now that I can afford it, AC is a mandatory luxury item, even though
KS is not anywhere near as humid as central Fla.
Bill
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smokeywolf
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Born and raised in SoCal. Didn't discover what humidity really was until I was 19. I was helping a friend drive a semi (tractor-trailer rig) from SoCal to Falls Church, Maryland. Spent several hours in a truck stop on the outskirts of Fort Worth. 10 PM, 72 degrees and sweating as if the temp was 92. Humidity was so heavy, we were literally in a cloud.
Strawberry fields are still in the Oxnard plains area. I think they still have a strawberry festival each year out near the Channel Islands marina.
Strawberry fields are still in the Oxnard plains area. I think they still have a strawberry festival each year out near the Channel Islands marina.
Pistolero
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Could that have been Falls Church, Va, just outside of DC? Used to live there many years
ago. Yes, that part of the country has real humidity, a whole different layer of sweating.
KS has some humidity, but not really like in the south. 95F and 95% was a common weather
report when I lived near Gainesville. Going to be back there in early July to visit family.
My grandmother lived in Oxnard, that was where my father met my mother just after WW2.
Pretty country, but when I go to visit, there are constant reminders that I need to be home.
Enjoy the historic races at Laguna Seca, flew the Long EZ in to Monterrey about 10 years ago, but
again, not a place to suit me to live. We lived on 29 Mile Drive when I was little, still remember
seeing deer in our yard there. Dad always kicked himself for not keeping and renting the
house he bought there. Would have been worth a lot of $$.
Bill
ago. Yes, that part of the country has real humidity, a whole different layer of sweating.
KS has some humidity, but not really like in the south. 95F and 95% was a common weather
report when I lived near Gainesville. Going to be back there in early July to visit family.
My grandmother lived in Oxnard, that was where my father met my mother just after WW2.
Pretty country, but when I go to visit, there are constant reminders that I need to be home.
Enjoy the historic races at Laguna Seca, flew the Long EZ in to Monterrey about 10 years ago, but
again, not a place to suit me to live. We lived on 29 Mile Drive when I was little, still remember
seeing deer in our yard there. Dad always kicked himself for not keeping and renting the
house he bought there. Would have been worth a lot of $$.
Bill
smokeywolf
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There are some very valid reasons why Rick no longer lives in SoCal and humidity or not, I will be following his example as soon as I can. Unfortunately I have to put priority on the boys' education and at this point, because of the advanced classes that Mr. Know-it-all (our moniker for him when he was 5) is taking, It's looking like I'm stuck here for another Winter.
Pistolero
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Putting your kid's education first shows you have your priorities squared away.
Time to get them out and into Free America when you can make it work the best. Nobody can
know when that is better than you can.
Best wishes on your escape to freedom. I saw an article recently that 60,000 or more
(net) people were moving out each year from Cali.
Bill
Time to get them out and into Free America when you can make it work the best. Nobody can
know when that is better than you can.
Best wishes on your escape to freedom. I saw an article recently that 60,000 or more
(net) people were moving out each year from Cali.
Bill
KHornet
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Woke up this am to rolling thunder, steady rain, and 64 degrees! It was delightful
after two weeks without rain. I watered the lawn last night, which of course is why
we got some rain. The old farmers saying is that corn should be "knee high by the
4th of July. Most of the corn in this area is about 5' and with the rain last night will
be jumping a couple of inches in the next couple of days.
after two weeks without rain. I watered the lawn last night, which of course is why
we got some rain. The old farmers saying is that corn should be "knee high by the
4th of July. Most of the corn in this area is about 5' and with the rain last night will
be jumping a couple of inches in the next couple of days.
GMO isn't a chemical process. It's where the DNA from one plant is spliced into another plant such as various types of corn to gain the benefits of both plants in one. Examples are insect resistance, growth rate, grain quantity etc. It's not chemical and it's not cloning. Don't think that it only happens in America, it's world wide. Buy your own corn seed and odds are it's genetically modified.
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GMO isn't hybrids either. Hybrids are simple cross breeding. No different from breeding race horses to give best properties of both parents.
The GMO stuff, like a Rick said, is when a specific gene is removed from a different organism and added to give a specific trait.
The GMO stuff, like a Rick said, is when a specific gene is removed from a different organism and added to give a specific trait.
Pistolero
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No fear of GMO here. Just another crop improvement, IMO.
That loess up near Brad REALLY, REALLY grows corn. I have traveled a lot and never
seen corn like that part of SE Nebraska in those loess hills, along Rt 75. Too bad the loess museum
flooded out. Have they rebuilt it yet?
Talking to a farm wife about how fast the corn was growing, she swore that there were
nights you could hear it growing when it had just rained and it was the peak of growing
speed. I asked if she was kidding, and she gave me a serious look, and said, "No, you really
can hear it."
Who am I to doubt?
Bill
That loess up near Brad REALLY, REALLY grows corn. I have traveled a lot and never
seen corn like that part of SE Nebraska in those loess hills, along Rt 75. Too bad the loess museum
flooded out. Have they rebuilt it yet?
Talking to a farm wife about how fast the corn was growing, she swore that there were
nights you could hear it growing when it had just rained and it was the peak of growing
speed. I asked if she was kidding, and she gave me a serious look, and said, "No, you really
can hear it."
Who am I to doubt?
Bill
KHornet
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Never heard it grow, but then I have to wear hearing aids, so maybe I missed out on
it happening. Don't know for sure about the Loess museum but don't believe it is rebuilt.
Was down in Ka to Lawrence to buy clay 2 weeks ago, and noticed that our corn up here
seemed to be about a foot higher than what was between Topeka and Lawrence.
it happening. Don't know for sure about the Loess museum but don't believe it is rebuilt.
Was down in Ka to Lawrence to buy clay 2 weeks ago, and noticed that our corn up here
seemed to be about a foot higher than what was between Topeka and Lawrence.