It’s been incredibly hot for the PNW this week. High 97F today. I’m thanking my trees for helping to keeping my home cool by providing shade and cooling the surrounding air through evaporation. Shading blocks direct sunlight, reducing surface and air temperatures by as much as 20–45°F (11–25°C). Evapotranspiration is the process where trees absorb water through their roots and release it as vapor through their leaves, which absorbs heat from the air and cools it. Natures cooling system. Occasionally I have turned on the AC for a few minutes. I do run the fan occasionally to help distribute the cooler air inside the house.
In just 2 days from now, it is predicted that this front from India is going to move over to Karachi. So more unusually heavy rains are expected - The countdown now starts...
This guy is having fun with his family in the rain. The video unfortunately isn't in English, but it doesn't need to be, as you'll be able to see and understand everything. It just shows how an average family here deals with such weather. Video starts when rains start and kids are sent back home from school very early. So what's a dad got to do? When Mom isn't home, (but has left a shopping and groceries list), he himself isn't going to work because of the rain. And kid's school too closed until further notice.
Good morning all, clear sky and light winds temp 13c to 27c Precipitation 0% Sunrise 6.07 Sunset 20.12 Sunny later
Funny, as 20°C is our winter temperature. Which will arrive in late December, and go away in early January.
Sink holes Natural Causes Dissolution of Soluble Rock: Acidic rainwater, which becomes slightly acidic when it absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, seeps into the ground and dissolves carbonate rocks like limestone, chalk, or gypsum. Human-Induced Causes Water Leaks: Broken water mains, leaking sewer pipes, and even irrigation systems can direct water underground, dissolving the soil and rock layers and creating voids. Underground Void Formation: This process creates underground cavities and voids over long periods. Collapse: The roof of these voids eventually weakens and collapses under the weight of the overlying soil, rocks, and structures, forming a sinkhole. Water Table Fluctuations: Changes in the water table can destabilize these voids. A decline in groundwater levels (drought or heavy groundwater pumping) can remove the buoyant support from beneath the void's roof, making it more prone to collapse. Groundwater Abstraction: Over-pumping groundwater for wells and other uses can lower the water table, reducing support for subsurface voids. Construction: Altered drainage patterns, heavy loads from construction equipment, and excavation activities can all weaken the ground and contribute to sinkhole formation. Water Impoundments: Artificial ponds and basins concentrating large amounts of water can accelerate the erosion of subsurface materials.
It's all big news here. As it's what this season of extra heavy Monsoon downpours has brought all over...
Dew points in the 40's three days in a row. Yes, you read that right...THE FORTIES So I am going to take full advantage of it... I'm buying extra beer
Today I got up and took my morning coffee outside on the porch, as usual, and I was almost chilly !! 68°f - 89 for the high !! Fall weather for me !! I wonder when Indian Summer will get here? January? @S-H Florida gets lots of sinkholes but they are not usually under roads but, instead, in people'yards and swallow up houses. Years ago a Dam broke in New Jersey and the waters were, in the middle of the night, running wild in the gully / swampy area next to the apartment complex I lived in in New Egypt New Jersey. The street in front of the complex contained a bridge over that wet area and the whole bridge fell in. There was a car down there but, thankfully, the people got out safely. I had to go way around to get to the other side of town since the next bridge, that was in the center of town, was flooded over. 4' of water was running over it, people who opened their doors to leave their flooded houses couldn't close their doors behind them so furniture was floating all over town !! Water is very powerful.
The above picture is from this morning, so it looked like the danger had passed. But this picture below, (latest), show that the storm is back with a vengeance... @Anniekay - I agree with you completely. Water is indeed EXTREMELY powerful! Simply because it's a fluid, and obviously doesn't compress. Take for example the engineering field of hydraulics - Since it's invention till today. There is literally nothing more powerful! And why is that so? Same reason, it's fluid operated, which doesn't compress. Thus transfers force without any loss in energy, regardless of distance...
