Hi Ike

[da_lj]

So I heard we had rain warnings this weekend for 5-10cm/2-3.9" total. The first storm is due today; the second, tomorrow, the remnants of hurricane Ike.

That seems like a lot of weather activity, but Google Maps makes it seem more immediate with their Fall Hurricanes map.

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[da_lj]

The rain hit after the photos were taken for USians Abroad.

Fingers crossed d. can successfully take off this afternoon...

[melted_snowball]

looks pretty good: almost no flights are delayed. Phew...

(would be good if the kid that's screaming would shut up...)

[da_lj]

Sedatives in his gazpacho?..

[ng_nighthawk]

This is reminding me of the Colorado weather preparedness lesson I gave Z-man (age 3):

Tornado: go into the basement
Flash flood: find high ground
Lightning: Find shelter
Tsunami: Just sit down and find someone/thing to hug. It will all be over soon.

A hurricane (albeit mightily reduced in strength) in Toronto is not quite as odd a tsunami hitting Denver, but it still feels a bit bizarre.

[pyesetz]

we don't even have a Warning for our county. Um, yet.

This oversight has been corrected.  EnviroCanada is now predicting 50-100 mm for today and *another* 50-100 mm for tomorrow, with a lull in between.  I think I'd better go out and pick tomatoes tomorrow before they split from excessive moisture.

It's odd that the word "flooding" did not appear in a warning that predicts 8 inches of water over two days.