There's a freight train of storms coming out of Africa. The rain we've had this summer has been unbelievable. We'll certainly have to keep an eye on these systems.

We had a torrential rainstorm today at work. A small storm cell appeared out of nowhere and drenched us for about 20 minutes. We have weather advisories for tomorrow for more heavy rain. It looks like Franklin will give us another drenching next weekend. I guess on the bright side the garden loves all this rain (as long as you can keep the slugs and earwigs at bay). This "rogue" butternut squash started from a seed that was in our compost pile. It's growing about 6" a day!

Looks like it will miss NS.  NL might get a brush, but it's looking like it will pass to the south.

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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4SPEED427 wrote:

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You should do a time lapse photography of the growth.

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 It's heading towards the house. I'm afraid it might strangle me in my sleep! 

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Uh-oh.

You've seen Jack And The Beanstalk (well, more the Beanstalk Bunny version...), right?  You might wake up in the morning and be in the clouds...

Im guessing Franklin will have some affect on us, waves, rain, some wind. Its supposed to hit 215kph sustained winds, bermuda is in trouble. 

Another probable hurricane has formed in the Caribbean, could head across the Gulf of Mexico and hit florida, then go back into the Atlantic. Its still August. September is usually the big month. 

my wife is over in Europe on a cruise with the girls, they have already missed 2 stops because of Hurricane threats. they had to high tail it out to sea to stay away from it. Tonight she said the lightning show is unreal but she doesnt like how much the boat is rocking. evey thing on deck has been tied down

6 am unbelievable but they say it will drop to 5 this afternoon