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Misc 2020 Banter Thread

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Not a bad evening view out my backyard of the marsh:

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Now that same view but later into the night with lightning illuminating cumulonimbus that are about 35 miles away per the radar:

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Here’s a radar shot from just a few minutes later showing how far to the NW were the storms from SAV...~35 miles:

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BufordWX said:
What string of years would anyone here consider their favorite for weather? My favorite stretch of interesting weather around here is 2008-2011. So many things happened during those years.
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2008-2011 did have a lot of my most fondest weather moments happen especially with winter storms.
 
Weatherlover92 said:
2008-2011 did have a lot of my most fondest weather moments happen especially with winter storms.
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Severe weather was pretty good those years too. March 2008, February 2009, April 2009, and Spring 2011 had some pretty good severe events around here. Also had an EF2 tornado pass within 3-4 miles of my house during November 2010.
 
NoSnowATL said:
Man she was big and beautiful.
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I'll never forget waking up to a Cat 5 that day. It was a 3 when I went to bed

What a year 2005 was though Dennis in early July and then Wilma broke the all time pressure in the Atlantic that still stands. I actually was watching recon in Wilma and even the NHC didn't believe the reading at first actually even Rita went sub 900 in the Gulf Katrina ended up somehow being the weakest of the three!!

Also for the 93 blizzard we lived in East Alabama and I was 4 years old(gosh time flies lol) the only thing I really remember was the drifts over my head and walking through the snow to a friends house who had power I presume. I still have yet to top that
 
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BufordWX said:
What string of years would anyone here consider their favorite for weather? My favorite stretch of interesting weather around here is 2008-2011. So many things happened during those years.
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I’d go 1987-1990. Saw the Jan 88 powder bomb and Hugo passed about 10-20 miles to my East
 
NoSnowATL said:
I was 8 and you’re too damn young!
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I was 20, and in college. Best and worst storms of my life happened in college (Troy State University). Blizzard of '93 Thunder Snow (Best), Hurricane Opal '95 (Worst). I lived in a trailer on this guys 300 acre farm 4 miles out of town...I went without power for 9 days. Cold showers, cooking on a grill for everything, and studying by candlelight.
 
BufordWX said:
I was too young to remember it as it happened, but Katrina was a interesting storm to watch based off the research into its life and impacts I have done. It’s large size was also very impressive. For a storm that made landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi, northeast Georgia still had some sizable impacts. Those outer bands produced a good bit of tornadoes around here too.
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I know I'm a bit late, but at the time of Katrina I was in the Florida National Guard. My unit was preparing to deploy to Iraq, and we were in training in New Jersey. With the news of the looting, and fighting on the streets, plus all the search and rescue, they activated a few Florida (and other surrounding state) guard units. We were kinda crossing our fingers they'd take us and cancel our deployment overseas. Needless to say it didn't happen, but that's the memory of Katrina.
 
smast16 said:
I know I'm a bit late, but at the time of Katrina I was in the Florida National Guard. My unit was preparing to deploy to Iraq, and we were in training in New Jersey. With the news of the looting, and fighting on the streets, plus all the search and rescue, they activated a few Florida (and other surrounding state) guard units. We were kinda crossing our fingers they'd take us and cancel our deployment overseas. Needless to say it didn't happen, but that's the memory of Katrina.
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Thank You for your service. ?
 
Drove my ATV through a Yellowjacket nest about 45 minutes ago. Before I knew what I had done they were already swarming on top of me. They stung me about 8-10 times then followed me about 150 yards back across the creek. All over me. Even got down into my boots. I’m not allergic but could feel my throat swelling about 10 minutes after. Really just an all around sh*t experience. If I die later tonight I just want to go on record and say that it wasn’t Covid.
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Drove my ATV through a Yellowjacket nest about 45 minutes ago. Before I knew what I had done they were already swarming on top of me. They stung me about 8-10 times then followed me about 150 yards back across the creek. All over me. Even got down into my boots. I’m not allergic but could feel my throat swelling about 10 minutes after. Really just an all around sh*t experience. If I die later tonight I just want to go on record and say that it wasn’t Covid.
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I absolutely despise bees. I ran like a little girl trying to shoot raid at a wasp nest earlier this week in my garage.
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Drove my ATV through a Yellowjacket nest about 45 minutes ago. Before I knew what I had done they were already swarming on top of me. They stung me about 8-10 times then followed me about 150 yards back across the creek. All over me. Even got down into my boots. I’m not allergic but could feel my throat swelling about 10 minutes after. Really just an all around sh*t experience. If I die later tonight I just want to go on record and say that it wasn’t Covid.
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Dude, were you driving super slow? Or was the nest in a tree or something? I hope you're ok. I have mowed over them many times on my riding mower. You can usually get one free pass, but if you fail to realize that you went over them one time already, oh baby. They will light your booty up!
 
Rain Cold said:
Dude, were you driving super slow? Or was the nest in a tree or something? I hope you're ok. I have mowed over them many times on my riding mower. You can usually get one free pass, but if you fail to realize that you went over them one time already, oh baby. They will light your booty up!
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I was traversing some bushy terrain very slowly. I’m in pain.
 
I think there is a wasps nest in my attic . No one has gone up in 3 years and I almost did today . I just couldn’t do it though, I say this because we have seen wasps in the bathroom by the fan inside the duct . My mom also hears buzzing . I need to put some boxes up there god dang it . Worst wasps I ever seen were deep in a tobacco field and in the corn I had growing a few years ago. I was in full heavy pajamas, hats, and scarves as I wacked at em .
 
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