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  Saturday’s Nice or Nasty outlook is for Deep South thunderstorms and monsoon rains continuing in the Sonoran Desert. New aengland enjoys a Camelot summer day. #NastyOrNiceOutlook

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  Mr Sycamore wanted his street side photographed.

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  Republican nCongress is not so hot on oyster restoration. https://www.whro.org/environment/2026-07-17/congress-could-open-chesapeake-bay-oyster-sanctuaries-for-commercial-harvest

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  NHC has its weather eye peeled on an Atlantic coast rainmaker. https://www.weather.gov/akq/Tropical

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  Wednesday’s Naughty or Nice outlook … don’t believe the bluebird of happiness. Severe weather in the Great Plains. Excessive rain in an arc from Houston to Washington. And unpleasant heat and humidity over much of the country Wednesday. Cue “Stormy Weather” #NastyOrNiceOutlook #SevereWeather

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  The excessive rainfall blob has changed shape. Storms are starting to pop in the 757 as prophesied. Flash flood watch just went live. #vawx

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  NWS Wakefield Thursday Forecaster’s Discussion Extreme Heat Warnings are issued for parts of Southeast Virginia, including Tidewater, due to expected Heat Indices of 110 or greater. 1) A major heat wave will continue today through Sunday, breaking down by late this weekend. This could be the most significant in magnitude and duration since July 2012 for most of the CWA. 2) Temperatures will gradually trend closer to normal late in the holiday weekend and beyond, with a more unsettled pattern.

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  Heat warnings for Wednewday through Friday. Thunderstorms Friday. Include access to cooling and shelter in your weekend plans.

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  Fireflies!

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  The #FUGLY has returned with a vengeance. Chew each breath thoroughly as humidity is high and winds are light. Today’s forecast is for afternoon and evening thunderstorms possible with isolated strong storms. Saturday’s advisory are for today’s storms and for continuing #HHH #VAwx #NCwx #SevereWeather

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  Sunday’s Nasty or Nice outlook begins with the US radar composite. It’s a complicated tangle of fronts with some rain showing. #NCwx #VAwx #NastyOrNice #SevereWeather

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  Mr. Pecan heard King Trump talking about the demented leader with nuclear weapons and thought Trump was talking about himself.

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  While Artemis 2 crew was trying to describe a lump of moldy Brie without out using the words “gray”, “green”, or “cheese”

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  Apparently, it is to be a bit breezy today. #VAwx

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  Brushless excitation has long been used in AC TurboGenerators for reliability and efficiency. The trick is to wind two machines on the rotor shaft, the motor armature and an exciter generator. A second stator winding creates the exciter field. This field is controlled to adjust the strength of the rotor field which controls the machine’s back EMF presented by the stator. This trick dates back to the 1960’s. A GE friend introduced me to it in the early ‘80s. https://apple.news/A4e3qYxNJR4iwUZ...

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  The Regional Greenhouse Gases Initiative is similar to the SO2 market used to manage SO2 emissions that caused acid rain. Keep in mind that the utility customers always pay because that’s where the revenue comes from. If your emissions are lower than RGGI quota, you can sell credits. The idea is to encourage use of lowest heat-rate generation and harvesting of energy from environmental sources (wind, solar, hydro). The trading market worked well for acid rain . https://www.whro.org/environme...

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  Bonus story from our Planet Money friends. They do long-form reporting on the economy — Bill Phillips is noted for his insight into things economic. https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/07/g-s1-116575/how-bill-phillips-used-flowing-water-to-model-the-economy

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  Good thing I still have my winter coat on. That purple on the weather hazard map is a freeze warning. Them’s for agricultural interests mostly that may have plants in the ground — tobacco and peaches especially. Those not treated to overnight freezes can worry about wildfire ignition and spread. That’s the second color ashore. And blowy on the bay and offshore waters. #VAwx @NCwx #greyhounds

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  Especially good Purple Haze today. #Blueberry #porridge #SlowFood

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  I’m working on supper on demand. #greyhounds

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  Collar City April Fools. 3 more weeks of crazy before spring.

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  Dismal Thomas and Dismal Gardener built IKEA Tuesday afternoon. I hid. In the red room.

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  Dismal Butler changed the duvet cover Tuesday.

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  Dismal Chef gave me too much waffle yesterday. I’m stinking out the residence as gut bacteria are fermenting up a brown fog. #greyhounds

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  Tuesday’s sunset is candy floss and bubblegum.

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  Looking back over our shoulder in the candy floss pink light of Tuesday’s sunset.

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  Interrupted Tom Petty and Heartbreakers to catch the news. Artemis astronauts are looking for the source of an odor in the cabin.

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  We should be eating so good — https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-2/artemis-ii-whats-on-the-menu/

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  Doing important things after Dismal Butler finally opened the gardens. #greyhounds

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  Mr Sycamore has his Easter bonnet on.