☔ JUNE 2025

 2025

For annual ❄️ WEATHER DATA ☔ <= over the years.

 

 They predicted we'd get 30 - 50mm rain the other day. What did we get? Only 0.89 mm (0.035"). The next day, June 28th, that was a storm.

Predicting extreme weather systems is fairly important. Still, NOAA has cut 10% of its workforce and has  limited satellite access to the DoD (both navy and air force) data. "Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in U.S. federal cuts"

Hurricane Fiona information came from the NOAA satellites. It saves lives. It helps give warnings. 

For us, on well and septic, totally dependent upon electricity, we need the warnings. Candles, flashlights, potable water... many of you know the drill.

June 26 or 27th, they warned of 30 - 50mm rain. We had ONE mm!

June 24 more storms

June 22, big storm

That was a heckuva storm. We were asleep at this point.

Others didn't quite make it through the storm unscathed.Despite evacuations from campsites, there were three incidents I heard of where campers had trees blown on tents or trailers. Thank goodness for emergency responders. There was one death, another where a camper van was struck by trees and the man had his leg broken:

• Storm downs trees, knocks out power in Mattawa, Ont., area

a third remote rescue where

• Rescuers saw, paddle their way to badly hurt boy in Algonquin Park.

Lightning strikes were numerous.

We missed the rain again. I am glad I watered. 

June 18

June 19

Fires out west: Australia is helping out.

Australia is sending crews

June 3 

The fires continue out west. Vast hectares of burning trees and homes and infrastructure. We're getting smoke from it. I feel so badly for all impacted, evacuated by helicopters, planes, from remote areas.