+your daily weather report+

[Duchess]

I woke up to rain & I'm delighted, I hope it rains all fucking day & tomorrow too.

[Lady Cop]

foggy and drizzling this morning~~

[Duchess]

It's raining buckets thanks to a tropical storm. :B

[Lady Cop]

you needed the rain. my sister in Maryland has said it's been awful, a drought. rain is good and sweet and brings life!
the last 2 days here have been a fucking humid swamp, i hope that's the end of "indian summer"!

[Duchess]

She's absolutely right. We've been under fire warnings because it's been so dry. I was walking the fence line out by the road the other day picking up trash that assholes toss out onto our property & someone driving by threw a cigarette out their window so, I threw a can at their car. That's not the first time I've done that but, they never stop. I wonder if they think I'm crazy.

[Lady Cop]

throwing a lighted ember on the roadway is an offense in many jurisdictions. get their fucking plate number and report them. assholes.

[Duchess]

We are under a tornado warning now. Balls of fire.

[Lady Cop]

Cape Cod: The National Weather Service advises there is a high wind watch in effect from 2 p.m. today through Friday afternoon. A tropical system heading up the eastern seaboard will cause strong southwesterly winds to develop with gusts of 50-60 mph possible, bringing tree damage and scattered power outages.
oh nice.

tornadoes are so localized. i hope you don't get one, i know you dread them. once a tornado whipped through my street in florida and took the roof off a house across the street from mine...and i didn't feel a thing, just heard the noise.

[Lady Cop]

Wind, rain and fog are forecast for Cape Cod Friday afternoon with heavy rainfall possible, according to the National Weather Service.

Visibility will be about one-quarter mile or less at times in the morning.

suits the shit out of me.

[Duchess]

It's cold, brrr, so, I started a fire & Cowboy just came in and said, WTF.

[Lady Cop]

it's cold as a witch's heart, and windy here sunday morning! whoooo...my poor birds and chipmunks and squirrels were waiting by the kitchen door for some food! poor babies~~

i'm going to get my witches out of their boxes today.

[Lady Cop]

whoooooo
first frost on the pumpkin tonight!



James Whitcom Riley's "When the Frost is on the Punkin"


WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock,
And the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens,
And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it's then the time a feller is a-feelin' at his best, 5
With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

They's something kindo' harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer's over and the coolin' fall is here— 10
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossoms on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin'-birds and buzzin' of the bees;
But the air's so appetizin'; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock— 15
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin' of the tangled leaves as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries—kindo' lonesome-like, but still
A-preachin' sermuns to us of the barns they growed to fill; 20
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below—the clover overhead!—
O, it sets my hart a-clickin' like the tickin' of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

Then your apples all is gethered, and the ones a feller keeps 25
Is poured around the cellar-floor in red and yaller heaps;
And your cider-makin's over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With theyr mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and sausage too!...
I don't know how to tell it—but ef such a thing could be
As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me— 30
I'd want to 'commodate 'em—all the whole-indurin' flock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

[Duchess]

Hey, keep that stuff up there!

[Lady Cop]

we're having a little nor'easter today
i'm waiting for the predicted high winds~~
A wind advisory is in effect for Cape Cod from late this morning until tomorrow morning with winds forecast to gust between 45 and 55 mph.

An early season northeaster will cross Cape Cod this morning and reach the New Hampshire coastline this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

[Lady Cop]

it's in the 40s and sunny today, this morning my car windshield had lovely etchings of frost that looked like lace.
this guy is braving the chill to go oystering!

[Duchess]

We had our first frost last night. So long, summer, I sure am going to miss you.

[Lady Cop]

November 08, 2010

HYANNIS - A mix of snow, sleet and rain made for slick roads and hazardous driving conditions during the morning commute today with several car accidents reported.
high winds, ferries to the islands not running, coastal flood advisory and beach erosion.

[Lady Cop]

right now~~

The Coast Guard is battling 40-knot wind gusts and 15-foot seas in a desperate search for a fishing boat and its four-man crew off the coast of Rockport.

The Retriever, a 140-foot New Jersey-based vessel, was last located about 6 to 7 miles off the coast of Rockport at 4:20 a.m. this morning, according to the Coast Guard’s Vessel Monitoring System.

At 5:15 a.m., an emergency radio beacon was received by the Coast Guard Command Center in Portsmouth, Va., and they passed it along to the First District Command Center in Boston.

It is unknown whether the beacon was triggered by a seaman or automatically, according to the Coast Guard.

The command center has been unable to contact the crew via phone, radio or e-mail as yet.

The Coast Guard scrambled a MH60 Jayhawk helicopter and Falcon jet from Air Station Cape Cod but they were unable to locate the vessel or crew, officials said.

Two 47-foot motor lifeboats from Station Merrimack River are also on scene but they are struggling to cope with the harsh conditions.

edit to add good news: The Coast Guard has ended its search for the crew of the 140-foot fishing vessel Retriever that is now on its way to Portland, Maine.

[Carsman]

Treacherous day to be out on the water!

[Lady Cop]

it was snowing at Maggot's house this morning. :B

so now he has the Christmas spirit.