Prepare for Summer

 What we got coming is a 1960's extremely hot, dry summer.  That's the natural course of no ocean breezes.  Put in soaker hose for the garden, on a Chinese timer.  There may be hose bans north of the city.

I am putting dark film on the windows, mainly because the inserts have saturated and they are filled with water condensation.  The physics of these things is interesting.  Anyway, if you can live with ugliness, they eventually settle to a nice haze.

So, I am putting film on them.  The stuff I found is amazing.  Order from the store directly for larger pieces.  It is really strong with a powerful adhesive, meant for cars, but works great for windows, and is 3 times cheaper from China.

No hamburglars can get in here.  You will botch the first one, but look up how to install.  They always leave out the important stuff for rank beginners, but keep going.  I'm on my 3rd order now.  You don't really want a huge roll, the stuff is impossible to handle if you are a newbie.  For me, the insides shot out of the roll like a light saber.  No friction at all.  It is a thin clear film and the main dark film.  Use the masking tape trick to separate them.  All on the intertube.

I'm also getting this now, because the stuff is practically bulletproof and hard to cut straight.

In the direct sun, the film can fry vertical eggs, so you really need good stuff.

Use the film for the direct sun windows.  Use 15% pass-through, the darkest they have.  Or you can easily put on 2 films.  I love it!  At the beginning get someone to help you with larger pieces,  Practice with a small piece.

Spring of Steel

 Yes, you plead, give us warmth!  The Steely Spring just gives you a snowstorm.

Cold is hitting the entire continent.  The Gulf plume is dying.

No more black, this doesn't look too bad.

Until you see this, and go 'Dang!'

That cold comes directly from the North Pole.  Can't wait to see what speck of warmth in the world will on the news.

ps the washpost blames Alaska.  At least it isn't Canada.

ps you can feel the winter coming down.  The forecast keeps getting colder and colder.  This will be one for record books, but will be buried, in the media, by a one-day heat wave in Taxmania.  All the tomatoes going back under the lights for a week.  My peas have popped out, but they love this weather.

Cold clears the West

 We get a nice day today.

The rain is being shoved away.  I have no idea as to the longer term forecast.  Toronto is getting colder in the standard forecast.  If we get snow, I will gloat.

We still have a perfect ice machine in the Arctic.  Spring used to be defined by Pacific plumes wafting over us.  

ps and the Weather Establishment has no better idea.

ps and here comes the expected electric reckoning.

ps and no phoney el nino through July

ps forecast getting colder and colder.  That means they have no idea.