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[camperstig]

Bounce

No bites this morning... "Fish don't bite before a storm" ??
Took a little ride waiting for Camper to be awake to come help me dock... Just in case. It is a very shallow approach so the motor needs to be trimmed ( which reduces the manuverability) and of course a gust of wind tried to take the bow at the wrong time.

TSK, et al, we will need to do dishes or rob a bank, LOL, but, I just decided that at this age we deserve a little comfort.

Here's hoping we get a good storm this evening... so the lake level rises!

Oh... Today's sightings... the loon was stretching his leg behind and waving 👋 and a monarch overflew the boat just as a flock of pelican flew high above. Hi Mom and Dad  :'( Miss you in the boat.

BBL

[clynndunn]

Lani, that was a crash landing for sure but he handled and recovered well! I wonder if he hoped nobirdy saw him...    BIG WINGS Miss SSTrig!  The Southern Lights are beautiful, that whole area is beautiful. I would love to sit there for a while...

karen, I also remember clear nail polish for chigger bites, they are so tiny the nail polish engulfs them I would guess and something in the polish stops the itch!

Lisa, love the bouquet of Forget-Me-Nots (yes, I looked them up...    Agree on the home remedies, like lighting a match, and blowing it out, then putting it on a tick 's back to make it release!

Hellgate Canyon - Iris and NG2

TY Jenny Powell

More on the glacier collapse in Switzerland:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/climate-change/swiss-glacier-collapse-renews-focus-on-risks-of-climate-change-as-glaciers-retreat-around-the-world/ar-AA1FJNxy?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[oldguy]

Good Morning Beakers

Got to thinking about Pauli's insect bites.  I have made 2 trips around Lake Superior on summer vacations.  On the second trip we stopped at a campground on the south shore.  When registering, the park attendant warned that the "No See Ums" (aka sand flies or biting midges) were very bad at that time.  I had never heard of them and asked some questions.  A very small biting fly that leaves a red wart that is very itchy.  They are 1-2 mm long and are hard to see in flight, unless in a swarm.  They have a long proboscis and can bite through clothing that is touching the body.  The bite pattern is clustered as the insect makes multiple bites from the same position.  Like most biting insects, when they penetrate the skin, they excrete a fluid to numb the site. This is what our body reacts to and causes the itching.  The most common place for the clothing to be in contact with the skin is around the waist.

Chiggers are very small mites - 1/50 of an inch - too small for most people to see with out a magnifying glass.  They can not fly, but like fleas, can jump from plants to bodies.  Usually this is plants near the ground, so most bites occur below the knee.  Like ticks, chiggers remain in place on the skin until they are full and drop off, so bites are randomly placed - not clustered like the No see Ums.  I remember one summer as a kid on the farm, having chigger bites after playing in the yard.  Current medical recommendations are to thoroughly scrub your body in the shower after being outside in long vegetation to make sure that all have been removed.

Both of these bites can be bad enough to require medical attention to relieve the itching.

One recommendation - wear light weight material in 2 loose fitting layers to completely cover your body when out in these areas.

Here is a link that shows the current conditions for N. America on the fires and smoke and ACI
https://fire.airnow.gov/#3.63/49.36/-84.08

[Puff]

Big Bear Eagle flew off 12:45 CDT.

P

[tsk34]

CLYNN  Super colorful sea of flowers.     There wasn't a tag in this pot I bought at the ACE but I loved how colorful it was.  I think it was gazania which the rabbits do eat.     My marigolds ( cuz Tim likes them )- are in hanging pots.   Gruesome the # of people who have died trying to climb Everest.  26,000 feet is plane altitude just about!

LISA   WOW  Love that intense blue vase of flowers. 

LANI   Miss SST showing off her growing wings     You could really see the "crash" in the slo-mo  LOL

TIG   Enjoy your nature reports 

OLDGUY   Gosh your info was interesting.  All these years I though we were getting chigger bites when in fact likely No See Ums as they were always around the waist!!!

[BrokenLug]

Of all of the biting insects out there in the wild the "No See Ums" get me the absolute worst. 

They absolutely love to bight me, it must be my body chemistry or something.   

Other campers right around me will be getting absolutely assaulted by mosquitos and I'll get just a few mosquito bites.
While everyone else is getting a few No See Um bites I'll be getting absolutely eaten alive by them.   

I can unfortunately tell the difference between the 2 bites by the type/size of the welts and the level of itchiness.

With mosquito bites I get a small bump that is mildly itchy .. as in .. I can completely ignore them for the most part.

With No See Um bites I get huge welts and the itchiness can get so bad they have driven me out of the great outdoors. 

No See Ums can easily go right thru the average size metal house screens commonly used and that's why I always replace my home screens with finer 'hole size' nylon screens. Similar to the nylon No See Um netting used in modern tent doors and windows. I buy the nylon screen by the roll at my local outdoor store, get a screen replacement spline kit and the proper size spline from an oldguy store. 

[kbshcb]

https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/current-air-quality-conditions


Bemidge, MN

Okay, Canada....time to get your act together..it's every summer now....new tariffs if don't start to control.

[kbshcb]

Yes, large Canadian wildfires can change the weather in North America beyond just affecting air quality
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Here's how:
1. Reduced Solar Radiation and Local Cooling:

    Wildfire smoke, particularly when dense, can create a "smoky umbrella" that blocks solar radiation from reaching the surface.
    This can lead to localized cooling in areas under the densest smoke plumes.
    For example, studies showed unprecedented cooling in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas due to dense smoke from the 2023 Canadian wildfires.

2. Influence on Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Patterns:

    Large-scale wildfires can trigger intense updrafts (pyroconvective events) that loft smoke high into the atmosphere.
    At these higher altitudes, smoke can interact with large-scale atmospheric circulations, influencing weather patterns.
    Extreme wildfire events in the Northwest North America have been associated with anomalous high-pressure systems.

3. Impact on Cloud Formation:

    Wildfire smoke contains aerosols like organic carbon (OC).
    These aerosols can act as ice-nucleating particles (INPs), influencing cloud formation, even at relatively high temperatures.
    Studies have shown that OC aerosols from Canadian wildfires can promote ice cloud formation in the Arctic.
    Changes in cloud properties can have a regional and even global influence on climate.

4. Potential for Extreme Rainfall and Hazards:

    While wildfires don't directly cause rain, they significantly alter the landscape, making areas prone to severe rainfall events after a fire.
    This can lead to increased risks of flash floods, mudslides, and erosion, as vegetation cover and soil absorption are reduced.

In summary:
Beyond air quality issues, large Canadian wildfires can influence weather by reducing solar radiation, impacting atmospheric circulation, altering cloud formation, and increasing the potential for severe rainfall events in affected areas.

    The Impact of Wildfires on Climate and Air Quality
    Wildfires release large amounts of carbon dioxide, black carbon, brown carbon, and ozone precursors into the atmosphere. These emissions affect radia>on, clouds...
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Canadian record-breaking wildfires in 2023 and their impact ...
Feb 1, 2025 — Large-scale wildfires can induce intense pyroconvective events, generating strong localized updrafts that loft smoke into the upper troposphere (Gatebe et al., ...
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Impact of Canadian wildfires on aerosol and ice clouds in the early- ...
Thus, it exerts a strong influence on climate change in the Arctic. Aerosols transported from lower latitudes modify Arctic cloud properties, including cloud ph...
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[BrokenLug]

I can't really blame The great Country of Canada directly for these huge and intense early season wild land fires in these remote areas and the resulting unhealthy smoke.

The Jet Stream is driving the smoke bus no matter what spin one puts on there blue marble.

These type of fires that are occurring here in this area of Canada & have been forever are not realistically easily extinguished or controlled by humans. Nor should they be.

The affects on the great northern arboreal forests is significant already.
Less snow, less permafrost, less rain _ Higher average temps year after year, the drier and drier everything gets.

Match waiting for a spark.

I've seen me some big fires up there, only one fly over and you know.

CBC. Can't Be Controlled.

These size fires are like there own size monsters.

Send no humans in.

Like a Nuclear Bomb to divert a Hurricane idea that won't work either work with these type of fires.

The only thing quelling them will be Mother Nature when she decides.

And she's mighty pissed off up in here.

[LisaG1967]

karen - Oh good, Im glad someone else remembers getting covered in clear nail polish.  You stay cool with those temps.  Today is the last day of the nice temps for us.  We will be hitting the 80's this week.  The AC will be turned on tomorrow for sure.

Lani - Wow, now that was an entrance from the Royal dad!      Cool shot of the Southern lights. 

paulie - Glad to hear no itching this time at the cabin. 

tig - I am all for comfort. 

clynn - Will remember the tick remedy!  Jeff showed me that pic the other day of the glacier collapse.  Yikes!  Thanks for the name of the flowers.  Aww, Iris and NG!

oldguy - Thanks for your info!

Puff - Yay on the Big Bear fledge!!!

tsk - Thank you, I thought it was very pretty.   

BrokenLug - What kind of outdoor spray to you use for bugs?

kb - Thanks for the info.

Good night, everyone 

[BrokenLug]

BrokenLug - What kind of outdoor spray to you use for bugs?

None really as I've never really trusted the chemical make up of it at all.

40 years out.

Natures Miracle saved our butts 1 time Pip said. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSduHd4NchM

[kbshcb]

and.....for the third time this season. Our little area 124 customers, is without power....
oh and it's only 92 degrees out.

[tsk34]

BL   Another perspective on those wildfires.  So remote.

LISA   It got to 84 here today but the house has stayed really cool.  Must be lower humidity.

KB   WOW  that's a lot of power outages.   You're in a grid that needs some updating

[kbshcb]

BL   Another perspective on those wildfires.  So remote.

LISA   It got to 84 here today but the house has stayed really cool.  Must be lower humidity.

KB   WOW  that's a lot of power outages.   You're in a grid that needs some updating

Yup, the mayor and my CC agreed and "supposedly" have been in contact with the utilit.
I'd venture to guess they got nowhere.

[kbshcb]

Powers back on now. Storm blew in and dropped the temp 20 degrees, but increased the dew point by 10!
Still raining. The power outage was not caused by the storm. It's our grid.

I'm guessing Tig had the storm as well...hope you weren't out on the water.