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Cloud shield from Francine will visit here over the weekend, but hoping along w that, some hvy downpours. As of right now, it looks to be just cloudy skies w breezy winds. That stubborn HP to my east will tare this moisture apart as it tries to make it northward, but it still bears watching for the possibility of some rainfall.

W the current track its taking, hopefully, some of the remnants can move up north towards MI and other locales that desperately need the rainfall. LA looks like the sweet spot as of now as it is taking a slight eastward track. Luckily this thing will pick up speed and not stall down there. Good luck to those people that are in the path of this.

Beautiful weather here in S MI continues, but could sure use some water from Ma Nature. After a very chilly Saturday w highs barely getting outta the 50s and lows dipping in the upper 30s to near 40F, temps will return back to normal and even above normal for the remainder of the week w plentiful sunshine to go along w that.

This upcoming 2024-2025 winter is lookin fabulous!!! and all depends where you live, of course. Heads up @Clinton, @westMJim, @jaster220 @james1976 and probably other members on this forum that are in the path of this beautiful expected storm track this upcoming winter season. Mentions that there could be a memorable snowstorm in the Great Lakes area w/ tons of snowstorms. The best part of the vid comes at 10:33 ......ohhh boy! Here is a vid:

Here are some Greece summer pics: 2024

Went to Mackinac Island late Friday and came back today. Had a great time and will share pics. @jaster220when I was cruising on by Gaylord, I yelled out your name out the window, but I don't think you heard me. My wife was like who's name are you calling out??? I explained to her this cool guy from the Weather Forum that moved up north from Detroit and etc. Anyways, had some really great food there and the ferry boat ride was a little bumpy, but fun. There was only one company running boats and taking everyone from Macinaw City to Mackinaw Island, so the lines were quite long. We also took The Mackinaw bridge to Ignace. A lotta people there there, I mean it was very packed. Rode bikes there and etc. Car ride usually takes me 4hrs. Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day Weekend!

I didnt find anything broken here at my house luckily but was told by my neighbors that winds were the main concern here and not a lot of rainfall. Sirens were going off too. LOL. 70+mph winds were reported. Thankfully, I had my garbage bins securely inside my garage.

Hope everyone had a great summer. Came back from Greece yesterday. I was there for the entire summer season. I also have tons of pics that I want to share. Jet lag is definitely going on, which usually takes a week to ease. Weather in Greece was very hot and sunny everyday. At some point, temps in Athens went slightly over 110F during that intense heatwave back in July. Even the islands were hot. Andros island peaked at 103F, which is rare, but does happen. I went to couple of islands (Tinos, Chios, and mostly stayed in Andros). We had a couple of fires as well (and this one was not too far away from my house, but luckily the crew did a great job and put it out quickly.) There was also one in Athens, Rafina, just recently in mid August. Scary when you see them closeby. Anyway, looking forward to this autumn and winter season. La Lina??? I think I like this. I have a lot of catching up to do here in this forum.

Everyone be careful and wear eclipse glasses. Recommended glasses: ISO 12312-2.

So far it looks good for the eclipse here in S MI. Clouds should be outta here just in time, w/ partly cloudy skies. I decided to stay put, since 80 to 90% of totality serves me well. Enjoy!

Earthquake on the EC couple of days ago had me curious as to what could happen if the big one hits. Big cities need to have buildings to withhold, if a strong quake were to ever hit. Most of the current buildings and bridges were not build to take on strong tremors. Something to think about. NYC felt it. Nothing too terribly, thankfully.

Same here. Beautiful weather. Hopefully, tomorrow, the clouds will get outta here just in time in the afternoon for the eclipse. Great timing.

Looking forward to the "Eclipse" tomorrow. So many people traveling for this event. If that happens to be you, be prepared for lots and lots of delays. Best spot looks to be Upstate NY.

WOW! Hope everyone and yourself was ok w/ these crazy storms. The ones that are super scary are the nightime tornadoes when everyone is sleeping and not aware of bad weather coming. Stay safe there.

If anyone is interesting, I am selling my house in Greece (in Chios Island). I will put it on the market soon, but first I need to clean out the acres and inside as well. I am in the process of hiring someone from there to go and appraise it and also hire someone to have it freshen up and cut down some trees in the far distance and etc. Description: Has an amazing view of the Aegean sea and very close to Turkey. At nite, you can actually see the cars. No binoculars needed. An amazing view. Ton of acres. You have the ability to build another house there, or knock down the whole thing. Not sure of asking price yet, but an estimation will be for $250,000 Euro, so, in dollars will be roughly around $270,000, give or take. No negotiations! The house offers 2 floors: First floor, a kitchen, pantry, bathroom (w laundry), dining room, 2 bedrooms and 3 door outside entry. Doors lead you to the side of the house, to the backyard and lastly, the other door leads you towards the garage (1 car garage btw). Second floor: Master bedroom w huge balcony and a view facing Turkey and the Aegean sea and there are also steps going from the balcony to the roof, if you want to really get a tan, facing also extraordinary mountains. It has another bedroom down the hall and a library room (which that room can be anything you like. I decided back then to make it a library). Exiting the other bedroom, on the left, there is a door that leads to another huge balcony and steps to the right, leading you downstairs, near the garage. Its big house and lots of space to throw parties, entertain guests and etc. OK..back to spring weather!