Outdoors practice in december
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- Sep 29, 2014
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You know we will...same thing as last year it's getting towards the end of February and we are all just thinking how it's not too bad being in the Northeast after all and then BANG you don't see the infield dirt for the next 6 weeks because it buried under 3 ft of snow...but hey we can always hold out hope. Another thing people always forget it is NOT even winter yet, we have one more week. It was awesome that it was in the low 60s this weekend though wasn't it.
- Dec 27, 2014
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Last winter was very dry and mild for Portland. DD got in around 10,000 pitches, outside, over the winter. We even got on the field in early March. Normally, it is too wet for that.
This December we have had 10" of rain so far...
This December we have had 10" of rain so far...
- Feb 12, 2014
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We had a pick-up practice yesterday for our girls who didn't have basketball. It was glorious and nearly unheard of in Central Ohio this time of year! Makes me wonder why on earth I don't live in San Diego!
Weather here in Indiana is crazy warm right now too. We've been having team practice for 2 hours every Sunday in an indoor facility for the last 5 or 6 weeks now, but if it weren't for rainy conditions the last couple days, I'd have had practice on a diamond yesterday. 65 degrees, sunny, light breeze....weird- but I'll take it over the snow and ice we're used to this time of year.
Was in NY Times Square and Rockefeller yesterday...people were in shorts and flip flops...crazy!
The bad news is on the average everything averages out. I just don't know if we are now being rewarded for last year!
The sad part is we have picture perfect weather now, and back in Nov when everyone was trying to play it was cold and rainy....
This winter is supposed to be the biggest El Nino ever seen, or at least a tie with the 1997-1998 El Nino. For those of you living in the same part of the country as you were in 97-98, weather should be fairly similar. At least that's the theory.
I spent that year as a visiting faculty member at the University of Central Arkansas. Winter lasted about 15 minutes that year. DD 1 was born in February in the middle of a rainstorm. One day there was about 15 min of flurries during the rain.
The next summer was horrible. over 2 months straight of highs 95 or higher, sometimes over 105. This was close to the Arkansas River, so the humidity was dreadful. Never got below 80 at night. I once made the mistake of turning off the AC when I went on a day trip. Big mistake. I gather Houston was even worse. They had 2+ months of 100+ degree highs...
OTOH, I gather California was hit by all sorts of rain. If that happens for this El Nino, could bring a LOT of much needed rain. although probably sometimes way too much at the same time, so be careful of flooding, mud slides, etc.
I spent that year as a visiting faculty member at the University of Central Arkansas. Winter lasted about 15 minutes that year. DD 1 was born in February in the middle of a rainstorm. One day there was about 15 min of flurries during the rain.
The next summer was horrible. over 2 months straight of highs 95 or higher, sometimes over 105. This was close to the Arkansas River, so the humidity was dreadful. Never got below 80 at night. I once made the mistake of turning off the AC when I went on a day trip. Big mistake. I gather Houston was even worse. They had 2+ months of 100+ degree highs...
OTOH, I gather California was hit by all sorts of rain. If that happens for this El Nino, could bring a LOT of much needed rain. although probably sometimes way too much at the same time, so be careful of flooding, mud slides, etc.
