To follow up @selg - which Manhattan? There are eight other cities/towns named “Manhattan” in the U.S. besides the one in NYC. 
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Well, technically, the Manhattan to which I’m referring (and where I believe Selg is based), is NOT a city. It’s a borough, and an island (which are not identical; some of the borough is not on Manhattan Island).
And I think I’ve mentioned more than a few times that I’m in northern NJ, so since storms usually move roughly west to east, the part of NYC is probably a good guess.
But points for pedantry. 
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No, you are not weird. I’m getting old now and everything is too cold for me that used to be nice and refreshing. I used to like my bedroom as cold as a walk-in refrigerator when sleeping. Not anymore. Not even close.
Edit to add: Currently my office is 74 degrees and the overhead ceiling fan is making me slightly chilly. Even had the heater on my legs earlier today.
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I can’t even imagine knowing where a heater is, here in what is now officially 
JULY
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To be fair, it wasn’t very warm today. Major change from a couple weeks ago.
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Nisha, I, and Steve live in a horizontal row of places probably all about 20 miles apart, so we share our storms.
I was happy to have missed the predicted hail.
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I hope all along the Texas coast are dealing with the storm okay.
I just have to wonder; how many posts will we see on the NSFE over the next week of “Amazon should give me more time because the storm knocked out my power, and I didn’t go on vacation!”?
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Or “Amazon should have known!”
We saw them on the OSFE also. It is your business to run, not Amazon’s. You as a business owner always need to do what’s best for you and your business.
Vacation mod3 now and be safe everyone down there!
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Yeah. I remember one a few years back; don’t remember the name of the storm, but it was a doozy.
Seller complained that he should be forgiven for not going on vacation, because the storm hit at a different place than forecast. This was in fact true; center of landfall was 20 miles east of the forecast. I blows my mind that anyone can live along the Gulf coast and think that a 20 mile change for a major hurricane hitting is a significant difference, but some people just want to ignore facts and reality.
OTOH, with events like the derecho that hit Iowa a few years ago, there was no expectation of that kind of severe storm until it was starting to form; in those cases, I think it appropriate for Amazon to forgive the metrics hits. Even as it was happening, the weather people had no clue as to how bad it would be (turned out stronger than hurricane winds). Ditto for things like earthquakes.
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SharpieGate… 
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Been crazy here in NJ.
On Sunday, I went to the wine store to stock up, as it was the last day of the coupon they sent. While there, the rain started; loud enough to make conversation hard inside.
Tried to go to the produce market afterward. After driving through one flooded area (saw a much smaller car make it first; knew my van would make it), turned around at another. Saw lots of blown off manhole covers, gave up and worked my way home.
Tuesday (today) looked at Sunday and said “Here, hold my beer”. On the day when the mail carrier didn’t pick up, and I had to drive to the PO. Round trip was an hour. It’s two miles away.
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We had a wild day of rain here yesterday / last night.
French drain sump pump going for maybe the 8th time in 18 years.
@Pepper_Thine_Angus - Valve Box pump is working stupendously. Thanks for that pro-tip…!
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We spent part of yesterday checking that everything in the basement was up in case there was any flooding. Thankfully so far no problems, but better safe than sorry.
Right now, looks like there is a break in the rain, so I’m going to see if I can get a walk in. Between the heat and the rain, barely gotten any exercise, and I’m really feeling it!
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66 degrees here. Few days ago it was 96. This is nice…
If anyone ever needs a solution for a wet basement, below is who we used in 2007. It wasn’t cheap but words can not describe the issue we had here in a brand new house.
Water would come in for days after the rain stopped and sometimes would happen when there was no rain at all (spring thaw). Literally hasn’t been a drop of water in this house since we had it done. Lifetime transferable warranty too so adds to home value.
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Mine pumps down to almost nothing. It’s a fountain pump I got from Lowes that has an auto-off feature when there’s not enough water.
I don’t trust anything (LOL) so it’s on a timer. Checks 3X an hour and has power for 10 mins (far longer than it would take to fully pump out).
I did that because I have it pumping up through a pipe out the little thumb hole in the cover. Some water will flow back down the pipe when it reaches its goal and shuts off which creates sort of an endless cycle until the balance seeps into the ground.
Now I all have to do is remember to take the pump out in the winter so it doesn’t freeze and break… Haha
Normally never an issue in the winter.
During big rain events like yesterday, the water pressure would actually pop the top off.
No more…
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ASV and anyone else near NYC and most of the east coast: We are due for some nasty weather in the next two-three days, after a not so good week. At least it has cooled off a bit–95 down to 65 has made the storm-related humidity bearable.
I subscribe to Notify-NYC for emergency updates. I get all of the awful traffic updates and subway issues.
A recent one asked for us to clear storm drains in our neighborhoods, but added some health precautions.
Sorry, not going there.
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I am home in Bucks County PA, my sons are at our home in Manasquan NJ. The weather in both locations is very rainy and comfortably cool. No terrible winds as predicted - I’ll take it. Raining now and should continue through tomorrow.
Sun is forecasted to return Saturday afternoon and for the rest of the weekend.The cool down is wonderful! Hopefully the pool water temp at both homes will drop a bit both showing a temperature of just above 90 degrees. Bathwater!
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