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Jim Robbins's avatar

Here in Iowa, We have had wave after wave of overnight storms for 3 days in a row. Excessive winds and excessive rain. Also, last night's storm was hardly moving. I've never seen a storm nearly stationary. Some parts of it were just hovering for hours without movement. I noticed on the radar it was getting slower and slower the closer it got to the DeathRay (NexRad) tower by me.

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Ariana Masters's avatar

Oh snap. Well I hope you guys are all alright today. I see on the news now that Iowa was definitely hit hard.

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Greg's's avatar

Jim, could you get a 40-70 ghz meter and measure that tower on record mode and tell us peaks n avgs and any physical effects...how close!?

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Jim Robbins's avatar

Not familiar with the meters I'd need to get. I'm maybe 2 miles at most from the tower but could drive by and be 10p feet from it. But I'd be under it then and off axis of the main signal. Let me know more what I need to buy or measure. Thanks.

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Greg's's avatar

Go to Yandex.com search 60ghz detector emf or Amazon best 3 ghz detector etc

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Barbara Hadden's avatar

We had same in central Texas a few hours from Kerrville that took the hardest hits. Stay safe and prepared. 🙏

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Kathy's avatar

Thanks for sharing. I'm a believer

Our weather is man made.

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Pam's avatar

Is the tower activity you speak of the green hazy stuff on the outside of the storm or the tiny dots around it? Thanks for what you do.

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Name The Nose Always's avatar

It's the quick rays (lines) that extend out from their source. Also, all of those blotches (looks like small cotton balls) are the nextrad towers sending out frequencies.

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Pam's avatar

Thanks for explaining so that more people can understand. Since I work outside I watch the skies all day and try to pass on the msg.

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Suzanne O'Keeffe's avatar

I want all "weather" people to have to tell us this stuff. Thank you Ariana. I tracked the bird migration radar sites during / after Helene, but yeah, good to track and see what the match is with weather.

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John Payne's avatar

Have you noticed any unusual activity around the Kamchatka area where the 8.8 earthquake struck? Do you monitor areas outside the States?

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Theressa's avatar

i just saw a thing at 9;11 time....which seems ultra weird...

9/11 okay fine

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Gotmoxie's avatar

I’m in the Chicago suburbs. It looks like the block of rain is what was previously or followed the derecho that swept through SD and MN with 90mph winds. It’s 3:30 pm CDT here now and future radar from The Weather Channel (🤷🏼‍♀️) shows the rain clouds swinging on the back side of the low but dissipating quickly. It might be interesting to see if the tower activity pumps the rain up into a more substantial storm. Keeping 👀 on everything.

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Name The Nose Always's avatar

Thanks, Ariana. I'm in the Thumb of Michigan and that system is headed straight towards me. I just checked (noon eastern time) the radar and I see more of those "bird reflections" (cough cough) https://tempest.aos.wisc.edu/radar/us3comphtml5.html

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Gotmoxie's avatar

Thanks for the link to the radar tracker 😊

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NE Garden Guru's avatar

Chance of severe weather alert today in NH after last few days of MAJOR HAZE and temps almost 100deg

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