#WIndy 1.13

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@philemonchambers Vol 1

Awe! Look at Philemon and his parents! That's so awesome he got to have them on the show! I'm definitely going to have to rewatch the finale to see if I can spot them!

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Walker Independence 1.13 was great! Especially since Tom was in most of it and he’s one of my favorites. It definitely left me wanting more. I love how complex Tom and Shane’s relationship was. I wasn’t expecting Tom to kill him like that. I’m so glad Abby found Gus and that he’s okay. I enjoyed Kate’s confrontation with Tom. The way he jumped off the balcony. I’m glad the fighting stopped when Gus shot him. l still don’t think he’s the villain they’re all making him out to be. I liked Abby getting Tom to tell her the truth. Tom telling Abby a little about the asylum. I don’t blame him for being loyal to his aunt since he saw her getting him out as her saving him. Abby’s realization that Tom knew who she was the whole time. Then the only reason he confessed was to keep her safe. I’m not surprised Tom got away on the way to Austin. He’s still got to be in the show for the next season. I loved seeing everyone else having a party for Gus and Kate’s song. Then Tom’s dad finding Tom. There’s so many things they haven’t been answered and I hope we get the chance to see how it plays out. This show definitely needs another season and I hope it gets one!

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Walker: Independence | 1x13 - Let Him Hang

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Joe’s Weather Blog: Cleaning off the desk (THU-1/25)

Every so often as I see things pop up in my twitter feed that I find interesting…I save them to use for the blog. My hope is to use them in that day’s blog or the next day. Well usually the weather changes what I was going to write about that particular day and instead all these little ditties end up collecting dust. So for long time readers of the blog…every so often I like to “clean off my desk” and just get it all out there. There isn’t necessarily a cohesiveness to all this but at least my “desk” will be a bit emptier when I’m done with it.

The other reason why I do this, is that usually there isn’t a lot of interesting weather to talk about in the short term…and there really isn’t aside from the wind…milder temperatures, cooler Sunday and then a nice warm-up again early next week. Let’s still keep an eye on the 2/1 time period for what it’s worth (probably not a lot though).

Forecast:

Today: Sunny and windy with highs around 60°. Some may do better than that. Winds will gust to 30+ MPH. Be alert for the risk of grass fires today with the dry vegetation and gusty winds!

Tonight: Breezy and mild with lows in the 40s

Friday: Windy and mild with some more clouds…highs should again be well into the 50s.

Saturday: Mostly sunny and nice with highs in the 50s

Sunday: More seasonable with highs closer to about 40° and more clouds too.

Discussion:

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So let’s start the randomness of this…

December average temperatures were .6° above average

January temperatures so far are 3.6° below average…that will be whittled too over the next week. We may end up below average…but not by much.

This is our 35th coldest winter (12/1-1/24) so far.

Precip wise…

December we only had .19″ which was 1.34″ below average

January (so far) we’re up to 1.13″ which is (.35″ above average so far)

It’s clear the month of February will make or break a variety of winter forecasts. IF temperatures are somewhat above average…the winter overall may end up near to above average. If it’s a colder month overall…the winter will be colder than average in the end.

Precip wise…all it will take is one substantial storm (rain or snow) considering our monthly average for precip is around 1.5″…one or two decent storms can easilty push our winter totals above average…although many may perceive this as a dry winter in the end though. Let’s see how February goes before we determine how winter has been from a temperature and precip standpoint.

Not surprisingly the “official” forecasts offer little help from the Climate Prediction Center.

Rain/snow…

EC by the way represents “equal chances” of either above or below average precip or temperatures…in other words a major collective ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Not really helpful for our area.

I do think that we may be colder than average over the 1st half of the month…not sure what happens on the back half though.

For snow lovers…there are some hopeful signs…especially after the 5th-7th of the month. We’ll see and we’ve been down this road (somewhat) before but at least to me the road does appear a bit different this time.

Now its time to clean off the desk.

Remember how wet and snowy the western US was last season. All sorts of records breaking precip events. Tremendous mountain snows…well this season is not following suit and in some cases some of the mountains out west in CA have even less snow than the drought years, especially the season from 2 years ago…which was very little.

Latest #water supply update: Snowpack in the Sierra & Upper Colorado River basin are lagging well below normal. The current snow water content in the Northern Sierra is tracking the worst snowpack in history (WY '14-'15) https://t.co/cKfalZMCz2 pic.twitter.com/bhi0gMQ3RP

— MWD of SoCal (@mwdh2o) January 23, 2018

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Still a pretty bleak #snowpack and snow water equivalent (SWE) picture in the West. Forecast looks favorable for the Cascades and northern Rockies, but most of the Sierra, Utah, and Colorado miss out #snowdrought pic.twitter.com/j0WqYax3dJ

— Nick Nauslar (@NickyNaus) January 24, 2018

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In the tweets above…the RED regions are the ones really lacking. The GREENS are the regions that are doing average to good.

Remember Harvey in Texas…all that rain…well now they’ve really dried out…and drought is becoming more and more of an issue.

Harvey hit Texas 5 months ago breaking rainfall records. Now, much of the state is in drought https://t.co/NRZoYNulN3 pic.twitter.com/9tHUP04QQV

— Annie Daniel (@anieldaniel) January 24, 2018

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This tweet is from a couple of days ago…and the streak continues.

Lubbock is now reached 75 days without measurable precipitation. This ties us with 1995 for the 5th longest streak. Moving into 3rd place this week seems like a sure bet, trailing only the 88 days in 1921-1922 and 98 days of 2005-2006. https://t.co/Tp7DLqzeFA #txwx #lubwx

— NWS Lubbock (@NWSLubbock) January 23, 2018

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Amarillo is crazy dry…tack on another day to this…their last real measurable rain, and it was .01″ was back on 10/13!

Today is day 103, and we are still dry, with several more dry days to come. Although there might be a small glimmer of hope on the last day of January (Day 110), we may have to look to February to see if we can end this dry streak. #phwx pic.twitter.com/FpOFRvn5Et

— NWS Amarillo (@NWSAmarillo) January 24, 2018

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Again a study of contrasts…back to Harvey…so much water in the Houston area…it actually sunk the land.

Because of the weight of the flooding around Houston due to #Harvey, the land sunk 2cm or just over 3/4 of an inch. #OSSTahoe

— Paul Goodloe (@Paul_Goodloe) January 22, 2018

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On the subject of disasters…this seems about right

US Natural Disaster Map. https://t.co/hHsLhMt0ts pic.twitter.com/97Iob3FdWt

— Bob Sykes (@BelieveInBob) January 22, 2018

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2017 was a very expensive year for weather-related disasters. Almost 350 BILLION dollars worth

2017 was the costliest year for weather disasters on record. Total economic losses were $344B, surpassing the previous record of $294B in 2005.

Overall damage from natural disasters totaled $353B; second only to 2011 ($486B).

Download the report here: https://t.co/iSVO0XJ2Un pic.twitter.com/2LTBw48Qlt

— Steve Bowen (@SteveBowenWx) January 24, 2018

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Speaking of 2017..want to look at all the different severe weather warnings issued. You can tell we had our moments in KC

All tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood, and special marine warnings from 2017. Data source: IEM. pic.twitter.com/FjmY4LMopF

— Brandon M. (@WxBDM) January 21, 2018

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  The NE part of the country is thawing out somewhat now…but like us it was very cold for awhile there. That cold, combined by the rivers that are common led to many ice jams. Worse this year than in the past because of the length of the colder temperatures

Quite possibly the weirdest ice jam video I've ever seen – "ice tsunami" caused by backflow from a flood control project in Avoca, PA https://t.co/zvP3d2KBs7

— Jesse Ferrell (@Accu_Jesse) January 24, 2018

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  This is some of the eeriest video you'll ever watch. Slowly rising Connecticut River due to an ice jam…just pushing around and lifting huge rocks/shattering docks. https://t.co/FyblYSdpU6

— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) January 17, 2018

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Snow lovers this year have been overjoyed in parts of the country where they never have any luck, meanwhile in other parts of the country…not so much. This next tidbit is a few days old…but gets the point across for the southern US at least.

Here's a look at the Top 30 locations for NWS Climo sites across the U.S. Alma, Georgia normal snowfall to date is 0.1" and they have 3.0" for the season. 2900% above normal. Birmingham Alabama is 700% above normal. NYC is 88% above normal. pic.twitter.com/nurtwn36Uh

— Ralphs Weather OBS (@WeatherNut27) January 21, 2018

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The hurricane season was active and devastating. Final reports of some of the more noteworthy storms are being compiled now…here is some data regarding Irma

Irma for the record books. #wxcs2018 @CBSMiami pic.twitter.com/13DigBSZgD

— Craig Setzer CBS4 (@CraigSetzer) January 18, 2018

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and while 2017 had a lot of tornadoes (by numbers near 1400 so far) thankfully for whatever reason…the last 6 months or so have had no deaths from tornadoes…and this continues I believe. This tweet is about a week old now so we’re up to 253 or so and still going.

U.S. sets record of 246 straight days without a tornado death https://t.co/XZ192hZc68@hebrooks87 @NWSSPC @NOAA @NWS pic.twitter.com/JKmeAkzjZG

— USA TODAY Weather (@usatodayweather) January 17, 2018

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Soon severe weather season will be coming…and the NWS in Pleasant Hill and Topeka will be going around the region and conducting free severe weather training classes. We’ll be promoting these on the air but IF you want to get a head start and plan things…they start on Monday in JOCO, KS

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KC region severe weather talks by the NWS in Pleasant Hill

Eastern KS Spotter Talks from the NWS in Topeka

OK that will do it for today…a little bit of everything and now my desk is a lot cleaner than it was an hour+ ago.

Look at this stunning shot from ‎Mark McDaniel at Wyandotte County Lake

Joe

  from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports http://fox4kc.com/2018/01/25/joes-weather-blog-cleaning-off-the-desk-thu-1-25/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/joes-weather-blog-cleaning-off-the-desk-thu-1-25/

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A House in L.A. With a View? How to Put a Price on That

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A House in L.A. With a View? How to Put a Price on That

To behold the view from 900 Stradella Highway in Bel Air, you would possibly assume it is one of the best in all of L.A. Constructed on a promontory, the five-bedroom, nine-bath spec house is oriented to extract most worth from its 280-degree vista, which extends from downtown to the ocean — what actual property brokers name a jetliner view. However with its price ticket of $45 million, the important thing phrase is “worth.” So how a lot is that 280-degree view value?

“You simply cannot put a exact worth on it,” says The Company’s David Parnes when requested how he and associate James Harris figured the Stradella view into the house’s worth. Practically each room advantages, as does the pool, notes Parnes, from the home’s singular perch, unobstructed by close by roofs or energy strains. However when a possible purchaser walks in, “that is when emotion comes into play,” says Parnes, “and there’s a big hyperlink between worth and emotional provocation.”

Demand for views has by no means been larger, says Hilton & Hyland’s Jeff Hyland, with hovering house costs throughout the town now drawing out subtle patrons who need all of it and have extra knowledge insights into options. “A view is the prime curiosity for lots of those youthful patrons who worth views over massive, degree backyards,” notes Hyland. “They’d fairly have a floor-to-ceiling glass field than a sublime, stately Paul Williams or Wallace Neff house.” And whereas demand is up, provide may quickly sluggish: L.A.’s Metropolis Council in March handed an “anti-mansionization” ordinance imposing tighter restrictions on hillside properties that may restrict the variety of new hillside developments (and new views).

“Views are completely measurable when you’ve got the precise knowledge units,” says Zillow’s chief economist Svenja Gudell. Zillow, the web actual property clearinghouse, applies its “Zestimate” algorithm to thousands and thousands of properties listed on the location, setting a market worth based mostly on comps and different variables. There isn’t any variable — but — to replicate the worth of a view, acknowledges Gudell, however she expects that to alter as counties and owners present detailed info like high-resolution photographs of a view from particular person rooms and out of doors areas. Additionally of use, she says, can be upcoming development permits, projected tree and foliage development, and whether or not cellphone towers or energy strains are being put in.

However brokers balk on the notion that an algorithm can precisely seize such nuances. Malibu-based developer Scott Gillen just lately spent a document $50 million for a bluffside tract, the place he plans to construct 5 properties, all with unobstructed south-facing ocean views, priced from $40 million to $60 million. Gillen has encyclopedic recall of one of the best views in Malibu however retreats when requested to place a quantity on one. “I worth it like it’s artwork,” he says. “It both will get you or it would not.”

Hollywood Hills specialist Jason Oppenheim has devised his personal ranking system for views within the Hills: a “10” spans east to Griffith Observatory and downtown, and west to the ocean. However Oppenheim’s system additionally considers such components because the facet of the road the home is on (southern is best) and the possibility of future improvement. “The query alone of whether or not you may worth a view is deceptive as a result of it’s not simply the view you’re evaluating,” he says. “There’s zero likelihood that you could find an empirical solution to put worth on a view.”

Academia is, naturally, on the facet of information. Paavo Monkkonen, affiliate professor of city planning at UCLA’s Luskin Faculty of Public Affairs, says there’s a cottage trade that appears at hedonic pricing fashions as they apply to actual property (put merely, hedonic pricing says the value of a great is decided by each inside traits and exterior components). He cites a examine that analyzed the value of views in Hong Kong from one waterfront tower, totaling what number of inches of view every unit provided from numerous rooms and out of doors areas. Apply a hard and fast worth to every of these inches and voila. Creating an analogous mannequin for L.A. would not be “sophisticated,” says Monkkonen, with the precise (big) knowledge set. Hyland counters that exterior of downtown, L.A. views aren’t nearly verticality. Says Monkkonen, “You possibly can quibble about why that’s not comparable on this and that approach, however the statistical mannequin makes use of loads of knowledge to generate the extra impression of 1 function.” THR surveyed latest gross sales and listings throughout the town to offer a way of the impression of a view on L.A.’s prime markets now.

MALIBU – $85M

23800 MALIBU CREST DRIVE Gillen solely scouts properties the place he can develop properties with south-facing views — like a house overlooking the Malibu Pier that Matthew Perry bought for $10.65 million in 2015. Factors and bluffs present one of the best promontories; waterfront properties supply dramatic vistas in the course of the day, however after sundown, the ocean can seem darkish, flat and boring. South-facing views present extra worth from the lights of the town and piers. Coldwell Banker’s Sandro Dazzan and Brittany Monforte, and Hilton & Hyland’s Branden Williams maintain the itemizing on this south-facing new construct, the Malibu Fortress, the place a 1978 fake Scottish citadel beforehand stood.

BEL AIR – $45M

900 STRADELLA ROAD “For me, Bel Air is primary,” says Harris, who provides that the tony space affords bigger tons and higher privateness than a nabe just like the Hollywood Hills. He and Parnes maintain the itemizing on this five-bedroom new construct, and so they closed Nov. 21 on the $17.7 million sale of 332 Bel Air Highway, the location of Bob Newhart’s property till he bought it in 2016. Bel Air is also house to certainly one of L.A.’s handful of 360-degree views, together with a hilltop on the finish of Airole Means, the place a $500 million Nile Niami spec mansion will come to market in just a few months. Going larger up would not all the time translate into a greater parcel of land, Hyland cautions, and sluggish, windy drives are a turnoff for some patrons.

DTLA – $9.3M

900 W. OLYMPIC BLVD., #51A “In condominium buildings, there’s a pricing nomenclature from the underside to the highest,” says Compass’ Hana Cha, who oversaw gross sales within the Ritz, the place Floyd Mayweather purchased. In a 50-story constructing, going up one ground within the decrease reaches can bump the value from $10,000 to $15,000. However on larger flooring providing open views, the per-floor premium might be $50,000 or extra, says Cha. A westward-facing view above the skyline “is the cash shot,” she says. This 6,590-square-foot duplex with floor-to-ceiling southeastern and western views just lately bought for $9.25 million. The constructing has 17 items on the market, starting from $1.13 million to $7.9 million.

HOLLYWOOD HILLS – $5M

8448 HAROLD WAY “There isn’t any more durable space to cost than the Hollywood Hills as a result of there are such a lot of nuances that you do not discover within the flats,” says neighborhood specialist Oppenheim, who just lately bought a house within the space to Taye Diggs. He is about to listing this three-bedroom, three-bath house on the southern facet of the road — the popular facet, per Oppenheim’s personal Hollywood Hills view ranking system, which additionally components in proximity to Sundown Boulevard (and its attendant noise) and the seasonal trajectory of the solar.

This story first appeared within the Dec. 6 difficulty of The Hollywood Reporter journal. To obtain the journal, click on right here to subscribe.

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Kat tweets!

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Jocelyn's IG stories

What adorable photos of Jocelyn, Jared, and Katie! (Plus the WIndy cast and crew,)

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The Walkerverse family is truly being tested this month. There are three performances to vote for. (Curse the Pick Only 1 option!)

We've got Greg's fabulous portrayal of Tom's descent into villainy in the Walker: Independence finale:

Jake's amazing performance as Kevin, the antagonist who was so compelling we didn't want to see him go:

And Jared's masterful turn as Cordell, who goes from an unsure, hunted and concussed ranger to the confident badass we know he is:

Go vote (each day) and good luck!

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Laura’s IG stories

Greg’s getting all the love! 😂

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Katie's IG stories

Awe! We're still getting WIndy content!

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Laura's IG story

This cast and crew are amazing! Not only did Katie and Greg have to work out the scene within two hours, the crew likely had to reset all their positions as well. What an amazing show!

(Also "Banana Phone"! LOL!)

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Laura's IG stories

I think I prefer Happy Matt!

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@ellehtee The last week was torture (barn). Everyone was over it. Eff these people was the overwhelming vibe. “Get me out of here” was regularly declared, mid-take. Not a moment too soon.

Laura's tribute to Brook... he's amazing! (And so is everyone else who's worked on our little show!)

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Philly tweets

Philemon's being a tease again on Twitter. He really knows how to tweet without giving anything away! LOL!

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@timothygranaderos Will the Davidson brothers ride off into the sunset? Walker: Independence finale tonight.

NOT FUNNY, PHILEMON!

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@thecwwalkerindependence Despite the shootouts and shenanigans, there’s nothing but love in the #WindyFam! We wouldn’t be able to bring this story to life without the incredible team in front of and behind the camera. Thank you to our incredible cast and crew for an amazing season. All my love to each of you! x @kat.mcnamara #WeMadeAWestern #WalkerIndependence #WalkerLegacy @thecw @cbstvstudios #kattakeover #abbywalker