Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 34 with a forecast high of 37 and partly cloudy skies.
Yesterday’s precipitation didn’t amount to anything. Traces of ice on untreated surfaces, but all roads were pretreated with brine, so they were just wet. Tractor stayed all warm and comfy in the shop.

Made good progress on the speaker yesterday, made my bushing while glue cured.
Here’s the bronze bar stock-


Here’s the center drill for the bore-


Reaming the bore to size-


And the finished bushing-


Got a call from the restaurant for an easy electrical repair, timing was perfect. I had a flame broiled ribeye and steamed broccoli for lunch when I was finished. Then back to the speaker.

Still radio silence from the county on vaccination.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 28 now, not really going to change much. Tomorrow is predicted to be colder. Another Panhandle Low is forecast for Sunday into Monday. Maybe it will be more impressive than the last one.... Historically, we are in the coldest 3 weeks of the year. Based on the forecast, I am ok with it! :thumbsup:

Only 15 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours locally. Rest of the state is reporting reduced numbers and reduced hospitalizations as well. The curfew might get reduced by 1 hour soon based on the numbers. Vaccines are still in short supply.

Finished the reloading project finally. Got interrupted by several work type calls. Think I need a new powder measure. Old one is not behaving and is very inconsistent.

Not sure what type of mischief I will get into today.....so much to get into, so little time

Everyone stay safe out there

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 41˚F heading to the low 60s, mostly sunny.

The park ranger found a location for a new spur lookout trail that he has made a priority. They are getting excited because the county has announced a March park opening. Today we will clear the spur trail, chainsaws will be a buzzing.

An upbeat e-mail from Vacations To Go travel agency this morning:

"First, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, new cases of COVID-19 reached an all-time peak in the U.S. on January 11 and have plunged since then.

As seen on Worldometers.info, the 7-day moving average of new cases in the US was 254,862 on January 11 and has since fallen by 31% to 175,021 as of January 25. Click here to see current stats and follow in the future. United States Coronavirus: 26,11,222 Cases and 435,452 Deaths - Worldometer

Similarly, the 7-day moving average of new cases in Canada peaked on January 9 at 8,885 and has fallen 39% to 5,420 as of January 25. Click here to see Canada's numbers. Canada Coronavirus: 757,22 Cases and 19,43 Deaths - Worldometer

It's important to recognize that the peak and decline happened before the rollout of vaccines had any significant impact. With multiple vaccines now approved and the delivery of vaccinations expected to accelerate, perhaps the battle against COVID-19 has reached the turning point.

New mutations in COVID-19 have raised the possibility that vaccines may someday have to be tweaked to be effective against new strains, as flu shots are, but according to Anthony Fauci, America's chief medical adviser for Covid-19, "We don't need to do that right now."

The chief science advisor of Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. government's expedited search for development and delivery of a vaccine, has said that every American who wants a vaccine will be able to get one by June. Health officials in Canada have said that all Canadians who want a vaccine will receive one by September. Even if those dates slip a bit due to vaccine delivery glitches, the end of the tunnel is in sight."

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning! 41˚F heading to the low 60s, mostly sunny.

The park ranger found a location for a new spur lookout trail that he has made a priority. They are getting excited because the county has announced a March park opening. Today we will clear the spur trail, chainsaws will be a buzzing.

An upbeat e-mail from Vacations To Go travel agency this morning:

"First, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, new cases of COVID-19 reached an all-time peak in the U.S. on January 11 and have plunged since then.

As seen on Worldometers.info, the 7-day moving average of new cases in the US was 254,862 on January 11 and has since fallen by 31% to 175,021 as of January 25. Click here to see current stats and follow in the future. United States Coronavirus: 26,11,222 Cases and 435,452 Deaths - Worldometer

Similarly, the 7-day moving average of new cases in Canada peaked on January 9 at 8,885 and has fallen 39% to 5,420 as of January 25. Click here to see Canada's numbers. Canada Coronavirus: 757,22 Cases and 19,43 Deaths - Worldometer

It's important to recognize that the peak and decline happened before the rollout of vaccines had any significant impact. With multiple vaccines now approved and the delivery of vaccinations expected to accelerate, perhaps the battle against COVID-19 has reached the turning point.

New mutations in COVID-19 have raised the possibility that vaccines may someday have to be tweaked to be effective against new strains, as flu shots are, but according to Anthony Fauci, America's chief medical adviser for Covid-19, "We don't need to do that right now."

The chief science advisor of Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. government's expedited search for development and delivery of a vaccine, has said that every American who wants a vaccine will be able to get one by June. Health officials in Canada have said that all Canadians who want a vaccine will receive one by September. Even if those dates slip a bit due to vaccine delivery glitches, the end of the tunnel is in sight."

"the end of the tunnel is in sight."

Hope that light, at the end of the tunnel .. isn't a train!

 

[pennwalk]

Here is a video that shows the accident. Looked like they tried to take off. They need to work on their landings. Knocked a big piece of the hill out and very nearly sank. By the way one of the crew is called the flight controller. He controls altitude and attitude.

American Magic's PATRIOT race boat capsize at PRADA Cup! - YouTube

Chris

 

[wngsprd]

Good morning! 41˚F heading to the low 60s, mostly sunny.

The park ranger found a location for a new spur lookout trail that he has made a priority. They are getting excited because the county has announced a March park opening. Today we will clear the spur trail, chainsaws will be a buzzing.

An upbeat e-mail from Vacations To Go travel agency this morning:

"First, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, new cases of COVID-19 reached an all-time peak in the U.S. on January 11 and have plunged since then.

As seen on Worldometers.info, the 7-day moving average of new cases in the US was 254,862 on January 11 and has since fallen by 31% to 175,021 as of January 25. Click here to see current stats and follow in the future. United States Coronavirus: 26,11,222 Cases and 435,452 Deaths - Worldometer

Similarly, the 7-day moving average of new cases in Canada peaked on January 9 at 8,885 and has fallen 39% to 5,420 as of January 25. Click here to see Canada's numbers. Canada Coronavirus: 757,22 Cases and 19,43 Deaths - Worldometer

It's important to recognize that the peak and decline happened before the rollout of vaccines had any significant impact. With multiple vaccines now approved and the delivery of vaccinations expected to accelerate, perhaps the battle against COVID-19 has reached the turning point.

New mutations in COVID-19 have raised the possibility that vaccines may someday have to be tweaked to be effective against new strains, as flu shots are, but according to Anthony Fauci, America's chief medical adviser for Covid-19, "We don't need to do that right now."

The chief science advisor of Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. government's expedited search for development and delivery of a vaccine, has said that every American who wants a vaccine will be able to get one by June. Health officials in Canada have said that all Canadians who want a vaccine will receive one by September. Even if those dates slip a bit due to vaccine delivery glitches, the end of the tunnel is in sight."

Good news. I'm sure that travel agency will see an increase in advance bookings for summer. Many folks are revving the engines for a big trip. As an aside, heard last night that the Dr. mentioned in that article is the highest paid federal employee...$434K salary...higher than the President.

A new trail sounds exciting. I finally had to breakdown and admit that my chain sharpening skills aren't quite as good as a new chain, and have been nursing a few old chains along, so ordered a couple of new ones yesterday.

 

[wngsprd]

wngsprd looks to me like dusting to one inch for you tonight, this weekend hard to say but could be a lot. Models have a hard time handling LaNina Good source for you wxrisk facebook. He is Richmond based he is good medium to long range forecaster other parts not so much, goes into a lot of detail and explains what it means

Thanks. I don't have a FB account, but was able to read much of his info...read his background...pretty impressive. I think I've heard him on the radio here.

 

[wngsprd]

37 outside this AM. Looks foggy, hard to tell. Heading to mid 40's.

Could use some sunshine. Like the rest of the world.

Hope all have a great day today. Be safe and stay healthy my friends.

I can a little sun peaking through.

...and Thomas, e-muffins are everywhere...my wife made homemade chicken salad yesterday, and put a scoop on top of a toasted e-muffing for me for lunch. Yum.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It's 52° with a north wind this morning and high will be in the mid 60's this afternoon.

Spent all day yesterday working for the VFD. We started our day at 7:30a.m. monitoring a "controlled burn" at one of our neighbors ranches. He'd built a burn pile of almost all cedar tress for over a year. It was about the size of half a football field but it was a windless morning.

We took our grass / brush fire truck and one of our tankers for water backup.



We tested the pump on the truck them we lit it in about 8-10 spots on the perimeter.

About 1 minute after lighting.


2 minutes.


4 minutes


5 minutes.


25 minutes



All went well .. as the property owner had used his disc harrow around the perimeter of the pile to create a firebreak.

The other guys took the trucks back to the VFD and I headed home to get our 100 HP tractor/ grapple and spent the next 7 hours removing about 25 big oak trees that were where our new VFD building will be built. Most were beautiful big live oaks.

One of the other members brought his back hoe to dig around the tree roots .. then I would push the tree over. Two other guys with chain saws would take the tops out of the downed trees while we started on a different tree. Then I'd go back and move the trunks to one area for firewood processing and the tree tops to a different area .. for some love from a tracked skid steer with a forestry mulcher head.

I'll put the bucket and 3-point chain harrow on the 55 HP tractor, to finish cleanup and fill all the rootball holes that aren't directly under where the building slab will be. We hope the start site prep soon after our 2/6 ground breaking ceremony.

Hope everyone has an excellent "hump day".

Prayers to all.

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning all, 27 going up to 40 and cloudy-was very foggy last night.
Was glad to see a few deer, since they opened up as many doe as you want permitting, the herds have definitely diminished. Hope that means less deer to car interactions. but I miss seeing deer every day.

Ron - how do you get the squirrels to pose, they never seem to stop moving when I'm outside.
Eric - no chainsaw accidents please
LouNY - congrats on the fridge-we tried to order one-has to be a certain size. Orders kept getting canceled , no stock and no timeline
TXDon - date for park opening-all that work will soon be public! I am sure the park will be very well received.

Wet and mushy so will need to wait on placing planters.
Angle grinder showed up, wood wet from rain so not today. Need more tarps !

Stay safe and be well.