Good Morning. 79F @ 5:15AM. Mainly sunny. High near 105F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Looks like we'll be under a Fire Weather Watch starting tomorrow evening for the next 24 hours. And right on queue, PG&E has announced elevated chances that they'll be turning off the power. Strong winds out of the north ensure crappy air, too. Lovely.
Yesterday's hundred plus temperature prediction never materialized, probably due to the smoke haze that hung overhead all day. "Only" got to 98.5F, hardly enough to break a sweat.
Welcome, blacktruck!
Will they give you exercises you can do at home once you finish the PT, Drew?
Good luck with the quote. Once you get a new tractor, we'll have to touch up your avatar again, and work on planting an apple tree in the yard.
Happy frog, Ron.
Big fish, happy daughter, proud father, Kyle. Did she eat it?
Drove a T-stake next to the upper water tank yesterday and mounted a plastic electrical box to it to provide weather protection for an Ethernet switch and the remote end of the Ethernet extender. I was a bit surprised I was able to drive it in as far as it went, considering all the rocks in the ground up there. Sure is crowded in that box, and I'll be curious to see how the equipment in there does heat wise. Back in the pump house below, I was finally able to get the camera link to work with over 1400' of cable, clearing the way to getting a camera up at the cul-de-sac. The last hurdle seems to have been to make sure the connectors are fully seated in their sockets.
Apparently it's not good enough to just hear the little "click" when the plastic tab catches.
I was so overcome with joy I treated myself to a siesta after a late lunch, and didn't wake up again until dinner time. Soaked a nice chunk of New York Strip in some Yashida's to defrost it, and managed not to burn it on the Blaze BBQ. Very aptly named piece of equipment, that one is!
Need to do more testing on the solar power system soon, to better understand under what conditions the voltage sag problems are the worst. Not sure this is the best time to be doing them, though, with a power outage on the way. But I also need the practice switching the system back to the grid, and also to run on just the generator, so what the heck, might as well get started on that this morning. Probably should give the solar panels a rinse, too, so maybe I'll start there first thing before they get too warm. Who knows how the rest of the day will go.
Hope everyone's week gets started in the right direction...
