Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Protect against life-threatening flooding having possible extensive
impacts across across the remainder of Los Angeles and Ventura
Counties, and possibly in eastern Santa Barbara County. The most
significant flooding is expected over the mountains, foothills,
valleys, and urban areas.

I do believe this applies to RNG...

Scootr, you are right in the middle of this, hope you stay dry inside and power stays on
hope winds stay under 40mph and you get a good soaking

- A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Apple and Lucerne
Valleys, Coachella Valley, Orange County Coastal Areas, Orange
County Inland Areas, Riverside County Mountains, San Bernardino
County Mountains, San Bernardino and Riverside County
Valleys-The Inland Empire, San Diego County Coastal Areas, San
Diego County Deserts, San Diego County Mountains, San Diego
County Valleys, San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning, and Santa Ana
Mountains and Foothills

Death Valley next week will be exploding in flowers

 

[m7040]

Drew, the swelling is down and some mobility is back. It is a ligament type of injury that seems to improve and as long as I avoid bending the leg there is no pain. Wife had a knee replacement and she had a lot of pain before that from just supporting weight on the joint. An earlier Xray on the other knee the Dr said he sees calcium in the knee joint. Advised not to do any jumping or sudden loads to extend the life of the joint.So far so good.

 

[scootr]

Protect against life-threatening flooding having possible extensive
impacts across across the remainder of Los Angeles and Ventura
Counties, and possibly in eastern Santa Barbara County. The most
significant flooding is expected over the mountains, foothills,
valleys, and urban areas.

I do believe this applies to RNG...

Scootr, you are right in the middle of this, hope you stay dry inside and power stays on
hope winds stay under 40mph and you get a good soaking

- A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Apple and Lucerne
Valleys, Coachella Valley, Orange County Coastal Areas, Orange
County Inland Areas, Riverside County Mountains, San Bernardino
County Mountains, San Bernardino and Riverside County
Valleys-The Inland Empire, San Diego County Coastal Areas, San
Diego County Deserts, San Diego County Mountains, San Diego
County Valleys, San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning, and Santa Ana
Mountains and Foothills

Death Valley next week will be exploding in flowers

It's over us now. Very civilized storm at present. I spent time over the last 2 days preparing for too much rain and the problems associated with that. It would suk if the power goes out. Fingers Crossed.
I'll be taking a ride to the Anza Borrego desert to see a wildflower bloom soon. Pretty close by back roads to me.
Mexico getting pounded.

 

[m7040]

Russia meanwhile continues to regularly bombard Ukraine. A Russian missile hit a central square
in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv Saturday, killing seven people and injuring more than 100 others.

Every time I read this I think of London during WWII. Never knowing where and when a bomb will land.
The psychological impact of this is hard to imagine, particularly for children.

one of Ukraine's drones crashed through the glass ceiling of a major Russian train station, very much their home turf, and
showered glass down on a lot of folks. Sends quite a message, the other way.

it's quite a moral issue when shooting off a missile almost blindly and not caring if it hits an apartment building, when is that
collateral damage and when is that a war crime? Terrible things are done during wars. That sure hasn't changed.

I wonder if every gen thinks these are strange times.
we can only focus on the good and leave the rest behind
And be thankful most of us live in safe and beautiful settings in a free country.

Frits, are you icing that knee? should you be staying off it?
so many folks I know are getting new knees.
my brother and BIL both got new knees.
And they are doing fine. I guess that's why folks do this...
with arthritis everywhere else, kinda surprised that hasn't been a problem for me. yet.

time to get moving while it's cool out

The work continues for Daughter on documenting Russian war crimes attacking civilian targets and other war crimes. It is amazing what can be found via satellite surveillance to collect evidence and surveillance continue to discover new areas of war crimes. Pretty sad that attacks on the civilian population continue

 

[Buppies]

Be careful scootr and safe

 

[scootr]

Be careful scootr and safe

Kind of exciting. 1st ever Hurricane warning issued for CA. I was up at 3:30 this am watching the yard drains. We are good as long as the leaves and debris don't block them. Eucalyptus trees shed a lot of bark, leaves, and flowers or berries. Lot of times avoiding a flooded garage is just a matter of keeping the drains clear. Last year I installed a bigger drain box in front at the garage. This box is big enough to put a big electric 2" trash pump in it if it gets overwhelmed, as it has in the past. Raining in earnest now. The pump and hoses wait

 

[daugen]

when you click on windstream in Wunderground the hurricane is spinning like a top
in Mexico. I've never seen that online before.
Scootr, take care, it's headed North

 

[scootr]

when you click on windstream in Wunderground the hurricane is spinning like a top
in Mexico. I've never seen that online before.
Scottr, take care, it's headed North

We've been watching it. Weather underground is my go to weather information. And I use NWS National Weather Service to map rainfall etc.
Years ago I used to have to log rainfall events for the EPA reports on some bigger construction sites. I got pretty good at sourcing real time information.
Boy we need rain. Our water table is being replenished. Dry creeks will run swift and mud will flow. Especially if it comes too fast as suspected

 

[wngsprd]

55 and a pretty ground fog before sunrise. Marching up to 91.

LS, congrats on the GS scores. I hope he keeps it up.

BEF, Canaan Valley/Dolly Sods is high elevation and so nice, but surprised it got below freezing already. Glad you shared this. BTW, now is a good time to see leaves on the trees in NH...they have lots of them until November.

Spent most of the day painting inside, again. But we did receive delivery of a new washing machine and I had to remove the dryer and some storage shelves in order to move it into place. Delivery truck was huge, and broke off some limbs on some trees by the driveway...so had to spend an hour with the pole saw cleaning up. The guy didn't confess (I didn't find it until walking up to get the mail)...jerk. Based on the mess, likely did a number on his truck, too. But, nice washer. I finished the painting on this project, removed all Frog tape, reinstalled light fixtures, showered, ate dinner and crashed.

 

[Buppies]

I’ll bet painting looks nice sorry about damage to trees wngsprd