Good Morning!!!! 56F @ 5:15AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. High 76F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
The high was 79F yesterday, way above normal for this time of year. The 10-day shows highs in the mid to low 70s, still too warm, and no sign of rain. I'm seeing words like "critical drought" being used to describe the western US.
Sorry to hear about your red flag warning, Luther. Just had another "controlled burn" out here to out of control yesterday, but they stopped at at about 30 acres. Usually they site the land owner, and (s)he gets a pretty stiff bill to cover the cost of putting it out.
Two more pallets filled and stacked, room for just two more unless I trim the next pair by a couple inches so the doors will shut. I took a guess on where to place the first row of pallets when I started loading them into the shipping container, and then couldn't get one stack to sit even with the one next to it, and now that particular crow is coming home to roost. With a little reorganization, I might find some room on the other end, but I'm not sure it would be worth the effort. Not sure I have many decent sized trees down, either, and it's slow going working with the <6" ones.
The winds are supposed to stay light, and I'm thinking I can spend some time cleaning out pockets of dead manzanita and just throw it on the burn pile as I collect it. A few days doing that would really improve the looks of things around here, getting rid of the twisted gray skeletons.
Finished the site plan for the building permit yesterday, and got the permit itself filled out. Still have some supporting documentation to gather up, but maybe I can get that sent in the next couple days.
The
new headlamp spent yesterday on the charger, so after dark I took it for a walk. On "turbo mode", it's supposed to put out a little over 2000 lumens. From the looks of things, I think that's pretty accurate. They don't give a run time for turbo, but the next setting down at half the brightness is still over 6 hours. The headband is pretty comfortable, and it also came with a strap that's supposed to work on the fire hat. The battery recharges from a USB3 cable without having to remove it. Pretty convenient. The vendor is offering a 20% off coupon right now, and they sell a ton of other stuff...
Hope everyone enjoys a nice Easter weekend.
