Good Morning!!!! 72F @ 5:45AM. Sunny. High 103F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.
Ever pay $2,500 for a battery? I'm buying two of them ... ahhhh.
I paid a dollar a Watt hour for the 25 kWhr battery backup on the solar power system here, but I didn't get a break down for the Tesla PowerWall down south. Worth every penny.
This is one of 4 cracked knots in an outside door. For those experienced in repairing wood, what product should be used to fill them in. Thanks.
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I found a kit of crayon like sticks in different wood colors, and have used it to fill holes in finished cabinets, Don. Not sure where it came from, but probably Home Depot. Not sure how well it would hold up outdoors, though. Black epoxy would probably work, but you'd end up refinishing the whole door unless you're super careful with masking and application.
Spent a little more time screening insurance companies yesterday morning, then called a realtor friend of mine for some advise. He said the market in the San Francisco Bay Area really pulled back after Father's Day this year, and none of the five listings he's managing has had much interest or traffic. He thinks the hot weather is partially to blame, along with the big price and interest rate jumps. I asked about him taking my place on, but he explained that he has to be a member of the MLS on which his listings appear, so that's a no-go. He left me with the feeling I shouldn't be in any hurry to put my place on the market until the weather cools off a bit. But by then we'll be heading into the holidays, so it might be wise to wait until next year. UGH.
Yesterday the
Park Fire grew from 15,000 acres to 164,000 acres, spreading mostly north but also widening, covering an area roughly 15 miles by 25 miles. The terrain is steep with deep drainages, so ground crews are having a tough time of it. There are three Very Large Tankers working the fire, along with numerous smaller airplanes, helicopters, and an army of bulldozers and fire crews. Approximately 4,400 people have been evacuated from the communities of Chico, Cohasset and Forest Ranch. Regrettably, it was announced that the fire was started by an arsonist who lit his car then pushed it down a sixty foot embankment into a heavily wooded gully. That person was apprehended and is now awaiting a hearing. So far numerous structures have been lost, but no one has yet perished.
This was the view from my front yard yesterday afternoon. The heel of the fire is about 20 miles distant and the head is moving north, away from me. A new Red Flag Warning is in effect until 11 PM, with elevated temperatures, very low humidity, and winds out of the south, gusting to 30 MPH.
TGIF gang!
