Good Morning!!!! 70F @ 5:00AM. Sunny. High 98F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
The smoke cleared early yesterday and it stayed nice outside all day. The fire cloud didn't poke its ugly head over the skyline, but the number of helicopters and airplanes in the air just keeps increasing. Maybe they're doing some good: The fire only gained a couple thousand acres yesterday. But many Evacuation Warnings went to full on Mandatory Evacuations in the area of Lake Almanor.
No leaks overnight, so the open trench inspection of the lines is on for today. I tried to use the county website to set it up, but couldn't get it to work, and the automated phone system was on the fritz, too. Finally got through to a real person and got it scheduled.
Pulled the drive shaft out of the red bike yesterday, and the u-joint is shot. There's a rebuilder not far from here, but he's booked up until October. Gonna make some measurements today, and if they pan out right, I'll see if I can get the parts and do the work myself.
Second try at ordering CAT5e wire pooped out yesterday. More supply line issues with China. Maybe things aren't as rosy over there with CV19 as their government sez?
This shot of the pyrocumulonimbus cloud over the Dixie Fire popped up on Facebook yesterday. This crew had pulled back from the fire line under threats that the cloud was on the verge of collapse.
Several new fire starts yesterday had planes and equipment diverted from the big fires to control them while they were still small. Yesterday's report about PG&E said it took over 10 hours for the first responders to get to the Dixie fire start.
Hump Day already. Where does the week go?