Here it is forest fire season with a vengeance !
Even had six US senators complaining and moaning about all the smoke comming from Canada.
Thats OK, makes up for all that Colorado-low snow I have to shovel every winter!!


" Six U.S. Republican representatives sent a letter to the Canadian ambassador complaining about smoke from Canadian wildfires affecting their constituents."

 

Incidentally where is the compassion shown for the 12.000 displaced Canadians?

 

" Six U.S. Republican representatives sent a letter to the Canadian ambassador complaining about smoke from Canadian wildfires affecting their constituents."

Unfortunately we don't always elect the brightest bulbs in the pack. I'm sure it's not much fun, but at the same time what do they want you all to do?

 

what do they want you all to do?

I guess they expect us to fight the fire?
(as though we are not trying, exactly!!)

 

No, we expect you to control the weather and blow that damn smoke the other way.

 

No, we expect you to control the weather and blow that damn smoke the other way.

Or better yet ... they could "portal" said smoke into other obnoxious (though innocent) nation ... just not Mexico, please! ... we have enough problems as things are ...

 

though innocent...

Of what?

 

Of what?

I dunno, man ... the original sin?

 

Whew! Tried to do some ground level finishing touches work on my antenna farm. Too dang hot!!! Only 96°F on the thermometer, but a clear, sunny, and HUMID day for a felt 107° heat index. Did I mention it is sunny with NO clouds! Had to give it up and go back to hiding inside under the AC! Even the dog doesn't want to go out in it. I just strung another end-fed multi-resonant antenna and still working on another end-fed half wave for 10, 15, 20. & 40M that I wound the toroid coil to match 50Ω impedance of the radio to 450Ω impedance for the antenna. That and some work with the NanoVNA tuning the antennas length to the center frequency of the bands. LOTs of tuning still to do so I can satisfy my picky nature.

 

 

https://manuals.interlinksupply.com/Meters/AC249 HM-34-ThermoHygrometer-Manual.pdf

The morning feels good with the low humidity.

 

 

Girls just want to have fun.
Black Rock Desert

Updated 8/24 @ 7:05pm: The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the area including Black Rock City starting at 5:45pm, Sunday August 24. Wind gusts up to 50 MPH are expected to continue for a few hours, causing severely decreased visibility throughout the city. Precipitation in BRC is expected to continue for the next hour. The Gate into and out of Black Rock City is currently closed. The estimated wait for cars currently on Gate Road waiting to get into the city is seven hours. If you’re in Reno, delay your travel and keep an eye on this channel for updates. If you are in Black Rock City, secure your structures and belongings. If you can’t see or the roads are wet, do not drive and wait until conditions improve. The BRC Airport is currently closed.

 

 

Didn't they have a huge problem with flooding last year (or at least in a recent year), too?

On a similar note, I was talking to a cousin that has lived in Phoenix her entire life (she's mid=70s) and I mentioned the huge dust storm that made national news. The news made it sound like this was so unprecedented. She said that dust storms like that have been a part of living there her entire life and that this one wasn't any worse than most.

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1982915178221191411

 

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1982915178221191411

 

Few weeks ago we got a rainfall in Salt Lake City. It was the second biggest downpour since 1903. I got flooding in the basement. Lots of work cleaning that up, but got it done. Now it's just getting cold. Even the cats don't want to go out. Castor stays in his heated bed. Pollux waits till I get up and she parks herself in my warm chair. When I come back she looks at me like "What? I was here first!" My wife laughs at me because I can read emotions on the cat's faces. Midnight prefers sleeping on my lap. She always gets a good combing and petting. Gaud - to have a cat's life.