Good Morning!!!! 81F @ 5:45AM. A mix of clouds and sun. Near record high temperatures. High near 105F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Like Don's temp, if it's already this warm, this afternoon is gonna be another scorcher. Yesterday's high was 104F, but at least it's a dry heat at 10% when the heat peaks. So far the wind has been gentle, otherwise we'd be under another Red Flag.
I haven't had much luck with rain and latex paint, Drew. Softens up and wrinkles like a prune if it doesn't get enough drying time. I think that Killz will come off better with denatured alcohol.
Those crates looked pretty impressive, Paul, but an idiot with a fork lift can do a lot of damage. I know because I'm one...
That's good news on the new mill, Kyle. Nice to see your new employer putting faith in you with that big investment. No pressure there, huh?
Have you considered one of the new salt less water conditioners, Don? I always thought they were snake oil, but I see now the local Culligan franchise is selling them, too.
I was relieved to find 75 DC volts on the land line phone wires where I'd dug them up yesterday, and was able to make enough connections to hear a dial tone again. Sound quality was awful compared to a wireless call over the cellular network, but all the cell towers went out in the last fire sooner than all the telephone poles burned down. Belt and suspenders, even though that probably still isn't enough. Maybe WiFi calling over Starlink will still work? I'll have to give that a go sometime.
Speaking of fire, a chain of lightning complex fires northwest of here has been filtering smoke this way, and I noticed that the air monitors had gone offline during the network shakeup. Cycled power to each one and have them back now, and while air quality outside isn't unhealthy yet, I hope it's not a sign of things to come.
Another security camera came in yesterday, so today I'll see if I can make enough new Ethernet connections to get it running up at the gate. It's a run of over 1300', and uses a pair of boosters, so we'll see. I've set a lot of dominoes in place to pull it off, so there's no guarantee it'll work. Especially in this hot weather. I touched an Ethernet switch out in the pumphouse yesterday, and could only hold onto it for a few seconds before I had to let go. That can't be good for the electronics.
I noticed last night that somebody in the neighborhood is running a pair of propane cannons again. I don't notice them during the daylight hours, but they run all night, too. Not good for a good night's sleep.
Happy Hump Day. Friday can't come soon enough this week!