Good Morning!!!! 68F @ 5:30AM. Sunny. High 74F. Winds NE at 15 to 25 mph.
We're under a Red Flag Warning until Monday night due to very low humidity and high winds. Last year's firestorms in Santa Rosa and Santa Barbara occured during similar conditions, and lack of maintence on the local utility's power lines was blamed in several instances. Now we learn that PG&E has installed weather stations throughout it's territory, and has designated several areas, including where I live, as extremely hazardous. They'll be preemptively turning off the electric power in those areas based on weather conditions.
Looks like it's finally time to get that LP generator and transfer switch installed.
That's a tough spot to be in with your knee, Ted. You know, doctors are no different than football players, auto mechanics, or dentists: Most are good, but some really stink. Sports medicine has made astonishing leaps in recent years, and maybe there's a medical center out there that can give you more options than are availabe in Albuquerque. And a little Googleing won't put any stress on that knee...
Finished up the horn install on the old BMW yesterday, and tidied up the rest of the wiring harness. The battery I've been using in the bike isn't sized properly for it, but will work with a wooden spacer under it, which I made and painted yesterday. When I went to remove the battery I learned that some of the wires I'd installed were in the way, so had to do some minor rearranging there. Today I'll put the seat back together with the new foam and cover that came last week, reconnect the battery, and put the tiny handlebar fairing on. Tomorrow the post office is supposed to deliver the new ignition, and it would be nice to be able to try it out and hear the thing run.
Now if only PG&E will leave the electricity on. This morning when I turned a light on, it was flickering badly. I thought it might be the lamp, but they were all doing it. So maybe the utility has more problems to worry about than just the wind blowing down trees into power lines?:confused2: Two years ago they were fined for diverting millions of dollars from a fund set aside for power line maintenance to give bonuses to shareholders. Now those ill sown seeds are sprouting, and their negligence is resulting in no power days and more fires. I don't believe in socialism, but when corporate greed and mismanagement in a monopoly results in catastrophic fires and service compromises, it's time for more stringent government oversite. But in this case, it would be easy to argue that the gummint is complicit as well, as the Public Utilities Commision has been overseeing PG&E's activities for many years.
Hope everyone enjoys the other half of their weekend!
