Good Morning!!!! 55F @ 6:45AM. Rain early...then remaining cloudy with showers in the afternoon. High 66F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.
Picked up almost 3.25" of rain overnight, 2" of it in just an hour and a half at around midnight, accompanied by the most hellacious thunderstorm I've ever experienced. Several brilliant lightning strikes instantaneously followed by window rattling explosions; gonna need to take a walk around as soon as it gets light to see what might have been hit. Probably need some rut repair on the driveway, too. Looks like we may pick up another quarter inch before it clears out later this morning. Yesterday's prediction was for 0.12" of rain...
I put Bilsteins on the F250 and also found them harsh over small bumps, Drew. $200/shock for the Konis sounds like a bargain; they've had that self adjusting technology since the early '80s, at least on the BMW motorcycles back then. A good motorcycle shock will run you at least $500, and those with electronically controlled damping can cost four times that.
It seems there's a power outage in effect here, and several of the devices and switches on the network are down. Probably more problems from last night's lightning.
Called PG&E again about the over voltage problem yesterday. The tech I spoke to said he'd follow up with the engineering team that was supposed to fix it, but the problem persisted the rest of the day. Can't tell what it's doing now as the grid seems to be down. I say seems to be because the controller for the solar power system seems to be one of the lightning casualties. Hopefully power cycling it will fix it.
The digital readout on the lathe self healed yesterday, ah the joys of another intermittent problem. But I did make some good headway on the red bike, finishing the top end on both sides. Still need to get the exhaust back on and track down a persistent oil leak. But should finish it today.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!