Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 61° and the overnight thundershower has moved east after dropping almost 0.4" between 0100 and 0400. That was our only rain since the brief shower around midnight Sunday. Total since Sunday morning is now at 1.4", but today is supposed to be the heaviest day of this week-long thunderstorm event. A large area of storms appears on the radar right now to be moving in from the west.
Just a couple of sausage, egg and cheese breakfast burritos for me this morning Francine. I see Flo in the kitchen while Mel takes the morning off.
Thanks to all who commented or reacted to the progress post yesterday;
Karl, Rick, Tom O, Patrick, Hughie, Chet, Gary, Joe, Garry, Guy, Tom.
I made a lot of progress (to me) out in the train shed yesterday on the Savings & Loan. Installed homemade shades on the windows and glued all four walls together and to the base.
I'll be working on the roof details, sidewalks and completing the fire escapes next.
Here it is in it's tentative location.
I will be extending that road up to a dead end at the tracks.
Steve -
Not sure about the EM one in the NE, should that one go east or west of the escape TO?
It needs to move to the west of the TO. Otherwise the escaping engine will clip the corner of the trailing car.
Sorry to read of your daughters' conditions. While I know that there is no cure, my thoughts and prayers go out to them for stabilization.
Patrick - I am currently putting my new back porch on hold right now until lumber prices come back down to earth a bit. They will, I've seen this cycle many times before, although they won't come as low as they were.
Tom O - I must echo what
Chet posted, that workbench is just too clean and organized. It was interesting to read your backstory. While I always modeled Santa Fe, I did move my era forward enough to remove all roofwalk boxcars and almost all cars with solid bearing trucks. I also retired all early Geeps except one GP20.
Moermusic - Yes, I also learned years ago that I can't type with two thumbs.
Good luck to you and
Guy with the gardens during the upcoming storm.
Ken - I have had more than my share of incompetent staff in medical offices over the years, detracting from an otherwise good relationship with a doctor.
Terry - At least you were home when the faucet blew and didn't come home to a flooded house.
An unwinnable legal/political situation has been developing in my area. A wind farm has been under construction nearby, with 52 turbines spread out over 16,000 acres. Originally the County Commissioners gave their approval for a tax abatement, which the developer more than paid back already by making major improvements to two county roads and the accompanying drainage system; that allowed them to access the leased properties with construction equipment. The local school system voted against the tax abatement but the wind farm developer went ahead and built anyway. It must be profitable even without the abatement. Meanwhile the 52 windmills have just been sitting idle because some NIMBY activists have sued the Commissioners for an illegal vote. It seems that one Commissioner has relatives that would benefit by owning some of the land. He disclosed this before the vote was taken. The vote was 5-0 anyway, so it made no difference. A lower court threw out the lawsuit as having no merit, but the plaintiffs are appealing. That Commissioner only voted for the abatement, he recused himself from the actual permit approval, which passed 4-0. Ultimately the wind farm and the commissioners will prevail since they have more money than the plaintiffs have, even though the lead plaintiff has plenty of it himself. I think that it is a case of "sour grapes", as the lead plaintiff owns land less than 1/2 mile south and he isn't getting any part of the action. I know him well from the past. It's interesting to watch this unfold. It's also quite a sight to behold.
Everybody have a great day. I'll try to keep dry. Everybody stay safe.
