San Antonio

I was happy none blew into the pool this time!

 

at 11:00, one last 45 min section....

 

I have no way to look cool chasing things.....

 

But your retired Kurt, you don't need to chase anything down.....all you have to do is grab another brewski. There is nothing cooler than being retired

 

It's a long road. Maybe next year, I will get it figured out!

 

Oh yeah, forgot about the whole political aspect of science. I'm still not really sure how being Republican or Democrat sways data. Anyway. Wiping my feet and washing my hands.

Wish it would rain at my place!

 

Do it like a cat.
Lackadaisical.
Lazy.
Like you're not even interested.
And then pounce like you haven't eaten in a week.

 

Well, thunder and lighting moves ever South, but don't hold your breath!
And, well, yeah....
If you are running sprinklers, the cut grass from even two days ago will attach to wet feet, and then you have to clean up

Yeah, the lightning detection station was pretty new, before all the cuts, because they found that something that never happened needed to be measured!

 

That might work, in a light wind. And we don't seem to have that anymore either! But SOLID advice, nonetheless!
Sprinkly move!

 

I was talking to a bush pilot from Alaska the other day. He told me a story about thawing his plane in -40 and getting ready to take off when a herd of Caribou moved into a nearby field. He said there were 30-40. Their breath had enough moisture to create a cloud of ice fog thick enough for him to cancel the flight. He said it filled the entire valley he was in.

Alaska is crazy.

 

I was stuck in a fogged in Juneau for a week on a field service job in the 80's. Could not even drive out to anywhere. Could sit at a base on the Mendenhal glacier and stare up it. No Grand Theft Auto in Juneau then - you can't drive out!
Even the bush pilots were grounded.....

 

Alaska is crazy.

 

Yup. Had one job in Anchorage, don't even remember it except hitting the ceiling on the jet home, WEARING my seat belt, looking out and seeing the wingtips OVER the top of the fuselage......
Said to myself, they are DESIGNED to to that, closed my eyes and pretended to go back to sleep.

 

Most aircraft are rated to 9G's if I remember correctly. Your heart will stop from excessive G-forces before a wing snaps so long as it's not over max gross.

 

Crazy and nerve-racking all the same though. I'd need a clean set of underoos.

 

Once my eyes were normal size, I took great comfort in remembering I knew such facts.

 

But ya gotta ask yourself...
How long until this plane gets overhauled?
When was it's last inspection?
Did the lowest bidder cut some corners out use substandard materials?

 

Airplanes are scary.
Helicopters are way safer.

 

Fortunately, I recall my head already hurt from a hangover, and whacking it on the bulkhead further dulled my senses, so I was able to dismiss the wings as "supposed to do that".....