The Weather Where You Live?

[special ed]

While in the Air Force in Colorado, the low humidity caused newcomers', especially from the humid climates, lips to dry out and crack. This, of course, meant telling them jokes which left their lips bleeding. Those with dried blood/cracked lips were fair game for two weeks until they adjusted or found Chapstick.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Ear wax is a wonderful remedy for cracked lips. It's free, and while it may not actually heal them, it sure keeps you from licking them.

 

[Donivanp]

Ear wax is a wonderful remedy for cracked lips. It's free, and while it may not actually heal them, it sure keeps you from licking them.

EWWWW GROSS sounds like a Shrek thing.

 

[NVSMITH]

-Our temperature has been hovering around 100° F (38° C) with 10-12% humidity for a while. A few towns to the north hit 105° (41°); Reno hit 102° (39°) yesterday.
-We are starting to get the smoke from the fire in Yosemite National Park drifting over the Sierras but the wind is trending more to the north than to the west. Side note: the news has been showing aerial tankers retardant bombing the fire. I've seen everything from Hueys carrying buckets to DC-10s dropping 12,000 gallons (45k liters) per pass. Photogs love to capture what are (I think) BAe 146s, probably because the four engines makes them appear larger to viewers. They drop 3k gal/11k l per pass.
-The fire season started early, again, and it looks, again, to be a bad one.
-There is a chance of thunderstorms later this week; the fear is that lightening strikes will cause more fires. Whatever rain manages to fall won't be enough to stop the fires.
-Many moons ago when I was in college I had a night job at a Reno FBO. During fire season we used to top off TBM/TBFs, S-2s, an occasional B-17 and others with 115/145 AVGAS. I haven't seen any of those birds in quite some time. Like me they are all retired.

 

[GrauGeist]

CDF still has a fleet of S-2 Trackers and OV-10s.

 

[Donivanp]

CDF still has a fleet of S-2 Trackers and OV-10s.

I'd heard OV-10's were used but doesn't seem like they could hold much.

 

[GrauGeist]

I'd heard OV-10's were used but doesn't seem like they could hold much.

CDF uses them as both foreward air controllers and pathfinders for the heavies during air attack.
They also have Beechcraft King Air types (don't recall the model) used in this capacity, too.

 

[NVSMITH]

CDF still has a fleet of S-2 Trackers and OV-10s.

-CalFire lists 23 S2Ts and about 15 OV-10 spotters. "CAL FIRE uses the OV-10s as the primary command and control platform on wildland incidents. The air attack officer, a highly
trained and experienced fire officer, coordinates with the incident commander on the ground, providing an unique aerial perspective on fire conditions, anticipated resource needs and potential threats to life and property." https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/kkfd4s40/ov-10-2020-1.pdf

 

[GrauGeist]

Old habit, referring to them as "CDF" (California Department of Forestry)

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Clear crisp morning, bright and sunny temp 8C.

 

[Gnomey]

Another lovely sunny day. Around 27C/84F…

 

[NVSMITH]

Old habit, referring to them as "CDF" (California Department of Forestry)

-Huh!
-I must have been out of state when they changed & never even noticed. I thought Cal Fire was one thing and CDF another...
-What the heck: here in Nevada the Highway Patrol just became the State Police. Adios and a big 10-4 to Broderick Crawford...

 

[GrauGeist]

-Huh!
-I must have been out of state when they changed & never even noticed. I thought Cal Fire was one thing and CDF another...
-What the heck: here in Nevada the Highway Patrol just became the State Police. Adios and a big 10-4 to Broderick Crawford...

There was a shift in Sacramento about 15 years ago(ish) where the state no longer felt the department was to be focused on forest management amd instead aimed more towards fire suppression (this is a potential political rabbit hole we do not want to visit), so hence the name change.

California also disbanded it's state police in the late 90's and the Department was absorbed by the Highway Patrol.

The State Police used to provide protection at the Capitol, for elected officials, at state sponsored events and around state properties.

 

[Marcel]

Weather today bl**dy hot.

 

[Airframes]

And here too - 38C / 100.4F at 15.00 hrs !!!

 

[Donivanp]

And here too - 38C / 100.4F at 15.00 hrs !!!

English folks don't know how to handle that. Come on down to Texas. We'll teach you how to deal with it! Me I'll be in Montana fishing

 

[Snautzer01]

English folks don't know how to handle that. Come on down to Texas. We'll teach you how to deal with it! Me I'll be in Montana fishing

No no heat in Europa is different. No big airco every where, perhaps a 20 cm fan ventilator. Cost of power just went appolo11, but and that is were you have a point we are used to 24 Celsius in summer. Over that everything caves in. Train.. cars
I just got back getting back the garbadge bin, 20 meter walk btw, and now i am sweating like Tyson in a fight. Its hot. Not the nice Greece hot but hot

 

[GrauGeist]

No no heat in Europa is different. No big airco every where, perhaps a 20 cm fan ventilator. Cost of power just went appolo11, but and that is were you have a point we are used to 24 Celsius in summer. Over that everything caves in. Train.. cars
I just got back getting back the garbadge bin, 20 meter walk btw, and now i am sweating like Tyson in a fight. Its hot. Not the nice Greece hot but hot

My cooling system here is called an evaporative cooler, and it works really well. On a typical day, where the temps are around 105°F (40C), it'll keep the inside of the place around 82°F (27C).

 

[Snautzer01]

My cooling system here is called an evaporative cooler, and it works really well. On a typical day, where the temps are around 105°F (40C), it'll keep the inside of the place around 82°F (27C).

Wait untill you hear what cloggies have to pay to get power. Gas or electric. Monthly. It is robbery.

 

[GrauGeist]

Wait untill you hear what cloggies have to pay to get power. Gas or electric. Monthly. It is robbery.

I'm sure the situation in Ukraine has made prices jump considerably