Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[cooperhawk]

We love it when we travel in the Winter. If we lose power our house won't freeze up.
I wanted the 24KW but they were on back order so we settled for the 22.
It does the job.

[cooperhawk]

Fair, 61°F, Humidity 100%
Wind Speed Calm
Barometer 29.99 in
Sunny, with a high near 81.
Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Well, we leave this morning for three days in Duluth and then to Richmond, Mn.
for rest of the week to a Blue Grass Festival. Beer, brats, music, fun.

[brm4450]

Sunny, hot and windy today.
Low: 63
High: 94
Currently: 74
Everyone have a great day!

[Mags]

54' and cloudy this morning. Might burn off by late afternoon and maybe hit 76'. Tomorrow starts a warming trend with 100' likely on Wednesday.

[Hatchdog]

51 this morning with heavy smoke from the local fires that started yesterday. High in the low 70’s due to both the cold front that brought yesterday’s gusty winds and the smoke layer blocking the sun. I should be loading my golf clubs in the car right now but one of my golf partners was evacuated yesterday so we had to postpone.

[dave77]

We had a 22KW Generac installed a few years back and love having it.
It will even power the whole house and my shop as well.

I installed a 10Kw generac a few years ago that powers all of the circuits in my 1400 sq ft house and garage, but not the 220 appliances (the Oven, Clothes Dryer, dishwasher, and AC). I lose power often (mostly to downed powerlines from tree limbs), but it's usually restored within several hours. I lost power for four hours last week. My main concern when installing it was running the well, the furnace, the sump pump, and the Fridge. Peace of mind. And a powered-up home entertainment system helps to pass the time during frightful weather.

Do you need a natural gas line (unless you have 3000 gallons of propane ) for the large generators to be practical for long term outages? I can't imagine hauling enough diesel or gas to keep it running for any length of time. I've had a portable propane/gas 7000 watt generator for around 5 years now but haven't had to use it yet, power outages are pretty rare here.

[JEBar]

79 (RealFeel 90 @ 7PM) on Sun Aug 2nd .... we've had a few light showers move through .... they didn't bring much rain but sure pushed in very high humidity .... a chance of rain over the next 3 days but nothing serious mentioned in the forecast till mid week .... most items on our August calendar are medically related .... any more, that's pretty much the norm

[CT_Shooter]

Do you need a natural gas line (unless you have 3000 gallons of propane ) for the large generators to be practical for long term outages? I can't imagine hauling enough diesel or gas to keep it running for any length of time. I've had a portable propane/gas 7000 watt generator for around 5 years now but haven't had to use it yet, power outages are pretty rare here.

I have two 100 gallon tanks that were installed for the generator (and my stovetop and propane fireplace logs) and that are remotely monitored for auto-refill. This setup should be useful for several days or more depending on the circumstances. So far, it's only been needed for a few hours at a time.

[Hatchdog]

My thermometer here at home shows 47 but the official Deer Park temp at the airport three miles away is 38 . That’s great for the firefighters fighting the destructive fires here (see my Spokane Fires post). High today is expected to be 80 but with the heavy smoke blocking the sun probably not. Getting hot again later this week with temps in the mid 90’s. Boooo.

Tomorrow in my hernia repair surgery so today I’ll be getting little jobs done that might be a problem durning recovery.

[brm4450]

A warm and partly cloudy day, windy also.
Low: 62
High: 92
Currently: 73
Everyone have a great day!

[cooperhawk]

Whenever I try to post I get this message.
Maybe this time it will go through.

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[Mags]

Whenever I try to post I get this message.
Maybe this time it will go through.

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[Mags]

52' and hazy/sunny this morning. Expected to burn off and be clear (but could get smokey from eastern Oregon fires). Maybe 86' later. Likely 90's the rest of the week.

[CT_Shooter]

Whenever I try to post I get this message.
Maybe this time it will go through.

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That may be true, but it isn't acceptable. For too long now, every interaction with the forum requires waiting, refreshing, waiting, refreshing... it's tedious and is a problem to be solved.

[Mags]

Whenever I try to post I get this message.
Maybe this time it will go through.

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

User 'dave14_bb1' has exceeded the 'max_user_connections' resource (current value: 30) [1226]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

Why This Happens
Traffic Spikes: Too many users (or malicious bots) are visiting the forum at the same time.
Hanging Connections: phpBB is opening database connections but not closing them fast enough.

That may be true, but it isn't acceptable. For too long now, every interaction with the forum requires waiting, refreshing, waiting, refreshing... it's tedious and is a problem to be solved.

I'd like nothing more than to be able to counterattack the sources of the automated bot attacks causing this. These attacks are being fended off and unfortunately the fending off takes compute resources away from normal operations resulting in the intermittent denial of service we're experiencing.

[JEBar]

just came in from hauling Maureen to take care of some errands .... they say it is 87 (RealFeel of 104) so it comes as no surprise to say it feels like the inside of an oven baking bread .... considerable high clouds that look as if they could dump a bunch of rain .... the forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms, none seem to be in our immediate future

[cooperhawk]

Duluth, Mn
Partly Cloudy, 77°F,Humidity 71%
Wind Speed S 10 mph
Barometer 29.89 in
Partly sunny, with a high near 84.
South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Road construction everywhere here. Going home tomorrow.

[cooperhawk]

Duluth, Mn
Mostly Cloudy,55°F, Humidity 96%
Wind Speed W 9 mph
Barometer 29.90 in
Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Went on a harbor tour last evening on a cruise boat.
We had a big storm pass through about 3AM.
We're out of here today for home.

[Sir Henry]

I just took a head dive down the stairs carrying the box the a/c came in. Fortunately the big box that caused the fall also made a good cushion. I’m okay but need a change of underwear.

[CT_Shooter]

I just took a head dive down the stairs carrying the box the a/c came in. Fortunately the big box that caused the fall also made a good cushion. I’m okay but need a change of underwear.

Glad you can post about it. Could have been very different.

I live alone, too, and falling is a concern. My spine isn't what it used to be and I've lost my balance more than once. I've just agreed to move into an adult community where I don't have to cook (if I don't want to) or clean or care for the property. It's going to be a sea-change for me, but being alone just isn't safe anymore.