Rain and more of it!
5/12/06 7:07 am.
39º F, Rain, ENE wind 11 mph
Good morning,
Rain and more of it. Since it started to rain, we have gotten about 4 drops less than 3"! We are expecting about another inch today. The wind has calmed down pretty much. There have been many folks with out electricity and some will not have power back until late this afternoon. Kewaunee County also had many electrical customers without power, mostly in the northwest corner of the county. One of the main lines in Door County was knocked out, leaving most of the county without power for several hours. The main line is not the real problem, it is all of the neighborhood lines that have been cut by trees falling. Some of the power line poles have also been blown down/broken by the winds. The top winds recorded were about 70 mph and most of the day the sustained wind was in excess of 35 mph. Don’t think you could even fly a kite in these winds.
Snow was also reported between here and Green Bay this morning. The northern part of the state and Upper Michigan also got about 3" of snow! The low pressure system causing all of this has been located over southwestern lower Michigan and the southern third of Lake Michigan for the past couple of days. It move northwest into it’s present location and has been wobbling in the same general area since Wednesday. It is expected to head southwest very slowly in the next few days, leaving us with more rain for that time. Think I will go uptown this morning and pick up some oarlocks to mount on the window sills. I think I have enough wood around to carve some oars from. Do I need to get some life preservers too?
The ferry to Washington Island didn’t run yesterday either. One of the TV stations interviewed the grocery store owner, via telephone, and he said the folks there don’t make a big deal of it. Just another day on the island. He did say that he was unable to get his grocery order, especially some of the weekend specials he had advertised, so just would add one more day to the length of the sale period. Guess it has happened before. Suspect the island was pretty breezy, being rather small and sitting with a lot of water around it.
This weather sure does put the kibosh on anything outside. Expect the lawn will really have a good crop to clog the lawnmower. Other than a very small patch, I have not been able to cut any of it. It also will take a couple of days for things to dry some too. All of the things growing should appreciate the water and really get to growing now.
We saw a martin run across the yard the other day (before the deluge). I have never seen one here before and it is some unusual. They are a very private animal, liking wilderness without any folks around. It is a very good looking and healthy one too. It’s fur had a high sheen to it. Wonder what brought it into this neighborhood.
I did finish the first pass at the book yesterday. I hope I can print it out today, but an running low on black in the printer, so may postpone that until after I have a new tank on hand. I don’t have any deadline to meet. 135 pages of single spaced manuscript. Normally manuscripts are written double spaced between lines, but don’t wan to use that much paper. Cheap is what I am. Does make it more difficult to correct and change with single spacing though.
We are thinking of running over to Shawano area next week and spending a couple of day looking around. There is some interesting Native American and logging sites in the area. We have driven by the area, but never really stopped to look around. Also had a couple of room mates from college days from that area. Suspect I will not look them up though.
Time to get the day a-going
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
39º F, Rain, ENE wind 11 mph
Good morning,
Rain and more of it. Since it started to rain, we have gotten about 4 drops less than 3"! We are expecting about another inch today. The wind has calmed down pretty much. There have been many folks with out electricity and some will not have power back until late this afternoon. Kewaunee County also had many electrical customers without power, mostly in the northwest corner of the county. One of the main lines in Door County was knocked out, leaving most of the county without power for several hours. The main line is not the real problem, it is all of the neighborhood lines that have been cut by trees falling. Some of the power line poles have also been blown down/broken by the winds. The top winds recorded were about 70 mph and most of the day the sustained wind was in excess of 35 mph. Don’t think you could even fly a kite in these winds.
Snow was also reported between here and Green Bay this morning. The northern part of the state and Upper Michigan also got about 3" of snow! The low pressure system causing all of this has been located over southwestern lower Michigan and the southern third of Lake Michigan for the past couple of days. It move northwest into it’s present location and has been wobbling in the same general area since Wednesday. It is expected to head southwest very slowly in the next few days, leaving us with more rain for that time. Think I will go uptown this morning and pick up some oarlocks to mount on the window sills. I think I have enough wood around to carve some oars from. Do I need to get some life preservers too?
The ferry to Washington Island didn’t run yesterday either. One of the TV stations interviewed the grocery store owner, via telephone, and he said the folks there don’t make a big deal of it. Just another day on the island. He did say that he was unable to get his grocery order, especially some of the weekend specials he had advertised, so just would add one more day to the length of the sale period. Guess it has happened before. Suspect the island was pretty breezy, being rather small and sitting with a lot of water around it.
This weather sure does put the kibosh on anything outside. Expect the lawn will really have a good crop to clog the lawnmower. Other than a very small patch, I have not been able to cut any of it. It also will take a couple of days for things to dry some too. All of the things growing should appreciate the water and really get to growing now.
We saw a martin run across the yard the other day (before the deluge). I have never seen one here before and it is some unusual. They are a very private animal, liking wilderness without any folks around. It is a very good looking and healthy one too. It’s fur had a high sheen to it. Wonder what brought it into this neighborhood.
I did finish the first pass at the book yesterday. I hope I can print it out today, but an running low on black in the printer, so may postpone that until after I have a new tank on hand. I don’t have any deadline to meet. 135 pages of single spaced manuscript. Normally manuscripts are written double spaced between lines, but don’t wan to use that much paper. Cheap is what I am. Does make it more difficult to correct and change with single spacing though.
We are thinking of running over to Shawano area next week and spending a couple of day looking around. There is some interesting Native American and logging sites in the area. We have driven by the area, but never really stopped to look around. Also had a couple of room mates from college days from that area. Suspect I will not look them up though.
Time to get the day a-going
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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