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Fire Weather
Posted by: RobDaHood, 03:46 PM GMT del 12 Aprile 2012 +4
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I opened the door earlier this morning to let the dog take a walk and to inspect the garden area. I immediately noticed a strong smell of smoke in the air. The email and photos of Pottery's firefighting episode 2 days ago (to be included in comments section) were fresh in my mind, as was the NWS warning of fire weather this afternoon.

I walked the perimeter trying to determine the source. By the time I completed the loop, the smoke had thinned and I never detected a plume on the horizon, so with the stiff and variable breeze, I guess it was a good ways to the ENE of here.

Not a great way to start the morning. Low humidity, wind, very dry conditions, and lots of dead fuel on the ground from an very dry winter make perfect conditions for the rapid propagation of fires. These conditions are wide-spread this spring.


So...I'm keeping an eye out and I hope all of you are too.


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201. Ylee 08:39 AM GMT del 22 Aprile 2012    
Snake, I know you have to be some worried, as any good parent would in this situation, but she's doing the Lord's work, and there's no higher calling! Be happy!

Prayers for you two, as well as your daughter!
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202. RobDaHood 08:41 AM GMT del 22 Aprile 2012    
Quoting RTLSNK:
Thanks, doing a lot of that myself. :)

Think I will try to catch some more Z's.

Check with you later.



Debating that myself.
Maybe watch something on TV and wind down a bit first.

Dead calm out now and 66 degrees.
Rest well.
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203. RobDaHood 08:45 AM GMT del 22 Aprile 2012    
Hi again Ylee!
nice post.

I'm gonna take a break from staring at this monitor for a while.
Have a good morning!
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204. Ylee 08:45 AM GMT del 22 Aprile 2012    
39 and dropping here, Rob! NWS called for 42 for a low tonight, so I didn't cover anything. Hopefully, cloud cover will keep the frost off!
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205. Ylee 08:46 AM GMT del 22 Aprile 2012    
Get some rest, Rob! You've had an exciting night! :)
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206. RTLSNK (Mod) 09:09 AM GMT del 22 Aprile 2012    
Quoting Ylee:
Snake, I know you have to be some worried, as any good parent would in this situation, but she's doing the Lord's work, and there's no higher calling! Be happy!

Prayers for you two, as well as your daughter!


Thanks Ylee, glad I checked back one last time before going back to bed!

It's funny, by myself I can take on the world, when it's one of my kids that protective instinct kicks in and says I'm not there to protect her. :)

But He Is.

Night guys.
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207. RobDaHood 03:22 PM GMT del 22 Aprile 2012    
Good Morning.

Really beautiful day out long as you don't mind wind.
Have all the doors and windows open and am outside enjoying the cool air and sunshine.

Frogs threw a major party last night. Turtles in the back yard this morning.

Fire threat over for me for the time being. Need a new blog topic. Was thinking Zombie Apocolypse, but maybe that's not such a good idea.

Mentioned how dry it was and we got hit by whatever the heck you call that thing that came through last night. Must be careful.
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208. RobDaHood 10:56 PM GMT del 22 Aprile 2012    
Off and on showers today. Winds 20-25 gusting 30+ mph.
Really nice though.

3 hours of sleep last night (this morning actually) has left me exhausted. Will turn in early tonight and eyes too tired to stare at the screen anymore.

Have a great night guys!

See you in the am some time.
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209. pottery 01:02 AM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
Good Evening!
Spent the day with Grandkids and stuff.
Had a Good One, and found some treasure....

(Now I need to find out where Lady Pott got that 100 Rupee note. I think I can explain the peso's and bolivars. But Rupee's ??)

:):))
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210. RTLSNK (Mod) 10:50 AM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
Morning Guys!

Holy Cow Batman, its cold this morning.

47*F in Macon this morning.

Low tonight is supposed to be 36*F.

First we had no winter. Then we had spring in Feb.

Now we have winter in April.

What the heck???

Where did I put my Snow Jacket?
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211. RobDaHood 02:16 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
Pretty darn nice here today, not that I've had time to notice.

USB port, which is also the charging port, of my phone broke loose from the circuit board so I've spent the morning taking it apart, doing some very tedious soldering, and putting it back together.

Somehow, I still have most of the hair left in my head and I managed to complete the task without throwing anything.

Seems to work and is charging okay.

Next project: Overhaul the starter on the garden tractor, sharpen blades, change oil, etc. so the lawn can be mowed. I think the grass, which has been mostly dormant of late, grew 4 inches over the weekend.

Pottery,
I'm not going to get in the middle of that question.
Lets just say it was accidentally received in change from a taxi driver in London and leave it alone.
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212. RTLSNK (Mod) 07:10 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
I like how you're not going to get in the middle of that question by getting in the middle of the question by coming up with an explanation of how the 100 Rupee note came to be in the possesion of the Lady Pott. :)

I am also not going to get in the middle of that question but since Rupees are from India and Pakistan it is very possible that when the Lady Pott was with her lady friends from the Art Gallery during her pottery show that they all went out to lunch at a local Indian or Pakistanian Resturant and she was given the note with her change from lunch. :)

I would tread very carefully there Pottery if I were you.

heh heh heh
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213. RTLSNK (Mod) 07:13 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
OK, Brown Mulch Report #437:

Rose Garden = completed.

Juniper Garden = completed.

Butterfly Garden = tomorrow is possible.

Right now it is nap time. :)
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214. RobDaHood 09:14 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
Well, you know how disappointed Pottery would have been if we just totally ignored it. I mean, he was obviously fishing for commentary!
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215. RTLSNK (Mod) 09:27 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
That's true, he is a fisher of some sort is he not?

I'll bet you a donut against an apple fritter that he uses one of our ideas.

And then throws one of us under the bus when it backfires on him. :)

It's a good thing we didn't get in the middle of that one!

yuk yuk yuk
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216. RTLSNK (Mod) 09:33 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
64*F here and the wind is crazy.

15 to 25 mph out of the NW with gusts up to 40.

Now NWS says it will only drop to 39* tonight.

Yeah, like that is so much warmer than 36. :)

Going out for dinner, back later.
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217. RobDaHood 09:45 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
About 77 here now, wind blowin' a gale.
I'm going to say 54 for a low. NWS says 48.

Enjoy your meal.
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218. pottery 10:38 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
Re the Recalcitrant Rupee...

I have taken ALL your suggested advices, and have decided to leave well enough alone.
I think that is the Wise Choice in these matters.
Especially when you see what 100 rupees is actually worth......

Spent the day in the City, doing whatnot and stuff.
What a Dreary way to spend a day.
Good to be home, showered, knowing I don't have to cook, and sipping a cold beverage.

So all is well.

P.S., the weather is wonderful, with little white puffy things wafting about overhead. Good to have an entire day of hot sun for a change.
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219. RTLSNK (Mod) 11:11 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
A wise choice Pottery, a wise choice. :)

HEY GRANDPA - WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

Nachos with white cheese dip, a cup of hot spicy chicken and rice soup, steak shrimp and chicken fajitas, and fried ice cream covered with dark chocholate for dessert!

YUM YUM YUM
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220. RobDaHood 11:48 PM GMT del 23 Aprile 2012    
Some kinda chicken florentine stuff that Angie made and some green pea soup that I made.

Dinner time...see you later!
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221. RTLSNK (Mod) 08:30 AM GMT del 24 Aprile 2012    
43*F in Macon this morning so far. Temp has been dropping 2* every hour. Wind still out of the NW at 15 to 20 mph. Had to turn the heater back on for the last two nights. My Man Cave (the garage) stays 25* warmer than the outside temp so its been chilly in there this morning.

Hey Rob, Sugar Bear is beginning to wonder about those Butterfly Seeds you sold me in Feb. She says the only thing that has come up in the garden so far has been Luna Moths.
They are impressive, but they are NOT Butterflies. :)

You didn't get the seed packs mixed up did you?
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222. RobDaHood 10:45 AM GMT del 24 Aprile 2012    
57 degrees
Taking out the garbage then back under the covers.
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223. RobDaHood 10:58 AM GMT del 24 Aprile 2012    
RTL,
It's too cold in Macon to grow butterflies!
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224. RobDaHood 03:27 PM GMT del 24 Aprile 2012    
Seems that Shen is on a quest.
See his blog for info.

Wishing you well in your travels Shen, wherever you are lead.
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225. RTLSNK (Mod) 03:55 PM GMT del 24 Aprile 2012    
Sounds like a walkabout adventure! Keep us posted Shen.

Send messages in a bottle if you have too. :)

Take care, enjoy yourself, take lots of photos!
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226. RTLSNK (Mod) 03:59 PM GMT del 24 Aprile 2012    
Quoting RobDaHood:
RTL,
It's too cold in Macon to grow butterflies!


Yeah, temp is only up to 65*F now.

Low tonight 46.

Took the morning off to take the Ford to the shop.

Have the grandkids this afternoon and then busy tonight too.

Daughter and team are doing fine,
everyone is hooked up on Facebook so we are getting daily updates!

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227. RobDaHood 04:09 PM GMT del 24 Aprile 2012    
Thanks for the update RTL.
With your temps, might be a good day to build a robot.
Enjoy!
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228. pottery 07:19 PM GMT del 24 Aprile 2012    
Happy Travels, Shen!

A hot one here today, with a couple of showers (surprising, that).
Spent the morning cutting down and moving a large patch of Heliconias that are threatening to take over the World...
The cuttings are so much heavier when they are wet with rain...Bah!

They say that this kind of thing builds muscle, character, fortitude.
I'm not convinced.
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229. RobDaHood 08:22 PM GMT del 24 Aprile 2012    
Yeah...that's the kind of thing my dad used to tell me!
I wasn't convinced either.
(well, maybe muscles)

We truly do appreciate you saving the world from conquest Pottery. I don't speak the first bit of Heliconian!

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230. RobDaHood 12:31 AM GMT del 25 Aprile 2012    
Thinking I might be battling a potential sinus infection.
Or, maybe it's just the weather.

At any rate...out for a while.
Take care all!
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231. pottery 12:40 AM GMT del 25 Aprile 2012    
Oooofff!
I think I overdid it today...
Heading for the sleep-zone very soon, and trust that these feelings of soreness and all these insect bites will miraculously be gone in the morning.

Y'all have a Good One, and watch out for Jumbies.
There was a really pretty slivver of moon up a while ago, and you KNOW how Jumbies get when THAT is so !
It's a Good Idea to hide your grog, too.......
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232. RTLSNK (Mod) 01:34 AM GMT del 25 Aprile 2012    
Quoting pottery:
Oooofff!
I think I overdid it today...
Heading for the sleep-zone very soon, and trust that these feelings of soreness and all these insect bites will miraculously be gone in the morning.

Y'all have a Good One, and watch out for Jumbies.
There was a really pretty slivver of moon up a while ago, and you KNOW how Jumbies get when THAT is so !
It's a Good Idea to hide your grog, too.......


SugarBear and I just got home and looked at the Crescent Moon,
and Venus to the upper right of it. Awesome.

No problems with the Jumbies,
Igor has taken out quite a few of them in the last few years.
He says they taste just like chicken. :)

He is not from around here you know.
He said he can smell them from 100 yards away.
Yeah, I know, he is not very particular.

Rest well you two, the world always looks brighter in the morning.

heh heh heh
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233. RTLSNK (Mod) 08:34 AM GMT del 25 Aprile 2012    
Snake sneaks on board quietly, everyone is still sleeping peacefully, thats good, Igor took out another Gumbie that was trying to get past Rob's Ark Security System, sneaky little jokers are they not?

49*F in Macon this morning with a 20 mph wind coming in from the WSW, pollen count of 8.3 out of 12 today.

We have the grandkids today from noon until dinner time tonight so I better try and get the mulch into the butterfly garden before they get here.

High temp today is suppose to hit 86*F.
90*F on Sunday. Crazy weather, eh?

Daughter and Church team comes home from Haiti Sat night at 645 PM.
SugarBear is on Facebook with her everyday so she is much calmer now. :)
Things are going well down there.

Snake checks around, makes sure everything is still secure, and goes off with Igor to check the perimeter.
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234. RobDaHood 01:08 PM GMT del 25 Aprile 2012    
Jumbies and a Gumbie all in one night!
And to think I slept through it all.
What are these big muddy footprints all over my deck?

Good morning!
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235. pottery 03:56 PM GMT del 25 Aprile 2012    
Quoting RobDaHood:
Jumbies and a Gumbie all in one night!
And to think I slept through it all.
What are these big muddy footprints all over my deck?

Good morning!

Not a Good Idea to ask about those footprints....
Without any doubt, you will rest easier if you just mop them up and pretend they never existed.

Just as a matter of interest, do you have plenty ammo?

:):))

A Fantastic morning here, with brisk breezes and sparkling sky.
Really nice one.
Had to paint the door frames around the newly painted doors, and the panel of 'gingerbread' over the frame.
Now I expect I will get to paint the walls, inside and out.........
I am beginning to think that there is ulterior motive happening around here, and that I will be gainfully occupied for the next 6 years. If I don't watch out!
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236. RobDaHood 05:55 PM GMT del 25 Aprile 2012    
Hey Pottery!
I THOUGHT I had plenty, but I'm beginning to wonder.

Sounds like you aren't going to be sitting around bored any time soon. At least you have nice weather for it.

Keep up the good work.
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237. RTLSNK (Mod) 11:49 PM GMT del 25 Aprile 2012    
Ugh, I hate painting and the paint hates me.

As soon as I open a can of it something odd happens.

It becomes alive or something and spots of it start appearing all over the place where its not supposed to be. :)

I seem to spend more time cleaning up than I do painting.

No painting, no plumbing, and no electrical work.

Anything that requires tools of any kind, OK.

Kids are with their Daddy now and SugarBear and I taking a break.

I intend to be dreaming of Sugar Plums by 8 PM.
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238. RobDaHood 11:58 PM GMT del 25 Aprile 2012    
Electrical don't bother me. The other two I'll pass on given a chance...not that I'm ever given a chance...
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239. RobDaHood 12:00 AM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Speaking of kids, you ought to see the pics I got from my little China doll yesterday!
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240. RTLSNK (Mod) 12:08 AM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Go back to Orca's, but don't laugh too hard, it will hurt your headache!

Hope its not a Sinus Infection, don't want one of those again.:(

Wind is still blowing at 25 mph, pollen is being forced into everything, the whole neighborhood smells like french fries.
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241. RobDaHood 12:18 AM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
ROFL!
French Fry Pollen?
Owweee...that hurt!
:o)

Gonna turn the screen off now.
Have a great night.
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242. RTLSNK (Mod) 11:08 AM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Wow, slept until 0700 hrs, how cool is that?

63*F in Macon this morning, high today 90*F.

90*F ??? I guess winter is finally over.

Still under a wind advisory until 8 PM tonight.

Wind gusts up to 30 mph.

Think I will take another day off from the yard.:)

Coffee is ready, see you later, hope you are feeling better!
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243. pottery 12:16 PM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Good Morning!

Ate a mountain of stuff last night, and slept like a Ded Rock until 7:00.
Had a nice gentle rainshower in the Wee Hours, so everything is a'sparkle this morning. And the sky is quite dark to the east.
Unfortunately, I have a Long List of stuff and whatnot to do today.
I will review the list to see what items can be struck off without Dire Consequences. Or without anyone noticing, anyhow.
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244. RobDaHood 02:03 PM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Thank you RTL, I feel much better today. If you do hit 90, you'll be glad for the wind! Before meeting you, I never realized how horrendous GA weather was!

Pottery, I am doing much the same. Haven't accomplished much this week so playing catch-up.

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245. pottery 07:49 PM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Good afternoon...
90F, heat index 95F, humidity 53%....

It's rather warm today.
But I got a few things done so far.
Does not put enough of a dent in "the list" though.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day.
Or is it?
I'm never sure about these things....
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246. RTLSNK (Mod) 08:24 PM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
HEY GRANDPA, WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

Texas Chili spicy enough to make smoke come out of your ears, Yellow Rice made with Extra Virgin Olive Oil, salad, Garlic Toast, and Peanut Butter Pecan Brownies with Maple Walnut Ice Cream for dessert!

Yumm....Yumm.
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247. RobDaHood 08:28 PM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Steak.
Haven't gotten beyond that yet.
Maybe a potato and salad.

Guess I must be in the sweet spot today.
Only 84. Long as you stay in the shade it's pretty comfy.
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248. RTLSNK (Mod) 08:30 PM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Quoting RobDaHood:
Thank you RTL, I feel much better today. If you do hit 90, you'll be glad for the wind! Before meeting you, I never realized how horrendous GA weather was!

Pottery, I am doing much the same. Haven't accomplished much this week so playing catch-up.



87.9*F at 1615 hrs, has been going up .5* every 15 minutes so it might hit 90 before the Sun goes down this evening. That's warm.

Took a break from the Mulch for the last two days, left knee was getting a "little sensitive" shall we say. :)

Better now that I let it rest. Will finish the butterfly garden on Monday. Did manage to dig up two shrubs in the front that needed to be replaced. :)

Better go check on the Chili, has to bubble but not burn you know.
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249. RobDaHood 09:13 PM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
I have a nice puree of chipotle peppers with adobo that would go perfect with your chili!

Of course, then it might burn...just a little!
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250. pottery 09:19 PM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Lady Pott has been absent all day.
I have defrosted some Carite (Spanish Makerel) so it must be my turn to cook.....
Have not figured out what to do with it though.
Maybe Inspiration will pour down upon my apron in a while..

In the meantime, a beer is in order.
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251. RobDaHood 09:23 PM GMT del 26 Aprile 2012    
Pottery,
A little salt, a little pepper, and some fire usually will do the trick.

RTL,
The bubbles, as you call them, (cute expression btw) comes from the beans. The Burn comes from the chilis. I usually prefer a little more burn and less bubble.
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