Ah, Tipton, once a major LE&W crossroads, as major as the LE&W ever got, anyway. Cy's last meetup with some of his fellow retirees was in Tipton but not there.
The Krink said
12:54 AM, 08/05/17
So a week in the low 90'sF "with nary a breeze". "The Doldrums". Usually there is a breeze/wind
in the late afternoon but not this week as the air has been "still" 24/7. This makes every hot day
this week a lot less enjoyable. Friday's 93F day was the hottest so far and no wind at all and "stuffy"
outside. I wore a damp cold washcloth on my head to go into my garage for 5-minutes a couple times.
Everybody living in the GPNW wants this smoke to go somewhere else but not for another 3-days atleast.
SeaFair weekend in Seattle with the Hydroplane races and the Blue Angels and 88-90F temps. There is
a window manufacturer in Seattle that made some ridiculous offer that windows are free if the temp
exceeds 89F on Seafair Sunday. I'm sure this window company is going to be sweating a lot along
with the rest of the population as 90F is a very real possibility Sunday. I may get used to the heat given
enough time. Other humans can do it.
Freddie Krueger said
6:51 AM, 08/05/17
Hey, just an opportunity to get rid of a few of the weak ones
The Krink said
12:26 AM, 08/06/17
Good news for the window manufacture outfit as its only forecasted to be 85F for SeaFair Sunday.
I Shirley did appreciate the 83F Saturday down from 93F Friday. Its like you need to experience
90F+ days in order to make any 80'sF days the rest of the summer not such a big deal.
Uke said
8:54 AM, 08/06/17
This seems a bit old by now. Two BIG things going on in Uke's 'hood. Some sort of unending road construction, and the heat. The weather.
Sounds like a broken record, but with no explanation on the first, the weather seems almost normal. For August in Oregon, or the GPNW
The construction? No explanation of what 'they' are doing, or why it's taking so long to finish...
Freddie Krueger said
1:04 PM, 08/06/17
This week was the first we heard of your road construction.... Wasn't this project announced in your local paper with the plan? From what I saw in the pictures, it was major drainage and curbs, besides just laying asphalt. You could have gotten a flagging job, or donned a hard hat and weaseled your way in some how..
At night you could have moved the survey flags or repainted the orange lines or something.....
Uke said
1:25 PM, 08/06/17
Yeah drainage pipes (storm drains, sewer lines, water mains, gas pipes, etc.) all replaced... In the meantime, the road into/out of the hood is nothing but a gravelly, dusty mess! This all started back in May! Two months in, and the 'hood is still a mess!
Everybody who lives here has complained to the city. Hundreds of folks are directly affected. Literally hundreds. Yeah it's only one slice of this town, but this 'project' has sure fucked up the neighborhood!
Pictures to come...
The Krink said
12:36 AM, 08/07/17
MIR to come Uke and a solar eclipse. Wonder if the construction/destruction will keep
on going during the eclipse as its on a Monday.
Uke said
8:39 PM, 08/07/17
A few pics around Uke's hood in its current state of ruin...
Uke said
9:18 PM, 08/07/17
A few more...
Don't know if it's worth posting more. But maybe a few more. The 'used ta be a park'? Or blackberries that ALWAYS seem ra do really well alongside railroad ROWs! They're always the sweetest! And bigger'n the rest!
-- Edited by Uke on Monday 7th of August 2017 09:24:05 PM
Uke said
9:30 PM, 08/07/17
Blackberries near A&E's ROW
The Krink said
12:51 AM, 08/08/17
I got some blackberry pictures tuu Uke only I got a squirrel hiding behind some. A Squirrel will eat Blackberries and Blueberries...something I dint know. This is a "mama squirrel " as she has tits. Something to look forward to is the next generation of squirrels.
Air Quality Alert ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT ...
Severe Weather Alerts - Lebanon, OR
Air Quality Alert
Air Quality Alert in effect until Thursday, 5:00 PM PDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT FRIDAY FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the Southwest Clean Air Agency, and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency extends the Air Quality Alert, which is in effect until noon Friday.
Wildfires burning in the region combined with forecasted conditions will cause air quality to reach unhealthy levels due to smoke and ozone through midday Friday, August 11.
Pollutants in smoke can cause burning eyes...runny nose...aggravate heart and lung diseases...and aggravate other serious health problems. Limit outdoor activities and keep children indoors if it is smoky. Please follow medical advice if you have a heart or lung condition.
More information about air quality can be found at: www.swcleanair.org www.oregon.gov/DEQ www.lrapa.org
The Krink said
1:21 AM, 08/10/17
The air quality has been hazardous for almost 2-weeks in Wa State/Seattle. The inside
of my house smells like smoldering campfire because its been hot and have to open windows
and setup fans to blow in some cool air that smells like a smoldering campfire. A viscious
cycle. Seems the weather service has been stringing us along with promises that the smoke
will last just a couple days longer over and over again. Well it looks like Sunday now (coincides
with MIR) that some rain and a change of wind direction is instore to blow all this smoke "away"
from us. So along with "that" is a weather disturbance coming up from the south now in Oregon
part of the "summer Monsoon" thing that hits the desert southwest. This weather from the south
is going to produce numerous T-Storms in the mountains as it works it way north and start a whole
nother round of wildfires. I will be looking forward to fresh air to breath when it comes.
Freddie Krueger said
5:54 AM, 08/10/17
So, youse guys are getting all new schist all at the same time, everybody working, making a mess only once instead of screwing it up year after year with each individual project, yet all you old coots still complain. Youse guys would complain if Farah Fawcett gave you a blow job and didn't swallow.
Look at all that infrastructure jobs, your tax payer money actually getting used for something that you can see! The economy being stimulated for real!
My Gawd!
Screw it.
Youse guys should get nuthin. No electricity, no gas, go out back and dig and outhouse, and have a dirt road. You deserve nuthin, nuthin....
in the late afternoon but not this week as the air has been "still" 24/7. This makes every hot day
this week a lot less enjoyable. Friday's 93F day was the hottest so far and no wind at all and "stuffy"
outside. I wore a damp cold washcloth on my head to go into my garage for 5-minutes a couple times.
Everybody living in the GPNW wants this smoke to go somewhere else but not for another 3-days atleast.
SeaFair weekend in Seattle with the Hydroplane races and the Blue Angels and 88-90F temps. There is
a window manufacturer in Seattle that made some ridiculous offer that windows are free if the temp
exceeds 89F on Seafair Sunday. I'm sure this window company is going to be sweating a lot along
with the rest of the population as 90F is a very real possibility Sunday. I may get used to the heat given
enough time. Other humans can do it.
I Shirley did appreciate the 83F Saturday down from 93F Friday. Its like you need to experience
90F+ days in order to make any 80'sF days the rest of the summer not such a big deal.
This seems a bit old by now. Two BIG things going on in Uke's 'hood. Some sort of unending road construction, and the heat. The weather.
Sounds like a broken record, but with no explanation on the first, the weather seems almost normal. For August in Oregon, or the GPNW
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/unrelenting-heat-to-prolong-poor-air-quality-over-northwestern-us-this-week/70002382
The construction? No explanation of what 'they' are doing, or why it's taking so long to finish...
At night you could have moved the survey flags or repainted the orange lines or something.....
Yeah drainage pipes (storm drains, sewer lines, water mains, gas pipes, etc.) all replaced... In the meantime, the road into/out of the hood is nothing but a gravelly, dusty mess! This all started back in May! Two months in, and the 'hood is still a mess!
Everybody who lives here has complained to the city. Hundreds of folks are directly affected. Literally hundreds. Yeah it's only one slice of this town, but this 'project' has sure fucked up the neighborhood!
Pictures to come...
on going during the eclipse as its on a Monday.
A few pics around Uke's hood in its current state of ruin...
A few more...
Don't know if it's worth posting more. But maybe a few more. The 'used ta be a park'? Or blackberries that ALWAYS seem ra do really well alongside railroad ROWs! They're always the sweetest! And bigger'n the rest!
-- Edited by Uke on Monday 7th of August 2017 09:24:05 PM
Blackberries near A&E's ROW
I got some blackberry pictures tuu Uke only I got a squirrel hiding behind some.
A Squirrel will eat Blackberries and Blueberries...something I dint know. This is a
"mama squirrel " as she has tits. Something to look forward to is the next generation
of squirrels.
Major news: Nope!
Air Quality Alert ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT ...
Severe Weather Alerts - Lebanon, OR
Air Quality Alert
Air Quality Alert in effect until Thursday, 5:00 PM PDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT FRIDAY FOR SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the Southwest Clean
Air Agency, and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency extends the Air
Quality Alert, which is in effect until noon Friday.
Wildfires burning in the region combined with forecasted conditions
will cause air quality to reach unhealthy levels due to smoke and
ozone through midday Friday, August 11.
Pollutants in smoke can cause burning eyes...runny nose...aggravate
heart and lung diseases...and aggravate other serious health
problems. Limit outdoor activities and keep children indoors if it
is smoky. Please follow medical advice if you have a heart or lung
condition.
More information about air quality can be found at:
www.swcleanair.org
www.oregon.gov/DEQ
www.lrapa.org
of my house smells like smoldering campfire because its been hot and have to open windows
and setup fans to blow in some cool air that smells like a smoldering campfire. A viscious
cycle. Seems the weather service has been stringing us along with promises that the smoke
will last just a couple days longer over and over again. Well it looks like Sunday now (coincides
with MIR) that some rain and a change of wind direction is instore to blow all this smoke "away"
from us. So along with "that" is a weather disturbance coming up from the south now in Oregon
part of the "summer Monsoon" thing that hits the desert southwest. This weather from the south
is going to produce numerous T-Storms in the mountains as it works it way north and start a whole
nother round of wildfires. I will be looking forward to fresh air to breath when it comes.
Look at all that infrastructure jobs, your tax payer money actually getting used for something that you can see! The economy being stimulated for real!
My Gawd!
Screw it.
Youse guys should get nuthin. No electricity, no gas, go out back and dig and outhouse, and have a dirt road. You deserve nuthin, nuthin....