Good Morning all:
Soon church, etc.....Starting temp when I first looked....77 plus.
That normally would mean we're headed for mid 90's today, but we have some clouds passing by.
And Indiana has some rain in parts of it. But a good chance we'll not see much of it, if any. And we are very dry.
Quentin
Quentin; 10.000 to 12.000 gallons of retardant. I don't know the slosh factor in the tank ( moving water) However, the big bird can handle that. In south Chandler Az. I watched a Boeing 747 doing a water drop test, ( dispersion pattern) for several days in the desert a few yrs. back, while on a vacation. We hope Jean is doing very well as well as yourself.
Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Quentin; oopsey, I forgot to mention that NO trains or railroads were harmed during those tests. Just for Steven.
Good Evening, or late afternoon I guess.
Everything is all quiet here. We played a bunch of CD's and stuff here..and had a bit of an interesting time watching some youtube vids of some train runby's..
Oh...and it rained and poured for a good portion of the day as well...
Gonna see what is up on the layout tonight....
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good afternoon all. Been a long day. Walt and I visited a different church this morning, with a good friend of ours. Lets just say it was quite an experience! Think I'll take my 'sedate' church service over that one. It isn't every day that I see a minister jumping on/off the pews (and with me being so short, and taller people in front of me, I missed that little scene: Walt told me about it, cause it could see it better). We finally got home at 2 p.m.
Have heard thunder, and had the breeze pick up, but so far, no rain in our neighborhood.
Sunday Dinner is ready and on the warmer bar:
Roast beef w/potatoes, carrots and onions, with cornbread, slaw, fresh sliced tomatoes and your choice of green beans, or peas & corn.
Dessert: Peach or blueberry cobbler w/ice cream; pineapple upside down cake, and strawberry shortcake.
Didn't see any trains either going to or coming home from church this morning/afternoon.
Hope you all have had a good day, take care, keep safe and have a good evening.
Good Monday morning all. Everything has been cleared off, cleaned up from yesterday, and we're ready for a brand new day. Summer has definitely come our way a few days early: starting off with a temp of 71 degrees here in Louisville this morning, going for a high of 92 by 4 p.m., with a slight breeze blowing. Some areas got a little bit of rain yesterday, but not anywhere around us. Talked with my brother last night, to wish him a Happy Father's Day. He said it poured where he lives in Northern Bullitt County, which is just south of us. Hope all you Dads, Granddads, Great-Granddads had a fantastic day yesterday.
Coffee, juice and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer/serving station.
Not sure what/how my day is going to be, other than taking my walk in about an hour and a half or so, so that I have it in and done with, before it starts getting too uncomfortable outside. Everyone have a very good morning, keep cool, take care and see you all later.
Good Morning
Gonna be hot and sticky the next few days by the looks of our weather network thingee...highs around 90F with humidex's around 106-109F....oh frabjious joy...
Today will be one of those prepare for the news kinda days...get to see what the doctors find out..so far my immune system has been working sorta well. So we will see if masks are going to be needed.... I have a friend on another forum who has been calling himself "Bubbleboy" because of all the dang things he is having to avoid...
Our holiday weekend is going to be kind of quiet this year...mmmm...I wonder why
Have a great day !!!
Good Morning Railfans!
I got the chance to attend Goose Fest 2012 this year as part of the VIP package and WOW, it's was worth every penny! I have Day #1 <Click Here> of the three days I attended now posted on my travel blog. On Sunday we broke the record high (97F) so I was sure glad I got in nearly everything I wanted to see / do by Saturday.
Right now it's 72F heading for another record high of 99F today which is way above normal and the RED FLAG warnings are out for most of the state. The SMOKE today is heavy in the city so stepping outside is like being next to a camp fire and right now Colorado is 100% on a NO BURN situation.
FIRE NEWS:
We have several fires going now but the big one is still nasty. At this point, it's over 56,000 acres, 181 homes destroyed, 1 dead, and 45% contained. There are now 1,700 Fire Fighters on the ground and hopefully we can get all the Air Support going again but the winds have been keeping the helicopters ground.
The Springer fire the broke out near Lake George, CO is now at 400 acres and 200 people have already fled from that one
Fears of more fires breaking out today are high with the high temperatures and winds...
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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afternoon
triple h day today.Cw saw the gatorade truck pull up.Points north and east of us are getting thunderboomers.Odot and county are making travel intersting as well in our area.Have my supper for tonight.Just a salad thanks.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Joe, with a current temp of 89 degrees at 4:25 p.m. EDT, just a salad for supper sounds pretty darn good! But, fortunately, we have a good breeze blowing outside, and it isn't too uncomfortable outside. Still, though, I'm glad I took my walk early this morning, around 7:30 or so. Was back home by 10 a.m.
Here is our menu for this afternoon/tonight:
1. Salad: garden salad with lettuce (iceburg & Romaine), tomatoes, radishes, carrots, onion, cheese, sliced boiled eggs, even some ham and/or turkey, if you'd like to add that to your salad.
2. Leftover roast beef in the form of open face roast beef sandwiches w/mashed taters & beef gravy, slaw or salad, w/green beans or peas & corn, and baked cornbread.
Hope everyone is keeping as cool as possible, and keeping hydrated. At least so far, we're just hot, no haze and humidity levels aren't too bad. Also, hardly any chance of any rain until possibly Saturday or Sunday.
Good Evening...
Well, that was just lovely..I got another two sessions to go through....
Cancer can go Beeeep itself!!!
Another hot one here today.....and still very dry. And the word is, we're going to stay dry at least most of this month. No different weather pattern on the horizon yet.
Rain {or thunder showers}, in our general area has been missing us for weeks now.
95 plus at about 6 pm.
Cyl: But just look at how far you have come. 2 more sessions can't be all that bad. You have been thru the hard part, haven't you?
It is wet here....running down mah face! You know, as I said before, ladies don't sweat - they glisten!
Today and tomorrow will be uncomfortable with very high heat, but relief on Wed, maybe.
Mint water, anyone?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mook..it is 2 more weeks of this. Not bad but still....
Forecast here is for really hot right through the beginning of summer (7:09PM EDT Wednesday), then cooling off a bit by the weekend.
Finished planting the bedding plants in the front of the house. Was going to water them tonight (there's rain forecast, but the best way to make it rain is to plan on it not doing so), but got toned out for an EMS call. I'll catch them in the AM.
I put in two flats of petunias and a full flat of pansies. Should be pretty if they take hold.
Almost time for bed.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
blownout cylinder; there will be a call to the prayer matron at our church for wed.eve meeting.Prayers will be said for you and your family there. I don't know your name other than post name. It doesan't matter the prayer will find you.
Hi Cannonball:
Yes, we're moving forward with the recovery for Jean after the heart surgery. We believe that has gone very well.
Just some other things that we've had to attend to, but we're working on them.
And on the fire fighting tankers: That would be some scene....watching a 747 equipped with tanks for fire fighting.....That must be quite a show when it drops it's load...!
Here in central Indiana....we're into "hot"....and very dry. Believe it will stay that way for a while too...
Back in about 1969....as we were approaching and at Las Vegas via air....I noted a 747 doing very different kinds of take off modes from McCarren field. That was some show...! The 747 was just coming on then.
ModelcarAnd on the fire fighting tankers: That would be some scene....watching a 747 equipped with tanks for fire fighting.....That must be quite a show when it drops it's load...!
...From a distance. You don't want to be under it...
That the aircraft are called "tankers" has caused some dissention in the fire service. Here in the east (and pretty much all the way across the country to the Rockies), we call a water supply truck a tanker. Over on the left coast they call the same truck a "tender," and they expect us to do the same.
As all of us here know, a tender goes behind a steam locomotive...
Don't have to go out and water the posies this morning. Ma Nature let me know she was doing it by letting go with a couple rumbles of thunder first thing.
Good Tuesday morning all. 77 very muggy degrees here in Louisville this morning, with no rain in sight, until probably Thursday night. The lady weather reporter said definitely no rain in sight for today, not even the little popups.
Coffee, juices, iced tea, hot tea, cold Gatorade, lemonade, limeade, iced water, etc. are fresh and ready to go. Cold milk is in the cooler & fridge and boxes of cereal are on the counter. Bacon, sausage, eggs and toast are on the warmer bar.
Everyone have a good morning, and I'll see you all sometime this afternoon, after I get thru with Tuesday Produce and the Bread/Pastry trucks. Hopefully, we'll move everything into the gym this morning, where it'll be cooler for us all.
I got up awhile ago to heat haze and humidity..at 5am it was already 74F feeling like 85F...later on today it will be 90F feeling like 105F....so...not going out today....may actually try for tomorrow as I do need to go to hospital for sessions again...
Spent some time early this morning feeding the hummers out here and getting the cats fed..we have a few semi feral cats around here..thankfully I have yet to see any of them attempt trying to go after the hummers here....
So what do I do today? Run trains...heeheehee
Have a good day!!
Well we broke the record high yesterday as we reach 100F which is way above normal for June. Forecast has us continuing to be HOT and have RED FLAG Warnings up for most of the state.
The beast to my north is at 58,770 acres and sadly another 8 homes were destroyed yesterday. Containment has reach 50%. 1,700 Fire Fighters on the ground
The other major fire to my south is near 1,000 acres burned. There are now 250 Fire Fighters on the ground there and more coming.
Well, Produce went pretty good this morning: no pushing, no breaking in line when I called the names out, no arguing, etc. The produce delivery this morning: romaine lettuce, orange juice (1/2 pint containers), onions and zuchinni squash. We were definitely surprised that they had no potatoes today. And when the Bread/Pastry truck came, we actually gone some sweets today, mostly bags of powdered doughnuts, and the assortment packs of doughnuts (yes, Mookie, the assortment does contain chocolate doughnuts).
Barry, hope everything goes well for you tomorrow, when you go back to dr/hospital. Just take care of yourself, okay?
Our Tuesday Mexican Fiesta , Round 1 is now on the warmer bar:
Tacos (hard and soft shell)
Burritos (beef, beef & bean, and beef enchilada style)
Chimichangas
Fajitas
Mesquite grilled rib eye steaks and bone-in pork chops
Spanish rice
Shredded lettuce w/diced tomatoes (onion on the side for anyone wanting onion)
And our usual tortilla chips w/your choice of salsa, con queso or picante sauce (all available in mild, medium and hot)
I haven't heard what our current temp is, but believe me, it is very, very, very warm (as in h-0-t, including what little breeze is blowing around.
Everyone enjoy your afternoon, keep as cool as possible, keep hydrated and take care.
Afternoon Railfans!
Just got back from lunch and in one word I can describe outside; HOT!
Anyway, I have Day #2 of Goose Fest 2012 post on my Travel Blog; here is a teaser photo...
triple h day here in nw ohio.keeping cool until tonight when we go back to work.have plenty of water to take with me.Toledo edison has some more coal waiting to power the ac in our area in the siding.
Did I hear Mookie and chocolate? ^~^
I am really glistening today!
We have a 70% chance of rain tomorrow and cooler temps. Wonder who will get our rain? 82 isn't exactly sweater weather, but after 97 right now - it will do. Problem will be - 82 temps and 92 humidity.
But it is summer, don't have to shovel it and don't have to try and drive in a mess!
It is wonderful!!!!!
Thought I would stop in for a coffee. It is still a bit early to think about supper.
61° and partly cloudy today. It has been like this for a while now, and it is forecast to be like this for a while longer. Not too hot, not too cold, not too wet, and not too dry. You could call it Goldilocks weather, and I don't like it. Give me 15 more degrees, with sunny skies, and I would be happy.
Not too much else to report at the moment.
Hope everyone is well.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
. . . __ . ______
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That is all.
Everything is ready for tomorrows excursion back to the hospital...
I ran my trains and did not see any mishaps were I was.......so far....
We actually got to 94F with the heat index reading 107F today...tomorrow?
96F with heat index reading 104F....you see we have a choice here..temperature goes up, humidity comes down...temperature goes down, humidity goes up....
Anyways...CYLTR!!!
BC - Hope all goes as desired.
Got into the ol' genealogy tonight. After doing a little digging in the on-line program, I decided to see if I could figure out where the family business was in Detroit back in the day. They ran a coal yard - two actually.
Lo and behold, I located an on-line copy of a 1928 Detroit business directory (courtesy of UofM) which not only had listings for the coal yards, but for the family residence as well. Jackpot!
My uncle had confused me a bit - he said they lived on "Buick." Or so I thought. Turns out they lived on "Bewick." Apparently both are pronounced the same way.
According to Acme Mapper, the site of the house is now an empty lot. The closer of the two coal yards to the house must have been repurposed years ago.
Pretty cool stuff!
Good Wednesday morning everyone. Clear skies this a.m., with temps around 74 degrees here in Louisville. Going to get up to 94 degrees this afternoon. According to Ms. Weather, the only chance for any rain today, will be in Eastern Ky. That's too far away for us to see any relief from this heat. When I take my walk later this morning, will definitely be carrying a bottle of cold water with me (have it in the fridge, getting colder and colder, as its been in there for 2 days, getting nice and cold!).
Larry, sounds like you are hitting pay dirt on your family's history. WTG! I have tried several times to trace my family's history, but so far, haven't gotten too far. One of these days, I'll try again.
Coffee, juice, Gatorade, lemonade, iced tea ( sweet & non sweet), fruit punch, Kool Aid, are all fresh and ready to go. On the breakfast bar this morning: omelettes, bacon, sausage, toast, biscuits & gravy and hash browns.
Everyone have a good morning, take care, keep as cool as possible and see you all later.
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