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Misc 2019 Banter & Friendly Conservation

Someone in our MN office captured a pic of this big bear the other day. Crazy how close this was to the office I visited there!

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Brick Tamland said:
I always cheered for the whammies. My favorite whammy when it was on in the 80s was the Michael Jackson one.

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Yeah I remember that one specifically. Love that one!
 
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Brick Tamland said:
Speaking of rip currents from the whamby thread, more than 50 people have been rescued at NC beaches this year after getting caught in rip currents. On Memorial Day weekend, at least 20 people had to be rescued from dangerous rip currents at Wrightsville and Carolina Beach, according to lifeguard reports and the National Weather Service. At least eight drowning deaths have been reported along the central North Carolina coast in the past month, with rip currents blamed for at least six of the deaths. I read an article that beach erosion caused by hurricane Florence might be the reason the rip currents are so bad this year.

What I don't get is why people continue to go out in the ocean after all this and when there are red flags out warning people about the rip currents.
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I bet it is similar to the reason folks like to chase tornadoes and hurricanes. Some folks thrive on the risk of being in dangerous situations.
 
GaWx said:
I bet it is similar to the reason folks like to chase tornadoes and hurricanes. Some folks thrive on the risk of being in dangerous situations.
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That’s why we go to Myrtle!!?
 
Hiked the Pinnacle Trail today! PERFECT day for a view.

The whole hike is right at 10 miles. And about 1800 feet in elevation gain.

It’s an old fire tower that has been re-modeled into an observation tower. Fairly unnerving since it’s grated metal and you can see straight down 40+ feet too the ground haha
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Absolutely gorgeous weather today.

Few more scaled down pics.
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Fountainguy97 said:
Hiked the Pinnacle Trail today! PERFECT day for a view.

The whole hike is right at 10 miles. And about 1800 feet in elevation gain.

It’s an old fire tower that has been re-modeled into an observation tower. Fairly unnerving since it’s grated metal and you can see straight down 40+ feet too the ground haha
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Absolutely gorgeous weather today.

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Dadgum!
Makes my walks look less than juvenile ...
 
Jon said:
False rain only happens if you didn’t mount it correctly or if there’s bird landings. There’s a large tree close to my property with birds and I haven’t had a landing yet. It only seems to happen to stations mounted in big open fields. Even if it happens, it registers as 0.01-0.08” liquid or so. Still, it’s unwanted, so there’s ways to bird proof it by using wx resistant/UV tape and taping spikes to the outside. I didn’t have to do that though.

The pros to me are:
1) flash firmware updates from your hub to the station
2) solar panel so never have to replace batteries or run cable
3) more wind data from more directions
4) no radiation shield or fan needed because the temperature gauge is a separate unit which communicates to the hub, just place it in shade.
5) rain sensor allows you to relax and not worry about bird crap clogging it or malfunctioning
6) it works with IFTTT and other algorithm type apps to generate custom push notifications for any measured obs (maybe the record low is 8° and you want to know when it hits 7.9° it will send a push notification when it does so)


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Thanks for the feed back Jon. My friend just bought one and put it online yesterday! What I've seen and read I think it's better than my Davis. I will be getting one pretty soon!!! Thanks again!
 
Can’t find the gold thread, but this isn’t gonna be tigers major
 
Rain Cold said:
Yes! I know I'm probably in the vast minority, but I love shorter days and longer nights.
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I am! I love warmth but I’m ready for that cooldown to begin :p

Excited for winter in the mountains!

Unfortunately we have a lot of summer still ahead of us


Since I no longer live in SE Wake I’m sure there will be a blizzard there this winter haha
 
Fountainguy97 said:
I am! I love warmth but I’m ready for that cooldown to begin :p

Excited for winter in the mountains!

Unfortunately we have a lot of summer still ahead of us


Since I no longer live in SE Wake I’m sure there will be a blizzard there this winter haha
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There will be no blizzard here as long as I'm here. ? Where in the mountains do you live? I want to move up there so bad...to the West Jefferson area. Just don't know what kind of work I could do that would support us. My son is autistic and my wife stays home with him. So I have to be the bread-winner, so to speak. The Raleigh area is a really good job market.
 
Rain Cold said:
There will be no blizzard here as long as I'm here. ? Where in the mountains do you live? I want to move up there so bad...to the West Jefferson area. Just don't know what kind of work I could do that would support us. My son is autistic and my wife stays home with him. So I have to be the bread-winner, so to speak. The Raleigh area is a really good job market.
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Don’t get in to ski resort management in W NC, just don’t!
 
Rain Cold said:
There will be no blizzard here as long as I'm here. ? Where in the mountains do you live? I want to move up there so bad...to the West Jefferson area. Just don't know what kind of work I could do that would support us. My son is autistic and my wife stays home with him. So I have to be the bread-winner, so to speak. The Raleigh area is a really good job market.
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I just moved to Erwin, Tn in Unicoi county. In the northern Tennessee Valley. Drop out of high country into a valley and that’s Erwin haha

In general income is lower in most areas in the mountains. Erwin is mostly industrial. CSX has a big yard here for coal which got shut down a few years ago and 300 people lost their jobs.

It is coming back as coal is rebounding but we arnt holding our breath.

The other big employer is a plant that makes nuclear fuel for submarines. They can’t find enough people to work there due to the requirements of physics classes.

And Johnson city with ETSU is a 15-20 min drive away. Best of both worlds. Live in the mountains and drive 15 min to a city of 70,000+


But i love the area. I’d recommend it 100%. The stress level in general is just so much lower than Raleigh. Simple stuff. Even just no traffic really brings the stress down.
 
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