What's more current than the weather? - Page 136

fargon · 08-11-2020, 04:06 PM

I've got to work on it, waiting for my helper to get home.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2020, 12:22 AM

Hot damn...

Griff · 08-19-2020, 06:27 AM

That ain't good. Our overnights have been going to the 50s of late. That is pleasing to me.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-19-2020, 11:28 AM

Last night was quite warm in SoCal -- room temp at dawn. Still air, humidity here at the coast, distinctly hot and dry inland apart from scattered thunderstorms -- those are unseasonable, and there's not enough of them to rain on the brush fires. Today's and tomorrow's forecast is more heat, and plenty of it.

We'd best not overcommit to our vaunted clean-energy generation, though: the entire state is on notice of Flex-Alert from midafternoon to 9pm Pacific, as we have less environment-independent generation than we used to. Solar generation begins to drop about 3:30 and steadily worsens as the sun sets. Wind basically shuts off for the sunset hours. Early afternoon is of course the highest temperature and the greatest load on the multi-state grid -- mix that with slumping generation and you've the recipe for mismanagement and rolling blackouts from here to New Mexico.

Ibby · 08-19-2020, 09:46 PM

Completely normal headline for societies to have: California severely short on firefighting crews after COVID-19 lockdown at prison camps.

The prisoners upon whose exploitation California's fire safety plans depend are too sick to leave their "conservation camps" (they honestly call them that) to participate in forced labor.

Griff · 08-20-2020, 05:50 AM

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tw · 08-20-2020, 07:55 PM

That large herd of cruise ships, hanging out in oceans surrounded by Bermuda's islands, must make a decision. A hurricane will probably be at their anchorages on Sunday. So they must move. Last time, the herd moved in mass into the Gulf of Mexico. No good. Another potential hurricane will be on the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday. It could be anywhere in the Gulf.

Maybe move north into the Atlantic. This first hurricane is expected to move up the coast. And like many such storms, may turn sharper to simply chase that herd. In the next two days, they must decide and move.

Gamblers - time to place your bets.

Undertoad · 08-24-2020, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibby

The prisoners upon whose exploitation California's fire safety plans depend are too sick to leave their "conservation camps" (they honestly call them that) to participate in forced labor.

Not only that, but: in recent times CA lawyers have argued, in court, that allowing certain inmates to be paroled early would deplete the inmate firefighting program!

Partly because, once the inmate prisoners are out of jail, they are prohibited from having firefighting jobs, due to their criminal records.

Griff · 08-24-2020, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Not only that, but: in recent times CA lawyers have argued, in court, that allowing certain inmates to be paroled early would deplete the inmate firefighting program!

Partly because, once the inmate prisoners are out of jail, they are prohibited from having firefighting jobs, due to their criminal records.

Isn't that some shit, they learn one useful to society skill in prison and are prohibited from using it for pay.

BigV · 09-12-2020, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

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Partly because, once the inmate prisoners are out of jail, they are prohibited from having firefighting jobs, due to their criminal records.

Not for long, it would appear.

Quote:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation Friday creating a pathway for inmate firefighters to become professionals after they are released.

The bill, AB2147, allows certain prisoners who are on the front lines of wildfire containment to have their records expunged after serving their sentences.

Without the barrier of a criminal record, the former prisoners can seek employment as firefighters. The bill excludes those convicted of certain crimes, such as murder, kidnapping, rape, arson or any felony punishable by death or life imprisonment.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-12-2020, 11:50 PM

They may not have a record but a sizable hole in the resume/work history.

Gravdigr · 08-22-2020, 09:50 PM

Beautiful here, today.

Same for tomorrow.

Top down cruising!

glatt · 08-23-2020, 05:59 AM

I forgot you have a convertible now. That’s awesome.

Clodfobble · 08-23-2020, 10:22 AM

I'm generally unable to ride in convertibles (anything faster than about 35 miles per hour, and the negative air pressure causes horrible pain in my ears), but I do like a good sunroof.

sexobon · 08-23-2020, 11:02 AM

Yeabut, if you're wearing a tube top, you don't need a convertible to ride with your top down.

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08-19-2020, 11:28 AM	#4
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Last night was quite warm in SoCal -- room temp at dawn. Still air, humidity here at the coast, distinctly hot and dry inland apart from scattered thunderstorms -- those are unseasonable, and there's not enough of them to rain on the brush fires. Today's and tomorrow's forecast is more heat, and plenty of it. We'd best not overcommit to our vaunted clean-energy generation, though: the entire state is on notice of Flex-Alert from midafternoon to 9pm Pacific, as we have less environment-independent generation than we used to. Solar generation begins to drop about 3:30 and steadily worsens as the sun sets. Wind basically shuts off for the sunset hours. Early afternoon is of course the highest temperature and the greatest load on the multi-state grid -- mix that with slumping generation and you've the recipe for mismanagement and rolling blackouts from here to New Mexico. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 08-19-2020 at 11:35 AM.

08-19-2020, 09:46 PM	#5
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Completely normal headline for societies to have: California severely short on firefighting crews after COVID-19 lockdown at prison camps. The prisoners upon whose exploitation California's fire safety plans depend are too sick to leave their "conservation camps" (they honestly call them that) to participate in forced labor. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

08-20-2020, 05:50 AM	#6
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08-20-2020, 07:55 PM	#7
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	That large herd of cruise ships, hanging out in oceans surrounded by Bermuda's islands, must make a decision. A hurricane will probably be at their anchorages on Sunday. So they must move. Last time, the herd moved in mass into the Gulf of Mexico. No good. Another potential hurricane will be on the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday. It could be anywhere in the Gulf. Maybe move north into the Atlantic. This first hurricane is expected to move up the coast. And like many such storms, may turn sharper to simply chase that herd. In the next two days, they must decide and move. Gamblers - time to place your bets.

09-12-2020, 11:50 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They may not have a record but a sizable hole in the resume/work history. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-22-2020, 09:50 PM	#12
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08-23-2020, 05:59 AM	#13
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08-23-2020, 11:02 AM	#15
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Yeabut, if you're wearing a tube top, you don't need a convertible to ride with your top down.

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