BYC Café

[Mtn Margie]

Thanks for the coffee! It is cloudy here from the smoke from the fires out west.
Stay safe and cool out there!

 

[DobieLover]

Did you get your power back?

Yes and with it an improved mood. I'm finally finishing up the work in the cellar stairwell so I can install the mini split.

 

[aart]

and with it an improved mood.

No Doubt.
I always find it interesting how relieved I am at those times.

 

[sourland]

Afternoon pot is brewed. Soaking wet with perspiration after a couple of hours at the club. I'll rank by the time the day is done.

 

[DobieLover]

Critters found on this mornings run.
I also saw a juvenile Bald Eagle fly over the swollen creek bed.

 

[ronott1]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.
We had torrential downpours last night and more rain has started today. The river shot up from 5.71 ft yesterday at 7:00 pm to 11.69 ft this morning at 7:00 am.
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I'll have to keep the dogs away from the creek when I take them out to run today. It will be raging.

Bella found a ground nest of bees yesterday. I just heard her yelp and shoot out of the area where she was digging, stop and start frantically rubbing her face, run, stop and rub again. I saw more bees flying towards her and told her to RUN and we all took off for the field. I smashed one more bee that was stinging her left flank and we kept running until I couldn't see them any longer.
When we got home I gave her 75 mg of diphenhydramine and rubbed some AfterBite into her flank. I could only find one swelling directly under her left eye. I think she got lucky but it sure did rattle her cage.

Our water charts for reservoir water storage all go the other direction!

This beats the previous record low of 1,071.61 feet set back in 2016. At its peak in 1983, Lake Mead had a recorded water level of 1,225 feet above sea level. The closest it's been to that level in modern times was in 2000, when it reached 1,214 feet.

 

[bruceha2000]

That is above sea level how high is the water above lake bottom level?

 

[ronott1]

That is above sea level how high is the water above lake bottom level?

The article says:

Currently, Lake Mead is roughly 140 feet below its 2000 level when it was considered full. That's about the height of the Statue of Liberty in New York. If Lake Mead drops another 175 feet, water would then no longer pass through the Hoover Dam and cut off the water supply for everyone downstream.

It is July and there will not be rain for a long time to fill it up! Electrical production is at 25% now to save water.

Lake Oroville is in a similar condition and will likely stop electrical production for the first time ever. It is at 32% of capacity.

Compares 2019 with 2021

 

[pennyJo1960]

We are in massive drought here also fires burning both sides of the state..
Busy morning here dog Pugsly learned of kitty roca .. We have a board I can step over one leg at a time he is not big enough to clear it quick fix cut a 1 by 3 same length of the door it is above like 6 inches cannot get in now .. Went for meds stopped at a friends farm bought raspberry and marion berry so pie of mixed in the oven

 

[Sally PB]

Well, I got a quote of $1530 to replace the electrical box. I'm calling someone for a second quote tomorrow. I don't know if $1530 is outrageous, or not. Anyone have an opinion on this?

Same place said $9600 for a Kohler stand by propane generator. DH said no right off the bat on that; he wants a Generac.