Sunshine Thursday
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:44 am
Good Morning on this beautiful sunny morning. 64°. Going to be a great day. Yesterday was cloudy and a little humid from the rain we had during the night. We were under a Level one severe storm possibility, but other than the thunderstorm that came through around 3 a.m., all we had was an occasional brief shower on and off during the day. The big storms and rain eered to the south east so they slipped below us. But we did get a good soaking from that storm. It is the first thunderstorm that we have had since the tornado hit in May with the exception of one little one one day. Now we are in for a period of nice weather for a couple of days and maybe some rain on Saturday night into Sunday. Going to get a little warm starting tomorrow and near 90 by Saturday which I am not looking forward a to, because I am going with a work group (Habitat) back to the mobile home Park to do some more work on Saturday. But we will be starting at 8 AM and working until one, so we will be in the cooler morning air for a while. Sometimes depending upon how many people show up we aren’t even there that long. Lunch is going to be provided and they will have plenty of water for us too. More yard cleanup and debris removal from home.
Speaking of military planes, I live about 7 miles or so by the way the crow flies from a air to ground range that’s part of the Camp Grayling training facility. So hearing in military planes bombing around here, is pretty much a norm especially in the summer. But it is not all the time. They just concluded a big military operation called Northern Strike. That is a very large thing involving National Guard troops from around the country and also even foreign countries especially Latvia. They practice together so that they can learn how to work together and it can get very intense some days. It sounds like an all out war back there sometimes. The camp has other ranges scattered around too, for small arms fire and various other things. But they are away from here so we don’t hear them. I think they are spread out over something like 146,000 acres. But the planes are very strictly controlled and they are not allowed to be flying over where I am or outside of the immediate range area. But that doesn’t apply to the helicopters and other types of aircraft sometimes.
But speaking of how far off the ground they fly or water for that matters. Way back and I don’t even remember when that happened, Some pilot was flying back from a training session in the upper peninsula with a big bomber and decided it would be fun to fly “under” the Mackinac Bridge. That is definitely a no no . It is illegal and is not allowed under any circumstances. Well, he did his maneuver just inches above the water and when his superiors found out about it, needless to say he wasn’t flying anymore. That was a very dangerous stunt because he could have accidentally hit a prop on the water and thrown on his plane right out of control or he could’ve accidentally hit some piece of the bridge with the wide wing span.
https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/loc ... 57b45e99cc
Getting a bit of a late start here this morning because I slept in past 8 o’clock which is rare for me. But Piper woke me up when the storm came through early yesterday morning so I didn’t get back to sleep u til after it was over. They might have to run down to the convenience store down here in Waters to get a paper for my neighbors husband while she is taking her brother back home downstate. Just finished my breakfast and now I am going to get cleaned up and head for the garage and paint the two by fours that I have cut out to stick in the ground to mount my picket fence on that I am doing. I am hoping I can get it in today. I will send you some pictures of it after I get it all finished. While the paint is drying, I’m going to come back in here and vacuum the house. And probably put some primer on the other side of my house hanger project that’s in the basement right now. I also have a hose hanger to replace on the back of the house. Might go around and pick up some small sticks and stuff around the yard too.
Sandi, congrats on the new Tesla and have fun. I decided that I am keeping my truck for a while since it doesn’t have all the fancy tech stuff on it that the new cars have these days, so I can put off trying to figure out how to work all that junk for a while longer. I don’t even use some of what I got on the truck.
Guess I had better get a move on here. Have a great day everybody.
Speaking of military planes, I live about 7 miles or so by the way the crow flies from a air to ground range that’s part of the Camp Grayling training facility. So hearing in military planes bombing around here, is pretty much a norm especially in the summer. But it is not all the time. They just concluded a big military operation called Northern Strike. That is a very large thing involving National Guard troops from around the country and also even foreign countries especially Latvia. They practice together so that they can learn how to work together and it can get very intense some days. It sounds like an all out war back there sometimes. The camp has other ranges scattered around too, for small arms fire and various other things. But they are away from here so we don’t hear them. I think they are spread out over something like 146,000 acres. But the planes are very strictly controlled and they are not allowed to be flying over where I am or outside of the immediate range area. But that doesn’t apply to the helicopters and other types of aircraft sometimes.
But speaking of how far off the ground they fly or water for that matters. Way back and I don’t even remember when that happened, Some pilot was flying back from a training session in the upper peninsula with a big bomber and decided it would be fun to fly “under” the Mackinac Bridge. That is definitely a no no . It is illegal and is not allowed under any circumstances. Well, he did his maneuver just inches above the water and when his superiors found out about it, needless to say he wasn’t flying anymore. That was a very dangerous stunt because he could have accidentally hit a prop on the water and thrown on his plane right out of control or he could’ve accidentally hit some piece of the bridge with the wide wing span.
https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/loc ... 57b45e99cc
Getting a bit of a late start here this morning because I slept in past 8 o’clock which is rare for me. But Piper woke me up when the storm came through early yesterday morning so I didn’t get back to sleep u til after it was over. They might have to run down to the convenience store down here in Waters to get a paper for my neighbors husband while she is taking her brother back home downstate. Just finished my breakfast and now I am going to get cleaned up and head for the garage and paint the two by fours that I have cut out to stick in the ground to mount my picket fence on that I am doing. I am hoping I can get it in today. I will send you some pictures of it after I get it all finished. While the paint is drying, I’m going to come back in here and vacuum the house. And probably put some primer on the other side of my house hanger project that’s in the basement right now. I also have a hose hanger to replace on the back of the house. Might go around and pick up some small sticks and stuff around the yard too.
Sandi, congrats on the new Tesla and have fun. I decided that I am keeping my truck for a while since it doesn’t have all the fancy tech stuff on it that the new cars have these days, so I can put off trying to figure out how to work all that junk for a while longer. I don’t even use some of what I got on the truck.
Guess I had better get a move on here. Have a great day everybody.