Or not. Nothing bad happened to me nor to anyone I know. However, there was a Lunar Eclipse that could not be seen here and winning tickets for the big Powerball were sold in Missouri and Texas. The cash option for each ticket will be $410.3 million, but the “take home” will be $242 M for the Missouri winner and $258 M for the Texas ticket.
I could use some of that because the price of gasoline is over $4 per gallon in this lovely State.
Several near-big fires were started by lighting in Washington and Oregon recently. One, 20 miles east of Mt. Rainier, is called the Wildcat Fire. Smoke from there blew into North Seattle neighborhoods. Air quality deteriorated with the index peaking at over 300 micrograms per cubic meter. Sunday evening it is back to about 20. That fire is 45 miles WSW from me.
Here, most of the smoke stayed at a high elevation. It was similar to a full cloud cover. Not a big deal.
During the night we had a 10 inch rain. Draw a circle on the ground 10 inches in diameter and at least one drop of rain will hit it. And to quote Bob Seger in Night Moves:
“I woke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered?”
Washington State has just transitioned to fall-like weather. Ten days ago, this area had heat alerts with bright sun and near 100°F max temperature. This coming Tuesday the high is expected to be 68° with 80% chance of ¼ inch of rain. Higher amounts of rain and snow in the mountains 60 miles west of me.
I have wood to cut and stack so a wetting rain and cooler temperature tells me it is time to find the chainsaw.
Keeping Track
on the Naneum Fan
John