Finally getting the wet stuff, been raining off and on for about 30 hours now and more to come.
Need to be in the field, but it is what it is.
Got a burn pile about 15 feet tall, so maybe the burn ban will be lifted after this.
Randy
got 2+ in the metromess
i know what you mean about the burn ban. my pile is a fixture on google earth.
It's been raining so long over here that moss is growing on the north side of my butt and my toes are webbing.
The ground is totally saturated and they are worrying about flooding. Oh well, maybe we will get some elevation certificate work out of this mess.
Rain Rain!!! - LCRA Hydromet
Randy,
If you have not seen this site before, check this:
LCRA Hydromet
Find the pulldown on the left side for current info, such as: Rainfall: Past 48 hours
At this moment, Johnson City: 2.76 inches
We've been unseasonably warm in Nome this week, got all the way up to +41F!! Throw in a North wind and the ice pack moved off shore. Finally freezing back up, 15degrees now and the ocean is getting hard again. If I can figure out how to post pics, I'll put some up.
-JD-
> been raining off and on for about 30 hours now
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> Need to be in the field, but it is what it is.
So what, exactly, is keeping you from being, "in the field"?
Sorry, but we have certain obligations here in the NW
We are obliged to laugh at rain!
"So what, exactly, is keeping you from being, "in the field"?"
I would have thought frying the instrument or the DC in the rain, but apparently not.
That's OK there R.J. - when the temperature hits 85 degrees this summer, you can ask those fellers in the NW "So what, exactly, is keeping you from being, "in the field"?"
"when the temperature hits 85 degrees this summer"
That does sound good, right there.
My whole surveying days I've spent worried to death over the instrument getting rained on and shorting out, and the NW folks are out there doing cartwheels in that weather.
Not really... we work outside, whether it be rain, snow, sleet, dry and scorching, dry and ice cold, etc. There is little that will deter most of us from what needs to be done, inside or outside.
I used to laugh at the Tucson folk who had a "10 drop rule" -- i.e. if they could count 10 drops of rain on the windshield, it was time to pack it up and go home.
> I would have thought frying the instrument or the DC in the rain, but apparently not.
We use Topcon instrument and DC, and they are both rated for rain and snow.
I had an old Topcon fog up once after weeks of pouring all day rain, but a vacation on the truck defroster for a bit, and it was back up.
I will say that making sure that you keep up on maintenance, and storing them in a warm place at night where they get fully dry is probably one of the reasons that we can do this.
