{"id":22458,"date":"2022-04-27T09:02:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T16:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=22458"},"modified":"2022-05-05T14:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:08:11","slug":"apr-27-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2022\/04\/27\/apr-27-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Apr 27 Dark Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Character is what a man is in the dark.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dwight L. Moody<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The heavy rain is coming down. It is very dark out, no signs of snow yet. I imagine that will come later tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The warnings for both are still in place. Sometimes I regret not driving into the city full of infected to buy roofing panels for the back deck.<\/p>\n<p>Starting a generator in the pouring rain, is not a great plan. I do have an enclosure but getting it started requires pulling the rope with the gen in the rain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LM4f_Ghx-o0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>You get the idea. I did run the gen yesterday, the Solar battery bank is full but not enough to play games on the Xbox.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, I am charging my tablet. I was smart enough to charge the laptop, yesterday. So I will have a couple of hours of charge in the battery.<\/p>\n<p>I will get to that after I make breakfast. Which is pretty soon.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I fed and watered the cats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22459\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2022\/04\/27\/apr-27-2\/20220427_094036\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A515F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1651052437&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00293255131965&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20220427_094036\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-300x135.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-1024x461.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22459 size-full\" style=\"border: 6px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-1024x461.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-768x346.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-1536x691.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094036-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22460\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2022\/04\/27\/apr-27-2\/20220427_094032\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A515F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1651052433&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;1.74&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00295857988166&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20220427_094032\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-300x135.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-1024x461.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22460 size-full\" style=\"border: 6px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-1024x461.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-768x346.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-1536x691.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/20220427_094032-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has been raining all day, nonstop. I did do a little work on my laptop until I ran out of power.<\/p>\n<p>I reminded myself I needed to finish the lithium battery pack I started last year. All based on batteries salvaged from old laptops.<\/p>\n<p>It arrived, the ground is white. More to follow overnight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sMmTkKz60W8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Character is what a man is in the dark. Dwight L. Moody The heavy rain is coming down. It is very dark out, no signs of snow yet. I imagine that will come later tonight. The warnings for both are still in place. 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