{"id":26057,"date":"2023-06-10T09:30:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T16:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=26057"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:56:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T02:56:25","slug":"june-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2023\/06\/10\/june-10-2\/","title":{"rendered":"June 10 Wildfire Smoke Thickerer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to climate change, wildfires are growing in size, frequency, and intensity, and wildfire seasons are becoming longer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mikie Sherrill<\/strong><\/p>\n

It looked very dark outside at 10 AM. It was smoke, so thick it was blotting out the sun.<\/p>\n

As I walked down to the garage to get more cat food, I started to choke. The wind was blowing in the wrong direction, blowing smoke under the garage doors.<\/p>\n

After feeding the cats, I brought the Starlink box inside and opened it. I wouldn’t be doing an outside install today. Not without dying in my yard. Yes, it’s that thick.<\/p>\n

I might be able to get the cable outside through the wall. I am back up in the loft typing this. It is already 25 up here early in the morning. There is another heat warning and of course a smoke warning. We might get relief on Tuesday when the rain comes along with lightning storms to start more fires.<\/p>\n

I need to eat some breakfast, so have a good day<\/p>\n

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Not much got accomplished. It was so smoky I didn’t start the gen. I didn’t find any evidence that smoke would hurt the machine. I am sure it might.<\/p>\n

I am scrambling for power, right now. Trying to charge what I can. It was much too dark to charge the solar batteries.<\/p>\n

I am sure looking forward to the Bluetti arriving. It will help.<\/p>\n

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Really it is just a power bank, with advanced features and a long life span. It doesn’t have a huge capacity, but can be extended.<\/p>\n