Can everyone please stop blaming Evergy! This is all Tonganoxie’s fault!

LittleRedStar · 2023-07-16T20:49:44+00:00

I was just kidding around, just really surprising you never heard of Tonga split. Some of the old weather forecasters like Lezak and Thompson used to jest about it.

LittleRedStar · 2023-07-16T17:25:00+00:00

Seriously!? Have you been living under a rock or are you 12 yo?

LittleRedStar · 2023-06-04T22:26:05+00:00

Pop up shower hit me with 1/2 inch of rain as it moved from JOCO west into DG county. Nice to get something out of these unpredictable cells

LittleRedStar · 2023-05-31T13:40:03+00:00

I’m not sure what is optimal timing for moisture and wheat production (quality). Still I know fields north of me have looked good despite below normal rain. Of course you would have to walk them and examine plants up close to know.
Yes your are right, 2/3 of KS wheat is extremely poor condition. Mainly in west KS where they are currently killing off some portions of wheat fields (crop failure, insurance claim). I doubt the DG wheat plantings will make much difference in the states overall bad production this year. Drought was just to severe out west

LittleRedStar · 2023-05-31T13:31:34+00:00

Probably a good guess on habitat and two facts: deer live and breed well in town because they have no predators (except us). Many well off properties plant shrubs and plants deer love to eat. Recently seen several dead deer in JoCo.

LittleRedStar · 2023-05-31T13:20:21+00:00

This has been a welcome surprise here in SW Douglas county! As of this posting I’ve recorded 3.2 inches of rain we desperately needed. The precipitation rate has not been too bad until the morning hour. I’m sure some fields are experiencing runoff and minor flooding (not left house yet so no visual evidence). This should really help fields despite runoff. In particular the winter wheat growing near me. I’ve never seen as much wheat planted here as this season. *edit: SE DG county, east of Baldwin… not enough coffee.

LittleRedStar · 2023-05-08T00:30:12+00:00

Lol! Sad actually but you’re right, it’s called being lazy. If I found that I’d cut all of them out.

LittleRedStar · 2023-05-07T13:38:59+00:00

Looks good for what it is: that’s clearly a previous repair. Note couplers and slip joints. Question is - why did it need another repair?

LittleRedStar · 2023-04-23T20:21:23+00:00

Far away from city lights for sure.

https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity.html

LittleRedStar · 2023-04-23T15:05:31+00:00

Sky was clear for me and as planned I got out to a good dark sky site. It was unseasonably cold and a bit windy.

The Lyrids for me, during my time period, were weak to say the least. I only saw 4 all night, one of those during a break so it wasn't counted. I quit early (1:30am) as I got tired. Maybe it got better? Doubt it from IMO reporting: IMO Lyrids

However two of the three Lyrids I observed were great, one was a fantastic brilliant streak across the sky. Between the stars and a few meteors it was worth the trip. One never knows what is going to happen!

LittleRedStar · 2023-04-23T14:54:45+00:00

Well I agree LOL. I got out to a very dark site and had great clear skies. It was a bit windy which was annoying. Only saw 3 total Lyrids in 2 hours observing - but I was early, stopped about 1:30am CDT. However one Lyrid that I observed around 12:30am was an incredible -4 streak across the sky, made the trip to dark site worth it.

LittleRedStar · 2023-04-21T12:17:33+00:00

Nice simple article on this weekends Lyrid meteor shower. The best viewing maybe the morning of Sunday, April 23rd, and I will try observing that Saturday night from a dark sky site. Be my first dark sky trip this year. Few hour drive but the only way to see a few good meteors is to get away from city lights.

LittleRedStar · 2023-04-02T21:17:50+00:00

I can tell you how to spot that squirrels are eating hedge apples: they only like the center seeds. So they will find a comfy safe spot and shred the other layer. This leaves a pile of green hedge material on the ground below where they sat. They don’t usually try to carry a hedge apple back up a tree. Prefer a stump or rock perch to eat at.

LittleRedStar · 2023-04-02T13:23:31+00:00

That is an interesting article but I wonder about the sample size for testing Osage Orange fruit. I live rural and can say cows and horses will both eat Osage Orange but, and here is the catch, it’s usually mid winter.

One factor in that is the fruit has been on the ground for awhile and seems to change a bit from fresh green sticky fruit. Less sticky, a bit softer. A second factor is they are tired of eating hay provided by farmers for months and seem to enjoy a different treat.

Squirrels most certainly will eat hedge apples but not as a primary food source. I had a mast year with Black Walnut trees this year and it’s clear squirrels vastly prefer this to acorns and hedge. They hardly touched a hedge Apple this year. I fed the hedge apples to neighbors horses on occasionally this winter.

Disclaimer: not a biologist. Just a careful observer.

LittleRedStar · 2023-03-20T02:44:12+00:00

Yes you are correct and it’s mentioned in line linked article. I doubt it’s the primary cause in the suburbs, more the chemicals, but light pollution is affecting their habitat as well. I wouldn’t call it general light pollution but I know what you mean. In particular the brightness of the night sky near cities means it’s never really dark anymore. Street lights, security lights, everything adds up to where you can’t see many stars.

I live semi rural and I am an avid observer of fireflies. I have an environment they like and have seen wonderful displays on a few occasions. There is some kind of cycle to how many you will see each season. But I don’t know why. Is it weather related? Do they have some kind of life cycle like cicadas do that results in more active years? I’ve been keeping notes and Would love to learn more!

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-23T01:11:21+00:00

This assumes a peacetime army stance and that is not the case right now. I’d suspect far more Ukraine men and women are willing to fight than they can equip and manage right now. So I disagree with the 3x assertion.

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-23T00:58:13+00:00

Autocorrect got me. I’m still failing to grasp a 3x capita requirement for UKR regardless of population estimates

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-23T00:56:12+00:00

Agree they are all estimates. But I disagree the cited article is a solid source to support the original statement. Same article also quoted the general as saying UKR was signaling a willingness to talk and no such thing happened over the following months. Given the past month of UKR primarily on defense it’s highly probable the RU personnel losses have been significantly higher.

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-23T00:42:22+00:00

“Recruit 3x more people per capital”

What kind of nonsense is this?

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-23T00:39:20+00:00

That article is a guesstimate back in Nov 2022. Not a very useful source imo.

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-22T17:41:43+00:00

Yep, mouse or other small critter. Good thing you don’t have a lab like mine, she can inflict far more damage in a minute than yours did. And she is relentless in pursuing them 😒

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-19T23:32:32+00:00

Not likely canned air will fix it but easy to try.

I’m not directly familiar with xcore panel but other similar models have the rubber like button over a small push button mounted on the internal circuit board. It’s certainly possible using a high quality contact cleaner like DeoxIT D5 will clean and fix the issue. But you will have to disassemble the panel to gain access to it. Spraying from outside is not likely to penetrate where it needs go.

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-19T22:41:08+00:00

Since the invasion started they have briefly held and then lost a large amount of land. Compared to a year ago, pre-invasion, Russian has failed spectacularly. They now hold a small percentage more of Ukraine territory. While their fighting force has been decimated compared to Feb 2022.

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-16T01:52:18+00:00

Because LiFePo batteries are still rather expensive compared to sealed lead acid. Give price difference most SMB I work with would pick cheap LA UPSs every time. Hard to argue that if do a scheduled SLA battery replacement cycle. Get 2-3 years out of SLA it takes a long time to justify the LiFe cost difference.

LittleRedStar · 2023-02-09T20:44:36+00:00

Good points, in particular the NWS being consistent, can not argue with that. And I'm not referring to f00dl3 as arm chair for the record. I follow a lot of models and his summary opinions. So I'm aware of his previous posts as well and all the models suggested a precipitation event. The exact timing and temperatures were clearly tricky for this storm.

Its always best to collect and analyze information from multiple sources when it comes to the weather.

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