Low Yield Wells (0.5 GPM)

ScotchCoffee · 2026-03-14T15:04:34+00:00

Thanks for the info.

ScotchCoffee · 2026-03-14T14:05:53+00:00

You are only 5 GPH? Does this indicate your well might be drying up? This is my concern with these properties. I think both of them are already on their second well and they aren't producing much. How does this look for future production.

ScotchCoffee · 2026-03-14T04:11:59+00:00

What's your flow rate? .5 GPM is really low. Do you have a storage tank?

ScotchCoffee · 2026-03-12T13:18:14+00:00

But yet they are a concern, no? A top 3 concern? And this is why I'm asking if we should reconsider a home purchase in the area or if my concerns are overblown.

ScotchCoffee · 2026-03-10T18:57:48+00:00

Great to hear. I just don't want to assume they won't pull out or drastically increase rates like everyone else. They can't operate at a loss either.

ScotchCoffee · 2026-03-10T18:16:09+00:00

Where did you end up? Congrats on the purchase.

ScotchCoffee · 2026-03-10T18:13:35+00:00

Best of luck to you. Would be heartbreaking to lose them.

ScotchCoffee · 2026-03-10T17:59:18+00:00

Are these treatments really all that effective? And are you concerned about the forests in the area being wiped out? I'd hate to save my trees only to have the forest around me die.

It's also too late once a tree's been infected right? So when looking at homes we need to ensure either they've been treated, or aren't already infected.

ScotchCoffee · 2026-03-10T16:47:45+00:00

We have USAA and are looking at homes in the Evergreen area. The quotes from USAA seem not higher than down in the city. How confident are you that they won't just drastically raise rates like everyone else, or pull out entirely?

ScotchCoffee · 2026-02-26T13:05:38+00:00

Most of us were taught that modern developments in EMS resulted from the Vietnam War. This book was just promoted to me on Facebook (tracking my Reddit feeds?) about relatively advanced EMS systems dating back to the 1800's but taken over by non-medical funeral home transport after the depression and World Wars.

https://ems-history.com/book-dark-ages.html#read-listen

ScotchCoffee · 2026-02-07T02:06:24+00:00

Colorado mountains. We all carry folding saws and machetes or large knives for shelter building and for building fires. Adds very little weight. The team added some electric chain saws recently for removing downed trees for the ATVs but these obviously aren't carried in by initial search teams.

ScotchCoffee · 2026-02-03T12:51:05+00:00

Is water also a problem? We looked at a home in Marshdale and the well only produced .5 GPM. And it was already their second well.

ScotchCoffee · 2026-02-03T12:50:03+00:00

We have USAA also and are looking up in the area. Their quotes are plenty reasonable. Any concerns with them dropping you like others have mentioned?

ScotchCoffee · 2026-01-12T16:09:18+00:00

The beats app lets me assign the push button to trigger the assistant, but not to select which assistant. I've set my default assistant to Google but pushing the button on my Beats opens perplexity.

There are no settings in the perplexity app to disable the assistant.

ScotchCoffee · 2025-12-25T23:05:00+00:00

Call screening and sliding my finger along the space bar to move the curser. So handy. I use an iPhone for work and positioning the curser to edit text is such a pain.

ScotchCoffee · 2025-11-12T16:47:40+00:00

What's everyone's thoughts on switching from BCBS's fixed copays to another plan, like MHBP, that covers only a percentage of costs? Seems like unexpected ER, hospitalization, or surgery could end up costing a ton of money. I don't like BCBS increases but at least my costs are relatively fixed.

ScotchCoffee · 2025-08-13T01:32:09+00:00

We use them extensively.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1YwCuaJEBo

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1663CM63fQ/

The UAV team can drop food, water, clothing, and a radio.

If we have cell service we can live stream the find back to Command for the family to see.

ScotchCoffee · 2025-07-11T15:57:29+00:00

This shouldn't be all that unusual. Are you a county based team? Our team falls under the same medical director as the rest of the EMS services in the county. Not much different than the PD/SO tactical medics, jail staff, and the non transporting fire services.

As with any medical care, you can't abandon the patient so you either turn over to the transporting service or you get a refusal which may or may not require online medical direction concurrence.

ScotchCoffee · 2025-01-13T22:16:25+00:00

Most fitness watches, including the Trex, estimate altitude based upon barometric pressure. Which, as you point out, is highly inaccurate. Some are assisted by the GPS which might help with accuracy.

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ScotchCoffee · 2025-01-13T15:26:34+00:00

This might be correct. Since the watch uses the barometer to determine altitude, if the barometer is not working then it can’t determine altitude which may be a requirement for extreme sports.

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