Put in a good days work and was done by noon. Poured (4 loads in Walter) the south entrance, showered and clocked out by 11:30AM. Just as well cause it was too hot the rest of the day. Had a brief visit this afternoon from John Soper - he caught the piece on KWES 9 in Midland yesterday and just had to come out to see the spread. Nice guy and he showed me some geometry/astronomy tricks to figure out the latitude and magnetic declination of the Field Lab. Who can't use a good geometry trick....Also worked another loaf of solar bread into the schedule but that was about it.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Beat the Heat
Put in a good days work and was done by noon. Poured (4 loads in Walter) the south entrance, showered and clocked out by 11:30AM. Just as well cause it was too hot the rest of the day. Had a brief visit this afternoon from John Soper - he caught the piece on KWES 9 in Midland yesterday and just had to come out to see the spread. Nice guy and he showed me some geometry/astronomy tricks to figure out the latitude and magnetic declination of the Field Lab. Who can't use a good geometry trick....Also worked another loaf of solar bread into the schedule but that was about it.
John, I miss seeing the high and low temperatures in your posts. Had not had a chance to read your blog in a couple of days but hoped you had gotten some of the rain we had been getting lately so I could see a picture of your dam.
ReplyDeleteGreat work as usual, I am glad you were able to take half a day off.
I've never been out your way in the summer, only autumn and winter, so I am curious as to how uncomfortable it is in the summer heat. I'm real sensitive to humidity, so I know that when someone sais "It's a dry heat", it really means something. The summer heat without all the humidity like we have in Dallas must be a blessing. Swamp coolers work best in low humidity. Do you use yours much? Another good looking pour. Can't wait to see those walls going up.
ReplyDeleteAccording to ...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomagmodels/struts/calcDeclination
The declination for the lab is...
7° 38' E(+)
changing by 0° 6' W(-)/year
Does this compute?
It only rained once since Oct of last year - about six weeks ago and just under an inch. We've been crossing the 100 degree mark just about every day for a week now...a nice low of 53 this morning. High daytime temps are only a killer if there is no breeze. Have yet to put my swamp cooler back into service but its coming soon. Day time humidity levels are usually about 10% but it goes up to about 45% with the cooler morning temps which is a nice combo to start the day. Will keep you posted on my declination once I set up the little experiment to do the calculation.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to use a shadow?
ReplyDeleteAmazing progress by the way. Thanks for all of your efforts, especially all the time it takes to keep us informed.