I built the first half of a bench yesterday, and it came out pretty good. Now I have to build the second half of the bench.
I need to buy:
1 4x4x8'
2 2x4x8'
2 2x6x16' decking
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And then I assemble it.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Last Blog
This is always the last blog, and today it will not get any posts at all, even just some nothingness, which amazingly enough seems to be spelled correctly.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Time to build shutters
Read this from The Source. www.stjohnsource.com. Looks like I need to build my shutters this month.
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Renowned Storm Forecasters Predict Busy Hurricane Season
By Lynda Lohr — June 2, 2010
Chances are good that a major hurricane will track into the Caribbean during the 2010 hurricane season, Colorado State University forecasters Phil Klotzbach and William Gray said in a press release issued Wednesday.
They put the probability of a major hurricane tracking into the Caribbean at 65 percent. The average for the last century is 42 percent.
Hurricane season runs June 1 through Nov. 30.
“We anticipate a well above-average probability of United States and Caribbean major hurricane landfall,” Gray said.
The team upped its April prediction to 18 named storms, with 10 of them developing into hurricanes. Klotzbach and Gray expect five of them to become major hurricanes with winds of 111 mph or greater.
In April, Klotzbach and Gray suggested that the number of named storms would sit at 15, with eight of them becoming hurricanes. They expected four of them to become major hurricanes. The long-term averages are 9.6 named storms, 5.9 hurricanes and 2.3 major hurricanes per year.
Their forecast comes on the heels of one issued last week by the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, which put the number of named storms at 14 to 23. They expect eight to 14 of them to develop into hurricanes and three to seven to reach major status.
The Colorado State hurricane forecast team predicts tropical cyclone activity in 2010 will be 195 percent of the average season. By comparison, 2009 witnessed tropical cyclone activity that was about 69 percent of the average season.
Currently observed climate factors are similar to conditions that occurred during the 1958, 1966, 1969, and 2005 seasons, the Colorado State team said. The average of these four seasons had well above-average activity, and Klotzbach and Gray predict the 2010 season will have activity in line with the average of these four years.
According to Klotzbach, the current trend from El Nino to neutral conditions will persist and weak La Nina conditions will develop by the most active portion of this year’s hurricane season in August through October.
“El Ninos typically increase levels of vertical wind shear in the tropical Atlantic, causing detrimental conditions for Atlantic tropical cyclone formation and intensification,” Klotzbach said.
The hurricane team's forecasts are based on the premise that global oceanic and atmospheric conditions—such as El Nino, sea surface temperatures and sea level pressures—that preceded active or inactive hurricane seasons in the past provide meaningful information about similar trends in future seasons.
The team also updated its U.S. landfall probabilities, which are calculated based on historical landfall statistics and then adjusted by the latest seasonal forecast.
"The probability of a major hurricane making landfall along the U.S. coastline is 76 percent compared with the last-century average of 52 percent," Klotzbach said.
The team will issue a final seasonal forecast update on Aug. 4.
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Renowned Storm Forecasters Predict Busy Hurricane Season
By Lynda Lohr — June 2, 2010
Chances are good that a major hurricane will track into the Caribbean during the 2010 hurricane season, Colorado State University forecasters Phil Klotzbach and William Gray said in a press release issued Wednesday.
They put the probability of a major hurricane tracking into the Caribbean at 65 percent. The average for the last century is 42 percent.
Hurricane season runs June 1 through Nov. 30.
“We anticipate a well above-average probability of United States and Caribbean major hurricane landfall,” Gray said.
The team upped its April prediction to 18 named storms, with 10 of them developing into hurricanes. Klotzbach and Gray expect five of them to become major hurricanes with winds of 111 mph or greater.
In April, Klotzbach and Gray suggested that the number of named storms would sit at 15, with eight of them becoming hurricanes. They expected four of them to become major hurricanes. The long-term averages are 9.6 named storms, 5.9 hurricanes and 2.3 major hurricanes per year.
Their forecast comes on the heels of one issued last week by the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, which put the number of named storms at 14 to 23. They expect eight to 14 of them to develop into hurricanes and three to seven to reach major status.
The Colorado State hurricane forecast team predicts tropical cyclone activity in 2010 will be 195 percent of the average season. By comparison, 2009 witnessed tropical cyclone activity that was about 69 percent of the average season.
Currently observed climate factors are similar to conditions that occurred during the 1958, 1966, 1969, and 2005 seasons, the Colorado State team said. The average of these four seasons had well above-average activity, and Klotzbach and Gray predict the 2010 season will have activity in line with the average of these four years.
According to Klotzbach, the current trend from El Nino to neutral conditions will persist and weak La Nina conditions will develop by the most active portion of this year’s hurricane season in August through October.
“El Ninos typically increase levels of vertical wind shear in the tropical Atlantic, causing detrimental conditions for Atlantic tropical cyclone formation and intensification,” Klotzbach said.
The hurricane team's forecasts are based on the premise that global oceanic and atmospheric conditions—such as El Nino, sea surface temperatures and sea level pressures—that preceded active or inactive hurricane seasons in the past provide meaningful information about similar trends in future seasons.
The team also updated its U.S. landfall probabilities, which are calculated based on historical landfall statistics and then adjusted by the latest seasonal forecast.
"The probability of a major hurricane making landfall along the U.S. coastline is 76 percent compared with the last-century average of 52 percent," Klotzbach said.
The team will issue a final seasonal forecast update on Aug. 4.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
STT today
I have to go to STT today, but it will be a short trip. Just to Marina Market.
What's fun is that I have more stuff to write about today. Like -- I brought some gold to Sandy Stein yesterday and she is going to combine my old ring, a GTE or Wang award ring with some semi-precious stones, and a chain into a new ring. Right now I don't have a wedding ring on my little hand. And my father's gold cuff links have $1,000 of gold in them. So I am giving them to SAH.
What's fun is that I have more stuff to write about today. Like -- I brought some gold to Sandy Stein yesterday and she is going to combine my old ring, a GTE or Wang award ring with some semi-precious stones, and a chain into a new ring. Right now I don't have a wedding ring on my little hand. And my father's gold cuff links have $1,000 of gold in them. So I am giving them to SAH.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
No storms
There will be no storms hitting St. John this year, although it looks like there will be storms hitting elsewhere. This was in the St. John Source this morning. www.stjohnsource.com
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NOAA Experts Join Chorus Predicting Active Hurricane Season
By Ananta Pancham — May 31, 2010
With Hurricane season on our doorstep, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts have predicted an “active to extremely active” 2010 hurricane season, with a projected 14 to 23 named storms over the next six months.
The report from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, issued late last week, forecasts that eight to 14 of the storms will turn into hurricanes – three to seven of which could be a major category 3, 4 or 5, packing winds of at least 111 mph.
“If this outlook holds true, this season could be one of the more active on record,” NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco said in the report. “The greater likelihood of storms brings an increased risk of landfall.”
This year’s predictions exceed the usual numbers, which average about 11 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes, according to the report. Contributing factors this year are warmer Atlantic Ocean water temperatures – as much as four degrees higher than normal – and a weaker wind shear, which can help “tear apart” storms, the report said.
NOAA’s forecast falls in step with predictions made in April by Colorado State University storm forecasters Phil Klotzbach and William Gray, whose pre-season forecast showed 15 named storms for the Atlantic basin.
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NOAA Experts Join Chorus Predicting Active Hurricane Season
By Ananta Pancham — May 31, 2010
With Hurricane season on our doorstep, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts have predicted an “active to extremely active” 2010 hurricane season, with a projected 14 to 23 named storms over the next six months.
The report from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, issued late last week, forecasts that eight to 14 of the storms will turn into hurricanes – three to seven of which could be a major category 3, 4 or 5, packing winds of at least 111 mph.
“If this outlook holds true, this season could be one of the more active on record,” NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco said in the report. “The greater likelihood of storms brings an increased risk of landfall.”
This year’s predictions exceed the usual numbers, which average about 11 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes, according to the report. Contributing factors this year are warmer Atlantic Ocean water temperatures – as much as four degrees higher than normal – and a weaker wind shear, which can help “tear apart” storms, the report said.
NOAA’s forecast falls in step with predictions made in April by Colorado State University storm forecasters Phil Klotzbach and William Gray, whose pre-season forecast showed 15 named storms for the Atlantic basin.
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