Monday, October 10, 2011
Aerial Shots - Las Vegas To Phoenix
Northern Las Vegas.
Northern Las Vegas.
Boundary between Las Vegas and Frenchman Mountain area, east of Las Vegas.
Frenchman Mountain area east of Las Vegas.
Frenchman Mountain area east of Las Vegas.
Frenchman Mountain area east of Las Vegas.
Lake Mead.
North of Phoenix.
North of Phoenix.
Approaching landing at Sky Harbor Airport.Hurricane Jova Aims For Mexico
It'll come in hard!:
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Jova strengthened to a major, Category 3 hurricane Monday as it marched toward Mexico’s Pacific coast, threatening the idyllic beach resort of Barra de Navidad and one of the nation’s biggest cargo ports.
Jova’s maximum sustained winds built to near 125 mph (201 kph) by Monday morning, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said it could reach Category 4 strength, with winds of greater than 131 mph (210 kph) on Tuesday before hitting land.
The forecast track would carry its center near Barra de Navidad, south of the larger resort of Puerto Vallarta, late Tuesday.
...The Mexican government declared a hurricane warning for a 100-mile (160-kilometer) stretch of coast form just south of Puerto Vallarta to a point south of Manzanillo, one of Mexico’s chief cargo ports. A tropical storm warning was in effect further south, to the port of Lazaro Cardenas.
...“The rainfall will be absolutely torrential,” Garcia said.
The Logical Thing To Do
M.: Now, according to the radar display on my iPhone, there is a line of thunderstorms east of Phoenix. The logical thing to do, in order to fly to Albuquerque while minimizing the sort of turbulence we had flying into Phoenix, is to take off from Sky Harbor Airport going west, then bank to the left, circle to the south and go completely around the line of thunderstorms and thus minimize the turbulence, before heading northeast. And, sure enough, here we are, taking off to the west!
S.: Oh, did you hear the announcement on the PA system? Our pilot is a woman! I'm so excited!
M.: Right.
S.: And look, here we are, banking to the right!
M.: Like I was saying....
S.: Oh, did you hear the announcement on the PA system? Our pilot is a woman! I'm so excited!
M.: Right.
S.: And look, here we are, banking to the right!
M.: Like I was saying....
Returned From New Mexico
Some nice time with the family (and as Tio Salamanca says, 'la familia es todo')! Saw the 'Glowdeo' at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. I hope to put together a YouTube pastiche of that experience.
Also visited Santa Fe.
Also visited a few more "Breaking Bad" filming location sites, but not as many as I would have wanted, leaving out large swathes of the southern tier of the city. But it wasn't all bad. No, not at all! Check the Breaking Bad links in the sidebar for progress there!
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Albuquerque Hiatus
Image from Breaking Bad is a sitcom - only darker than most.
I will be traveling to Albuquerque for the International Balloon Fiesta this week, so blogging per usual may be sporadic and haphazard!
First As Tragedy; Then As Farce
In trouble with the law:
Now Davis -- who was freed in March after two months in Pakistani custody only after a deal was reached to pay $2.34 million in 'blood money' to the victims' families -- on Saturday was arrested after a scuffle outside an Einstein Bagels south of Denver, the Associated Press reports.
According to a local ABC affiliate, Davis and another man got in an argument over a parking space, and things allegedly got physical. Davis was allegedly the aggressor, according to the report.
$2 Million Grant To Measure Snowpack
Roger Bales was in the news today. He was one of my Ph.D. advisors, and it's good to see him bringing in the big grants. And Martha Conklin's there too!:
Researchers with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at the University of California, Merced, have received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to expand on a prototype system that uses a network of wireless sensors to track snowpack depth, water storage in soil, stream flow, and water use by vegetation in the Sierra — information that is key to efficient water usage.
The research team, led by SNRI Director and UC Merced Professor Roger Bales and UC Berkeley Professor Steven Glaser, will develop and implement a network of sensors throughout the 2,000-square-mile American River Basin of the Sierra Nevada, serving as the largest prototype yet of a system that could ultimately provide water managers in California the ability to better predict snowmelt runoff, the source of much of the state’s water supply.
...The $2 million grant will last for four years. The senior research team is rounded out by UC Merced Professor Martha Conklin and Danny Marks of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service.
Monday, October 03, 2011
"Thank You!" From The State Of California
On Saturday, I was sweeping the leaves from the parking lot behind my house. I do that periodically, even though it's the DMV parking lot, belonging to the State of California, and not my parking lot at all.
I tend to view the tree as mine, since it hangs over a portion of my yard. I keep after it for its leaf-dropping tendencies, but I suppose it's a complicated matter, since it also hangs over the neighbor's yard, as well as the DMV parking lot. The tree trunk is rooted just behind my fence, so I suppose it's an even more complicated matter, since it is rooted in the right of way of the alley and the sewage line, so it may technically belong to the City of Sacramento. In any event, for leaf-sweeping purposes, I treat the tree as mine.
A woman driving down the alley stopped and rolled down her window. "As a state employee, I just wanted to say 'thank you, thank you, thank you!' for what you're doing!" I replied: "Your welcome! My pleasure!"
We're neighbors, after all, and we have to watch out for each other.
I tend to view the tree as mine, since it hangs over a portion of my yard. I keep after it for its leaf-dropping tendencies, but I suppose it's a complicated matter, since it also hangs over the neighbor's yard, as well as the DMV parking lot. The tree trunk is rooted just behind my fence, so I suppose it's an even more complicated matter, since it is rooted in the right of way of the alley and the sewage line, so it may technically belong to the City of Sacramento. In any event, for leaf-sweeping purposes, I treat the tree as mine.
A woman driving down the alley stopped and rolled down her window. "As a state employee, I just wanted to say 'thank you, thank you, thank you!' for what you're doing!" I replied: "Your welcome! My pleasure!"
We're neighbors, after all, and we have to watch out for each other.
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