New Roofs, No Pavers Required
Regular readers know the wind up here does not mess around. In the winter of 2023–24, one of our typical storms brought hurricane-force winds that…
Tag: Weather
Weather and Wind Stuff
Over the years we have experienced lots of weather. While we don’t get the snow those up on Mt. Hamilton do, we do get a…
Busy Winter: Break for Damage
We’re STILL trying to finish the pit. The weather has not been cooperating. Go figure. In the meantime we’ve had a batch of storms. I…
Signage for Idiot Drivers
We often get people who are lost up here. Because the road clearly splits at our driveway with the left side going up to the…
Tuning in to a New Station
Our weather station, which we installed shortly after moving in, had a few issues over the years–namely, birds loved to sit atop the rain gauge…
Rain Machines
As part of our home automation work, and a setup we actually got up and running last summer, are the new RainMachines. These are Internet…
Fog
Agent Smith said, “In San Francisco, they call their fog ‘Karl.’ Here, I believe we shall call it Phineas. Phineas Fog.” And what fog we…
Last Night’s Storm Damage
We had a rather bad winter storm on February 1, 2019. The winds howled through the night, and we awoke to find a lot of…
We have wind
It’s winter here, and while I’ve spent the last few days readying posts for the website, today I recorded this little clip to help illustrate…
More weather news
It’s been just a tad windy at Purgatory this weekend. Who wants to be a kite?
All Hail!
One day this week we had lots of wind; another day we had ice and hail. It’s definitely never dull. Oh and yes, we’ve resumed…
Yes, it can get windy
Since we live halfway up a mountain, it can get a bit windy up here. Per the weather station we run, the biggest gusts we’ve…
A week in review
Last week a lot of small things got done: 1. Sold the old golf cart. Agent Smith somehow broke it, so we Craigslisted it. 2. Got…