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08-17-2024 - We made a trip to the fantastic Steve's Shoes in Lawton, Oklahoma today. Why? Because it's the fantastic Steve's Shoes! We then went to Golden Corral on Cache Road in Lawton. I thought we had stepped into the Dallas bus station. You don't want to step into the Dallas bus station unless it's absolutely necessary. I'll just leave it at that!
08-17-2024 - National Current Ops / Monitoring – August 16-17, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Wildfires – Western U.S.
Hazard Monitoring:
• Critical Fire Weather – Northern Intermountain/California/Central Great Basin
• Severe Weather – Pacific Northwest, Central Great Basin and the Ohio Valley
• Flash Flooding – Central Great Basin and Mid Atlantic
• Excessive Heat – Southern Plains to the Lower Mississippi Valley
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Hurricane Ernesto (CAT 1)
Eastern Pacific:
• Disturbance 1: High (80%)
• Disturbance 2: High (70%)
• Disturbance 3: Low (20%)
Central Pacific:
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Major Disaster Declaration Request – San Carlos Apache Tribe (SCA)
• Amendment No. 2 to FEMA-4787-DR-WV
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
08-17-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 107. Heat index values as high as 110. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 81. South wind around 8 mph.
08-17-2024 - 5:32 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 70.2 Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 73.7%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
08-17-2024 - 5:32 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None) Current - Solar Wind Speed: 325 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz 3 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 225 sfu.
08-17-2024 - 5:32 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 10,587 Megawatts.
08-17-2024 - Good Morning! I saw an ad from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice looking for Mobile Correctional Officers. I'm guessing you move from unit to unit as needed. With around 100 units across Texas, this could be interesting. Where do you live, in an empty cell? I do not know. In other news, the Wichita Falls City Council wants to raise property taxes and it looks like they want to raise it to the maximum level allowed by state law. Also, the news media reports that there was a traffic problem at the new high schools yesterday. It sounds like the drop-off and pick-up procedures need fine-tuning. More than one pick-up & drop-off point? Staggered class start and end times? I don't know. I think I need some Folgers Black Silk coffee! Not too much, though. The latest report says too much can cause heart attacks or strokes. They'll never make up their minds on coffee so I'll just enjoy it as I always have.
08-16-2024 - I made contact with NA2N at Yellow Bluff Fort State Park (US-3669) in Florida on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
08-16-2024 - I made contact with K2EAG at Harris Hill State Forest (US-5046) in New York on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
08-16-2024 - I made contact with K5PE at Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (US-0140) in Alabama on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
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08-16-2024 - Most sources say you need no more than a pea-sized amount of toothpaste on the toothbrush. The instructions on one well-known brand say to squeeze out one inch of paste. It sounds like someone wants to sell more toothpaste. What does this have to do with Morse code? It is against FCC regulations to send Morse code before you brush your teeth!
08-16-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – August 15-16, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Hurricane Ernesto (CAT 2) – Response – FINAL
• Wildfires – Western U.S.
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Central Plains
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Southeast
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Hurricane Ernesto (CAT 2)
Eastern Pacific:
• Disturbance 1: High (80%)
• Disturbance 2: Medium (40%)
Central Pacific:
• Disturbance 1: Medium (50%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – MT
• Approval: Major Disaster Declaration – SD
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
08-16-2024 - All the usual radio suspects are up and running this morning - Walmart (154.570 MHz), Allred Unit (153.815 MHz), Wichita County Jail (155.520 MHz), State Hospital (154.800 MHz) city transit buses (453.5375 MHz), WFISD school buses (152.360 MHz), school handheld radios (151.940 MHz), and the BNSF Railroad (160.920 MHz) are active! Tune in with your scanner radio.
08-16-2024 - Is it possible that prospective tenants for the new "The Kate" apartments in the Petroleum Building at 8th and Scott thought it would be cool to have the Highlander Public House on the ground floor? Is it possible that some are now disappointed that the HPH had to go out of business? Asking for a friend.
08-16-2024 - According to Texoma's Home Page (KFDX), firefighters responded to a house fire on Amber Lane. Quoting part of the story: "Ashlock said they could get into the home through the front, but they couldn’t draw a line to the back of the house from the same line, so firefighters drew another line in the back to extinguish the fire." What does this mean in plain English to people unfamiliar with firefighter terminology?
08-16-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 105. Heat index values as high as 108. South wind around 8 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 82. South wind around 10 mph.
08-16-2024 - 5:15 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 70.3 Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 73.6%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
08-16-2024 - 5:15 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (None) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None) Current - Solar Wind Speed: 355 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 3 nT, Bz -1 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 227 sfu.
08-16-2024 - 5:15 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 10,256 Megawatts.
08-16-2024 - 5:15 AM - Good Morning! Be sure to have your scanner radio on 145.800 MHz today to listen for the International Space Station contact with the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, WA. In the local news, Robert Brooks, the father of Olympic Heptathlon athlete Taliyah Brooks, is running for City Council, District 2. A study of some sort says Wichita Falls drivers are some of the worst drivers in Texas. The new Legacy and Memorial High Schools survived their first day yesterday. If you spent three years at Hirschi and your senior year at Legacy, you'll graduate from Legacy and not Hirschi. That seems a little strange. As you might have guessed, my Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.