Subj : Weather To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Jul 07 2020 09:51:00 Hi Daryl! BM> The siren tests here are the first Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. BM> unless there is severe weather in the area. Seems like they last five BM> minutes -- maybe also testing back-up power and 'hearability' -- only BM> designed to be heard outside but want to make sure it's heard when the BM> leaves are on the trees, the siren is rotating 360ø (especially in BM> winter when could be frozen), etc. DS> One day, they sounded them, even though there were storms in DS> the area, but there was no tornado threat. Most of the ones here DS> don't rotate, but they have horns in each direction for the best DS> coverage. Yours could have done the test accidentally: the storms-in-area override didn't get done. Or maybe the thought was "let's do the regular test and if the sirens need o go off for the storm people will not think it's just the test, or at least wonder why there were two tests". BM> Mother Nature: "Five... four... three...two... one! BM> Let 'er rip!! " DS> That's what you get for fooling her (commercial of JoAnn Worley DS> and Chiffon Margarine comes to mind ). We're showing our age! BM> This one.... now this one..... DS> Or the cartoon, with the 3 people at classroom desks with the DS> computer models... DS> 1) The ECMWF (Euro). The student is working feverishly at his DS> data. 2) The GFS (USA). The student is looking at the ECMWF out DS> of the corner of his eye. DS> 3) The NAM (North America). The student is picking his nose DS> (think of the scenes from "Caddyshack"). Yup: good representation! I don't know for sure which one is generally more accurate - does seem 'funny' the European one seems to be more accurant than the US/North American ones: we're here, they're over there, and they from the distance can guess more accurately than us right here?! BM> That 'erratic Xfinity' would be causing me to either 'stink on poop' BM> them to get the problem fixed or be looking into alterative providers. DS> Thankfully, it doesn't happen that often...but it's still DS> annoying. I have no problem with the occasional problem -- lines will get cut accidentally, software/hardware failures, etc., etc., just the constantly the same problem not being correctly annoys me. DS> I need to get a portable fan..the pull cord on the ceiling fan DS> in my bedroom broke. BM> Ooo! Shopping trip -- out of the house! --- Hey! What'cha doin' BM> on-line?! DS> It'll have to wait a bit. Finances this month are tighter than DS> a frogs [butt] under water. :P Wait long enough you might get the fan cheaper on clearance! BM> Still waiting on the gutters, etc. DS> You'll find several in the bowling alley down the street. BM> Thanks for the idea! Did find a couple outside on the side of the BM> street! DS> You may have not wanted what was in them. :P The city keeps them pretty clean with the street cleaner going down every week or every other week. BM> I probably wouldn't be overly concerned with my FICO Score but for me BM> the convenience of the credit card. OTOH I use the credit card more as BM> a debit card: my mindset is the piece of plastic is just an easier and BM> more convenient way for me to pay for the item; it has to be repaid. DS> That was a hard lesson for me. So many are in debt past their DS> eyeballs. And the COVID-19 didn't help any. ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® ¯ (Humans know what ® ¯ to remove.) ® .... What happens when you fall in love w/ an artist? He gives you the brush. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .