Subj : Resend moving or not To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jul 01 2020 09:05:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> And this begins the 4th and final set of 5 reposted messages... :) BM>> Celebrations all around!! High five!! This darn 6' BM>> social distancing does have its drawbacks! NB>> They are virtual high fives in any case... ;) (and more like 600+ NB>> miles distancing, as well... [g]) BM> At least as the birdie flies! NB> True.... probably even more following the roads... ;) Some of the original ones are more like the cow wanders! Not sure when this came up in the last week but the last few newscasts has announced people from Iowa would be quarantined for fourteen days if they were to visit New York (State) - that would blow most vacations! This morning's newscast said anyone coming from a state whose incidence rate is 10% will be quarantined; we only have 9.5%, which does round up. Not sure how they pull and quarantine -- go now and get put in a decent hotel for two weeks! NB>>> Well, they are designed to get your attention... ;) How far are NB>>> they actually from you...? BM>> I'm not sure: I think the closest one is a few blocks away at the top BM>> of the hill. With that location would cover the western portion of the BM>> downtown area and riverfront as well as the residentials areas on top BM>> of the hill, as well as the very northeastern corner of Davenport. BM>> There are several more sirens in the area I can hear, that's just the BM>> closest one. NB>> So pretty close, and that does seem a well-reasoned placing... :) BM> Yes: makes sense to place the siren on a high point and the top of the BM> bluff tends to cover a good area. ...Just took a semi-quick look and BM> did not see a map of where the sirens are. Maybe the real estate BM> agents are having it hid: I wouldn't want to live next to one!! NB> Might have to look at the website of whoever operates them... NB> NWS....? I'm pretty sure I heard more Scott County being in charge, with input from NWS, spotters, and other agencies so Googled something like Scott County emergency siren map and saw this: https://www.scottcountyiowa.gov/ema/sirens Click and see: Sirens More coming soon: Sirens Maybe they have to plot the locations too! Most of the initial hits were for why and when they sirens sound and that error a while back when the sirens sounded accidentally. NB>>> And now she'll know for when the next time comes... ;) Good that NB>>> the tornado didn't come too close to you after all, too.... :) BM>> Autumn used to like storms, then for some reason became afraid, well, BM>> more extremely cautious. I don't think anything happened to cause her BM>> reaction to change. IMO caution is good, fear/paranoia is not. BM>> (Well, there are times fear is proper!) NB>> Well, there are storms, and then there are storms... and kids pick NB>> up on the way adults are reacting as well... :) BM> True, though not always due to adult reactions: I get a slight shiver BM> if I am going under an overpass if a large truck is going over me at BM> the same time. No known reason, no fear, just that slight quiver. NB> The subconscious racing through all the possible scenarios.... ;) Probably due to some cartoon I saw or something equally semi-silly. No reaction if no vehicles going overhead at the time, Car might cause a double-look type reaction. NB>>>> As long as it is working... ;) telnet wUnderground was working for a NB>>>> while but got stuck again on the 17th.... BM>>> I just checked and not working properly: didn't even give the 2-letter BM>>> state codes (was going to double-check the three-letter code it BM>>> wanted). NB>>> When I checked this morning it was still stuck on May 17th...I check NB>>> regularly just in case something knocks it unstuck... ;) NB>> And, last I checked, still stuck there... I wonder if they've NB>> abandoned the telnet version entirely... BM> Possibly, though would have thought they would have taken down the BM> site, NB> But Firsts getting in their way, maybe...? Still stuck as of NB> last night.... I'll have to get working on my Raspberry Pi weather display project again. ...Did a bit of snooping to see if something changed, mainly 'early century' hits (from 2011, etc.). Did see one "telnet rainmaker.wunderground.com 3000" so tried that as not sure what '3000' does; I'd guess a designate a port which either would open the routine totally or redirect to a different one than default. Like you got data stuck on May 17. You'll have to get on a Linux machine or find the equivalent Windows command: curl -s wttr.in/davenport | head -7 Command as above will give an ASCII icon of the current conditions (right now a drawing of a cloud), sky conditions, temperature, wind speed, visibility and rainfall amount. Leave from pipe to the end off and get a three day forecast at morning, noon, evening, and night. BM>>> I've been primarily using ansiweather for current temperature BM>>> and 'finger @graph.no' for the day's forecast. NB>>> Lately, at least for here, norway seems to not be all that accurate NB>>> temperature wise... whether I look at it in F or in C degrees... NB>>> Richard got me going to weather.gov which is similar to wUnderground NB>>> (since it gets info from there anyway when it's working)... that gives NB>>> fairly current temperature, as well as a week's out forecast... :) BM>> I've also noted the Norweigen system seems to be predicting the day's BM>> high temperature about five to degrees Fahrenheit below what the local BM>> station is predicting, and the higher temperature is more correct. NB>> Today's graph was totally bogus... had temps to be dropping into the NB>> 70s instead of the 90s that's being predicted... we're under a heat NB>> advisory until 7PM tonight... BM> For me the predicted highs portions of the graph always seem about BM> five degrees low. Still, is a guideline. (Current/start of the graph BM> always seems to be within a degree or two. Easily that difference in BM> live reporting between the two NWS sites within five or six miles of BM> the house.) NB> I still check it periodically... once in a while, it seems to be NB> closer on than other times.... Decided not to depend on it for NB> accuracy, get that from the weather.gov site, but Richard says NB> the curve itself is somewhat accurate, if offset from where it NB> should be.... so do look at it for the jollies... ;) I generally consider the weather forecasts from any source as an educated guess -- the education level seems to vary! They might get more respect if they said "today's hig temperature wil be in the upper 80's:" as opposed to "it will be 88ø". BM>> I'll be restarting my Weather Station project in a bit -- right now a BM>> few other projects in line (and that's the computer project line!). NB>> Things keep you busy.... BM> Semi-sorta a good thing to have postponed it. When switching from DSL BM> to fiber optic the LAN IP addresses went from 192.168.0.x to BM> 192.168.4.x -- the two don't see each other. Apparently there are ways BM> to bridge but seemed like another layer of complication to me. BM> Updating the computers is either as simple as turning off the BM> connection and turning it back on or rebooting (dynamic address), BM> manually updating if a static address. Then there's the MythTV Backend BM> which the 'general' computer had a static address which was easy to BM> update but for some reason the database portion didn't want to update. BM> Got the information on how to fix this morning. Only a four day BM> project. Got a few other computers and devices which may pose a bit of BM> a challenge, at least one because it is 'headless': no monitor nor BM> keyboard attached and designed to be remotely accessed. OK, so if the BM> remote access is on '4' and it's on '0' and the two networks don't see BM> each other..... Thinking might be able to use the DSL router to BM> artificially create the '0' network ==> plug the headless device into BM> the router, a laptop into the router. NB> That's kept you busy.... ;) Yes -- surprisingly easy once know how to do it! ...Like anything, of course. I was half-figuring would need to do some sort of fancy wiring between the old and new routers, changing the mode of one, etc., etc. Fine if needed permanantly. Did find a command line: essentially told the specific computer to add the 0.x address to 4.x address - now works with both address sets! Reboot - the magic disappears! So as far as I know all of the computers in regular use have been updated and are connecting. Yea! :) NB>>> Better to have it when needed... we only have fans, which just went NB>>> back into service today with the temps back in the 80s again... BM>> Have been able to not run the central a/c for the past several days as BM>> cooler outside temperatures plus a nice breeze going through the BM>> house. We generally have ceiling fans on to move the air around, even BM>> when the air conditioning is on. NB>> Ceiling fans are nice for moving air, year round even... :) We don't NB>> have any here, though... BM> I generally don't like the breeze of a ceiling fan (even on low) in BM> the winter because of the cooling effect of the moving air, but when BM> warmer that cooling effect sure is nice!! NB> One is supposed to reverse the direction so that it moves the NB> heat back down to the rest of the room... ;) Yes, do switch most fans' direction. Up here in the Computer Room I tend to leave it as when reversed the breeze comes straight down on me and tends to be a little uncomfortable. Might have something to do with the angled ceiling as the room is in the story-and-a-half portion of the house. BM>> True. Roof has been replaced - looks nice, has a reddish tone to it BM>> (selected that colour). Now waiting to get called back about having BM>> the gutters, window trim, awnings and screens replaced (just the ones BM>> damaged). Then the patio and deck replacement! Then..... NB>> It's all turned out to be a rather extensive house project... :) BM> Yes. The balance of the repairs have not been done yet as they're BM> behind. Do need to get going on the patio and deck; a bit of a BM> breather between one contractor and the next. NB> And besides, everyone and his brother are needing their services NB> to fix things up after that hailstorm..... But one does need to NB> get the jobs done while the weather is good... ;) Right: eveyone was wanting their roofs now and all those nows were concentrated because the damage happened at the same time. Plus even less spread-out because some of those roofs would not have been replaced normally until five or ten years from now. Still waiting on the gutters, etc. BM>> We do have a company in mind for the deck/porch job but have been BM>> waiting, in part because of the COVID-19 business closures, in part BM>> because the credit union is closed as far as getting inside to talk BM>> to someone about a loan, in part because "one crisis at a time".... NB>> Makes sense... :) Our credit union has been doing only drive-thru NB>> for most bank transactions, but one can make an appointment to enter NB>> the bank itself for certain things, like loan applications and such... BM> The credit union(s) here is/are open now for about a week. No real BM> need to go in yet. NB> Ours is gradually opening up the insides of the branches now... NB> first added to the approved list for appointments, and I think in NB> a week or two is supposed to do limited capacity inside teller NB> service.... My credit union sent out an e-mail announcement the lobby is open, practicing social distancing, etc., but I haven't needed to go yet so haven't seen in practice. I go to the headquarters site and they have a huge lobby so we were practically practing social distancing before anyway! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® ¯ (Humans know what ® ¯ to remove.) ® .... As Noah said after dinner, "Those unicorn steaks were excellent!" --- 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) .