#garfield Logs

Feb 21 2013

01:20 rue_house when :) we run it on the avr, you want the delay in there
01:21 rue_house katsmeow-afk,
03:30 Tom_itx now thunder
11:40 any86438769 Alabama has refused Federal money for Medicaid for this year and from now on, due to "Obamacare", ergo it was announced today that major portions of the state government services will be cut off this year and next year and there will be no Medicaid in Alabama after 2014
11:51 any86438769 http://www.abc3340.com/story/21293480/water-tested-after-body-found-in-la-hotel-tank
13:21 any86438769 it's wierd outside atm, no dogs barking, no interstate or local traffic, no jets or planes, no wind
13:22 any86438769 i can hear the birds, and there's not many of them
13:23 Tom_itx got about a foot of percip
13:23 Tom_itx precip
13:23 Tom_itx postsip
13:24 any86438769 http://classic.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=BMX&region=c4&lat=33.59627914&lon=-86.32241821&label=Pell%20City%2c%20AL
13:25 any86438769 most of it is going to arc up north of me : http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Summary.aspx?location=default
13:25 any86438769 but they are saying we may get 5" of rain over the weekend
13:25 any86438769 we have enough already
13:25 any86438769 when we need it, Aug Sept Oct , there will be none
13:26 Tom_itx of course
13:26 y86438769 is so upset the dogs stopped the completion of the dam and storage/fish/heatsink
13:27 any86438769 if we do get 5" this weekend, i'll need o *drain* some of the 2000 gallons from the outside pool-tank
13:29 any86438769 i should prolly empty it completely anyhow, the water in it after the last weeks of rain, is grey
14:34 any86438769 .
18:27 katsmeow lightning
18:27 katsmeow but no rain
18:36 katsmeow seems to have popped the lan card
18:42 Tom_itx 14"
18:43 katsmeow ?
18:43 Tom_itx so far
18:43 katsmeow dare i ask 14" of what so far?
18:46 katsmeow snow?
18:46 katsmeow rain?
18:47 katsmeow sleet?
18:47 Tom_itx snow
18:47 katsmeow car parts?
18:47 katsmeow ah
18:47 Tom_itx the sloppy kind
18:47 katsmeow that's a lot
18:47 Tom_itx it started up again a bit ago
18:47 Tom_itx shoveled 4 times so far
18:47 Tom_itx just to keep up with it
18:49 katsmeow i thought we discussed you using a robot to shovel the snow
18:49 katsmeow http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx
18:49 Tom_itx i didn't have one handy
18:50 Tom_itx maybe it's about over then
18:50 katsmeow how about rototiller tines mounted on the front of a lawnmower
18:50 Tom_itx i got a blower
18:51 katsmeow http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?location=USKS0523
18:51 Tom_itx i put a new magneto in it day before it all started
18:51 Tom_itx changed the blades today
18:51 Tom_itx helped a bunch
18:52 Tom_itx still a bit small for this much snow
18:52 tsmeow
18:53 katsmeow according to http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?location=USMS0414 there is no snow south of Memphis, as usual
18:55 tsmeow ponders some di
18:56 m_itx ponders a
18:57 tsmeow doesn't want to take a nap and have anothr lightning strike take out the modem on the
18:57 katsmeow as if being awake would stop it
18:58 Tom_itx oddest thing last night there was thunder and lightening during the snow storm
18:59 katsmeow that happenes, just rarely, need a tropical sysem in real coldness
19:02 katsmeow more thunder
19:02 katsmeow the telco won't monitor the lightning arrestor in their equipment, and won't let me put in lightning arrestors
19:03 katsmeow they also say i cannot put like a Pi or mini-itx up at the road and then radio the signal down to the house, they say their line must connect to a house
19:16 Lolina8088 Tom_itx, tha's strange... was it an abnormal storm in any other way?
20:07 Tom_itx no
20:08 Tom_itx rue_house what's a good streaming audio capture for linux?
20:08 Tom_itx i use total recorder in winders
20:09 Tom_itx wanted to see if linux had a decent one
20:37 katsmeow-afk http://classic.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=BMX&region=c4&lat=33.59627914&lon=-86.32241821&label=Pell%20City%2c%20AL
20:49 rue_house my internets went poof this morning
20:50 rue_house capture? dont know
20:57 rue_house Lolina8088, internet loss!
20:57 rue_house katsmeow-afk, you alive?
20:58 Tom_itx snow day
21:16 Lolina8088 rue_house, whoa... blank spots! My internet was fine this morning.
21:17 rue_house they lost everything this morning
21:17 rue_house tv, internet, and phone
21:20 Lolina8088 ooooooo ouch.... how long?
21:20 rue_house duno
21:20 rue_house few hours atleast
21:27 katsmeow-afk <cough>
21:27 e_house gives katsmeow-afk a
21:27 tsmeow-afk is enjoyng http://classic.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=BMX&region=c4&lat=33.59627914&lon=-86.32241821&label=Pell%20City%2c%20AL with a bottle of kaluah applied to the te
21:28 Lolina8088 mmmm kaluah on vanilla ice cream. YUM
21:28 katsmeow-afk one strike took out my lan card, one hit momentarily scrambled the tv transmitter on the other side of the valley
21:29 katsmeow-afk erg, afk again
21:30 rue_house :/
22:14 rue_house kat, can you move theat satillite to australlia?
22:18 katsmeow-afk what satalitte?
22:19 rue_house your weather one
22:19 katsmeow-afk yeas
22:20 rue_house lets see how new south wales is doing?
22:21 katsmeow-afk storm clouds sweeping onshore from the southeast, spotty bad, little chce of getting hit by one
22:22 katsmeow-afk typical sweeep of storms, each led by a thunderhead, wide apart, fast moving, not that much activity
22:23 katsmeow-afk whyfor did you ask?
22:23 katsmeow-afk they've had a lot of raint he last 24 hrs, but it's been hit or miss
22:24 katsmeow-afk rivers are high
22:24 katsmeow-afk did Riff get flooded?
22:24 katsmeow-afk they may open the lake gates above him
22:27 katsmeow-afk yeas, rain has been real spotty, some places got no rain the last 24 hrs, some got 7cm
22:27 katsmeow-afk temps have been steady 20C
22:29 tsmeow-afk puts the sat back where she go
22:29 katsmeow-afk ......
22:29 katsmeow-afk i did what you asked, and you quit talking to me
22:33 katsmeow-afk why do you do this?
22:34 tsmeow-afk egts more bi