The drill was uneventful (this is a good thing) and then drove up to Bellingham for a couple errands. Picked up a used extension tube for my camera - it was for sale (gently used) at my favorite photo shop. This will move the focus of any lens forward so I can take close-ups of things. Already have one but two gives me more magnification. At $10 it was a zero-brainer.
Very muscular weather on the way back down - many convective cells and bursts of rain and hail.
The realtime lightning map shows some t-storm activity south of here - Tacoma / Olympia area. It was really windy last evening around 11PM - lost power at 11:30 for a while. Not much rain but a lot of wind - gusts here to 40MPH which is saying something as I am shielded to the south by a substantial hillside. You can see the effects of last night's rain in the foothills from the Stillaguamish River flow - peaked at over 750% of average:
Supposed to be over and done with - latest forecast shows Wed, Thur and Friday to be sunny. We will see how that goes. Got a class tomorrow morning but will probably head to the farm for a few days to do some more testing on the no water problem and to pack some more shit up.
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