Hit-or-Miss Dept: AccuHunch Weatherguess ("Now with 2nd Generation Nexrad Radar, just like everyone else!") told us we'd get snow & lots of freezing rain overnight.
We didn't.
To be fair, there are icy roads to the south, and schools are closed in Girdwood, Moose Pass, and Seward. But Anchorage received only about 1/8" of light snow yesterday afternoon. Since then, nothing.
But not to worry: AccuHunch still says today will be icy, before changing to heavy snow, later. Really. They promise, this time for sure*.
It's winter in Alaska. If they keep predicting snow, they're bound to be right ... sooner or later. Then they can say, "See? We were right!"
UPDATE: The rains moved in about 30 minutes ago, and now it's icing over quickly. Lovely.
Harrumph.
* Those of my generation will remember Bullwinkle making the same promise while trying to pull a rabbit out of his hat. In the words of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, "That trick never works!"
John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
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22 November 2013
06 May 2009
Wednesday Morning, May 6
Good morning!
The good guy won our mayoral race - and his opponent confirmed, in my mind, why he lost. His remarks on TV news were ... let's say less than conciliatory. He said, "He's got a big job ahead of him, and I hope he's up to it."
Classy to the last, eh?
* * * * *
It's warmer than yesterday morning, by about 10 degrees, but feels colder. Yesterday was clear, sunny and 33, with low humidity. Today it's cloudy with lowering skies, and quite windy. We finally closed the windows and ran the furnace for a cycle, to take the chill out of the place.
* * * * *
There is significant flooding along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, in the Interior. Those rivers are clogged by ice that hasn't melted, and the floes blocked the snowmelt from upstream - which has now flooded several villages.
The ice has stripped trees bare, knocked down power transmission poles, and worse. The "worse" is that it has also collapsed houses and other buildings, and has pushed yet more off their foundations. The damage is substantial in the villages of Eagle, Circle, Fort Yukon, Beaver, and Stevens, among others. The villages of Kalskag, Kobuk, and McGrath are in potential danger, as well.
* * * * *
The road to Whittier is still closed due to the rockslide which happened earlier this year. Engineers did more blasting, yesterday, to bring down large slabs which had been threatening to fall. They're hopeful that they've cleared the worst of it, and will be able to open the road soon.
So are the residents, I'm sure.
* * * * *
Mt. Redoubt hasn't blown again - yet - but the Volcano Observatory website posted this at 6:28 this morning: "Seismic activity remains elevated and largely unchanged over the last 2 hours. It is possible that an explosive event could occur at any time with little warning."
That's enough news for now; I will have a fairly quiet day today, I think. AccuHunch is guessing we might get some rain, which would be good.
Y'all come back!
The good guy won our mayoral race - and his opponent confirmed, in my mind, why he lost. His remarks on TV news were ... let's say less than conciliatory. He said, "He's got a big job ahead of him, and I hope he's up to it."
Classy to the last, eh?
* * * * *
It's warmer than yesterday morning, by about 10 degrees, but feels colder. Yesterday was clear, sunny and 33, with low humidity. Today it's cloudy with lowering skies, and quite windy. We finally closed the windows and ran the furnace for a cycle, to take the chill out of the place.
* * * * *
There is significant flooding along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, in the Interior. Those rivers are clogged by ice that hasn't melted, and the floes blocked the snowmelt from upstream - which has now flooded several villages.
The ice has stripped trees bare, knocked down power transmission poles, and worse. The "worse" is that it has also collapsed houses and other buildings, and has pushed yet more off their foundations. The damage is substantial in the villages of Eagle, Circle, Fort Yukon, Beaver, and Stevens, among others. The villages of Kalskag, Kobuk, and McGrath are in potential danger, as well.
* * * * *
The road to Whittier is still closed due to the rockslide which happened earlier this year. Engineers did more blasting, yesterday, to bring down large slabs which had been threatening to fall. They're hopeful that they've cleared the worst of it, and will be able to open the road soon.
So are the residents, I'm sure.
* * * * *
Mt. Redoubt hasn't blown again - yet - but the Volcano Observatory website posted this at 6:28 this morning: "Seismic activity remains elevated and largely unchanged over the last 2 hours. It is possible that an explosive event could occur at any time with little warning."
That's enough news for now; I will have a fairly quiet day today, I think. AccuHunch is guessing we might get some rain, which would be good.
Y'all come back!
31 January 2009
Saturday Afternoon - Range Report
I spent a productive hour or so at the range, pushing another 100 rounds through the pistol. It was only 2 degrees above zero, but without any wind, so the conditions in the unheated firing line were tolerable ... at least for awhile. I did notice that very few people were there today.
Another guy & I arrived at opening time, and set up about 20' apart, to aid in communications. This particular range rule is that the first to arrive is the range officer, and being somewhat close just made things easier.
I neglected to take along a new target, so I wound up making more holes in a used one. The other fella finally said, "I can't see what you're hitting, but it's throwing up snow on the backstop in the same place each time."
I couldn't really tell, either; I know that the majority of my shots were within a 6" circle at 40 feet. I did see a couple of flyers hit outside the circle, but not too many. I also noticed that I was grouping many shots in a fairly tight pattern, with each clip, but the patterns tended to move around.
That probably had more to do with my grip than anything else. As I've mentioned, I carried a revolver for years. After the slide or beaver-tail on the 1911 whacked me on the knuckle of my weak-hand thumb, this morning, I changed my grip. I may be a trifle slow, but I'm not that dumb.
After 45 minutes of shooting, my hands suddenly got cold - it had gone up to 3 degrees; I can't understand what happened - so I fired the last 8 rounds in the current box and called it a morning.
Note to self: put some fresh targets in the range bag.
I also discovered that the Remington ammo I used today is WAY cleaner than the CCI Blazer (aluminum casing) rounds that I fired last time. That time, the pistol innards looked like they'd been dunked in muddy water. This time, there was just normal powder residue. Clean-up, once I got home, didn't take nearly as long.
One thing struck me as odd: I've been using the 230-gr. hardball ammo for the range. I've been reading Massad Ayoob's books, though, and he cautions that because of the tendency of those rounds to over-penetrate and/or ricochet, it's not considered particularly defensible in court.
He recommended 185-gr. JHP instead, so I got some. I checked out what the ballistics of each round are reported to be, and then tried an experiment.
I put both the FMJ and JHP rounds in the same magazine, two of one, then two of the other, and so on, just to see how they compared in terms of my perception when firing them.
The part that puzzles me is that I could barely tell the difference. I expected that the lighter rounds would produce a noticeably lighter recoil, but that didn't really happen. It was a very slight difference, but only just. Anyone else have this experience?
That's about it for now. It remains sunny with blue skies, and has rocketed up to 8.4 degrees - just about what AccuHunch predicted.
Another guy & I arrived at opening time, and set up about 20' apart, to aid in communications. This particular range rule is that the first to arrive is the range officer, and being somewhat close just made things easier.
I neglected to take along a new target, so I wound up making more holes in a used one. The other fella finally said, "I can't see what you're hitting, but it's throwing up snow on the backstop in the same place each time."
I couldn't really tell, either; I know that the majority of my shots were within a 6" circle at 40 feet. I did see a couple of flyers hit outside the circle, but not too many. I also noticed that I was grouping many shots in a fairly tight pattern, with each clip, but the patterns tended to move around.
That probably had more to do with my grip than anything else. As I've mentioned, I carried a revolver for years. After the slide or beaver-tail on the 1911 whacked me on the knuckle of my weak-hand thumb, this morning, I changed my grip. I may be a trifle slow, but I'm not that dumb.
After 45 minutes of shooting, my hands suddenly got cold - it had gone up to 3 degrees; I can't understand what happened - so I fired the last 8 rounds in the current box and called it a morning.
Note to self: put some fresh targets in the range bag.
I also discovered that the Remington ammo I used today is WAY cleaner than the CCI Blazer (aluminum casing) rounds that I fired last time. That time, the pistol innards looked like they'd been dunked in muddy water. This time, there was just normal powder residue. Clean-up, once I got home, didn't take nearly as long.
One thing struck me as odd: I've been using the 230-gr. hardball ammo for the range. I've been reading Massad Ayoob's books, though, and he cautions that because of the tendency of those rounds to over-penetrate and/or ricochet, it's not considered particularly defensible in court.
He recommended 185-gr. JHP instead, so I got some. I checked out what the ballistics of each round are reported to be, and then tried an experiment.
I put both the FMJ and JHP rounds in the same magazine, two of one, then two of the other, and so on, just to see how they compared in terms of my perception when firing them.
The part that puzzles me is that I could barely tell the difference. I expected that the lighter rounds would produce a noticeably lighter recoil, but that didn't really happen. It was a very slight difference, but only just. Anyone else have this experience?
That's about it for now. It remains sunny with blue skies, and has rocketed up to 8.4 degrees - just about what AccuHunch predicted.
24 January 2009
Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call
We had an earthquake with our morning coffee ... a 5.73, which made the apartment sway for well over a minute. Lamps & the windchime by the picture window were swaying, and we could feel it for quite awhile.
I've checked the University's 'quake website, and it was located in Cook Inlet southwest of Homer. So it was about 160 miles or so to the south/southwest of here. I imagine Homer received a good shaking for a minute or two...
The cats were funny: Alex took off running toward the stairs, as if to discover who was shaking the upstairs. Gracie stayed in one spot, but had her neck stretched out nearly as long as her body, with dilated eyeballs. Funny li'l critters.
It's about 20 degrees this morning, and AccuHunch is guessing we'll get a couple inches of snow today. It's to be warmer (near 30) tomorrow with a little more snow tomorrow, and will then turn cold for the upcoming week.
That's about all the news that's fit to print; have a good one!
I've checked the University's 'quake website, and it was located in Cook Inlet southwest of Homer. So it was about 160 miles or so to the south/southwest of here. I imagine Homer received a good shaking for a minute or two...
The cats were funny: Alex took off running toward the stairs, as if to discover who was shaking the upstairs. Gracie stayed in one spot, but had her neck stretched out nearly as long as her body, with dilated eyeballs. Funny li'l critters.
It's about 20 degrees this morning, and AccuHunch is guessing we'll get a couple inches of snow today. It's to be warmer (near 30) tomorrow with a little more snow tomorrow, and will then turn cold for the upcoming week.
That's about all the news that's fit to print; have a good one!
20 January 2009
Tuesday Evening
The temperature is hovering around 30 or 31 degrees, with a freezing mist which is starting to solidify on windows, driveways, etc. Accu-Hunch is calling for a high of only 19 tomorrow, so we'll see what happens. It's usually something other than what they predict.
UPDATE: the temp has dropped to 28, and it's snowing in parts of town.
I realize I'm awfully hard on the folks at the weather service - forecasting is pretty tough, considering that none of us can know the future. I know they have the satellite imagery, reports from other stations, and sophisticated software to help them make educated guesses.
Why then is it wrong, so often? At the risk of sounding like Ian Malcolm, chaos theory explains it - it's complex behavior based on complex systems. Given identical input, the forecast comes out differently each time.
There are too many factors which can combine in unexpected ways, providing radically different outcomes. How do you guess which model will be accurate? You don't, but you can play the 'law of averages' and select the model that seems to come up the most often, based on current conditions.
I said all that to say this: the forecast is rarely very accurate, and we're silly to think it might be otherwise. Of course we all want to know, but it probably won't happen.
Oh, well, life goes on, regardless.
It was a fairly quiet day at work, until the big LED sign out by the road went off. I called the sign company, which reported that they're getting no power. I called the electricians, who report that a large cable has apparently burnt in two, underground, and they'll have to pull up a light pole to fix it.
Go ahead, folks: make my day.
UPDATE: the temp has dropped to 28, and it's snowing in parts of town.
I realize I'm awfully hard on the folks at the weather service - forecasting is pretty tough, considering that none of us can know the future. I know they have the satellite imagery, reports from other stations, and sophisticated software to help them make educated guesses.
Why then is it wrong, so often? At the risk of sounding like Ian Malcolm, chaos theory explains it - it's complex behavior based on complex systems. Given identical input, the forecast comes out differently each time.
There are too many factors which can combine in unexpected ways, providing radically different outcomes. How do you guess which model will be accurate? You don't, but you can play the 'law of averages' and select the model that seems to come up the most often, based on current conditions.
I said all that to say this: the forecast is rarely very accurate, and we're silly to think it might be otherwise. Of course we all want to know, but it probably won't happen.
Oh, well, life goes on, regardless.
It was a fairly quiet day at work, until the big LED sign out by the road went off. I called the sign company, which reported that they're getting no power. I called the electricians, who report that a large cable has apparently burnt in two, underground, and they'll have to pull up a light pole to fix it.
Go ahead, folks: make my day.
15 January 2009
Topsy-Turvy Weather
It's 44 degrees this morning, and windy. There were gusts of 105 mph on the hillside above us, overnight. While it's dying down now (to 15 to 30 mph), the wind had the effect of glazing the ice-covered streets and parking lots, as well as causing a great deal of snow-melting.
The school districts, colleges, and local bus service have all been canceled again today, and the local electric co-op is working overtime to fix power outages due to fallen power-lines.
It's amazing: we handled two weeks of subzero weather just fine, albeit with grumbling aplenty. Now that it's 20 degrees warmer than normal, all h*** breaks loose. Go figure.
Our normal high for mid-January is 22, and lows around 9 or 10 degrees. One week ago, it was 20 below zero, a 40-degree departure from normal. Now we've shifted 60 degrees in the other direction.
Accu-Hunch, ever faithful, is calling for near-normal temps with snow, or a rain-snow mix, by the weekend. So if our temperatures are going down, that tends to mean the Lower 48 warms back up.
In the meantime, you're freezing and we're melting. Let's hope things go back to normal soon.
The school districts, colleges, and local bus service have all been canceled again today, and the local electric co-op is working overtime to fix power outages due to fallen power-lines.
It's amazing: we handled two weeks of subzero weather just fine, albeit with grumbling aplenty. Now that it's 20 degrees warmer than normal, all h*** breaks loose. Go figure.
Our normal high for mid-January is 22, and lows around 9 or 10 degrees. One week ago, it was 20 below zero, a 40-degree departure from normal. Now we've shifted 60 degrees in the other direction.
Accu-Hunch, ever faithful, is calling for near-normal temps with snow, or a rain-snow mix, by the weekend. So if our temperatures are going down, that tends to mean the Lower 48 warms back up.
In the meantime, you're freezing and we're melting. Let's hope things go back to normal soon.
13 January 2009
Global Cooling - a Mid-Winter Summary
Last fall, Accu-Hunch went on record as saying they had no idea whatsoever what we might expect in terms of winter weather.
So, Alaska has been anything but warm. The recent cold snap in Anchorage brought 11 straight days of double-digit negative temperatures to town -- while 2008 as a whole in Anchorage ranked as the coldest year in a decade.
We had a chilly summer in 2008. From May through August last year, Anchorage recorded its lowest average daily temperature in 25 years.
The cold spell over the last three weeks is likely to be repeated, they say. We haven't had a warm summer since 2004, but "they" also predict warmer-than-normal temps by June.
Since these are the same folks who can't accurately predict what the weather will be in 48 hours, I'm not going to worry about June.
So, Alaska has been anything but warm. The recent cold snap in Anchorage brought 11 straight days of double-digit negative temperatures to town -- while 2008 as a whole in Anchorage ranked as the coldest year in a decade.
We had a chilly summer in 2008. From May through August last year, Anchorage recorded its lowest average daily temperature in 25 years.
The cold spell over the last three weeks is likely to be repeated, they say. We haven't had a warm summer since 2004, but "they" also predict warmer-than-normal temps by June.
Since these are the same folks who can't accurately predict what the weather will be in 48 hours, I'm not going to worry about June.
09 January 2009
Global Cooling, Part 5 (and Last, I hope)
Good morning, folks! It's a balmy minus 11 this a.m., but Accu-Hunch is guessing we'll get just above zero today. One part of my mind says "that's not a solution" but the other part says "that's 15 degrees warmer than we've been."
Either way, the return to normal temps is on the way, or so they keep promising.
Unfortunately, while we're making progress, it's only a few degrees at a time. When you've been 30 degrees below normal, a gain of 4 degrees isn't much to sing about.
But it is warmer, so Accu-Hunch will be patting itself on the back. They've been forecasting this warming trend - if one can call it that - for well over a week.
Stay well, folks, and come on back!
Either way, the return to normal temps is on the way, or so they keep promising.
Unfortunately, while we're making progress, it's only a few degrees at a time. When you've been 30 degrees below normal, a gain of 4 degrees isn't much to sing about.
But it is warmer, so Accu-Hunch will be patting itself on the back. They've been forecasting this warming trend - if one can call it that - for well over a week.
Stay well, folks, and come on back!
29 December 2008
The Evening Update
It's official - Governor Sarah Palin is a grandmother. Her daughter Bristol gave birth to a son, earlier today. There: I mentioned it.
I believe our high today was -4, and the sun shone for awhile, which was nice. I don't care how cold it is, as long as there's some sunlight. It will be another couple of weeks before we notice the days getting longer, but sunny days help. A lot.
It's also -7 degrees, and headed to the overnight low of -10 to -15. That's not as cold as we were led to expect, by Accu-Hunch. I hope nobody's surprised...
Wunderground.com (I thought I'd try another source of informed guessing) says we'll get up to around zero degrees tomorrow, and then drop to -10 to -20. I'm trying wunderground because they have a weather station about 4 blocks from where I live. At least the current conditions should be accurate.
So we've turned the thermostat slightly higher, and I told the girls to put another blanket on their beds tonight. The cats will probably snuggle with them, which will help.
Change of topic: I did a little research, and have discovered that the shooting range nearest my home has a reputation for treating shooters (who pay to use the range) like criminals. Did I mention this is a State-owned range, operated by the Division of Wildlife?
About 30 miles up the road, there is a 92-acre recreational shooting park which is open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days per week, for members. I'm not crazy about having to drive that far, but the members rave about it. It'll be nice to be somewhere that supports shooting.
Yes, I know we're in the largest state in the Union; yes, I know there should be lots of places to shoot. But Anchorage is 1,955 square miles, and you have a drive a ways to get out of town. 30 miles, it sounds like.
Stay warm or cool or dry, depending on your circumstances.
I believe our high today was -4, and the sun shone for awhile, which was nice. I don't care how cold it is, as long as there's some sunlight. It will be another couple of weeks before we notice the days getting longer, but sunny days help. A lot.
It's also -7 degrees, and headed to the overnight low of -10 to -15. That's not as cold as we were led to expect, by Accu-Hunch. I hope nobody's surprised...
Wunderground.com (I thought I'd try another source of informed guessing) says we'll get up to around zero degrees tomorrow, and then drop to -10 to -20. I'm trying wunderground because they have a weather station about 4 blocks from where I live. At least the current conditions should be accurate.
So we've turned the thermostat slightly higher, and I told the girls to put another blanket on their beds tonight. The cats will probably snuggle with them, which will help.
Change of topic: I did a little research, and have discovered that the shooting range nearest my home has a reputation for treating shooters (who pay to use the range) like criminals. Did I mention this is a State-owned range, operated by the Division of Wildlife?
About 30 miles up the road, there is a 92-acre recreational shooting park which is open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days per week, for members. I'm not crazy about having to drive that far, but the members rave about it. It'll be nice to be somewhere that supports shooting.
Yes, I know we're in the largest state in the Union; yes, I know there should be lots of places to shoot. But Anchorage is 1,955 square miles, and you have a drive a ways to get out of town. 30 miles, it sounds like.
Stay warm or cool or dry, depending on your circumstances.
Cold, and it's getting colder
Good morning, folks!
The average temperature across Anchorage this morning (discounting the reading from the airport, which is near the water) is -11. We have -14 at our home, and some places on the east side, nearer the mountains, are already at -25.
The local meteorologists are saying it could get below -30 tonight. They are also guessing it could be the longest cold snap in decades, as temps like this are forecast for the remainder of the week, and then some.
It's all part & parcel of life in Alaska, and not for the faint of heart. I'll break out the down parka this morning, and will have to spend a few more minutes warming up my truck. It's a cold-blooded beastie, and the frost will be hard to scrape at these temps.
In the Mat-Su Valley, north/northwest of here, their temps are not quite as cold, but they will have 60 mph winds today, providing horrendous wind chills.
I'm sure there will be more posts about the cold air, so y'all stay tuned, hear?
The average temperature across Anchorage this morning (discounting the reading from the airport, which is near the water) is -11. We have -14 at our home, and some places on the east side, nearer the mountains, are already at -25.
The local meteorologists are saying it could get below -30 tonight. They are also guessing it could be the longest cold snap in decades, as temps like this are forecast for the remainder of the week, and then some.
It's all part & parcel of life in Alaska, and not for the faint of heart. I'll break out the down parka this morning, and will have to spend a few more minutes warming up my truck. It's a cold-blooded beastie, and the frost will be hard to scrape at these temps.
In the Mat-Su Valley, north/northwest of here, their temps are not quite as cold, but they will have 60 mph winds today, providing horrendous wind chills.
I'm sure there will be more posts about the cold air, so y'all stay tuned, hear?
26 December 2008
December 26th
Gregor, the original Sad Old Goth, has posted a wonderful explanation of the feelings on the day after a major holiday here. We've all felt the way he does today, but he really expressed it well. Thanks, Gregor.
Our living room is not "back to normal" since the tree and other decorations are still up. The piles of presents are gone, though, and I can once again reach the living room window to let in what light there is.
UPDATE: We received only about 7 1/2 inches of snow in the last 24 hours, and it's windy and 16 degrees here. Accu-Hunch is surmising that we'll have falling temps today, and highs between 0 and 10 above for the next week. The overnight lows won't be as cold as they typically get in a few more weeks. But -5 is a good start on the chilly season to come.
The girls were all pleased with their gifts, as was I. It seems everyone received what they wanted, which is always a good thing.
I've been out to the sporting goods store this morning, to pick up a few more accessories. Neither the traffic nor the roads were too bad. I did slip and nearly fall at the same spot in the parking lot, twice - while leaving and returning to the truck.
I pray that you and yours have a safe, restful day, and that you are content with that. Be blessed, friends, and come on back.
Our living room is not "back to normal" since the tree and other decorations are still up. The piles of presents are gone, though, and I can once again reach the living room window to let in what light there is.
UPDATE: We received only about 7 1/2 inches of snow in the last 24 hours, and it's windy and 16 degrees here. Accu-Hunch is surmising that we'll have falling temps today, and highs between 0 and 10 above for the next week. The overnight lows won't be as cold as they typically get in a few more weeks. But -5 is a good start on the chilly season to come.
The girls were all pleased with their gifts, as was I. It seems everyone received what they wanted, which is always a good thing.
I've been out to the sporting goods store this morning, to pick up a few more accessories. Neither the traffic nor the roads were too bad. I did slip and nearly fall at the same spot in the parking lot, twice - while leaving and returning to the truck.
I pray that you and yours have a safe, restful day, and that you are content with that. Be blessed, friends, and come on back.
21 December 2008
Early morning shopping, and other thoughts
I went to Wal-Mart in the wee hours, this a.m., with a $100 budget and a desire for as much ammo as I could afford.
The best deal they had is a 250-round box of Remington UMC, 230-gr FMJ for $82.97. It's six dollars less than I'd have paid for 5 boxes of the CCI Blazer ammo I bought at Sportsman's Warehouse on Friday.
I also got gun oil, nitro solvent, and cleaning patches, and walked away with $8.56 in change. Not too shabby.
There's a pistol range about 3 miles down the road. I plan to do some shooting on Friday, just to break in the new, (much) smaller pistol.
My last handgun was a .44 Colt with a 9" barrel, so the 1911 seems kinda puny by comparison. My recollection of the 1911 I trained on, in the Navy, was of a slightly larger machine; but no matter. I haven't carried a semi-auto in years - I was into large-caliber revolvers for a long time.
I do miss having a private place to go, for shooting ... my brother-in-law and I used to hunt deer on a farm south of New Haven, Missouri, and we did a lot of shooting there whenever we got the urge to punch holes in paper targets, soda or milk jugs full of ice, chunks of wood, or whatever was handy.
Weather-wise, we have 9 frosty degrees this morning, and mostly clear conditions. Accu-Hunch says we'll get up to 13 today, with sunny skies - not bad for the winter solstice.
It's going to be a nice day, and I hope you're enjoying yours. So live, love, and laugh today - what else is there?
UPDATE: the temp has dropped to 3 degrees at my place, but the sun will be up in a few minutes. It won't make much difference in the temperature, to be honest, but it will be psychologically satisfying. We take what we can get. In the words of an old acquaintance: "If it can't be functional, it should at least be aesthetically pleasing."
The best deal they had is a 250-round box of Remington UMC, 230-gr FMJ for $82.97. It's six dollars less than I'd have paid for 5 boxes of the CCI Blazer ammo I bought at Sportsman's Warehouse on Friday.
I also got gun oil, nitro solvent, and cleaning patches, and walked away with $8.56 in change. Not too shabby.
There's a pistol range about 3 miles down the road. I plan to do some shooting on Friday, just to break in the new, (much) smaller pistol.
My last handgun was a .44 Colt with a 9" barrel, so the 1911 seems kinda puny by comparison. My recollection of the 1911 I trained on, in the Navy, was of a slightly larger machine; but no matter. I haven't carried a semi-auto in years - I was into large-caliber revolvers for a long time.
I do miss having a private place to go, for shooting ... my brother-in-law and I used to hunt deer on a farm south of New Haven, Missouri, and we did a lot of shooting there whenever we got the urge to punch holes in paper targets, soda or milk jugs full of ice, chunks of wood, or whatever was handy.
Weather-wise, we have 9 frosty degrees this morning, and mostly clear conditions. Accu-Hunch says we'll get up to 13 today, with sunny skies - not bad for the winter solstice.
It's going to be a nice day, and I hope you're enjoying yours. So live, love, and laugh today - what else is there?
UPDATE: the temp has dropped to 3 degrees at my place, but the sun will be up in a few minutes. It won't make much difference in the temperature, to be honest, but it will be psychologically satisfying. We take what we can get. In the words of an old acquaintance: "If it can't be functional, it should at least be aesthetically pleasing."
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