It seems just when you are making good headway in something, good 'ole Murphy's Law steps in and humbles you once again. Such was the case with a main line to the server. But, this afternoon, we got the green light, finally. Frankly, it worked out pretty well in that the next 5-days are going back into record-setting territory again. It's been a long hot summer this year and while it becomes Fall officially in less than 36-hours, temps are going in the wrong direction as the annoying high pressure parked right over the top of North Texas just sits there. Sinking air heats up as we all know and while we have beautiful blue skies, that is about all there is to beauty in that department. Two cold fronts are headed our way. One is going to run out of steam and it will be Monday into Tuesday before the stronger cold front brings us down to where our seasonal averages have dropped to this time of year. Really, it's a laughing matter from the stand point of what we once would say, Come on September. Now, it's come on late October!
Two things have happened with this past 5-days of downtime. One, I learned things my smart phone could do that I did not know it could do. Second, I discovered that I had missed submitting some very good images to some of my editors. How I missed them in my own editing is beside the point. I'm still working of closing that loophole. If I take the time to shoot images and I don't submit all the good ones first, then the whole point of taking them in the first place is lost.
After the server came back up this afternoon, I started work on the lost time of sales and clearing out stacks of e-mails. Working at a steady pace, I was somewhat back to normal by 6 o'clock tonight. That is, sadly enough, only half of the catching up that I need to do. But, it was the top priorities and the rest will come in time.
A couple of weeks ago I'm sitting at my desk when I hear this loud pop. Didn't know where it came from either but soon Oncor appeared on the scene and I realized that one of the panel boxes across the street that sits on the corner had blown. Little did I know that my less than a year old TV, that I didn't have on a power surge protector, had wiped out the thing-of-a- gig that gives me a picture. The sound is fine, but the picture has gone bye bye. So, I think that I will order a new one from Wally Sam on their special offers going on til the end of the month. Then,when cooler weather does finally arrive, I can spend the day out shooting. The State Fair begins in a few days, The Dallas Arboretum is set to open their annual 100,000 pumpkin displays throughout the 66 acres. Addison starts their Oktoberfest, which begins the last day of September and runs through October 2. It has been, since 1987, the most authentic festival outside of Munich. There are some German Clubs that might challenge that published proclamation, but while that is more pride than anything else, the fact is genuine and they are sticking to it. Then, upcoming very shortly, The Plano Balloon Festival begins for the first time since the pandemic cancelled the past two years. This year 40 hot air balloons will inflate and lift off. So,with fall just a few more hours away, it is to be hoped that the weather will settle down to where it should be for this time of year.
Tonight, I was watching one of the live cams of a place out west and a photographer was on a street corner with his tripod all set up and shooting time laps. It started to rain and he pulls out an umbrella and held it over the tripod and camera. Then he moved a few more yards down the street a couple of times until he disappeared. The clouds coming over the Sierra Mountains were really more interesting than anything I could find that would be worth standing out in the rain for. But, to each photographers own. We all have our little quirks.
So, stay tuned. It's gonna level out soon. Although with the El Niño and La Niña latest update, La Niña is favored to continue through Northern Hemisphere winter 2022-23, with a 91% chance in September-November, decreasing to a 54% chance in January-March 2023.The bold type is straight from the Storm Prediction Center of the U.S.Weather Service of NOAA.
Our thanks to: Climate Prediction Center
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