Unusual SE wind. Keep you calendars open, do you chores early.
Monday looks good, too, but a tough day for the proletariat.
A couple of months old but still appears relevant:
http://weatheradvance.com/2015/10/18/zonal-flow-now-but-will-the-trend-change/
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Just checked the forecast, looks like Sunday has been pushed back some. But, dont panic, it's always subject to change. I still hope to do something Sunday and Monday.
Gene
Gene Mathis
Yeah - Sunday is starting to look more like Monday as we get closer to it. Will Monday become Tuesday? Seems like we are in a bit of wind funk at the moment. Kind of like the Falcons losing streak. Still, I like our odds better than theirs for Sunday.
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.
Hope springs eternal.
My hope has sprung a leak.
Whenever I feel bad about how un-windy Atlanta is, I just think it could be worse - I could be a Falcons fan.
Still will be up in Gainesville tomorrow if it decides to blow in the afternoon. Otherwise, it's yardwork.
btw, sad day at Tidwell
http://www.forsythnews.com/section/1/article/28944/
This is at least the second time a car has ended in the water at Tidwell. Once several years ago I went there to sail and there were police cars and a tow truck. Turned out a young dirver had ended up in the lake off the boat ramp. Apparently he got out unharmed. I don't see anything particularly dangerous about that boat ramp that would cause people to drive into it by mistake.
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.
In case it picks up this afternoon (Sun.) I'll head to Lanier. Please post if you go & the launch.
Barrett
The wind never came up. The driveway is free of leaves at least. Looks like Allatoona might have gotten wind.
Still, a better day than the Falcons had. (Arthur looks dismayed by the forecast for the next several days.)
There was some wind, enough to shoot this
CatKite Video, our recently longstanding tradition of dealing with skunks. I guess after doing all this "heavy lifting" the wind decided to take the afternoon off, but at least it was kind enough to wait until I donned my wetsuit. Nevermind - I joined the SUPeeps, who were not disappointed in the least to see that the wind had deserted me. Well, as said above - I still had a lot better day than the Falcons. And I did get to test the lastest thing hot off of my sewing machine.What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.
speaking of kite cats:
http://www.powerkiteshop.com/peter-lynn-kite-sailing-kitecat-cat.htm
If I lost mobility, that would look like a cool option, better than a hot-rodded Rascal scooter.
He also made a kiteboat, which seems to work pretty well with a "kite on a stick" approach. (Of course, kite on a stick seems a lot like a sail.) I don't think they make either one of those anymore. The kite cat would suffer from the same issue kitesurfing in Atlanta - lack of suitable launches. Given its size, I really don't see how you could launch the kite anywhere on Lanier. At Toona in the winter it might work.
http://www.peterlynnhimself.com/newsletter/March_Nl_10.html
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.
BTW - I saw a new method of paddleboarding yesterday at the lake. Looks like self rescue to me - but the lady paddling was a lot faster than me. When I saw the board she was using, I started to think I shouldn't have sold my Serenity......Go to 14 seconds in an you can see pretty much what I saw, though there does seem to be a lot of ways of doing this.
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.
So... instead of Stand Up Paddleboarding, we have Lie On Your Face Paddleboarding? IOne of the great appeals of SUP was the ability to look around from a higher vantage point which is why SUP > kayak for a lot of people. That may be faster but it seems like somebody forgot their paddle and decided to justify it with a "new" board.
Plus, it makes my back hurt just looking at that two-handed stroke.
However, I'm never one to suggest that consenting adults shouldn't be allowed their fun.
I tried it. Seems pretty efficient, even though I had no real idea of how to do it right. From the few times I've tried it, swimming with those giant duck feet (for lack of a better term) seems way faster. I'm thinking someone could make something like that for your hands for LFOYF paddling.
Anyway - seems like it would have a big advantage for upwind, during the times when we have wind....
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.