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you wanna come home that bad? I thought you'd be doing six figures in dollar terms, for sure. Besides, you're management. I'm talking Mexican labor here. . . .

It just wouldn't be acceptable for me to make my neighbors look bad, like, and hire po white folk. Or pay a living wage. . . . .My neighbors would all blacklist me. . . .
 
you wanna come home that bad? I thought you'd be doing six figures in dollar terms, for sure. Besides, you're management. I'm talking Mexican labor here. . . .

You never know. Like the lie we all say at the start of salary negotiations: it is about the opportunity not the money.

:)
 
And besides, NAOS was offering to come help for free. . . . . well, maybe some sycophantic philosophical musings while slinging mud, that is.
 
You never know. Like the lie we all say at the start of salary negotiations: it is about the opportunity not the money.

:)

So, srs. How are you feeling about your job over there?

Do you ever look over your shoulder and long for the Truckee River sinks again?

I stayed overnight in Fallon a few days ago. Nice farm area. I think I've been over Donner about six times since I saw you.
 
Long term weather prognostications?

A couple of tropical storm remnants have moved onshore in SoCal this summer, but no actual hurricane yet. Right now "Guillermo" shear moisture is streaming from near Hawaii on to California and to my ranch. Well, and beyond.

The high Sierras are green again with very adequate rainfall over the past few months, but the foothills still look dismally dry, and folks are still on water rationing all over California. Not that those regulations will ever be relaxed, actually. Near Sacramento, a customer was telling me about people who own their homes being "evicted" for water use violations. . . . .
 
Top forecasters have raised the El Nino warning flag, saying this is the third strongest El Nino event in sixty years. SoCal is supposed to get way above average moisture this winter, while NorCal may still come out drier than average. But lots of tropical storm activity in the East Pacific. Guillermo has been weakening, but another is forming and expected to track out to Hawaii on the same path over the next six days.
 
El Nino weather patterns are characterized by persistent low-latitude low pressure centers of the southern California coast. Satellite imagery has been showing this to be the case, even now. Usually, the pattern develops in September and starts producing storms that proceed across the southwest, rather than the usual Pacific storms that drop down over Wasington and Oregon, and proceed across the northern tier of states predominantly.
 
The early advent of this pattern is preventing the East Pacific hurricanes from moving northward, directing them instead to move towards Hawaii. New Mexico is having significant monsoon rains.

A weak Pacific low off the central California coast is dropping southward, producing rain in the Sierras and will bring some rain inland over the next few days. Another upper atmosphere low is off the tip of Baja California, directing subtropical moisture towards New Mexico.
 
So, no "deep freeze" for me this winter, maybe some deep snowfall but it'll melt because no inversion, and lots of rain, about 170% of normal, or almost 12" compared to 7", and a mountain stream runoff lasting to September. More grass than the cows will be able to eat.

More work than I can do.
 
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