August 16 - Jawohl, Herr Hauptmann! Wind!


Wake up early to the sound of a mighty wind,


out with Harriet to experience this remnant of a chubasco that has migrated this far north from Mexico,


but almost immediately take refuge again, as a derecho courses by.


Lightning and thunder, a bit of rain -- what will this mean for the future? -- as our normal summer-drought Mediterranean climate takes a break, at least for the day.


Brief newspaper /

supply run,


surveying any local damage, plus


an indoor Family Zoom (will not be missing the resolution on Megan's computer),


Despite all this weird weather,


go for the day's Greenspace Walk:


northwest in the


Isle-Royale-Glacier


corridor,


back


to Centrl


Pine and


beyond,


on the


(despite the threatening skies)


137th day of summer --


the high down 5 still being the 3rd wormest of the year, in this 4-day-streak of 100+ temps --


returning to finish the

Pablo de Soto section of the video

Music History, Op. 335
     V. Renaissance Music (2f. Mainerio to Morley)