Somebody beat you to it.
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
73 de Warren KB2VXA
Station powered by atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
Sucks to be in Cheesequake, NJ (courtesy of Accuweather.com).
Real Feel is 108oF (42oC) at this QTH right now.
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
--Philip K. Dick
California has earthquakes, New Jersey has Cheesequake. It comes from the Lenape name Chesehohke because they couldn't pronounce Karaoke, and since White settlers couldn't pronounce either they called it Cheesequake. Actually it's part of Matawan but they hang onto the shaking cheese just so out-of-towners can ask WHHHAAAaaa? Since I live a short distance south it's just as hot here and since the south wind has returned it feels like a sauna. For you rail fans, today we had the classic heat related catenary sag around Amtrak Metropark Station so trains slowed to a crawl between Rahway and New Brunswick. The backup caused delays on the NJT North Jersey Coast Line, as of 6:00pm everybody back on schedule.
New York, the only state where Catskill Mountains.
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
73 de Warren KB2VXA
Station powered by atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
Cheesequake, NJ
English: Land that has been Cleared
Lenape: Chiskhakink
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Quahog! Now, everybody Shipoopi!
http://youtu.be/9Jj622vbrrU
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
Rahway, one who was born there can tell you there must be a Rightway or at least a Betterway! On the other hand (there are 5 fingers) if you find a pleasant point at the Beach let me know, it's hot on the sand and the ocean is... is... OH NO!!!
On edit: remember yesterday I mentioned sagging catenary on the NEC delayed trains? More delays today, this time heat playing hob with track geometry so trains are going slow to avoid derailing. Know what? Railroads these days are unfriendly, if they had more rail fans THIS wouldn't happen!
Oh you know it was hot today.
How hot was it?
Hot enough that in Queens, NY overhead wires caught fire!
Last edited by kb2vxa; 07-18-2013 at 07:01 PM.
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
73 de Warren KB2VXA
Station powered by atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
The temperature has been peaking at 88 degrees the last two days. I have been at a cricket match the last two days. Only myself and another fellow have stuck it out on the top deck of the stand from 11.00 am to 6.00 pm. I refer to all the others who have hid downstairs under cover as the fairies.
Two more days to go. I said to the other fellow, think of this as training to get into something like Delta Force.