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The rest: Thanks! -John

So I have been messing around with some ideas for apparel for the Keweenaw Kamo experiment and have put these ideas together. I am hoping to get some free "market research" from the site as to which one(s) you all like. I was going to do a poll, but persons cannot pick more than one and want...

So, I sit down this early am to start pouring over the latest run of model guidance and all of them indicate the birth of a tropical system out of a disturbance a couple of hundred miles to the south of Jamaica at the moment. All the global models then have the system to track almost due north...

This week I was contacted by someone in Copper Harbor helping to raise the money needed for a new playground for the harbor. She wanted to take out an ad to say this: This past January when we started fundraising, Vicki and Ken at the Pines were kind enough to let me solicit funds from our...

Just finishing up my work for today and could not help noticing that some decent snows look to be in the offing for much of the northern Rockies. Most areas have already had their first coating of snow occur, but they may need to break out something larger than a 12" ruler for what will come in...

Ok, with that info I can give you these morsels of info. First, Lake Superior is not going to increase the humidity in the summer. It's waters are typically much cooler than the summer time air temps and thus the water is slow to evaporate from it. You may get some fog to form near the lake on...

Not to brag or boast (yea right!), but our little Gracie made it into a national magazine with last years Halloween costume. http://www.kiwimagonline.com/2012/09/diy-halloween-costume-contest-2/ Congrats Grace AND Nora for winning second place! -John

I have set up the registration for the 2013 Snowfest Ride-In to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan. If you find any bugs, let me know! A quick note, the backcountry rides had to be suspended because of liability issues and also because some participants of the rides last year...

So I am going to be adding a single stage, stationary air compressor to service both the woodshop and "toy" shop, something along the lines of 5 HP 18 CFM @ 135 PSI. I am in the process of trying to figure out the best place to put it and am actually toying around with the idea of putting it...

My seasonal dart toss.... er, seasonal outlook is out in the forecast text section. Done under protest as usual. -John

Looks like the first big snows of the season will fall in portions of the NW Midwest later today through tomorrow. Snows of 6-10", with localized amounts to 12"+ are seen for northeast ND and NW MN. Perhaps the first sloppy coating for some LES belts of northern WI and the western UP later...

That second field goal attempt by N.O. missed. I'm not sure I could have handled another week of hearing nothing but WHINE and CHEESE! :) -John PS. Nice catch by Jones to make the 1st down.

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A PUPPY CAM! Got word that Maia, one of the mascots of the Ash Trail Lodge in the boundary waters of MN is getting ready to have pups- at least 14 of them! Tom from the lodge has moved one of the cams to capture everything. I just checked and things are pretty dark right now, but hoping for...

Just got back from my morning walk with the pups. Got caught in some lake effect rain. About halfway through that first rain shower, I saw the precip bounce off my jacket, so I held out my hand to catch some and sure enough graupel (ice pellets)! The second shower was even more intense and tried...

So... Which one were you dreaming of? A) or... B) -John

Helping out the good folks in Copper Harbor with this. Not that one needs a reason to hop on the hog and head to the Harbor, but here is a good one! -John

I am using a MyFi for my internet services and it is working very good so far. My only issues are that the MyFi creates a pretty weak WiFi network signal and also I can only connect 5 devices to it at one time. What I am looking for is a device that will utilize the signal from the MyFi device...

OK, Time's up. Pencils Down! It's all over, except for the melting. Here is a shot taken last Friday: -John

Last week at this time we were on the beach in t-shirts and Grace had on sandals. Today it's snowing in the Keweenaw. -John