{"id":57450,"date":"2015-05-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=57450"},"modified":"2015-05-26T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T04:00:00","slug":"it-was-a-wet-trip-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/05\/26\/it-was-a-wet-trip-home\/","title":{"rendered":"It was a wet trip home\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We came <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>home<\/strong> yesterday and boy was it wet\u2026 several sections of i-35 were being hit with strong heavy rains\u2026 and the traffic would slow to a crawl or ???? less.. Along with some spots in OK that are under construction and the stack was about 3 miles before the construction at \u201ccreeping\u201d along\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SAM_2381.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2381\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2381\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SAM_2381_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>raining enough you can\u2019t hardly see it but that was the Red River\u2026 beyond the banks\u2026 still and may not go back down for weeks at the present way of things\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SAM_2388.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2388\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2388\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SAM_2388_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Traffic jam about 3 miles from the construction\u2026 see we haven\u2019t even been signed to merge yet\u2026 the rain didn\u2019t help\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Tried for pictures of the Canadian\u2026 missed that due to traffic and construction\u2026 tried for pictures of the Cimarron and missed that as well\u2026 operator error\u2026 but suffice to say the Cimarron is well out of its banks and Ripley has been in flood warning for a week and will likely be in it for another week\u2026 With Lake Texhoma going over the emergency already\u2026 I am not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil\/KEYS.lakepage.html\" target=\"_blank\">sure how close Keystone<\/a> is but I hear that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tulsaworld.com\/news\/weather\/lake-eufaula-rises-to-near-capacity-following-deluge\/article_c006fbd4-c2f8-5f5c-b512-b597cb0553cc.html\" target=\"_blank\">Eufaula is close also<\/a> and they are all damn big lakes\u2026 from the web\u2026<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Lake Eufaula rose to near capacity early Sunday at an elevation of<b>599.44 feet<\/b> above sea level and <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>water<\/strong> now is spilling through the dam at a level not seen since 2007. At <b>600 feet<\/b>, the lake is considered at its maximum.2 days ago<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tulsaworld.com\/news\/weather\/lake-eufaula-rises-to-near-capacity-following-deluge\/article_c006fbd4-c2f8-5f5c-b512-b597cb0553cc.html\">Lake Eufaula rises to near capacity following deluge &#8211; Tulsa &#8230;<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><cite>www.tulsaworld.com\/&#8230;\/<b>lake<\/b>&#8211;<b>eufaula<\/b>&#8230;\/article_c006fbd4-c2f8-5f5c-b512-b&#8230;<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For Keystone they are a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bit<\/strong> better off with some room to work\u2026 good thing it has not been this much floods in Kansas as that feeds a big portion of Keystone\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil\/images\/lakes\/KEYS.lakepage.gif?w=640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t get much done after we got <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>home<\/strong> last night other than unpack, work on a few small things and get to bed\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Today I was a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bit<\/strong> slow getting around\u2026 hey , I am retired\u2026 I did get a shadow box that I had gotten a few years ago in Oman fixed.&#160; One of the little emblems in it had fallen down inside and I figured I could pull the back off and get it glued back in place.&#160; I did get it pulled and had to glue a couple of other things before I put it back&#160; together and that glue needed to dry so I left it to finish when I got <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>home<\/strong> from lunch.&#160; With that in the works and gathering tools for the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>LED<\/strong> job on the motor home\u2026 I didn\u2019t get much else done, although I did get set down for a little <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bit<\/strong> and picked up <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> contact with Korea on 17 meters\u2026 I had worked that station before on another band but hadn\u2019t added it on 17m so figured to get <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> more for the log.&#160; With that accomplished it was time for lunch. <\/p>\n<p>I headed in for lunch and on the way to pick up Sherrie spotted this, not sure but figure he was having fun (or she)..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3226.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3226\" style=\"border-top: 0px; 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It gave me a little boost so I went to work on the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>LED<\/strong> install for the shower in the motorhome.&#160; Our shower in there has a sun-light over head but we usually are trying to fumble in the dark when taking a shower\u2026 the stars just do not light things up enough\u2026 so we had picked up several portable <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>LED<\/strong> lights that we had in there but they were not the best alternative and I figured why not put some of the \u201cwater-proof\u201d strips I am using in the CFL replacements\u2026 So I had to get the wiring done such that it was hidden out of the way\u2026 that required taking a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of things out to get to the \u201cabove\u201d area\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SAM_2394.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2394\" style=\"border-top: 0px; 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It is now after 9 and still no big storm but see lightening in all directions\u2026 so time to shower and get to bed so that damn weather radio can start going off\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Oooops spoke too soon the first of many warnings just went off\u2026 might turn that thing down a bit\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We came home yesterday and boy was it wet\u2026 several sections of i-35 were being hit with strong heavy rains\u2026 and the traffic would slow to a crawl or ???? less.. 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