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Smoky Monsoon Weather
Aug. 17th, 2020 03:49 pmThe big fire over by Loyalton, and a number of smaller fires started by various thunderstorms, produced smoke that was bad enough in Reno that they canceled the first day of in-person classes today due to the poor air quality.
( Rain Welcome, Lightning Not So Much )
We had a smaller round of thunderstorms this afternoon, which again dropped the temperatures from around 38°C to 28°C, and that's nice. I'm glad the rain didn't start until after I got back from an errand I had to run to Fallon, because I'm still driving the Rolling Stone until I can make arrangements to take the Astro in to have the air conditioning fan repaired (I suspect the fan switch is the problem; it's happened before), and the RV never handles well under the best of conditions. Driving it in high winds and driving rain is not the best of conditions. Also, my errand was taking almost a year's worth of accumulated recycling to the nearest facility that I've been able to find (there are none in Fernley), and unloading the cans, bottles, and carboard in the rain and wind would not have been fun.
( Rain Welcome, Lightning Not So Much )
We had a smaller round of thunderstorms this afternoon, which again dropped the temperatures from around 38°C to 28°C, and that's nice. I'm glad the rain didn't start until after I got back from an errand I had to run to Fallon, because I'm still driving the Rolling Stone until I can make arrangements to take the Astro in to have the air conditioning fan repaired (I suspect the fan switch is the problem; it's happened before), and the RV never handles well under the best of conditions. Driving it in high winds and driving rain is not the best of conditions. Also, my errand was taking almost a year's worth of accumulated recycling to the nearest facility that I've been able to find (there are none in Fernley), and unloading the cans, bottles, and carboard in the rain and wind would not have been fun.
