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[robertk]

Good Saturday morning, everyone. It actually got warmer here overnight -- low 20's (F) when I went to bed, and 34 this morning.

 

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[pepperj]

Morning everyone

 

[ToddsPoint]

Good morning. A crisp 18° now. Winter has arrived.

 

[Chilli]

I had to wait until the windows defrosted before driving to work. 27 degrees this morning.

Hi. When im parked not under cover and a frost is forecast I put a towel on my windscreen. Just lift off the frozen towel in the morning and all good. 👍

 

[GirlWithWolf]

I’ve already made my move to Texas and the family I’m staying with temporarily is acting like the next ice age has started. 🥶 It is 40.

 

[fishstick]

Good morning y'all

 

[releventchair]

 

[releventchair]

Morin all.
Coat weather.
Snowing still.

 

[pepperj]

Morin all.
Coat weather.
Snowing still.
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Looks like there's snow squall warnings for area's north of Toronto. Calling for 20 inches.
Friends are heading that way for the weekend. 😁

 

[newnan man]

Good morning everyone. Cool morning here on Florida's East Coast. Windy too.
Baby Keet ready to come out for the 1st. time. Another in there with it. Its mommy is right there.

 

[releventchair]

Looks like there's snow squall warnings for area's north of Toronto. Calling for 20 inches.
Friends are heading that way for the weekend. 😁

East of Erie was getting a lot of lake effect yesterday.
I'm not seeing the snow slanting that way right now as it did yesterday..
But the wind there could be more varied.

Of course we're getting streams of snow from Lake Michigan here.
But it (the big lake) tempers the cold at times. Depending on amount of ice coverage during winter. Takes a cold winter to get much ice but a lot of ice reduces lake effect. Till it melts.
But it's a lot of water to freeze! More so when the wind is cutting it.

 

[pepperj]

East of Erie was getting a lot of lake effect yesterday.
I'm not seeing the snow slanting that way right now as it did yesterday..
But the wind there could be more varied.

Of course we're getting streams of snow from Lake Michigan here.
But it (the big lake) tempers the cold at times. Depending on amount of ice coverage during winter. Takes a cold winter to get much ice but a lot of ice reduces lake effect. Till it melts.
But it's a lot of water to freeze! More so when the wind is cutting it.

Now in the past I have stated a few times, for you to keep your unkindly weather to yourself.

What is this need to share, like do I really care, only if its fair.

Looking alot like I need to be thinking about the plow going onto the truck again.
Throw 1/2 ton of rocks in the back for that extra weight.
The Tundra weighs a tad over 3 tons empty. 😁

 

[GirlWithWolf]

Hey Girl/wolf:
You are very likely aware of this group.
But just in case , I find it interesting.

Ohkomi Forensics

www.ohkomiforensics.com

A Native woman launched a forensics nonprofit to address missing and murdered Indigenous people after her relative went missing and was never found

After growing up on the Blackfeet Reservation, Haley Omeaso is launching Ohkomi Forensics to help families of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

www.businessinsider.com

I know of that organization but I’ve never seen the business insider article. Thank you for sharing it, it is a good article about an important organization.

 

[oldmxrat]

Good morning

 

[releventchair]

Now in the past I have stated a few times, for you to keep your unkindly weather to yourself.

What is this need to share, like do I really care, only if its fair.

Looking alot like I need to be thinking about the plow going onto the truck again.
Throw 1/2 ton of rocks in the back for that extra weight.
The Tundra weighs a tad over 3 tons empty. 😁

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I got caught not ready.
No weight in the daily drivers bed. Never did so in it before but after an exhilarating ride broadside down a main two way traffic road last year I kind of planned on it. But it will suck getting the wheelchair on top of sand bags under the bed cover.
Pulled the Kubota in the polebarn after leveling some of the neighbors deceased mulch storage volume where I push snow to.
Parked tractor dirty. I don't mean some dust on it dirty.
But its out of the snow anyways.

Plow truck needs started next time I'm near it. Then checked to see if it's leaking coolant still.
An out of sight leak , and mechanic added a stop leak that hadn't quite seemed to stop it yet last I drove it. (Stopleak and coolant added out in the nearby village street after stopping my brake fluid leak from...A valve (?) Under reservoir).

 

[releventchair]

I know of that organization but I’ve never seen the business insider article. Thank you for sharing it, it is a good article about an important organization.

Is it duplicatable with the founders approval?

Is duplicating it even a good idea?

Duplication (or an effective version thereof) might be a beneficial free sourcing .

Is it an internal private matter?
Where do indigenous draw the line to others arriving on reservation ground and investigating?
Federal authority and federal resources get to be intertwined pretty quick.
My worth a single coffee opinion is that parties from reservations should be accessing resources of research and more through education enough to apply resources shared/made available.

It cost little for a library visit once on site.
Is it available? Is it's (an individual) district able to access further districts material and data?
.
Biology and forensics as studies. But studied where? They are already studied.

None of which is my call.
I'm not entirely ignorant of the topic of the missing.
Or the line between reservation law enforcement and the U.S. federal government and state law enforcement.

Who should be liaisons?
I don't mean head of Indian affairs or a groups elders or a given nations governing folks.
I mean networking across the board to shared resources and data.

Once upon a time tracking meant...tracking.
Still does.
But there's a lot of fluff and delay in todays.
Both are detriments.

Methodology can be nauseating and time consuming when tracking is paused.
Know what I mean?
Delayed data and digesting data in real time are very different.
First reduce delay in the goal of eliminating more delay.

Team needs to be accessible and mobile quick like. Before tracks blur ,erode ,fade. even cool . Or heat.
And beyond that real time team moving slow needs to be eyes on the peripheral.
Hey if you know the area you know where to expect sign or sitings of movement.
Those who run hounds can explain cold trailing and strike dogs and it all relates.
Knowing the terrain helps.
This is why oriented folks need to be involved. That does not mean an outsider can't provide resources. Conflicting technique or knowledge shared in advance would be far better than during.

Such is why I suspect the potential of Ohkomi is so real.
But can a template or attribute gage be dropped elsewhere and have a similar result?
It would need adjusted to fit the new range.
Custom to the terrain. The people. The conditions. The resources.
I say doable. But that's the easy part.







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[Evan in CA]

Good morning all

 

[releventchair]

Good morning all

Mornin Evan!

 

[releventchair]

 

[CreekSide]

Hi. When im parked not under cover and a frost is forecast I put a towel on my windscreen. Just lift off the frozen towel in the morning and all good. 👍

Sounds like a easy option to try