OceanStWx

In early June I went and did a fitting for the TaylorMade P790s. First set of clubs I ever got fit for, fun experience. Since I knew what club I wanted, it was all about finding the right shaft. My spin rate was too low for a 7 iron (should run between 6500-7500 ideally) with the first, heavier shaft to we dropped the weight some. Then I started pulling my shots. Finally settled on one that gave me the right combo of higher spin rate, good launch angle, and more of a spread centered on the fairway instead of dead pulls. It was cool to see how much my ball flight changed just by switching out shafts. I also averaged 185 carry with the 7 iron, after not playing any golf in nearly a year. These clubs jump.

Upper low, models are going to suck on timing things. But that said if you can pop into clearing early tomorrow then the lower heights aloft mean you can get some good bangers by midday without "full" heating.

He's breaking into the Tree House kind of early for a Monday.

I for one welcome our new overlords.

We dream. We also dream. My wife and I had our second child in April and I took my 12 weeks at home with the family. Timing was nice as all federal employees get this time paid (as of Oct 1), so I could save my time off for a true vacation some day. But between chasing the toddler and changing diapers I didn't have much time to post around here.

If only. Maybe the pattern towards the end of the month gets a little more favorable to advect some remnants in here.

Indeed. Winds aloft are probably better over SNE.

Forcing is probably too late for Tuesday, but I think Wednesday looks sneaky locally. Probably not a slight day, but I could see a marginal with a smattering of warnings from CAR to BOX.

Feb 13 all over again, except I was stuck inside at the lake house with 3 kids under 5.

Generally speaking it's a team from the local NWS office. If it was a widespread tornado outbreak a neighboring office will sometimes dispatch mets to help out. If it is a really localized event and the local EM is weather savvy sometimes they will do a quick survey and log damage points and take pictures, but that's a rarity. Now when you have an EF3 or higher, especially violent tornadoes, structural engineers will come in an take a look at the damage to determine whether structures were probably built to withstand certain wind speeds. I think this is fallout from La Plata where the initial rating was EF5 because of house slabs wiped clean, but it turns out they were not anchored to the foundation and just slid off (think house gone but trees and flagpoles still standing). In places like Oklahoma it is probably more common to have researchers and structural engineers tag along for most surveys just because there is an abundance of them there. Researchers and engineers, not tornadoes.

About 9 minutes from my house door to door. I volunteered on the Saturday and was a walking scorer in the morning. Pretty cool experience to be inside the ropes and logging every shot for the website updates. I probably saw in total 60+ holes of golf between scoring and ball spotting on #13 and only saw 3 bogeys.

My tiebreak guess was -12 I think, but given where Rosy is at I have to imagine that's where the leader probably sits tomorrow afternoon. I can't imagine an even par final round Sunday.

That hurts. Two real bad approach shots on 17 and 18.

If Berger can stay under the cut line I'll have two line ups going with all 6 guys playing on the weekend. I like my chances for getting my money back anyway.

I can't relate. I've loved my Odyssey ever since I was in high school (I had to replace it once when it was stolen out of my car trunk). If I ever snap a club it's going to be a wedge.

No coop poop around here. I've tried to set up the wildflower bed so that it's an all season bloom. Lupines through asters.

Finished edging the trees, shrubs, and garden beds this morning. Amended the soil in the new blueberry patch. Getting ready to put pavers around the gardens to contain the mulch a bit. I'm also impressed with the spring growth so far. My lilies of the valley are already putting some flowers out. I also threw down a bunch of lupine seed last May, got a lot of summer green growth but no flower because it was too late in the season. This year all the green growth seems to be coming back (I have at least two dozen big patches of new leaves). Hoping for a good show of wildflowers.

That Speith audio of it hitting the tree is what I hear every time I try and punch out.

We're going to need to adjust our forecast to account for eclipse cooling for a couple hours.

I like games like that which can keep all skill levels engaged. That's why I always liked bingo bango bongo so much when I was getting into the game. I was rarely the first to hole out, but I could certainly be first on or closest to the pin once I finally got on the green.

He likes to do this. Blow up on day 1 and then claw his way back into it rounds 2-4.

They just started popping at the top of the hill in my neighborhood. Seemed to happen overnight last night. Nothing on the way to work yesterday, but there today.

Lollis to one million.

Looking for a string of expletives in the AFD next week. Though I guess that could mean I either won or lost.

The year Willett won I had picked him, but because two of my guys missed the cut I didn't even finish in the money. That was a tough one.