What happened was that an Advection fog developed over Badger Mill Creek and a slight breeze moved it over the highway. It was just a 100 yards wide but so deadly. I bet someone was texting a never saw it. I know some police departments now have software that can easily see exactly what was happening on a cell phone down to a second (I wonder of the Columbus PD has this - they should).
It will be interesting to see how this all happened.
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Ran into another surprise small problem in the basement project. The first problem was when they were framing a room. Seems the island (more of a peninsula) with the dishwasher in the kitchen sank 1/4 inch which made putting a wall under it a small issue.
NOW - they were about to put the flooring in and it seems the cement is not as level as hoped. There are no cracks in the cement or anything just not "flat" by an inch. You can see it slope there on the right. So this morning they are pouring an inch more cement and the floor. Trim Thursday and Friday.
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Home Theater equipment gets installedthe last week of February.
Speaking of which - I ordered the tower speakers and so forth this weekend. Check these out
LSA2 Statement Towers which would be way way WAY out of my price range if they were new. The good thing is that speakers have a 50% mark-up. Since AMS no longer carry these because LSA lowered the price to a point where they cannot make money on them AND they are used . . I can afford them. (notice the ribbon tweeter)
We didn't want in-wall speakers as those are poorer quality and will eventually lower the resale of the home (not that we are selling). We will have 7 more speakers (4 in the ceiling) plsu 2 sub woofers so . . . . :-)
One thing that was a surprise was that PS4s are no good for Dolby Atmos. They do not up convert like Xbox. So if we want to play REAL Dolby Atmos we have to get a special Blu Ray player as more and more DVD's are including Dolby Atmos (along with Amazon Prime, Netflix and You Tube).
Speaking of mark-up. Speakers are 50%, receivers an other AV equipment is 30% and TVs are 5-10%. Most places lose money selling TVs as they are a loss leader to get people to buy other things.
BTW - if you are looking to buy a 4K TV - do not buy one that does not also have HDR. The difference is amazing. 4K TVs without HDR can only show something line 25 million colors. HDR is like a billion. The difference between amazing non-HDR and unbelievable HDR is rather surprising.
I think MOST have HDR now but cheaper models are cheaper because of that reason. More things I learned. How many watts a receiver puts out is sort of meaningless. Let's say you are playing something at 100 decibels. It takes twice the power to get to 110 decibels.
Steve Black is doing the the basement and AMS is doing the "theater". Not really a "theater" though. No special seats or anything. Just TV and kick ass sound system (10 years in the works). Weird when you have been planing something for 10 years and its actually happening.
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I have a classmate who has her son on the bobsled team in the Olympics and she has been sending back photos. They were watching the Half Pipe last night sending photos.
The weather has really played havoc in the mountains. In Russia it was too warm. Here it's too windy. Tomorrow winds are suppose to be gusting to 50mph. Yesterday 41 out of 50 in the slope style competition crashed.
Men's Downhill had to be shortened to almost Super G length.
For the Alpine events Downhill is the big one. They start at the top of the mountain and the first 100 yards are basically straight down. Then there is the Super G or Super Giant Slalom. This is a little shorter and the start is not straight down but a little slower. The course is a little thinner with more turns. Then the Giant Slalom is next and finally the Slalom.
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Donna and Michael Nicholson of Wisconsin have both given max contributions to Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in her 2018 re-election bid. Why is this important? There son is running against her.
OH - that infrastructure thing Trump is boasting about? Yea - but they are not really putting much money into it. It will all be on local tax payer bills and not the Fed. The Fed wants 18 billion for The Wall and 200 million for Infrastructure INCENTIVES.
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Went to the Badger game Sunday - had a great time despite the Badgers having to play in the game.
remember when there were FUN games as a kid?
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Went to the Club House dinner and auction and it seems everybody knows me as "Gus's dad". OH - not Alderman Melotte but "Aren't you Gus's daddy?" sigh
GUS "I'z gotz the nose for weadder"
30 today and 39 and sunny tomorrow - one cold day coming up - Friday and the weekend will be warm at 32 and 40 on Sunday. Starting Monday more wet weather coming with 2 or 3 days of snow with 2-6 inches and a slow accumulation.
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I have some friends that live in Indiana and they have said the same thing as Omarosa has said on Celebrity Big Brother. Her comment last night was "We would be begging for the days of Trump back if Pence became president."
Oddly this has been said a LOT from people from Indiana. Trump is just a child. Pence is evil.
Anyway - have a great day
