It seems that public roads and utilities folk who are tasked with pole work, signage, etc, need to attend a course in using 7 year old common sense.

When utility line guys came and did oine work on our street, the geniuses decided to put a major pole wire stay support line down from pole top to a giant deadeye anchor in the ground. Only problem is, they drilled the deadeye right into the dead center of our driveway and hooked up the stay wire. It literally got installed into the ground behond our cars, permanently blocking our cars in so we couldnt get out. What idiot does this?

Tctahoe, yes it is the quiet one, how quiet I don't know as I haven't started it yet. Couple interesting points are you must use fuel stabilizer or warranty is void. You also need to purchase 10-30 oil and put it in before starting, or else... I'll probably get to starting it up tomorrow...

It only took a 1/3 of the project and a few million dollars to get the stop sign at Division and 38 moved into the right place. And guess what. Everyone knows what to do now. No traffic circle needed. Those millions would have been much better served fixing the roads across the valley.

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[New Incident] Vegetation Fire - Apple Valley, Kiowa and Roundup Way rpt 2:46 pm. 1/2 acres slow rate of spread, one garage involved. FROS stopped. Garage fire knocked down. #Roundupfire #ChollaIC
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@Doggie Daddy -- yeah, looks like what I got!

One other feature I like with the Wen: The meter (Volts output, Effort (e.g.. 50%), and Hours running)

Thx for the link (and scrubbing the tracking info from the URL) for the cover.

Couple of other comments for others: As TCTahoe just mentioned ("quiet one?"). If you are in the market for a generator, don't get a Contractor grade generator (noisy!) and pay a bit more for an RV grade (quieter) generator.

Also, don't store gas in the generator for prolong time (gas will go sour for a lack of better word).

Like a car Oil needs to changed out periodically.

Wen has options for flex fuel (Gas and Propane).

My generator has a pull-cord for starting. I want to see if there's options for a push button (for my elderly parents who can't use a pull start)

I just wanted to mention so new buyers don't get caught with surprises.

HIB is that the quiet one?

Just purchased a 2000 watt gen at harbor freight in highland, twas in stock, 449 bucks with coupon. Add in a years extended warranty and a gas can, out the door for about 650 bucks. Lots of great reviews on it...

There is also a fire south of the Mexican border that has sent a significant amount of drift smoke up our way.

There's a new fire up near Fresno listed as the Red Fire. Started last night, listed at 54 acres, now 60% contained. [Click Here]

USFS dispatch a little earlier says false alarm forest falls. Big Bear Scanner audio says E99 USFS checked the area. unable to locate anything. no active incidents in that area.

No worries, have a great day all.

Fair enough, it's the time to keep an eye on these things. Thank you.

Pina, it came via chat gpt, not that I put any faith in it, at all. It was really smoky here in town. So better to check than to not.

Walker - where are you seeing a fire in Forest Falls? I don't see it on Watch Duty either.

Drift smoke from New Mexico maybe?