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does anyone's water pressure seem sub-standard? ours has always been. trying to find a shower head that actually propels the water our has been impossible. if i turn our garden hose on our kitchen sink will almost drip when turned on full.
I just had a cord of Lodge Pole Pine with a small amount of Oak mixed in delivered by Mountain Maintenance in Arnold.
I've never burned this type of wood, but it's hard, dry and barkless. Very clean with no limbs. He said he'll have more Oak in next week. He also has dry Cedar.
Wayne Varn is the contact person at 209-795-1666. I called at 10:00 AM and he delivered at 4:00 PM the same day.
He's also in the Big Trees Directory.
Quote:i have a wilson pre-amp and amp. antenna is on the roof. without it i wouldn't get any service inside. usually it works well.I've got a zBoost YX545 with a YX026-CEL directional outdoor antenna (rotatable). It works sometimes but more often than not, it doesn't. Basically if you usually get one bar on your phone, then an amplifier is likely to help.
fyi, there's an NOAA air quality forecast page here:
http://airquality.weather.gov/sectors/northcalifornia.php#tabs
Scroll over the little squares to see the map for the time and condition you want to see on the map.Here's a map of Calaveras County to help get you oriented on the NOAA map.
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BTV posted a few photos on their FB feed today. A couple give a longer range view where you can see the haze/smoke.
I would like to add that we have very good Verizon cell service . Our place is at the corner of Shoshone and Chumash. We have been receiving cell service since December of 2012. The service is so good that we cancelled the ATT land line (which was out more than half the time, anyway).
Quote:Hoping to come for the weekend.
Would you say it's better to pick another weekend or am I trying to make a decision too soon? These website pics make everything look clear. 
We will probably be dealing with smoke for a while. The website pics are all very short distances. Look out a little further and it's quite hazy looking. In the early morning it looks more like fog but it's all smoke. It's so bad over in Sonora / Columbia they have shut down schools.
i have a wilson pre-amp and amp. antenna is on the roof. without it i wouldn't get any service inside. usually it works well.
Quote:Hoping to come for the weekend. Would you say it's better to pick another weekend or am I trying to make a decision too soon? These website pics make everything look clear. Smoke conditions change every day. Today there's no sun so far but yesterday the afternoon was nice. Actually the sun is just starting to peep through the smoke as I write this.
Picture was taken a couple of minutes ago (about 11:40 am).
Quote:Would you please post an update for air quality? Thank so much.The same or maybe a little worse. Very smoky in the night and mornings Skies get pretty clear in the late afternoon though you can still smell the smoke.
Would you please post an update for air quality? Thank so much.
The question of whether signal boosters or repeaters will help folks get cell coverage in their homes in Big Trees is a good one. If anyone has success using any of those it would be really helpful to hear that and in what part of the subdivision they have been tried…
I have been emailing a sales rep from Wilson electronics for a booster antenna.
I took some signal measurements and it may work. Let me know if anyone has tried this.
Quote:When a fire starts in such an explosive landscape, it must be put out right away or it can blow up from a spot fire to an inferno. The DC-10s were late arriving, and in three days the fire grew from 5,000 to 50,000 to more than 100,000 acres.This is exactly what I was referring to. It doesn't matter how well the firefighters fight fires, it's how fast they get on a fire when it starts. For those that may not remember, we had a fire on the "real" Boards Crossing Road (the dirt road that goes down to the old Boards Crossing Bridge). Luckily the firefighters had it out in less than half an hour. Had it gotten very big, I'm quite sure a lot of BTV would have burned to the ground.
