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I was reluctant to suggest this alternative because it might imply there was nothing important to preserve. My 40ish daughter has been using big trees poa Facebook page for current info. She shopped for a plow out two weeks ago there and after not getting a good lead I sent her to you and Adam who did the job.
Their Facebook page seems very active and your camera and weather info might make an ideal synergy of community information.Thanks all for the many kind words and suggestions. After giving some thought to some of the suggestions an alternate course of action seems both possible and attractive.
If one of you were to start either a facebook group, a nextdoor group or some alternative to the forum I could eliminate the BigTreesTech forum, delete the contents of the “user” database, disable user registration (the source of most of my headaches) and just provide a link to the new community website.
This would allow me to focus almost entirely on the weather station data, webcam images, and authored content all of which have suffered recently.
If someone would like to step up and create the alternate community forum please do so and let me know where it is. If more than one gets created, it’s OK by me, I can provide multiple links.
Joe
Thanks very much for the service you have provided thst has created a sense of community, especially for us part-timers, as well as an ongoing source of information about this special place we know as BTV.
As previously mentioned, if nobody steps forward to assume responsibility for Bigtreestech, “Nextdoor” might be a workable alternative. I believe it would require someone, probably a full-timer, to serve as lead and invite a small group to get it started. Another option might be for the homeowners association to take on the project, but that may be beyond its scope and ability.Good luck to you in your next “career,” and thanks for the memories.
Don Parr Roofing, Murphys 728-3551
He re-roofed my place, did a great job and the price was reasonable.
Scottwe’re not close to you but yes, we also experienced multiple brief power outages after the big problems had been pretty much solved.
You might consider adding a UPS or two (or 3 of 4 or …) to keep things up and running through these brief interruptions.Parris Scott Roofing
Roofing Contractor
Address: 1231 Linebaugh Rd, Arnold, CA 95223
Phone:(209) 795-2073My camera keeps going on and off line, and not always at the same time as my wifi thermostat. I am wondering if the power is going on and off. My place is down on Karock, in Unit 3, is anyone else having issues?
SteveI am looking for a local roofer to check my roof for leaks. I know I have two very small leaks now and want to get ahead of this before they get bigger. Please share your thoughts.
Joe,
I would like to add my sincere thanks for the great work you have done over the years in maintaining this most helpful website. As “flatlanders” who get up here almost very month we have come to rely on the service to determine weather conditions and keep up on what is happening on the mountain. Thank you once again.Is the Red Store still doing business? We bought a quadrafire free standing woodstove in 1992 when we built our log cabin. Really considered going to propane at the time, but we made the wise decision to go wood burning. We also originally put a propane wall heater downstairs on a thermostat, and a pilot-controlled instant propane water heater. Power goes out we have virtually unlimited heat and hot water. Add in 1 to 3 bars of Verizon cell phone coverage, and the only thing we need is food, if we survive cabin fever! By the way, the Quadrafire woodstove we installed was and still is perhaps the most efficient wood stove on the market. Back then, it was 1/3 to 1/4 of the cost of a new one now.
@lawver,
I did not have a question about linux. I was saying that I have a small linux box in my home that runs python scripts that retrieve weather data from the weather station and images from the cameras and transfers these to the website.My webhost runs linux machines so there is no need to add another layer there.
The main problem is that the weather station is not internet connected and there is no way to get the data other than via a local computer with USB connection.
I am sure that over the last decade significant progress has been made with interconnected weather stations that could support data being pulled from a remote server rather than having to have it pushed by a local machine. It will be up to the new webmaster to figure that out as I will not be transferring either the weather station, the local computer, nor the code I use for images and weather data (I have no desire to have to support code I wrote many years ago on a version of Python and Linux that is probably not even supported anymore)
Joe’s question about Linux is easily solved with a VM and a single host. Download VirtualBox from Oracle and CentOS6.xx.iso from centos.org with a few gigabytes of disk space and your Linux system is ready as an app on your wordpress host.
Joe,
I echoe the appreciation for your service and devotion over the years and hope we get someone who is at least half as capable as you have been. You have really contributed to making us feel like a true community.
SteveI would agree that you have gone above and beyond for our community. I hate to see you give it up! Thanks again for all you have done for us too! Ths has to be a lot of work.I always enjoy your sense of humor on facebook too!
Adam Snider Snow RemovalI would argue that the Lube Room should be keeping the Lube Room page up to date. 😉 They’ve got a couple of locations, so they should have some marketing budget. I’m a huge LR fan too, really glad they’ve taken it over.
In terms of publishing weather, you can post webcams via weather underground…
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