Request: for any of you that might be onsite assisting with the cleanup, would you keep an eye out for the AJX weather station? It’s a small gray box with a solar panel on the front. Picture here:

https://holfuy.com/en

Its still sending data, so it would be good to ascertain if it’s still in good working order (one less thing to buy in the rebuilding effort). Last seen attached to a small mast on a tripod that was mounted to the roof. If you find it, please put it in a safe place and shoot me an email at info@crestlinesoaring.org to let me know where it is. Once we get ahold of it I can work with the vendor to test its functionality and then get it remounted.

Thanks in advance!

Well-said, Tim.

Forecast graphs are back online.

I saw that earlier today, but didn’t know how to read that, since on this other page, it says that only 3 national forests were reopened (not SB):

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD816967

I also tried calling the various phone numbers on their site today to try to get a status, but couldn’t get a human. If anyone has a real contact in the Forest Service, it might be good to politely inquire about the status of San Bernardino.

I would wait until later this evening to see if the closure was extended. The last few times, it was released around 9PM, so if we get to 10PM tonight with no extension, I’d hope we’re good to go. Fingers and toes crossed.