Louisiana Waterthrush habitat.
Suspect batteries
We recharged the suspect batteries. They registered “good” on the meter. We segregated them. After a couple days they all still registered “good”. They went back into confinement. Tested them again after a month. They all registered “bad” and got thrown out. We’ve found our solution to the rechargeable battery mystery. Charged batteries register “good” on the meter. Good discharged batteries read “good” on the meter. Bad batteries register “bad” when they’re discharged. Four bad batteries removed and the rechargeable battery pool is pure again.
Next day on the beach
Different story. The wind rotated around so it’s blowing back to the east. The water went out. The beach is back.
Dirty rain
That was odd. We had a rainstorm and it rained mud. The rain didn’t wash everything off and freshen it. The rain made everything dirty. It’s Mexico’s fault. As the front passed and the wind direction from the east rotated clockwise, it pulled up some wind coming north from Mexico carrying ash from a fire and dust from a dust storm. Well, we cleaned out the air for the rest of the country and washed all the dust and ash down to the ground here before it could get any further north. You’re welcome.
Gulf waters
The beach is a mess. It is warm, but windy. We only have a one foot high tide, but after three days of the wind blowing twenty knots out of the east, across the gulf, the tide has been pushed clear up to the dunes. The driving lanes are gone. The spring breakers are gone. Somebody’s buoy broke loose and ended up on our beach.