12-02-2014, 04:38 PM
Good afternoon, a bit chilly here, around 70 at 3 PM, but we're expecting some rain, so maybe this is a sign that we're going to get lucky. Yeah, rain is kind of rare around here, so we take what we can get, when we can get it. They have rain scheduled for today, tomorrow and Thursday. They skip Friday, and it's back on for Saturday and Sunday. I'm guessing that these weather people have enough clout so that they can schedule the weather... well, some of them sure act like they can. 
Right now we've got a few fighter jet flying overhead. Nothing new, Luke AFB is about 10 miles due south of us and they circle north of our house, then to the east as they come in for their approach. I don't know if they're F-16's or the new F-35's that they're changing to, but the clouds are a bit heavy right now, so I can't see them as they fly by. I'm thinking they're F-35's since they're a bit louder than usual. They warned us that would be the case when they started flying in. Some people complain about the noise, even though the base has been here since the beginning of WWII, and these people bought houses nearby just a few years ago. Others, like myself, point out, (a). if you don't like the noise, move somewhere else, and (b). that noise is the sound of our freedom.
Still, they almost shut the base down a few years ago when developers were set to build houses on the farms underneath the flight paths. 
Right now we've got a few fighter jet flying overhead. Nothing new, Luke AFB is about 10 miles due south of us and they circle north of our house, then to the east as they come in for their approach. I don't know if they're F-16's or the new F-35's that they're changing to, but the clouds are a bit heavy right now, so I can't see them as they fly by. I'm thinking they're F-35's since they're a bit louder than usual. They warned us that would be the case when they started flying in. Some people complain about the noise, even though the base has been here since the beginning of WWII, and these people bought houses nearby just a few years ago. Others, like myself, point out, (a). if you don't like the noise, move somewhere else, and (b). that noise is the sound of our freedom.
Still, they almost shut the base down a few years ago when developers were set to build houses on the farms underneath the flight paths.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD