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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

It was a 111 here at 5 PM :-)

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

It was a 111 here at 5 PM :-)

I have seen it at -56 F outside. I have also seen it with more than a -100 F windchill outside. I have also seen a month where it never got above Zero degrees F outside.

I have also been outside when it was over 90 F if not over 100 F and very humid. Think of crawling into a metal vehicle that has been closed up on a concrete pad all day. Or not being able to bathe for half a week in those temperatures.

How do those compare? That is a dry heat, is it not?

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ORIGINAL: jdsrae

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

It was a 111 here at 5 PM :-)

More important than ever to stay hydrated

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dobo at 83,116, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Natori, Shell hits 1
CL Yura, Shell hits 1
DD Arashi, Shell hits 2
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Murakumo
DD Amagiri, Shell hits 1
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
DD Barton, Shell hits 3
DD Woodworth, Shell hits 1
DD Gansevoort, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Carmick, Shell hits 2

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dobo at 83,116, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Natori
CL Yura
DD Arashi
DD Usugumo, on fire
DD Murakumo
DD Amagiri
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
PT-147
PT-167
PT-232, Shell hits 1
PT-233, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-262
PT-263, Shell hits 2
PT-264, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

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Submarine attack near Gorong at 81,113

Japanese Ships
DD Usugumo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

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Guert Gansevoort
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Guert Gansevoort
Born June 7, 1812
Gansevoort, New York
Died July 15, 1868 (aged 56)
Schenectady, New York
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service 1823–1867
Rank USN commodore rank insignia.jpg Commodore
Commands held USS Decatur
USS Roanoke
Battles/wars
Mexican–American War
Puget Sound War
American Civil War
Commodore Guert Gansevoort (7 June 1812 – 15 July 1868) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.

Biography
He was born into an aristocratic Dutch American family in Gansevoort, New York, near Albany. The area was named for his paternal grandfather, Peter Gansevoort, a prosperous businessman who had served in the Continental Army and later become a brigadier general in the United States Army. Guert was the son of Peter's son Leonard. Peter's daughter, Maria, was the mother of author Herman Melville.

Gansevoort was appointed a midshipman in the Navy on 4 March 1823. Subsequently he served in the Mediterranean Sea on board Constitution, North Carolina, and Ohio,[1] receiving promotion to passed midshipman on 28 April 1832, and to lieutenant on 8 March 1837.[2]

In 1842 Gansevoort was serving as first lieutenant aboard the brig Somers, under the command of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, when a planned mutiny was discovered, led by Midshipman Philip Spencer. On the advice of Gansevoort and the other officers Mackenzie sentenced Spencer, Boatswain's Mate Samuel Cromwell and Seaman Elisha Small to death, and on 1 December the three men were hanged from the yardarm. Mackenzie was subsequently court-martialled, but exonerated.[3][4] Gansevoort's first cousin, Herman Melville, later wrote the novella Billy Budd, inspired by the events.[5]

Gansevoort was promoted to commander on 14 September 1855,[2] and the following year took part in the First Battle of Tuxpan and First Battle of Tabasco during the Mexican–American War. In January 1856 during the Puget Sound War, Gansevoort landed seamen and marines from Decatur to defend Seattle, Washington Territory, from Native Americans.[1][6]

Between 1861 and 1863, during the Civil War, Gansevoort was in charge of ordnance at the Brooklyn Navy Yard,[1] receiving promotion to captain on 16 July 1862,[2] while helping fit out ships which had been acquired for blockade duty. He commanded the ironclad Roanoke in the last year of the war.[1]

Gansevoort retired on 28 January 1867, and was promoted to commodore on the retired list.[2] He died on 15 July 1868 at Schenectady, New York.[1]

Namesake
The destroyer USS Gansevoort (DD-608) (1942–1946) was named for him.[1]

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 8 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 11
A6M5 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7
A6M5 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Shokaku-1 with A6M3a Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 11000.
Raid is overhead
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
Amagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
Ryujo-1/A with A6M3a Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6
A6M5 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2
A6M5 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Dobo at 83,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 85 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26
A6M5 Zero x 19
B5N2 Kate x 5

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
P-39D Airacobra x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Barton
DD Woodworth

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dobo at 83,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 105 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 20
A6M5 Zero x 14
B5N2 Kate x 8

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Barton

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Morning Air attack on 19th Australian Brigade, at 44,85 (Padang)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 36
G3M3 Nell x 68
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on 117th RAF Base Force, at 44,85 (Padang)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 35

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on 19th Australian Brigade, at 44,85 (Padang)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on 19th Australian Brigade, at 44,85 (Padang)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 19

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3437 troops, 23 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 129

Defending force 2420 troops, 54 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 106

Japanese adjusted assault: 61

Allied adjusted defense: 250

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
388 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Raiding Regiment

Defending units:
111th LRP Bde /8
16th Australian Bde /6
19th Australian Bde /5
117th RAF Base Force

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

time to move :-) I'm guessing you're not in real estate sales.

Humidity is 36%, which is high for SoCal. High clouds too. It's not so bad when the sun goes behind a cloud but when the sun comes out it's like the gates of Hell opened up. A few big wildland fires so you can smell the smoke. Beautiful sunsets.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that you can blame the California power woes on its legislature passing a law that the companies that sell the power to the people can't own their own power plants. That set up Enron.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that you can blame the California power woes on its legislature passing a law that the companies that sell the power to the people can't own their own power plants. That set up Enron.

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that you can blame the California power woes on its legislature passing a law that the companies that sell the power to the people can't own their own power plants. That set up Enron.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that you can blame the California power woes on its legislature passing a law that the companies that sell the power to the people can't own their own power plants. That set up Enron.

That was a disaster but more recently the legislature has mandated a certain percentage of renewable energy. Rather than build a lot more renewable sources they simply shut down oil and natural gas fired plants and started buying hydro from Washington and solar from Arizona not to mention CLOSING nukes...well...when it gets hot Arizona gets hot and THEY take their own power. Its leadership by virtue-signaling

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There was a rainstorm on the say of the rally.

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Folk singer Pete Seeger sang for protesters at the rally.

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By law, the site cannot be used for nuclear power.
The debt on the plant is still not paid and officials expect the remaining $1 billion to be paid off by 2033.
A feasible safety plan to evacuate Long Island in case of an accident was never approved, leading to the shuttering of the plant.