Mastodawn

The peak temperature here today was 84.6F. We're below tomorrow's forecast high of about 63F now. It's predicted to begin raining soon. The next few days should be cool and unsettled, with added moisture.

#Portland #Gresham #Oregon #weather

Steve's Place 2d ago

When I peeked at the 10-day forecast on Sunday, it indicated that Monday and Tuesday were both expected to peak, temperature-wise, at 81F.

It is 81F now, heading for a forecast high of 88F in the sunny, breezy, Portland Metro. May weather here in Northern Califo... er... the Pacific Northwest sure seems summery this year.

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Steve's Place 3d ago

It looks as though 81F and clear skies meant 85.5F today. Tomorrow's temperatures are also forecast to peak at 81F.

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LocalZero Ulm 6d ago

Wenn sich in einer Stadt Grün mit Grau richtig gut abwechselt, ist das ein lebensfreundlicher Ort

Wir wollen mehr solche Orte auf der ganzen Welt

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #VentanaViernes #Budapest #Ungarn #Architektur #Jugendstil #Gresham #KlimaResilienz #GrünStattAsphalt #Entsiegelung #GrünStattBeton

Steve's Place May 5

I got my ballot.

The only Democratic candidate for governor to submit their info for the booklet appears to be Governor Kotek. The other 9 Democrats on the ballot apparently said, "Nah, really, vote for Tina." All declined. There are 14 Republicans in opposition. The one with the most name recognition might be Christine Drazan. I just felt a sudden chill.

The first candidate whose glossy PR has arrived in my mailbox is a candidate for a county judge position, Laura Rowan. A nice pitch, a familiar framing of a candidate in this area, and she has some solid endorsements. The early bird.

#Portland #Gresham #Oregon #MultnomahCounty #election #primaries

Steve's Place May 4

95.2F [Edit: 95.4F] was today's peak temperature, per the nearest Weather Underground reporting station.

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Steve's Place May 3

Okay, so an owner wants to cut down a decorative flowering cherry tree on the HOA's property. He thinks its burl would look great in a woodworking project. A different owner was concerned about the ageing tree, and wanted to replace it. I had noticed it wasn't fully flowering anymore.

Well, we live in a city, and there are rules.

The city has a website, but some parts are broken.

The request to cut came by text from a different owner. I let the rest of the board know what was up, and began perusing the city's rules.

That tree appears to be "protected." This means one cannot cut the tree without hopping through a hoop or two, unless it's in danger of uprooting, or in some other way is an imminent threat.

To worms, maybe, in a hurricane. It's pretty short.

Now, the usual tree cutting permit is free. However, the rules for a protected tree which has at least an 8" trunk at 4 1/2 feet, as this tree has, are different. They seem to suggest we need a building permit, as every protected tree must be replaced to maintain the number of trees on someone's property, and I suppose this is one way the city can be certain that the tree was actually replaced by another tree, and that it is an approved tree.

Sigh.

The trunk/burl extends beyond 4 1/2 feet, and is just over 8" wide at that point. The whole trunk ends at just under 5', as it branches out there.

Maybe if I mounded a couple of inches of dirt at its base... 🤔 😈

I sent an email to the city asking if we needed a permit. When I told the owner who'd texted me, he said he'd already sent the city a picture, and they had told him yes. So I sent another email to the city, asking if the cutter, or the HOA, is supposed to get the permit.

I'm 100% certain that if it costs the HOA 10 cents, our treasurer will have our heads.

I haven't heard back (that was all on Friday), so tomorrow I'll call them to chat.

Fun fact: the page with the instructions for how to begin the process says to go to a broken URL to get started. 🙄

Once I'd heard about the idea, I sent a link with the city's approved trees to owners nearby the flowering cherry. We'll replace it with something interesting. The list of city-approved trees is quite long.

#Gresham #Oregon

Steve's Place May 2

The updated 10-day forecast for the Portland metro is warmer than the one from yesterday by about a degree across the forecast:

I made sure to get a shower in today, because I'm not interested in increasing the indoor humidity when the outside temps are approaching 90F. Yesterday's forecast predicted 88F for today. Might be 90F tomorrow.

#weather #Portland #PDX #Gresham #ORwx