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There are already quite a few rapid start gas peakers not only being produced but in-service. Nothing about Boom's stands out as being significantly different.

Grifts really have become mainstream.

My parents live in a small town in Texas and are in the MAGA camp. They came to Portland a couple of years ago to visit and said "oh, it's not like what was on TV"... Yes, that's w…

Yep, everything is dry, including the 5,200 park that sits less than a mile from downtown (Forest Park).

A local news station is going to have a 24-hour livestream outside of the ICE detention center - https://katu.com/news/local/24-hours-outside-ice-what-really...

Oh, are the homeless the reason the National Guard was called in? I thought it was for the protests. /s Yes, Portland has a homeless issue. It has had one since I moved here in 201…

A bunch of them are vegetation fires. We are very dry here right now, so any thrown cigarette is a risk. We are supposed to get some rain this weekend.

I'm glad someone posted this here. Outside of the 1 block where the protest is happening, you would never know anything is out of the ordinary in Portland. For reference: https://i…

"'It's been happening all morning. Let me know if you see anything. No one else has seen anything except for on the TCAS,' one air traffic controller can be heard telling an inboun…

Seeing the videos/photos it was obvious some of them weren't even drones, they were commercial aircraft.

Fair enough. I had a conversation with one utility that was fine with transformers popping (even if preventable) because a popped transformer becomes a capitalizable expense.

Good points. Have you seen a lot of phase-shifting transformers in the U.S.? In my experience they've mostly been in Europe with a few specialized applications in the States. I wou…

The article doesn't say much about it but I am sure there is significant work being done at the transmission substations as well to support the extra capacity.

British Airways frequently has flight in the air at the same time with the same flight number. For ATC these are typically identified with a letter at the end of the flight number …

No longer a coincidence.

Overall it feels like a punitive measure against Lufthansa, rather than spending the time to get them an ILS clearance. For reference the flight is usually a 6:45p arrival but was …

All while Qantas exploits their near monopoly over the market.

Lots of US bound traffic took very southerly routings today to avoid UK airspace. My guess is that this will continue until the outage is completely resolved.

Nope, not ground-sourced. May I ask where you are located (generally)?

I am starting to wonder if there is just that much demand in the PNW. Maybe due to a large amount of older construction being built without ducting (baseboard heating)?

I was looking for a whole home heat pump and got some quotes that started at $27,000 for a home that is 1800 square feet. That price is a bit hard to swallow. I really don't want t…

I write pretty frequently and use WordPress. Over the past few years I've felt that it's clunky to just get words out there. I've wanted to move to something simpler but looking at…