Monday, September 12, 2011

Climate Change?

The latest data from the National Weather Service shows how cool the past two summers have been. The Redwood City data is a close approximate of Stanford's climate. 1 represents the coolest ever ranking.


Location/2011 Ave Temp/Rank/2010 Ave Temp/Rank/Years of Recoring
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MONTEREY 57.4/ 1 / 57.6/ 2 / 62
MOUNT DIABLO JUNCTION 67.1 / 2 / 67.4 / 7 / 58
SALINAS 60.8/ 9 / 60.5 / 6 / 53
OAKLAND 62.9/ 10 / 62.3 / 2 / 41
REDWOOD CITY 66.7/ 13 / 65.8/ 6 / 80
SANTA CRUZ 62.1/ 28 / 62.4 / 34 / 117
SAN JOSE 67.8 / 36 / 67.6 / 33 / 87
SAN FRANCISCO DOWNTOWN 59.7/ 42 / 59.0 / 27 / 137

Friday, September 9, 2011

PG&E Work in Creek at #8 Bridge


PG&E is set to begin work in the San Francisquito Creek near Hole #8 on Monday 9/12. The work is to determine the integrity of the gas pipeline that runs beneath the creek. They are scheduled to install a coffer dam to divert the creek. Then they will jackhammer and remove the concrete slab in the creek that once covered the gas line.





If the line is sound, they will excavate it and re-coat it, then re-cover the line. The work will be staged along the path between #7 green and #8 tee. The work is expected to last anywhere from one to four weeks.
















Why Sometimes Irrigation Comes on Unexpectedly!

Last week we had some sprinklers come on unexpectedly on Hole #11. We had a difficult time understanding why, until we removed the irrigation controller face plate from the satellite. This Alligator lizard found his way into the controller and shorted some of the electronic components. It was probably warm in there, but unfortunately he is no longer with us........