GATHERING GROUND REPORT - FEBRUARY 11, 2026
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| Bill, Pete, Dave, Jerry |
The high for today is 40 degrees warmer (and the predicted high is only 34F) than some of the lows for the past two weeks here in Connecticut. Looks like from the 10 day forecast we are going to leave the Big Chill behind us for the 2026 winter season.
Pete, Bill, Dave and Jerry surrounded the table today. Pete provided a ride for me as I'm now four weeks away from my femur break and have only driven on the street in front of the house and was not too sure about traversing from Granby to Windsor Locks in commuter traffic. All went well with Pete at the helm.
Of course with how I am doing with my medical setback, lots of health related conversations followed with visits to the VA to find out why the Calcium test is off, to comparing dental issues in two of the four mounts. Pete was absent from the Health Care conversation.....Lucky Pete.
Bill recalled some of his flight highlights when he was behind the helm (nautical term? ) of his plane. One memorable one was the time he was landing at one of the airports and found his landing path was just behind a B-17 ! WOW, that was a memory....
Snow on the solar panels as we have had a substantial amount of snow here in Connecticut.
Of course that shading reduces the generation gain from the panel. Sometimes the snow leaves some of the panels, and depending on the inverter configuration, that could generate some juice or sometimes very little. String inverter or micro inverter. I'm string and Pete is micro. Since I have not been hooked up to the grid we are not able to compare our monthly generation totals. NEXT year.
Repotting plants was on the table and it was decided that this is a great time to perform that task with the dormant season ending and (with the sun's help) the growing season is just around the corner. My seeds are on order and some starting planters to help get the season started
Your Scribe
Jerry
