Friday, February 28, 2014

The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly On......the track at Famoso

   Well, it's February 28, and instead of testing, I'm blogging....because it's raining, no it's dumping buckets of wet stuff out of the sky in Bakersfield.   I should have studied for a career in clairvoyant weathercasting; something told me we'd be in for some type of rain over these dates! Question:  How do you end a historic California drought?  Answer:  Schedule the March Meet and /or MM testing.  Part of my last blog entry on January 29:

                          Testing begins in 58 days at Famoso.  Open MM testing falls over the weekend of February 28, March 1 and 2, this year.  So far, rain has been practically non-existent, but once again we're talking about the March Meet in Bakersfield.  I'll start monitoring the long range trends later this month, but for now, it's too early to freak out over anything.


  The bad news? We aren't testing today and are keeping a watchful eye on the weather for tomorrow.  The good news? We will be running the car for certain on Sunday, (queue heralding trumpets) and next weekend will be dry and beautiful for the ENTIRE March Meet!  As for today though, it appears I took an entire day off work so I could post inane comments on Facebook and text my buddy, Bad Brad, throughout his four state travel odyssey.  Excellent return on the investment if I do say so myself.

  Small stream and urban flooding in Kern County right now; so I'm sitting tight, waiting to hear what we're going to do tomorrow.  So while there's nothing to do - how about a word from our newest sponsor?
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