Thursday, October 22, 2026

Today's walk report: Atmospheric Water Glitch

 We got some rain here. Between yesterday around 12:30 p.m. and today, October 22nd, a total, so far, of 1.20". It's currently 3:30 p.m. and more rain is forecast for as soon as 4:00. Just after lunch I decided to take advantage of a lull and go for a brief yet exhilarating walk. I walked 1 km and back, so, 1.24 miles. The point was just to get out and enjoy some clean air. 

When I got back home I wanted to see if I could get a nice "weather shot" from either my front or backyard without including too much urban visual clutter. I could not. So. this is a compromise. The top 5/6 of the image is real, taken from the front of my house,  and the bottom 1/6 is AI generated. Yes. it would be nice. I'd only have to tear down five houses and this could be achievable. Is that too much to ask for?


Ah, watch out
You might get what you're after
Cool babies
Strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house


 

4 comments:

  1. And I was just thinking you had a really big backyard 🫪 Scenic nonetheless…

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    1. I went out with a wide lens and thought, shoot wide crop in, you’ll find something. Nope. I thought to drive a mile or so and get up above the tree line. Nope. Asked Gemini to, “remove all of the urban visual clutter from this image in the lower 1/3” and it did a great job, with just 1/2 of the lower 1/3. Give or take.

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  2. Our rain total, including the additional 0.07/inch we got overnight, stands at a relatively paltry 0.51/inch for the month. We could have used much more but oh well.

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    1. I always check your rain-dar when I look at mine and Ventura too for lingering concerns there. I seem all too frequently to be right beneath the precipitation poop chute, so to speak. I’m finding a heavy deluge more concerning than comforting these days.

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