Blogging on Consecutive Days

Posting 2 days in row has never been done before....... at least not by me. However, the other AgroLiquid blogger has achieved the great feat of back to back posts many times. Speaking of which did everyone know it's Dr. Jerry's Birthday. Now I couldn't tell if he's one of these people who despises growing old (I mean not getting younger) or embraces it. But for how ever old he is, I think he's still getting around pretty good. I see he's making a trip to the Dakota's next week and it's perfect timing because in celebration of Jerry's birthday President Obama just signed an executive order to place him among some of our nations finest. Happy Birthday Jerry!!

 

Oh, and there are some other things worth reporting on as well. 

In Stockton, the rail spur extension is well under way. We added 365' of rail which will give us an additonal 6 or 7 cars depending on who places them.

Here is the same rail extension from the opposite end. Looks about like 365' doesn't it? The contractor had to stop short of the connection point to construct some re-inforcement where the tracks travel across the tunnel.

Like all concrete construction in California they've designed this rail bridging system to survive nuclear warfare and an earthquake measuring north of 8 on the Richter Scale.

This is what a well looks like California. This is our new 8" well drilled 400' deep designed to deliver 400 gpm. The biggest difference between the design in California and other places that battle the cold is the pressure tank is exposed to the elements. Something else that was new to me was the reserve tank (larger galvanized tank). The philosphy out there is that it reduces the need for imediate power demand. Like a lot of the other regulations and methods on that edge of the country......I'll go with that.