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Wrenches, No, this isn't technical, but it's pretty relevant to the human element in our work. You might wish to check out https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=e72a473ff0f59129&sc=photos&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&id=E72A473FF0F59129!405&sff=1#cid=E72A473FF0F59129&id=E72A473FF0F59129!403&sc=photos . When I cut-n-paste this link, the URL shows live.com and a space before the https, in case it doesn't come up directly for you. You may have heard of the forest fire that has burned a fair bit of the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico and that threatened Los Alamos, the home of much of our country's nuclear weapons research, last week. The fire is now only considered 40% contained and has burned about 137,000 acres. We can see the flames most evenings from our off-grid home in nearby mountains 25 miles to the south. One of our good off-grid customers is a Los Alamos city firefighter. He and his wife built their home deep in those mountains; until last week our biggest PV concern was adding a fixed array near the ridge of his roof to take advantage of the narrow solar window in his canyon. His home was in the initial firestorm, and he considered it "miraculous" that his home is standing after the fire passed right through the canyon. About six windows were cracked from the heat, and the east wall in the photos is scorched, but the home is standing and the lights all work - likely the only home in the entire area that remains standing and has electricity. Some of our other customers lost their homes, as far as we can tell. New Mexico is in a severe drought, and the ground and trees are tinder-dry. Entire national forests and wilderness areas are closed around here because of fire danger. I personally believe that we are already experiencing the effects of human-caused climate disruption. This is not Wrenches material, so please send any replies or comments to me off-list; my email address is just below. Allan --
Allan Sindelar al...@positiveenergysolar.com NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician Positive Energy, Inc. 3201 Calle Marie Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 505 424-1112 www.positiveenergysolar.com
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