We have had two days with rain storms but not much rainfall. Two nights ago we just got to bed during the rain when a lightning bolt lit up the ceiling fan with a brilliant white flash. The power went off but came back on immediately. I got up to set the blinking clock and smelled but could locate no sign of smoke in the house. Nancy said to look out the window to see if there was any sign of fire. There was none. The next day I looked all around the house expecting to see damage but could find nothing on the roof or in the trees around the house. It was scary though.
We woke up to watch the NASA channel report on Curiosity landing and were pleased that it was successful. As an engineer I was apprehensive because of the complicated method of delivery. It had never been tried and looked way too complicated. But it worked flawlessly. A great tribute to the computer aided design and manufacturing that has changed the aerospace business enormously in the past 30 years. I look forward to the scientific tests that will be accomplished, although I completely disagree with the purpose of the tests. We are living out Buck Rogers thinking as we keep looking for the people (bacteria) that lived on Mars. Personally I believe that there are no living organisms in space except from here on earth, but that is part of my other blog on creation science.
Today we got to visit with Nancy's granddaughter who is leaving tomorrow to fly to Kwajalein to start working as a math teacher in their high school. The island is 3.5 miles long and 1/2 mile wide with the major recreation activity scuba diving to look at the WWII ships, airplanes and military equipment in the waters around the island. It was a major battle field in WWII. It is located on the equator with moderate tempertures year-round and rarely sees storms that would flood it. She is looking forward to possibly two years there. At least for one. We are anticipating a lot of great stories from her.
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