Terran monitoring · Hood Canal sector · relay 7

Larch Station

A weather outpost, staffed, against the wishes of the staff
CHAPTER I

The view

Live · 11:15 · partly cloudy · 53°F
Bearing 1 of 7 · Structures A and B
The ship's camera. Arrows, the dots or the keyboard to look elsewhere; drag to scan.
53° FAHRENHEIT
Thermometer
high 54° · low 42°
30.17 IN HG
Barometer
steady
90% RELATIVE
Hygrometer
dew point 50°
0 MPH · W
Anemometer
gust 0 · Beaufort 0
0.00 IN TODAY
Rain gauge
0.02 in this week
CHAPTER II

Hypotheses

What the crew expect, and what the reference observers on the surface say. Graded afterwards, on the hypotheses page.

Thu 5
☀
56° / 47°
56% rain
sunny
Fri 6
☂
56° / 49°
58% rain
rainy
Sat 7
☂
60° / 48°
97% rain
rainy
Sun 8
☂
55° / 43°
35% rain
rainy

“For tomorrow: the reference observers say 56°/49°, 58% rain. Vell's model says 56°/48°, 98% rain. Orm's barometer says 54°/42°, 40% rain. The intern says 58°/39°, 33% rain. We have no better idea and are saying so in a smaller font.”

CHAPTER III

Expeditions

Whether the bipeds should attempt the things they attempt. Advisory only. They never listen.

The path

Hike

Go. Take the long way. Tell no one.
Partly cloudy, 53°, gusts to 0 mph. The hill is dry enough. The crossing is always fine.
Closed for the season
The rectangular pond

Pool

Closed for the season. Reopens 29 May.
Open from the Saturday before Memorial Day to Labor Day. 205 days until the bipeds submerge themselves again, on purpose.
The shore

Beach

Yes. Bring the canids. Bring a towel for the canids. Bring a towel for the towel. The flats are out at 8:38 pm.
The flats are out around 8:38 pm (1.4 ft). Wind calm, which the canal rarely is, the far shore is visible.
Open flame

Campfire

Light it. Dry wood, no wind. Smoke goes up. Up! For once.
No burn ban in effect (checked by hand). Humidity 90%, everything is wet. No wind, so the smoke will sit in the yard and come indoors.
The wide water

Fishing

Go. Something is biting. We have not been told what.
The salmon are back in the wide water and nosing up the creek. Pressure steady, bright. Tide coming in at 1:47 pm.
CHAPTER IV

Fauna census, today

The small flying ones, counted by the microphones. The full census, with recordings, is on the bird site.

1Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus532
2Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra142
3Common RavenCorvus corax91
4Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus91
5Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis87
6Northern FlickerColaptes auratus77
7Pacific chorus frogPseudacris regilla60
8Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus46
9Song SparrowMelospiza melodia42
10Barred OwlStrix varia39
CHAPTER V

Observer's log

11:15
Sun on the open ground. Two bipeds and both canids went to the shore and came back wet anyway. Science.
09:15
Visibility to the mountains. Vell counted them. Fourteen. Yesterday it was fifteen. One is missing.
06:15
The instrument turned 40 times this hour. Who is counting? The intern. The intern is always counting.
02:15
Day 447. Morale: adequate. Weather: see above. Snacks: see nothing, because there are none.
CHAPTER VI

From the files

Fungal activity, autumn. The bipeds photograph them and do not eat them. Correct.
The crossing. A plank. The whole territory is held together by planks.
The crossing. A plank. The whole territory is held together by planks.
Structure B. Lit at all hours. We think it's a shrine. To what, we are not cleared to know.
Structure B. Lit at all hours. We think it's a shrine. To what, we are not cleared to know.