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We had a little ceremony here on the Greet Ranch yesterday.
Even the reporter from the Northern Wyoming Daily News in Worland made it over.
Seems as though my father-in-law, John, received another award for his volunteer weather observation. He's received the Jefferson Award and John Campanius Holm award previously. This time it was the Dick Hagemeyer Award for 45, yes, I said FORTY FIVE, years of service!
That means every day...
every day!
...John has recorded the weather.
Maximum temperature.
Minimum temperature.
Rainfall.
Storms.
He used to have to write in all down in a special notebook, now most of it is computerized.
This machine punches a hole every 15 minutes in the white roll of tape to record measured precipitation. As Vernon said, "It's punched a bunch of dry holes lately!" It should be updated in the next year or so...
When his readings get posted on the internet... it looks like this...
That's Johnny... the TENSLEEP 16SSE...
We're proud of Johnny... his dedication is impressive!
That is great. I write in my journal about the weather. That way my grand kids can watch global warming. Just kidding. I write it down. I love weather. Coming from the state with hardly any. Tell him great job from a fellow weather watcher.
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That's wonderful! Congratulations to John! And what a lucky man to have a daughter-in-law who appreciates him! Who are the other folks in the photos, please?!
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Whoops, sorry... l to r... that's me, father-in-law Johnny, husband Vernon, and son Daniel.
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Congrats to John! My father has also been keeping track of the weather for the past 43 years! Looks to me that John has a much more sophisticated system.
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Congratulations to Johnny for this wonderful award for his 45 year faithfulness. And - here's a tip from one of my older friends here in WNY. All he uses to predict the weather is a 'weather rock' tied with a string to a small tree limb in his back yard: if the rock is moving, it's windy; if the rock is dry, it's sunny; if the rock is wet, it's raining! and if the rock turns white, it's snowing!
hahahahahaha!
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