{"id":25530,"date":"2020-02-08T16:18:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T00:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=25530"},"modified":"2021-01-11T19:34:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T03:34:55","slug":"february-8-2020-san-nicolas-island-asos-and-airport-stroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2020\/02\/08\/february-8-2020-san-nicolas-island-asos-and-airport-stroll\/","title":{"rendered":"February 8, 2020 San Nicolas Island ASOS and Airport stroll"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The airport on San Nicolas Island was closed this Saturday, and the weather was nice, so I took the bike out for a ride. \u00a0The ASOS weather station was getting a major renovation this weekend, with new instruments being installed. \u00a0The metal supports and instrumentation tend to corrode out here much faster than most places due to the strong winds and salty ocean spray. \u00a0The guy in charge of the ASOS work said that it took three times longer than usual to remove the old ASOS instruments and supports. \u00a0The wind tower was horizontal when I arrived, but soon they were putting weights into the bottom of the post and then rotating it to vertical. \u00a0Those little round weights that you can see stacked up on the pickup truck weigh about 55 pounds each!<\/p>\n

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