Terran monitoring · Hood Canal sector · relay 7

Larch Station

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

The view

Live · 14:15 · partly cloudy · 55°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.
55° FAHRENHEIT
Thermometer
high 55° · low 39°
30.01 IN HG
Barometer
steady
67% RELATIVE
Hygrometer
dew point 44°
0 MPH · E
Anemometer
gust 2 · Beaufort 0
0.00 IN TODAY
Rain gauge
0.00 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.

Tue 3
☀
54° / 42°
3% rain
sunny
Wed 4
☀
55° / 47°
86% rain
sunny
Thu 5
☀
56° / 48°
75% rain
sunny
Fri 6
☂
55° / 48°
75% rain
rainy

“For tomorrow: the reference observers say 55°/47°, 86% rain. Vell's model says 56°/43°, 80% rain. Orm's barometer says 55°/39°, 64% rain. The intern says 64°/37°, 0% rain. We predict sunny tomorrow, 55° at best. Orm predicts the opposite. One of us will be right and it will be unbearable.”

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, 55°, gusts to 2 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. 207 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, low water at 7:17 pm.
Next low water 7:17 pm at 4.3 ft, so not much beach. Wind calm, which the canal rarely is, the far shore is visible.
Open flame

Campfire

Yes. Conditions are perfect, which we will be logging as 'suspicious.'
No burn ban in effect (checked by hand). Humidity 67%, dry enough. 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 going out until 7:17 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 virginianus554
2Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra205
3Common RavenCorvus corax125
4Northern FlickerColaptes auratus93
5Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis82
6Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus74
7Barred OwlStrix varia62
8Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri57
9Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon51
10Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus41
CHAPTER V

Observer's log

14:15
Supply drop: still unscheduled. We asked. We were told to 'keep observing.' We are observing the word 'keep.'
12:15
The large biped photographed the small bipeds again. We photographed him. Someone is photographing us. It's turtles.
09:15
Day 445. Morale: adequate. Weather: see above. Snacks: see nothing, because there are none.
05:15
Clear. The wide water is doing the metal thing. We photographed it again. 4,112 photos of the metal thing.
CHAPTER VI

From the files

Fungal activity, autumn. The bipeds photograph them and do not eat them. Correct.
The shore at low water. The far ridge is the edge of what we are allowed to watch.
The shore at low water. The far ridge is the edge of what we are allowed to watch.
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.