Terran monitoring · Hood Canal sector · relay 7

Larch Station

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

The view

Live · 05:45 · misty morning · 46°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.
46° FAHRENHEIT
Thermometer
high 54° · low 38°
30.12 IN HG
Barometer
rising
99% RELATIVE
Hygrometer
dew point 45°
0 MPH · N
Anemometer
gust 1 · 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°
59% rain
partlycloudy
Fri 6
☂
55° / 49°
68% rain
rainy
Sat 7
☂
61° / 48°
96% rain
rainy
Sun 8
☂
55° / 43°
43% rain
rainy

“For tomorrow: the reference observers say 55°/49°, 68% rain. Vell's model says 56°/48°, 90% rain. Orm's barometer says 56°/40°, 40% rain. The intern says 59°/39°, 67% rain. The intern's method (looking out the window) is beating our method (looking at the instruments). We have ordered a bigger window.”

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.
Misty morning, 46°, gusts to 1 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, low water at 7:21 am.
Next low water 7:21 am at 3.2 ft, so not much beach. Wind calm, which the canal rarely is, the far shore is hidden.
Open flame

Campfire

Smoulder, at best. Which is also our review of the assignment.
No burn ban in effect (checked by hand). Humidity 99%, everything is wet. No wind, so the smoke will sit in the yard and come indoors.
The wide water

Fishing

Worth a cast. Bring a licence. The bipeds' rules are very specific and we are not reading them.
The salmon are back in the wide water and nosing up the creek. Pressure rising, grey. Tide going out until 7:21 am.
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 virginianus469
2Barred OwlStrix varia36
3Common RavenCorvus corax34
4Pacific chorus frogPseudacris regilla29
5Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra17
6Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon13
7BrantBranta bernicla3
8Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus2
9Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo1
10Sooty GrouseDendragapus fuliginosus1
CHAPTER V

Observer's log

05:45
Day 447. Morale: adequate. Weather: see above. Snacks: see nothing, because there are none.
03:45
The large biped photographed the small bipeds again. We photographed him. Someone is photographing us. It's turtles.
00:45
A sound from the ravine. The microphone says 'owl.' The microphone also once said 'sheep.' Noted, with asterisk.
20:45
Supply drop: still unscheduled. We asked. We were told to 'keep observing.' We are observing the word 'keep.'
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.