Terran monitoring · Hood Canal sector · relay 7

Larch Station

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

The view

Live · 20:15 · fog · 44°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.
44° FAHRENHEIT
Thermometer
high 55° · low 39°
30.05 IN HG
Barometer
rising
97% RELATIVE
Hygrometer
dew point 43°
0 MPH · N
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
≋
None° / 42°
3% rain
fog
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°/42°, 78% rain. Orm's barometer says 57°/41°, 40% rain. The intern says 55°/39°, 67% rain. This has never happened before. We are frightened.”

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.
Fog, 44°, 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. The flats are out at 6:16 am.
The flats are out around 6:16 am (2.3 ft). Wind calm, which the canal rarely is, the far shore is hidden.
Open flame

Campfire

Possible, with the dry wood from under cover. You know the wood. The good wood.
No burn ban in effect (checked by hand). Humidity 97%, 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 coming in at 12:21 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 virginianus769
2Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra255
3Common RavenCorvus corax196
4Northern FlickerColaptes auratus133
5Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus123
6Barred OwlStrix varia100
7Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis92
8Pacific chorus frogPseudacris regilla70
9Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri69
10Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon64
CHAPTER V

Observer's log

20:15
Night. Lights on in Structure B. The biped in there is working, or being watched by a smaller screen. Both. Definitely both.
18:15
The instrument turned 40 times this hour. Who is counting? The intern. The intern is always counting.
15:15
last quarter moon over the wide water. Nothing to report. Reporting it anyway. That's the job.
11:15
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 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.