NWS News:
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 43 with a 30 percent chance of rain after 5 p.m. and a 50 percent chance of rain and snow after 8 p.m. with new snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight’s low around 31. Courtesy/NWS
Daily Postcard: A fiery sunset spotted Feb. 12 over Los Alamos. Photo by Kathryn Willcutt
Roof mounted solar panels recently installed at the TPTI building on DP Road. Courtesy/TPTI
By RICK NEBEL
President
Tibbar Plasma Technologies
We have just completed a PV solar installation at the Tibbar Plasma Technologies (TPTI) building. We have also installed a heat pump (see, for instance, the League of Women Voters article in the Los Alamos Daily Post: click here), and plan to install some charging units for electric automobiles.
Our company now produces more energy (through solar PV) than it uses and does not directly use fossil fuels. Consequently, we technically have a negative
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 50 with mostly sunny skies and tonight’s low around 32. Courtesy/NWS
Daily Postcard: The view Saturday approaching the Jemez Mountains on N.M. 502. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
The sheepherders in the Valles Caldera carved a variety images on aspen trees in addition to carving letters.
One type of image involved stars. The five-pointed star can be found as shown in Picture 1. The carving of stars can become more complex. Picture 2 shows a star with eight points and curves. It is a more artistic compared to the five straight lines of the traditional star.
Picture 3 gives a hint going back to Spanish colonialism and religious intolerance. The Spanish king in 1492 required all Spanish people to be Catholic or face the Inquisition.
People of the Jewish
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 50 with sunny skies and tonight’s low around 36. Courtesy/NWS
Daily Postcard: A cottonwood stands tall behind a coyote fence Saturday in the Pojoaque Valley. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 46 with increasing clouds and tonight’s low around 32. Courtesy/NWS
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