Mark Ingalls

New instance, new #introduction. Hello everyone! I’m a meteorologist working at a company that launches #weather balloons. On Mastodon, I toot about #weather, mostly #BCstorm, #WAwx, and #ORwx. I recently moved from White Rock, B.C. to Hermiston, Oregon and am excited to be back in Oregon and closer to family. Some #geology tidbits will be thrown in along with my thoughts on rural life, family life, and my #LDS faith. I am an avid geocacher with 3119 finds. I enjoy sharing my exploration and also stats on my #geocache finds. I will work on configuring profile verification soon.

My SIL is at a church youth camp near Mount Hood and sent me a video of her hiking through a thunderstorm in the woods yesterday. I inquired further and she told me the leaders didn't know it was going to storm. I reached out to our bishop and we're going to put together a workshop so that the adult leaders can be empowered to know what to look for to avoid this in the future rather than relying on a simple phone weather app. I don't fault people for not knowing, but now that I know it's a problem I feel like it's my responsibility as a meteorologist to help improve the situation. For now they're proactively texting me asking for updates through the end of the campout. Glad to see they're doing what they can. #weather #ORwx #LDS

Tonight is our annual stake* pool party. Usual bring it the last weekend of August is a slam dunk but it’s quite cool and there’s only a couple dozen attendees instead of the normal 150 or so. Current weather: Partly cloudy, 23°C, 20 km/h wind *A stake in the LDS church is a group of congregations. The Hermiston stake covers Hermiston, Umatilla, Boardman, and outlying communities like Fossil and Heppner.

Oh wow @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org I didn't realize the character limit is 5000 here. Looking forward to making use of that!

All right friends, I need help identifying this plant. I’m pulling weeds in my #garden and want to know if it’s worth keeping. The fruit are about half an inch in diameter, as are the post-bloom flowers. I especially want to know if it’s edible and, if so, what the taste is like. I know it’s in the nightshade family but I want to be more specific. #gardening

Not me texting live storm updates to Dance 89.5 in Seattle. Sometimes I can't help myself. 🫣

19 new #Flock cameras coming to Benton County, Washington https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/benton-county-approves-19-new-license-plate-cameras/article_49499830-8958-42f5-80a1-cef645a355fd.html