The July 1, 2021, R-C Morning Report

Genoa, Nev. — Holbrook Junction saw some flooding from Wednesday’s thunderstorms, where the National Weather Service is saying the radar showed 1.25-2 inches of rain between 5-6 p.m. The odds for scattered thunderstorms after 5 p.m. today are 50-50 at any given spot.

Douglas County’s building permit allocations have been gathering like lint in a dryer over the past 14 years with slightly more than 2,000 lying about now. Of those 1,452 are allocated to individuals while 584 are for projects as of May 31. County commissioners are scheduled to hear a report today in preparation for maybe cleaning that lint trap out a smidge.

Residents will be able to watch today’s commissioner meeting online, but if they want to speak at the meeting they’ll have to go to Minden. Commissioners meet 1 p.m. today at the historic Douglas County Courthouse. Go to douglascountynv.gov, if you want to watch from home.

The Record-Courier’s Running Commentary went south on us sometime Wednesday afternoon, but it appears to be working this morning, though all of Wednesday’s posts are gone, as though June 30 never happened.

I received easily a dozen photos of Tuesday’s sunset after the storm. I’m planning to use them for Saturday’s Valley Views, since it never hurts to have a theme.

I heard from a reader that Channel 2 cut off forecaster John Potter’s farewell on Wednesday night. We’re very protective of our weather folks down here. There are 1,122 comments and climbing on his Facebook post at KTVN John Potter | Facebookthis morning.

We’re looking at increasing clouds today with a high temperature near 94 degrees with the wind out of the southwest at 5-10 mph, shifting east in the afternoon. Expect strong outflow winds near thunderstorms and find cover if you’re caught in one.

Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com