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Thank you for doing the net. But first, the most important, I want to wish our child on a very, very happy birthday. Have a good time with the gals there. So good. You just get better with eggs, John. So, let's see here. On the squirrely part, we have the usual squirrels around and chomping on peanuts and eating nuts and generally being squirrely. Have the usual one chase on another at extreme speeds that they go at. Fun to watch. Yeah, I've got kind of an interesting job to do for the next few days here. Down in the poppa system, they're having a big campout on Santa Cruz Island, which you have to take a boat out to and you're pretty much stranded there until the boat comes and gets you. So I am the point of contact. We had a couple other hands and we're basically monitoring the island because they don't have cell phone service. So you basically have to chat on coming over with the repeater. And of course, I wouldn't be surprised if they had one of the SpaceX internet devices out there, but I don't think so. But anyway, I'm just doing that just in case somebody needs something. And a couple years ago, we had an earthquake. Not yet. And a hurricane come across Mexico and go up the coast of California. And they were out on the island and didn't know about it. We had to tow them and say, basically, you guys got to get off there now. And so they got on the boat, takes them out their commercial boat, and everybody got onto the island and nobody had to deal with high winds and rain and that. So the odds are a hurricane, and I mean hurricane in all seriousness, coming across Mexico and going up the coast. It's like a once in a lifetime thing. Anyway, it was good that we could help out. But anyway, so we monitored just to make sure. And everything's okay out there and they have a point of contact. Anyway, that's it for me. Let me hand it back to you there. Thank you again for joining the net. This is a very cool. I know you've done that. I think you talked about that even a year ago when you were monitoring that. Yeah, very cool. Using that ham radio, the skills and the equipment there to help other people stay safe and stay in communication, especially for emergencies. I will say I have a Starlink mini. Oh, my gosh. I can say this. I had to be on call, and I was on call through Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and ended my shift in Utah, all while on conference calls, all while going 70, 75 miles per hour with my wife driving. And it worked. I guess there's one place. I don't know why, but I dropped connection for about six seconds. Other than that, pretty darn good there. Hey, the ham radio I think would even be more foolproof. Anyway, good luck there, and I hope everyone is safe, and hopefully you don't need to announce any hurricanes or anything there. So good stuff there, Jeff. Thanks for the report. All right, next up, Matt, Water Quality Index, KJ7WQI. How are you tonight, Matt? Will you give us a report?