Why Bozeman, MT, Is The Fastest (?) Growing City In The US -- June 12, 2021

I believe I read an article earlier this year suggesting Bozeman, MT, was the fastest growing city in the US. If not the "fastest" growing city in the US, certainly in the running.

My sister sent me this photo of herself taken this evening “in” Bozeman. Outside temperature apparently 73°. 

Note: there is an empty chair just waiting for you. 

Later: They're reading the blog. Less than twelve hours after posting the story above, Fox News: Montana, the sold-out state New Yorkers can't get enough of. 

Link: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/montana-sold-out-state-new-yorkers-cant-get-enough. 

And from a reader, from the NY Times, behind a paywall, this op-ed, May 12, 2021: my beloved college town has a problem: it's too popular. The "town"? Bozeman, MT.  Posted here, not behind a paywall: link. 

Notes From All Over -- Early Evening Edition -- Nothing About The Bakken -- June 12, 2021

First things first:

Poolside tonight:

They must be reading the blog. This was exactly my point. Earlier I posted this: "enough is enough." Now this:

Fascination with Schwab. A reader noted my fascination with Schwab and sent me this:

My reply:

Note the location of Schwab: WESTLAKE

Westlake is a non-entity as cities go. I think the only thing in Westlake is Schwab.

There is Southlake (huge, conservative, rich); Northlake (rural); Westlake (even more rural), all just down the road from us here in Grapevine/Euless, TX.

Schwab has just built the nation's largest bank-complex, I think, footprint -- excpet for skyscrapers in NYC. But this is huge; just west of us on TX-114. They say this area wil be the population center of the DFW area by 2050.

It's a pretty big deal. I did not know Schwab was the biggest in Texas. Interesting. 

Hulu vs Disney+: see this note from earlier today. Another viewpoint, here.  Bottom line: lots of great choices. 

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Words For The Day

From wiki:

A crepuscular animal is one that is active primarily during the twilight period. 

This is distinguished from diurnal and nocturnal behavior, where an animal is active during the hours of daylight and of darkness, respectively. 

Some crepuscular animals may also be active by moonlight or during an overcast day. 

Matutinal animals are active only before sunrise, and vespertine only after sunset. 

The collateral adjective for twilight is crepuscular, which may be used to describe the behavior of animals that are most active during this period.

Helen of Troy, Bettany Hughes, c. 2005, p. 134; nightjars --> crepuscular --> wiki.

The Graduate: What Katie Ledecky Learned At Stanford And How It Might Make Her Faster -- The Washington Post -- June 12, 2021

Link here. 

This is an incredibly long article. It may be behind a paywall. Here is the beginning of the article. I've archived it. 

Katie Ledecky packed for this week’s U.S. Olympic swimming trials with her usual swim gear and unparalleled goals — plus a carefully folded black cap and gown. On Sunday, one day before her first race, Ledecky planned to take part in Stanford’s commencement ceremony — from an Omaha hotel room 1,700 miles away from campus.

She has no speaking role in the ceremony; she is just one of some 1,450 graduates in Stanford’s Class of 2021. What could she say about all that has happened these past few years?

In 2016, she arrived in Palo Alto, CA, as a 19-year-old, having taken a gap year after graduating from Stone Ridge in Bethesda to train for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.  

She had never lived alone, didn’t cook for herself and didn’t know how to ride a bike. She had never paid a bill or drawn a paycheck. 

As Ledecky says, “Just thinking about being on the pool deck in Rio, that feels like a long time ago.”

Since then, she has compiled one of the most remarkable collegiate swimming careers before turning pro and has shuffled between living an ordinary campus life and a surreal pseudo-celebrity existence. She studied Greek art one semester, and she gave a swimming lesson to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

All of it led her here: a virtual graduation ceremony in a Nebraska hotel room, followed in short order by a coronation in a swimming pool.

“I have moments where I have to pinch myself,” said Ledecky, 24. “There have been times on campus and it feels a little surreal that I go to school here, or I tell myself, ‘I’ve been to the Olympics — what?’ Even that hasn’t completely sunk in yet, you know?”

Already the owner of five Olympic gold medals, 15 world titles and three world records, Ledecky is on the cusp of a third Summer Games, one that can only further solidify her as one of the sport’s all-time greats. On Monday, she will race the 400-meter freestyle, the first of four events on her ambitious trials program. If all goes as planned, Ledecky will qualify to compete in at least five events at the Tokyo Olympics: the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle races, plus the 4x200 relay. There’s an outside chance she’ll also get tapped for the 4x100 relay team, which would potentially allow her to top her five-medal haul from the Rio Games.

The Enerplus Horse Pad -- Pinto Well Has Just Gone Over 500K Bbls Crude Oil Cumulative -- June 12, 2021

The wells, on multiple pads:

• 22665, 1,352, Enerplus, Mustang 149-93-29A-32H TF, Mandaree, t9/13; cum 476K 4/21;
• 22666, 1,538, Enerplus, Pinto 149-93-29A-32H, Mandaree, t9/13; cum 505K 4/21;

• 22664, 831, Enerplus, Arabian 149-93-29B-32H, Mandaree, t3/13; cum 30K 4/21; 
• 22663, conf, Enerplus, Morgan 149-93-29B-32H TF, Mandaree, no production data, 

Four wells in this section to date. There will eventually be a total of eight, maybe twelve, possible many more. 

A Whiting Parent Well In The Sanish Just Went Over 500K Bbls Crude Oil Cumulative -- June 12, 2021

Link here. 

At 3,000 bbls/month, this well has hit 500K bbls crude oil cumulative as of the end of June, 2021. 

The parent well in its section was drilled/fracked ten years ago and is still going strong:

• 19972, 2,705, Whiting, Oppeboen 14-5WH, Sanish, F, t7/11; cum 495K 4/21; stimulated 7/12/11, 22 stages; 1.9 million lbs sand; it was a relatively short long lateral, if that makes sense, only 16,210 feet long opposed to the usual 19,000 feet we generally see.