Like many schools, Salmon Creek Community School needed new computers.  The ones they had were out of date and didn’t allow for internet downloads of software. Some had broken cd drives.The K key on the oldest computer would stick and sometimes for no reason would randomly type the letter K into a document.  This was terribly frustrating to 9 year old Malachi Church (pictured in the center above) who used the computer for keyboarding tests.  The computer would spew random letter’s on his screen and this would cause his speed and accuracy to drop.

The tiny school which exists off the grid with solar power and a generator has existed without government funds for forty years. The community, the students, the parents and local businesses have all united to keep it going. This time was no different.

Garth Epling (pictured on the right above) of Emerald Technologies heard of the schools’ plight.

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NOAA (The National Weather Service) has issued a hazardous weather warning for the next few days:

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
420 AM PST WED NOV 16 2011

CAZ001-003-171230-
REDWOOD COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-
420 AM PST WED NOV 16 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGE TO COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER WILL
START THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO INFLUENCE THE COAST.
MODERATE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN NEAR THE OREGON BORDER THIS EVENING
AND SPREAD SOUTH ALONG THE REDWOOD COAST AND NORTH COAST INTERIOR
WITH A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING IN HUMBOLDT AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 3000 FT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
AS A DEEP UPPER LOW MOVES OVER THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATION ABOVE
3500 FEET IN NORTHERN HUMBOLDT AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES MAY REACH
ADVISORY LEVELS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES
POSSIBLE.

SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL FURTHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY TO BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 FT WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW FALLING DOWN TO INTERIOR VALLEY FLOORS.