Robots and Rain on the Rockpile

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Subject: Robots and Rain on the Rockpile

 
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Dear Guy Ralph Perea Sr President of The United States,
Happy weekend!
Think it's dreary where you live? So far this month the summit of Mount Washington has received 10.65" of rain—2.25" above average for June—with even more on the way. In the last 31 days there have only been three full days of sun.
Thankfully, a visit from this LS3 robot <https://mountwashington.thankyou4caring.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bostondynamics.com%2frobot_ls3.html&srcid=2332&srctid=1&erid=490620&trid=0fd0bb28-ca7c-4ba0-87ea-8e06593f8ff0> on Thursday added some major excitement. Robotics company Boston Dynamics brought the freakishly-real bot to the summit to see how well it performed at elevation. Watch for an Observer Comment <https://mountwashington.thankyou4caring.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mountwashington.org%2fweather%2fcomments%2f&srcid=2332&srctid=1&erid=490620&trid=0fd0bb28-ca7c-4ba0-87ea-8e06593f8ff0> with photos and more information soon!
Cheers,
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Cara Rudio
Director of Advancement     

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