TITLE:   Oct 9 DAY Shift 15:00-23:00UTC (08:00-04:00 PDT), all times posted in UTC

STATE Of H1: Observing

LOCK DURATION:

SUPPORT: Mike L., Sheila, Robert

INCOMING OPERATOR: Jeff B.

Activity log:

18:24 Kyle and Gerardo are going out to MY to turn on pumps they’re using for leak checking. This activity was cleared with Mike L. They are to aLog the pump start time as accurately as they can.

18:40 Pumps at MY turned on

18:50 Kyle and Gerardo back to Corner station

20:14 Kyle and Gerardo driving back out to MY

21:00  Joe B called on TS to let us know that Livingston would be coming out of Scence mode fo commissioning work

21:05 Mike Landry called to give the green light on any testing anyone would like to do as Livingston has dropped out of Science Mode

21:14  Richard out to the roof to assist Robert in PEM work

21:30 Richard leaving the roof

21:43  IFO in to commissioning mode

21:42 Robert and Mitchell outside to do PEM injections

22:30 IFO back to Observing

22:39 Loud thump from Fil closing up the CR floor.

22:40 GAMMA RAY BURST alarm

Shift Summary: Landry gave the green light for Richard to connect antenna cables on the roof while in observing mode. Came out of Science mode to do some PEM testing while LLO was out doing some commissioning . Went back into Science mode coincidentally with Livingston at 22:30UTC. Winds had increased to near 40mph for a short while and are now back down to around 15mph. Microseism increased to .5 microns while EQ seismic holds at 2.3 microns. IFO locked at 4.6 Mpc. Gamma Ray burst @ 22:40UTC has us in “Standown” mode for the next hour.