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Bennington, Vermont in 1995 and 2020
LEFT - Circa 2020 | RIGHT - Circa 1995
Back in 1995, there was no Bennington Bypass, although US 7 was still an arterial back then.
Snow showers around for the first sort of day for spring. ๐จ
Spring starts at 11:50 pm in the evening not that it feels much like spring today. I’m sure it will be bitterly cold until it’s like 80 degrees out. Always happens that way.
Good morning! Snow flurries and 30 degrees in Delmar, NY. โ There is a northwest breeze at 13 mph. ๐ with gusts up to 23 mph ๐จ๐จ๐จ. Not a constant wind but I hear it picking up at times. Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. ๐ก๏ธ
Going to be cold ride in this morning, but I still enjoy the ride. ๐ฒ It was cold riding home last night as I was doing the Zoom meeting for Save the Pine Bush ๐ฒdown in the Noonan Preserve though it started to get dark and I had to head home. ๐ Dinner last night was red kidney beans I cooked and mashed into essentially refried beans minus the frying in fat, on top of onion Johnny cakes. Not a half bad dinner. I was tired and cold to bed ๐ shortly there after.
Today will have a slight chance of snow showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy ๐ฆ, with a high of 42 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 8th. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 33 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 2012. 9.6 inches of snow fell back in 1971.โ
Yesterday I got my Early Voting by Mail Ballot ๐ณ and I promptly filled it out and will toss in a post office box ๐ฎon my way riding to work. Decided to vote for Dean Phillipson for President, not that it’s going to change anything but I figured why not.
Solar noon ๐ is at 1:04 pm with sun having an altitude of 47.1ยฐ from the due south horizon (-23.8ยฐ vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour ๐ starts at 6:30 pm with the sun in the west (264ยฐ). ๐ธ The sunset is in the west (271ยฐ) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:07 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 53 seconds with dusk around 7:35 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. ๐ At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous ๐ Moon in the east-southeast (119ยฐ) at an altitude of 61ยฐ from the horizon, 247,292 miles away. ๐ The best time to look at the stars is after 8:08 pm. At sunset, look for snow flurries ๐จ and temperatures around 39 degrees. There will be a southwest breeze at 6 mph. Less windy by evening. Tomorrow will have 12 hours and 13 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over today.
I haven’t had a chance to talk to my neighbor about the garbage pile ๐๏ธ next to his unit as he got home from work after I was in bed. If see him out and about I’ll try to find out what’s going on. He doesn’t look like he’s packing up to move out and the transfer station was open Saturday and today so it’s kind of werid. I figure if anything the rats will be attracted to his unit. ๐ The whole situation is kind of awkward and I don’t want to be the tattle tail but also not be dealing with problems.
Tonight will have a chance of snow showers, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy ๐ง, with a low of 31 degrees at 6am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 30th. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2023, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 21 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1967.
Another kind of shit March weekend. ๐ Saturday, rain and snow likely before 2pm, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Typical average high for the weekend is 48 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 3 weeks until 7:30 PM Sunset ๐ with dusk at 7:59 pm. On that day in 2023, we had sunny and temperatures between 55 and 29 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 56 degrees. That should feel very spring like. ๐ท We hit a record high of 77 back in 1991.
NB88 – A fall day at the cabin – the way life should be!
Lately when I go down to the library or other places I've really gotten into downloading and watching Youtube videos. I'm very impressed with NB88's channel and his simple but nice off-grid cabin he has up in the woods of Maine. Not too run down or shabby, but not full of modern technology like some people insist on having.
A lot of nutritious food is bad for your teeth ๐ฆท
Many of the healthiest food options out there are considered to be some of the worse things for your teeth due to the acids and sugars in them or so I was reading. A lot of nutritious food can really wear down on the enamel and lead to stain and build up of tartar.
It’s actually quite the conundrum when you think about it – not just candy bars and highly processed foods that rot your teeth. Cider vinegar, oranges, chilli peppers and spice, blueberries and apples all are bad news for your teeth. I’m sure all that nutritional yeast and turmeric ain’t wonderful either.
I’m thinking about getting a electric toothbrush to better clean my teeth and will make sure to regularly floss. Get my teeth cleaned every six months. But ultimately there is only so much I can do about my teeth except enjoy them while I’m still young and healthy.
High Temperature Records Broken Per Year
2017 has the highest number of high temperature records broken in Albany Airport's history.
Trump can’t post $464M bond in New York civil case, lawyers say – POLITICO
NEW YORK — Donald Trump told an appellate court here Monday that he can’t obtain a bond for the full amount of the civil fraud judgment against him — more than $450 million, including interest — raising the possibility that the state attorney general’s office could begin to seize his assets unless the court agrees to halt the judgment while the former president appeals the verdict.
Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing that “ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment’s full amount is a ‘practical impossibility,’” adding that those efforts “have included approaching about 30 surety companies through 4 separate brokers.”