One of the things that attracts me to the off-grid life style is how integrated conservation has to be in -- you have to think a lot about what you consume in energy and the waste you generate. This video talks about how careful you have to be with your energy consumption when you are relying on the sun to keep the lights on.
Last Quarter – Tuesday, October 2 – Rise: 11:00pm, Set: 1:27pm
New Moon – Monday, October 8
First Quarter – Tuesday, October 16 – Rise: 12:17pm, Set: 10:49pm Hunter Moon – Wednesday, October 24
Last Quarter – Wednesday, October 31 – Rise: 11:00pm, Set: 12:56pm
New Moon – Wednesday, November 7
First Quarter – Thursday, November 15 – Rise: 1:06pm, Set: 12:00am Beaver Moon – Friday, November 23
Last Quarter – Thursday, November 29 – Rise: 12:00am, Set: 1:10pm
New Moon – Friday, December 7
First Quarter – Saturday, December 15 – Rise: 12:33pm, Set: 12:19am Cold Moon – Saturday, December 22
Good morning! Happy Thursday. Five weeks to November 🥧. Partly cloudy and 56 degrees in Clay. ⛅ Calm wind. The dew point is 49 degrees. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Wednesday around 8 pm. ☃️ Then again, by then it will be October and a good frost is not entirely unexpected.🎃
Today will be partly sunny 🌞 , with a high of 64 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 49 at 10am. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. A year ago, we had sunny skies. It was humid. The high last year was 89 degrees, the record high temperature. We had quite a run of warm weather last year. 🍂
The sun will set at 6:52 pm with dusk around 7:20 pm, which is one minute and 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and 61 degrees. The dew point will be 48 degrees. There will be a east breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 53 minutes of daytime, an decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy ☁️, with a low of 53 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 51 at 2am. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2017, we had mostly clear skies with more clouds in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 50 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.
Been a busy few days, with just a lot going on in the office, 💼 so I’ve not posted a lot lately. I’ve also gotten a bit tired and bored with the weather updates, and without taking the bus to work every day, i don’t have the free time to jot down my thoughts. Hopefully today will be a little more quiet. I am hoping that my headphones adapter comes in, so I can use headphones with my laptop again. 🎧 I am fine with the bluetooth headphones but I would rather use them with the laptop.
Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until November 🥧 when the sun will be setting at 5:55 pm with dusk at 6:25 pm. On that day in 2017, we had rain, drizzle, cloudy skies and temperatures between 49 and 34 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 54 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1950.
"On Tuesday, a Fairfax County, Virginia official said they are noticing a disturbing trend: young people failing to mail in their absentee ballots because they don't know how to get a stamp. "
One of the most effective ways to vote and make a difference in America today is by moving to new community…
Participating in traditional elections really has a minor if any impact on your future, but choosing to live in community that supports your values can have a dramatic impact on your life.
Competitive elections where different ideas are advanced are a rare thing today. Even if you elect a politician you personally like, they will be saddled by political realities that largely limits what they can do in office.
But moving can bring you to a community that is closer to your values, that has people who want many of the same things you want. A community of like minded people will elected people that you are more likely to agree with.
Moving to a community that shares your values may seem as a cop out but it’s the future of our country, especially as our country becomes more and more divided as different groups of people live vastly different lives.
