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The Deadly Donora Smog of 1948 Spurred Environmental ProtectionâΒΒBut Have We Forgotten the Lesson?
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""Donora taught Americans a powerful lesson about the unpredictable price of industrial processes. The question now is whether the lesson stuck.""
"With all the time and energy cartographers spend preparing maps, it makes sense that they would want to protect their investment. One of the ways they do so β although they donβt always admit it β is by including βtrap streets,β deliberate mistakes added to maps to catch unsuspecting copyright violators. These may include fake streets, as the name suggests, but the term is also applied to other erroneous cartographic data included to embarrass those who might steal it. Usually, these βmistakesβ are minor: tiny (and entirely false) bends in rivers and roads, or slightly altered mountain elevations."
There are many competitive congressional districts in Upstate New York this year. This interactive map shows the congressional districts, down to the street level.
Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Two weeks to Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone π¦. Light rain and 43 degrees in North Syracuse. β There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. π. Kind of cool all day, not expected to warm up much. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 6 am. βοΈ
Today will have showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy β, with a high of 47 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees below normal. West wind 10 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 64 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1990. 0.9 inches of snow fell back in 1951.β
The sun will set at 5:53 pm with dusk around 6:22 pm, which is one minute and 16 seconds earlier than yesterday. π At sunset, look for rainΒ π§ and 46 degrees. Breezy, 17 mph breeze β from the west. Today will have 10 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 33 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a chance of rain showers before midnight, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy β , with a low of 33 degrees at 5am. Two degrees below normal. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2017, we had partly cloudy skies. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 17 occurred back in 1951.
There are 3 days, 13 hours and 9 minutes until the poll close on Election Day in New York. π³ Day by day, it gets closer. One big GOTV weekend, then it’s all over. No more annoying commercials, no more pundits talking about the election. And I’ll be in the woods in a week camping, just listening to the radio after to dark, listening to what people are saying about the election that just came and went. Or maybe not listening to the radio. π» Podcasts are always good too. And music.
Definitely looking forward to going camping next week. πNow next week looks kind of rain, but I’m skeptical. I think the forecast can change. Even if it is a bit rainy for a bit, I still want to get out and on my trip. I could always adjust the trip appropriately based on the weather.
As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone π¦ when the sun will be setting at 4:38 pm with dusk at 5:09 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2017, we had mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 40 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 47 degrees. We hit a record high of 73 back in 1928.
Don't look up.
Taken on Monday November 5, 2012 at Niagara Falls.