May 15, 2019 Night

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Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 54 degrees ☁ in Delmarcation. 🌊 Calm wind. The dew point is 45 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 9 am.

I went to the Pine Bush dinner and it was an interesting presentation.  🏚 The Dunn Landfill is really bad news 📰 for Rennselear, especially the 200 trucks a day that rumble through the streets, starting in a big line at 6:30 AM every morning. It’s unfortunate that we live in a throw away everything society that when they demolish homes today, everything from the kitchen appliances to the old wood and brick go into the landfill.🗑 Also George Keleshian’s presentation on so-called zero-energy, efficient buildings was interesting — he stressed conservation over generation of electricity, which was a refreshing change.

I have the Save the Pine Bush booth and will get that ready tomorrow. 🎨 I also should probably think about running to the store as I’m very low on groceries. 🍲 It looks like the display is in fairly good shape, but I want to make some more pictures up and run off some of the “coloring” book we are going to have for the kids there.🖍 Looks like nice weather for the Lupine Festival on Saturday.🦋

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 50 degrees at 3am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 24th. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 51 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1980.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 96% illuminated. The moon will set at 4:35 am. The Flower Moon 🌕 is on Friday night. The sun will rise at 5:32 am with the first light at 5:00 am, which is one minute and one second earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 20 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 2 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 65 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 2nd. May weather is nice for a change. Maximum dew point of 47 at 8am. Northwest wind around 8 mph. Another fairly nice day. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1991.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Maximum dew point of 46 at 7am. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 71. Maximum dew point of 47 at 2pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees. Certainly if this wasn’t lupine festival week I’d be heading out of town. 🐸 Sunday I think I’ll probably do a local hike although I’ll consider going down to West Saugerties and hiking Platte Clove. 🍀 Some models now though are talking about more clouds and rain for Sunday.🌦 Somehow, I’m inclined to believe them.

In four weeks on June 12 the sun will be setting at 8:33 pm,🌄 which is 22 minutes and 40 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 82 and 57 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 77 and 56 degrees. The record high of 95 degrees was set back in 2017.

Looking ahead, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 3 weeks, Last Day of Session 🏛 is in 5 weeks, Cow Appreciation Day 🐂 is in 2 months, Altamont Fair Opens 🎡 is in 13 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎡 is in 14 weeks, September 11th 🇸 is in 17 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 19 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 88 weeks.

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Dump the diesel buses for climate’s sake, transit experts tell MTA – New York Daily News

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Dump the diesel buses for climate’s sake, transit experts tell MTA – New York Daily News

People living in the city’s low-income neighborhoods are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change including extreme heat and rising sea levels because of aging infrastructure, and that includes diesel buses, the Regional Plan Association said in a report released on Wednesday.

The report, dubbed “Equitable Adaptation,” was produced in conjunction with nonprofit immigration group Make the Road New York and lays out 13 ways local officials could quickly shore up infrastructure. Critical among them is banning diesel buses in the city.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates 5,700 buses, and all but 10 are powered by diesel or hybrid-diesel. The agency plans to purchase 1,700 new buses over the next five years, and early proposals show some 1,300 will run on diesel fuel.

May 15, 2019 Morning

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Good morning! What day is it? Save the Pine Bush Dinner Day, of course. Adam’s lasagna is pretty darn good. Reszin used to make good lasagna but she’s be promoted to greeter now that she’s well into her nineties. It’s a shit ton of cooking. Three weeks to 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️. Partly cloudy and 44 degrees ⛅ There is a northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. It’s hard to complain about the sunshine after all rain, it will be nice when I get in the office to enjoy just the natural sunlight. Maybe more rain on Friday but it seems like the cold and wet pattern is coming to a conclusion for at least a while.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 61 degrees at 5pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 22nd. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. At that will help dry out the mud a little bit. I think it was a good year to buy those farm boots. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 77 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1900.

Looking up at the clouds as they pass the bus 🚍 heading downtown I’m dreaming of laying out at the beach or swimming 🏊 pool watching the clouds float above. Mine Kill State Park is always a lot of fun mid summer, especially if combined with other activities including fishing and camping. What a day for a day dream, singing 🎶 the Loving Spoonful record. Summer will be here before you know it. Its kind of amazing that it’s mid May and we have yet to have a real hot and humid day. But I think the weather pattern is changing.

The sun will set at 8:11 pm with dusk around 8:43 pm, which is one minute and 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy ⛅ conditions and temperatures around 57 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 38 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 4 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 49 degrees at 4am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 21st. Days have been cool lately but nights have been warm. Despite the rainy and cloudy weather keeping the high temperatures modest, when you look at the balance of day, it’s mostly been above average. Not as hot as last May but still pretty warm. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 51 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1980.

Tonight I’m getting the Pine Bush display to work on it. I’ve been told it’s kind of a mess but I’m hoping to get some new pictures 📷 which I can hopefully order online, get laminated and pick up on Friday night. The Lupine Festival should be fun or at least something that has to be done. 🎨

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 64 and 48 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1925.

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