Off the Ledge
September 7, 2019 Night
Good evening! Partly clear and 59 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 51 degrees.
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 52 degrees at 4am. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 14th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 10pm. West wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 34 occurred back in 1978.
Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 78% illuminated with the moon setting at 12:58 am. The moon will set at 1:00 am. The 🌕 is on Friday night with a chance of t-storms then chance of showers. The sun will rise at 6:27 am with the first light at 5:58 am, which is one minute and 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 11 hours and 9 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 71 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 18th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 9am. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 64 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 2015.
I went grocery shopping, ending up at Walmart. 🍜 I bought lots of groceries but forgot frozen corn 🌽. I really should just get fresh sweet corn and maybe something like tomatoes 🍅. That would be a good treat. Sure not as easy as opening a bag but more flavorable. I was hungry and my freezer was bare but I should be good for a while. I also gased up Big Red ⛽ so his tank is good and full.
I think tomorrow I will get a fairly early start and hike the Harding Road Trail 🚶 above Palenville and the Kaaterskill Clove. Probably start from White Road Equestrian lot just because it’s a bigger parking 🅿 area for my big truck and then hike up along the escarpment. Some good elevation gain and hopefully some nice views and less popular than other trails. 📷
In four weeks on October 5 the sun will be setting at 6:29 pm,🌄 which is 49 minutes and 31 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 61 and 46 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 64 and 43 degrees. The record high of 91 degrees was set back in 1941.
Looking ahead, Average High 70 🎑 is in 2 weeks, Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌 is in 6 weeks, Small Business Saturday 🛍️ is in 12 weeks, First Day of Winter ☃️ is in 15 weeks, 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 16 weeks, Winnie the Pooh Day 🍯 is in 19 weeks and 5 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 20 weeks.
Shoreline
Canal Place
Right below the Little Falls and the hydro plant.
Taken on Saturday September 16, 2017 at Little Falls.Google Maps Is Still Directing Women Seeking Abortions to Pro-Life Clinics — and a Memorial for the ‘Unborn’ – VICE
There’s just one abortion clinic left in North Dakota, and it’s in Fargo. But if you’re searching for a clinic around the state’s second-largest city, Google Maps won’t tell you about it.
Instead, searching Google Maps for “Where can I get an abortion in Bismarck, North Dakota?” will bring up results not only for a facility that doesn’t offer abortion but also for North Dakota Right to Life — an organization that lobbies to end abortion.
Mass shooters and mental illness
Are mass shooters mentally ill?
President Trump says yes, many in the mental health community say no.
Mental illness is commonly defined as an impairment that interferes with one’s ability to make decisions based on evidence. An obvious example is delusions of imaginary worlds that do not exist. A mentally ill person says that there is a monster in the closet but the average person can look in the closet and not see the monster.
But what about ideology? Strong views on an issue can cloud people’s perception of the facts. But what about a value system that values some evidence more than others? Are there bad values that a person can have? Mental health professionals generally try to avoid such topics because they don’t want to seen as picking sides in a political debate.
A person is generally viewed as not mentally ill if they take a course of action after analyzing the pros and cons of action. Even an action that could lead to certain death or a lifetime of incarceration might be worthwhile to a suicide bomber, who sees their death as a way to get to heaven. They may have fully understood the consequences of their actions and made a rational decision based on their ideology – and therefore are not mentally ill.