Riding the exercise bike, watching Western Champlain and his new Peterbuilt or half of one
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November
Storm Damage – Piseco-Powley Road
Did you see the pictures of the storm damage along Piseco-Powley Road from last week’s Halloween storm? Hopefully they’ll get it fixed soon.
Ranked-choice voting adopted in New York City, along with other ballot measures
New York City will move to a system of ranked-choice voting, shaking up the way its elections are run after voters approved a ballot question to make the change.
The city will be by far the biggest place in the U.S. to put the new way of voting to the test, tripling the number of people around the country who use it.
A ballot question proposing the shift for New York primaries and special elections was approved Tuesday by a margin of nearly 3-1.
Losing Power for Multiple Days.
After last week’s heavy rain and wind, my sister was left 2 or 3 days without power.
That’s one of many reasons why when I own land and an off-grid cabin, I want to generate my own electricity, live a life that isn’t so tied into material realities of modern suburban living. If something breaks, I want to be able to fix it myself or substitute it with something that provides nearly the same capacity. Heat with wood, so as long as I have seasoned wood split and ready to go, I can be warm. Not be so dependent on electricity, so that if a fuse blows or other part fails, I can live with a lantern until I can replace the broken part. Have a tractor with a bucket loader, so I can fix washouts and a saw so I can cut downed trees.
As it stands, as a renter in the city, if the power goes out I’m cold and in the dark. I have flashlights, can charge things off the truck, but that won’t keep my groceries cold, nor will it keep the stores open or the traffic lights running. Right now, I am too dependent on things not in the my control.
