March 28, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Average High is 50 🌸! That’s a real sign of spring. Three weeks to Average High is 60 🌼. Partly sunny and 33 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind.

I don’t think it was a bad idea πŸ’‘ to stay home this weekend. Last night was beautiful πŸŒƒ but it got chilly around eleven, though I’m sure it wouldn’t have been bad by a campfire. πŸ”₯ Hoping for better weather next week, and maybe taking a three day weekend. Heck, maybe I can even work one day from camp if it’s sunny and quiet out. β›Ί

Today will rain likely, β˜” mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds 🌞, with a high of 53 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 3rd. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 55 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1945. 14.2 inches of snow fell back in 1932.❄

The plan for today is to walk 🚢 at Schodack Island State Park β›², return the broken MIFI adapter and pick up the work laptop, πŸ’» get the Reszin Adam’s newspaper clippings πŸ“° from John Wolcott, come home and work on my DEIS comments πŸ“ regarding the proposed Crossgates Development in the Pine Bush.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 50.6Β° from the due south horizon (-20.2Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 4.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 6:40 pm with the sun in the west (269Β°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west (275Β°) starting at 7:15 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:45 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter πŸŒ“ Moon in the west-southwest (256Β°) at an altitude of 40Β° from the horizon, 246,203 miles away. πŸš€ The best time to look at the stars is after 8:19 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 47 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 34 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain. 🌧 Low of 42 degrees at 4am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 28th. Southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. At least that should get the salt off the roads and help things from getting too dried out, but it certainly won’t help with the mud. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 44 degrees. The record low of 0 occurred back in 1923.

Tomorrow morning early on, I’ll run to the laundromat πŸ‘š and go grocery shopping. 🍏 I am probably not going to see my parents this weekend but we’ll see. I’ll call them and see how they go they’re doing. πŸ“ž I’ve been pretty isolated this week but you never know and they should stay away from senior citizens.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Average High is 60 🌼 when the sun will be setting at 7:41 pm with dusk at 8:10 pm. On that day in 2019, we had cloudy skies, rain showers and temperatures between 58 and 46 degrees. Albany hit a record high of 90 back in 1976.

Agency Buildings

Next Time – Saturday March 28

Today’s sunrise was at 6:43 am. The next time the sun will rise later then today πŸŒ„ is in 179 days on Wednesday, September 23.

The average high for today is 50 degrees. 🌑 The next time it will be on average cooler then today is in 229 days on Thursday, November 12 when the average temperature will be 49 degrees.

Today’s sunset will be at 7:17 pm. The next time the sun will set earlier then today πŸŒ† is in 165 days on Wednesday, September 9.

The average low for today is 30 degrees. 🌑 The next night it will be on average cooler then tonight is in 241 days on Tuesday, November 24 when the average temperature will be 29 degrees.

Thru the Trees

Coronavirus costs

  • I wish politicians would stop pretending that there is no cost to the Coronavirus shutdown to the economy and that all human life is indefinitely valuable
  • The costs of the Coronavirus shutdown are being born both today and tomorrow through immediate job losses and human suffering due to reductions in community events and services, borrowing from future generations, cuts to future government programs
  • Many of the costs of Coronavirus shutdown are unknown, and may lead to spill over effects such as deferred bridge and highway maintenance leading to emergency closures and bridge collapses in the out years or reduced performance in college due to High Schoolers loosing out on educational programs – just because people aren’t dying today doesn’t mean that won’t die tomorrow from loosely related effects
  • For sure, we should do everything that is possible but reasonable to slow the Coronavirus to help our hospital keep up with those who inevitably will get incredibly sick, but the key is reasonableness – it has weighted against economic and job losses causing human suffering – and losses of tax revenues leading to future government programs being cut
  • A fair evaluation of the pros and cons must be undertaken, we can’t only listen to the advice of the public health professionals and doctors but also compare and contrast it to advice given by both private sector and government economists
  • I am not endorsing President Trump’s position, but I think we can’t go blindly forward without seriously considering the spill over effects of the Coronavirus shutdown to civil society
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Platte Next Weekend?

It looks like with the warmer weather,Β  it might be nice to hike up Platte Clove Road which is currently seasonally closed to motor vehicles.

 Platte Clove

As you can see, little snow remains — but I’m sure there is still some ice on the roads, packed by snowmobiles.

I have driven up Platte Clove Road, but never took the hike up it. Places to pull off the road when driving are limited, but if you hike up it this time of year, I don’t think they’ll be any traffic or anybody to stop you from taking as much time as you want observing Platte Clove.

One issue might be finding a place to park, but it looks like I could park somewheres on a side street in West Saugerties and hike the mile or so until you get to the closed portion of the road. Google Street Maps, and my past exploration of the town, suggests there are many legal places to park, even if it means a short hike until you start climbing.

 Platte Clove Road