When will Moose River Plains open this year? ⛺

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When will Moose River Plains open this year? ⛺

It depends a lot on when the Division of Operations can field staff and equipment for road repairs. Many of the DEC laborers are probably not working now. Plus it how much repairs are needed and available. That takes money and the states finances aren’t great. Maybe they’ll have to do an agreement with the towns and county for road maintenance like in 2010.

And how long the snow lasts – the frost is out of the ground now but if there is snow on top of the ground – it insulates the mud meaning that the road won’t be passable without damage to the road for at least a week or so of dry weather after the snow is gone. Most of the roads are dirt or sand, they need to be relatively dry to be passable without severe rutting. The roads not only have to be hard enough to hold cars and trucks towing campers but also bulldozers, excavators and any other heavy equipment needed for repair. If the weather pattern continues and they get more snow over the thawed ground that could definitely extend the time before opening.

It would ultimately be a decision by the regional office on when they would reopen the road but usually its the week before Memorial Day Weekend. My bet with the current forecast is a partial reopening west of Lost Ponds, north of Moose River for Memorial Day. But with the forecast and everything else going on who knows.

The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from? | Grist

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The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from? | Grist

“I think the main issue is that people focus way, way too much on people’s personal footprints, and whether they fly or not, without really dealing with the structural things that really cause carbon dioxide levels to go up,” said Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City. 

Foodservice Decline Leads to Flock Culling | Poultry Industry News | lancasterfarming.com

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Foodservice Decline Leads to Flock Culling | Poultry Industry News | lancasterfarming.com

Some Northeastern poultry flocks are being depopulated in response to drastically reduced demand from the foodservice industry.

Michael Foods, a foodservice and ingredient supplier that is one of the nation’s largest buyers of eggs, appears to have suddenly cut purchases for its large processing plant in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

With restaurants, cruise ships, bakeries and other buyers of bulk eggs closed for the COVID-19 pandemic, demand had apparently dried up.

Winter continues on April 27th

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Only 14 inches of snow fell in Cherry Valley last night.

Posted by Andy Arthur on Monday, April 27, 2020

I bet that sucks for all the Central NY farmers wanting to get out and turn the dirt without sinking out of site in the mud.

Locally there was an inch of snow on the cars but with the rain this morning and the warm ground none remains on the grass locally.

April 27, 2020 8 AM Update

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Good morning! Happy Rainy Monday ! 💦April showers bring mud and black flies 🐷 but it’s been quite dry and we need the rain. 🐜It is actually a fairly dry spring despite all the cloudy days lately.☁ I know I’m looking forward to things greening up and the fire 🔥 danger lower. Next Monday is 8 PM Sunset 🌇. Rain showers and 39 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north breeze at 10 mph. 🍃.

Eggs and hash for breakfast. 🍳 Got to have some power food ✊ especially on a dreary Monday like today. Need everything you can to stay awake. I do need to get more milk 🐮 but I had enough for my coffee ☕ and I’ll get midday when the crowds are light. I know I probably should get two gallons at a time so I’m good for the week but I like my milk fresh and the store is two doors down. And yeah, I probably should get my milk delivered so I have less garbage and it’s even fresher but I’ve yet to do that.🗑️

Today will have showers, mainly before 9am. 🌦 High of 48 degrees at 4pm. 15 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 25th. North wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Not a real nice day on tap and despite that not a lot of rain. A year ago, we had sunny skies in the morning with sunny skies in the afternoon. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1962. There was a dusting of snow in 1946.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 61.4° from the due south horizon (-9.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:13 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (284°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (290°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:52 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 5 seconds with dusk around 8:21 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the west (265°) at an altitude of 43° from the horizon, 239,262 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:59 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 45 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 11 mph with gusts up to 22mph. Today will have 13 hours and 57 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 35 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 36 degrees at 5am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 12th. North wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 40 degrees. The record low of 25 occurred back in 1947.

I was glad I got the new shower curtain installed. 🚿 It’s been a few years with the existing one and the bottom of the curtain was getting really caked with soap and some kind of mildew. 🧼 I hate to throw away plastic like that – it’s toxic 💀 whether I burn it or take it to the transfer station but I always get the most light weight curtain possible 🔥 and it usually lasts for 2-3 years.⏳Plus the new one lets so much more light in the shower. 💡

Sounds like a good weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 63. Maximum dew point of 44 at 6am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 45 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 65 degrees.

Definitely thinking about heading up north this weekend. ⛺ I have a trail in mind that I’m thinking of hiking and a few nights in the wilderness would be quite nice. I was hoping to hammock camp this past weekend but it was so buggy. It might also be buggy this weekend – something I should consider but if I’m in the truck cap it won’t be bad for sleeping. 💤

I still need to research picnic table tents 🎪 as I should order one soon so I have it for Memorial Day Weekend. Whether it’s rainy or buggy, it would be nice to have a place I can shelter while still being outside and having a place to stretch out. 😎 Also would be really good come summer vacation on those inevitable dreary rainy days. ☔

As previously noted, next Monday is 8 PM Sunset 🌇 with dusk at 8:30 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 67 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 66 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1944.

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