Columbus Day Weekend Camping at Betty Brook – October 10, 2021
A stay around camp day camping at Betty Brook. Beautiful day, a bit cool, did some hiking around the state forest taking in the colors and scenery.
Survey
How much range do electric vehicles need to appeal to American car buyers? 300 miles? Maybe 400, like GM thinks people want of the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV? Well, according to the 2022 Global Automotive Consumer Study from professional services firm Deloitte, even that isn't enough. Instead, Americans expect 518 miles of driving range from battery-powered cars.
Deloitte reached this figure by surveying 927 American "consumers of driving age," whose range demands would today be met only by the 520-mile 2022 Lucid Air. It comes as no surprise, then, that American drivers still overwhelmingly prefer internal combustion power, with 69 percent of respondents stating they want their next vehicles to be fossil-fueled exclusively—not even aided by a hybrid system, which just 22 percent of respondents would consider. Only five percent said they wanted an EV, as opposed to 91 percent sticking with some form of combustion power.
Broken Views Heading Up Sunset Rock
Weather Update – January 12, 2022
I was really hopeful for getting out of town this weekend 😞
Three day weekend, but it’s just not going to happen. Monday looks increasingly like snow, and Saturday will be bitterly cold. I mean I can work with the cold, but I think with highs in the single digits on Saturday, especially up north, it ain’t going to happen. I had a vision, but the weather seems to have taken it off the table. Winter just is tough for plans out of town. But I can stay home or go out to Five Rivers, and that won’t cost much money. I was so hoping for hot tenting, having a big ol’ fire, maybe shooting some guns, later on drinking some beer, burning up some of that scrap paper that is filling up the waste basket at home.
At least not so cold today, I was able to turn down the heat. 🌡 But I am going to have to watch out for ice on the sidewalks with the warmer weather. The predicted sun is nice, but I almost feel like the meteorologists are too optimistic. I’m thinking more clouds will dominate. But only 26 degrees tonight, which is nice for a change, gives the heat a break. Almost 40 come Thursday, which will help with the ice. ❄️ Almost the ice can be worse then the snow, I don’t want to slip and fall again.
| Today. Feels like … February 3rd. |
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Partly sunny. South wind 8 to 14 mph.
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33 degrees | 3 max wind chill | 4:43 sunset |
| Tonight. Feels like … March 17th. |
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Cloudy. South wind 3 to 6 mph.
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26 degrees | 7:23 sunrise |
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| Thursday. Feels like … February 24th. |
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A slight chance of snow showers, mixing with rain after 11am, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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38 degrees | 4:44 sunset |
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| Thursday Night. Feels like … March 10th. |
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A slight chance of snow showers before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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24 degrees | 7:22 sunrise |
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| Friday. Cold ! |
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Partly sunny. North wind 7 to 13 mph.
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27 degrees | 2 max wind chill | 4:46 sunset |
| Friday Night. Cold ! |
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Partly cloudy, with a low around -3.
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-3 degrees | -20 max wind chill | 7:22 sunrise |
| Saturday. Cold ! |
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Mostly sunny and cold.
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10 degrees | -20 max wind chill | 4:47 sunset |
| Saturday Night. Cold ! |
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Partly cloudy, with a low around -2.
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-2 degrees | -12 max wind chill | 7:21 sunrise |
| Sunday. Cold ! |
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Mostly sunny.
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22 degrees | -11 max wind chill | 4:48 sunset |
| Sunday Night. Cold ! |
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A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
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13 degrees | 5 max wind chill | 7:21 sunrise |
| M.L.King Day. Feels like … February 3rd. |
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A chance of rain and snow. Cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
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33 degrees | 9 max wind chill | 4:49 sunset |
| Monday Night. Feels like … February 22nd. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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19 degrees | 10 max wind chill | 7:20 sunrise |
| Tuesday. Cold ! |
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Partly sunny.
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30 degrees | 10 max wind chill | 4:50 sunset |
Good Morning – January 12, 2022
Good morning! Happy Coldest Day Ever Recorded in Albany 💨 !
That would be January 12, 1968 when it was negative 26 degrees in Albany, coldest day ever recorded! Interestingly enough, the latest climate normals show the coldest week of the year has shifted a week later. And much warmer than that today. UPDATE – My friend Hugh says that actually January 18, 1971 was colder, 28 below zero.
Partly sunny and 17 degrees at the CDTA Bus Stop #10595. There is a south breeze at 14 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 3. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 10 am. 🌡️
Today should make a run at the freezing mark, ☀ which will make the black ice fun for the evening walk 🚶. I did get out for my evening walk, though not until after slipping on the black ice running to the store to get milk 🥛. I hit my knee 😵and it hurt like a mother but I was fine by the time I went for my evening walk. The town side walks weren’t bad, it just was where I was walking in the parking lot. Didn’t rip my pants AFAIK.
My evening walk was pretty good, 🚶♀️ I am glad I got some steps in, although not the 10,000 steps I go for more nice nights. I probably should have walked on Monday, I was bad and didn’t do that.