Quiet
For a while the lake was really quiet before the storm hit.
Taken on Sunday May 16, 2021 at Indian Lake.
NPR
The first time sociologist Mary de Young heard about QAnon, she thought: "Here we go again."
De Young spent her career studying moral panics — specifically, what became known as the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s, when false accusations of the abuse of children in satanic rituals spread across the United States.
Decades later, echoes of that same fear had emerged in QAnon. The seemingly novel conspiracy theory has grown in far-right political circles since November 2017. Adherents of QAnon believe that a shadowy cabal kidnaps children, tortures them and uses their blood in satanic rituals. The alleged perpetrators in the QAnon conspiracy theory are Democratic politicians — not preschool teachers, as had been the case in the 1980s — but the accusations are eerily similar.
Main Falls Was Really Flowing
At lunch time I ran to the car wash and gave Big Red a big bath as flakes of rust came off
At lunch time I ran to the car wash and gave Big Red a big bath as flakes of rust came off. I want to get some sand paper and primer on the really rusty sections of the truck in the coming weeks. I keep soaking the really rusty sections with WD-40 oil to hopefully slow the rust, but I think some primer is called for. Frame members aren’t showing rust, it’s just the door sills and wheel wells, which are a problem for a lot of trucks and cars in northeast after 10 winters.
Also stocked up on groceries at Walmart so I will have enough food to make it through the week, including packing lunch and maybe dinner for work on Wednesday and Thursday of this week when I will be working in the office. Also, got my suit dusted off and now I just really need to confirm the bus schedule so I make it into the office on time on Wednesday.
May 18, 2021 1 PM Update
Average Temperatures
This table shows the average high, median, and low temperatures for the next year based on the 1990-2020 climate normal values. Previous year values are shown in parenthesis. The sun angle is the maximum sun angle at solar noon for the day.
| Week | Date | Sun Angle | High | Median | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 28 | 68.9° | 75 (83) | 63 (76) | 52 (68) |
| 4 | June 16 | 70.7° | 80 (83) | 69 (66) | 58 (49) |
| 14 | August 28 | 57° | 80 (74) | 70 (65) | 59 (55) |
| 17 | September 14 | 50.7° | 75 (69) | 64 (57) | 53 (45) |
| 18 | September 26 | 46° | 70 (75) | 59 (63) | 49 (50) |
| 20 | October 7 | 41.8° | 65 (64) | 55 (56) | 44 (48) |
| 22 | October 19 | 37.3° | 60 (58) | 50 (51) | 40 (44) |
| 23 | November 1 | 32.9° | 55 (48) | 46 (39) | 36 (30) |
| 25 | November 13 | 29.3° | 50 (42) | 41 (35) | 32 (28) |
| 27 | November 25 | 26.6° | 45 (46) | 37 (36) | 29 (25) |
| 29 | December 9 | 24.5° | 40 (30) | 32 (25) | 25 (19) |
| 31 | December 26 | 24° | 35 (34) | 28 (29) | 20 (23) |
| 38 | February 9 | 32.7° | 35 (24) | 25 (16) | 16 (8) |
| 40 | February 28 | 39.5° | 40 (41) | 30 (34) | 21 (26) |
| 43 | March 15 | 45.3° | 45 (30) | 35 (21) | 26 (11) |
| 44 | March 27 | 50° | 50 (54) | 40 (46) | 30 (38) |
| 46 | April 6 | 53.9° | 55 (63) | 44 (49) | 33 (34) |
| 47 | April 16 | 57.5° | 60 (44) | 48 (37) | 37 (30) |
| 49 | April 27 | 61.2° | 65 (63) | 53 (50) | 42 (36) |
| 51 | May 10 | 65° | 70 (58) | 58 (47) | 46 (36) |
Mask controversy spurs CDC to rethink its pandemic response
Walensky decided to overhaul the structure of the agency’s Covid-19 response after several listening tours within CDC revealed pandemic task forces that were either no longer serving their original mission or that could be streamlined under a central leadership structure, a senior health official with knowledge of Walensky’s thinking said. As the number of new infections has dropped, the CDC’s focus has shifted to offering advice aimed at helping Americans return to normalcy — such as telling vaccinated people that they can forego masks in most situations.
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People seem to think the second half of week will be warm. 🏖
However, that’s basically a lie. Yes, temperatures may reach into the 80s but with a dew points in the 40s and 50s, and a breeze, it’s not going to feel particularly warm.