Delmar, New York

Delmar is a hamlet in the Town of Bethlehem, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Albany. The community is bisected by NY Route 443 (Delaware Avenue), a major thoroughfare, main street, and route to Albany.

A census-designated place (CDP) has been established since 1980 by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating the population of what the census has defined as the boundaries of the urbanized area in and around Delmar. The population was 8,292 at the 2000 census, but it was not included as a CDP in the 2010 census.

In 2005, CNN/Money Magazine named the Delmar ZIP Code (an area larger than the Delmar hamlet or CDP) as one of the “Best Places to Live” in America, rating it the 22nd best place to live among what it called “Great American Towns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmar,_New_York

What would happen if the Army was sent into New York City unpermited by state and local leaders? 💣

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What would happen if the Army was sent into New York City unpermited by state and local leaders? 💣

I was hearing on the radio that the second amendment is not applicable today with the overwhelming force of the US military. While this is true with against any individual or small group, the US military would be ineffective against any mass resistance using guerilla tactics.

Imagine the scenario that the federal government invaded New York City with the army. The state and city could respond by giving either official or implied immunity to those those who fought against the federal government. This could empower and encourage ordinary citizens to engage in gorilla tactics against the US Army with immunity from state prosecution.

The population numbers suggest serious problems for the invading US Army if there was significant civic resistance to the Army invasion. If one in 10 of the city’s population engaged in a gorilla tactics against the military – fire bombing army trucks, cutting brake lines or even improvised explosive devices – could be extremely costly to the US Army in both lives and equipment loses. Remember, 10 percent of the city’s population is 750,000 bigger than the America’s standing army at 470,000 persons and even if you called in the reserves of 190,000 your still talking one New York City resident against one soldiers.

Not to mention that citizens resistance against the federal invaders would be supplemented by local law enforcement and the state’s national guard and state police which have extensive military experience and a much better knowledge of the city then the defense department has. Other blue state national guards and law enforcement would come to the state’s defense.

So it is true that individuals are not particularly powerful but together they are a strong force. Guerilla warfare might be a far off possibility – most likely New York City and the federal government would resolve their concerns in the US Supreme Court or other democratic institutions but don’t think individuals, joined outside of official government channels couldn’t be incredibly different.

June 5, 2020 Night

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Good evening! Mostly clear and 70 degrees at the Perkins Clearing. Calm wind. The dew point is 60 degrees. 🌃

A very pleasant evening with the Strawberry Full Moon. 🍓 Fairly mild with the spring peepers and frogs 🐸 chirping in the background. It wasn’t real hot day but by afternoon it was a bit hot working under the tent. 🎪 A busy day at work but things that needed to get done got done. Lately the work at work has been pretty dry and boring 💤 but it was important work that needed to get done.

Tonight will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 59 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 22nd. Maximum dew point of 60 at 9pm. Light southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had heavy rain in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 61 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1971.

Tonight will have the Strawberry Full Moon. 🍓 At 9 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (123°) at an altitude of 2° from the horizon, some 232,774 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by November 29th. Buckle up for safety! The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 4:43 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:18 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Sunrise is 21 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:02 am with sun in the east-northeast (65°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 41 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and one second over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny ☀, with a high of 71 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 22nd. Maximum dew point of 60 at 6am. West wind 7 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 76 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1925.

I am going to do some hiking and fishing 🎣 tomorrow. Nothing too ambitious. Sunday I’ll run out to Speculator for some beer, ice and other food supplies and probably set up camp by Mason Lake for a few days next week ⛺. Or maybe I’ll head home. Probably not until sometime next week as long as I have decent cell service for work at that other campsite. 📶 Also maybe some hammock time and reading. 📖 Don’t plan to get out of bed early tomorrow as I’m staying up late tonight 🌕 with the full moon lighting the land up all around and no bugs at night 🌃 and possible rain ☔ in the morning. Sleep in late enough and things will start to clear.

In four weeks on July 3 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303°) at 8:41 pm,🌄 which is 6 minutes and 53 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot, partly sunny, shallow fog and temperatures between 90 and 63 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 102 degrees was set back in 1911.

Looking ahead,

Rain at Rossman Hill