- 1920 – A bomb exploded outside the J.P. Morgan & Co. bank headquarters in New York City. The explosion killed 38 people and injured hundreds more in what is known as the Wall Street bombing, a tragic act of terrorism.
- 2001 – The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) reopened for trading after being closed for four days following the September 11th terrorist attacks. This marked a significant moment in the recovery and resilience of the financial markets in the wake of the attacks.
- 2011 – The Occupy Wall Street movement began in New York City’s Zuccotti Park. This protest movement, which spread to other cities and countries, aimed to address issues related to income inequality, corporate influence, and economic injustice.
- 2018 – The Governors Island Climate Summit took place in New York City. This summit brought together leaders from around the world to discuss climate change and its impacts, coinciding with the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.
I might have fifteenth weeks of trips planned between now and November with maybe three weekends I can get away ⛺
That’s kind of just the nature of the beast got to pick and choose which adventures to take, noting that some trips in November wouldn’t be a bad thing – such as a Stoney Pond State Forest and Madison County trip before rifle season and the snow.
Good morning! Rain and 59 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ Calm wind. The dew point is 57 degrees. A half inch of rain is expected before it ends tomorrow around 6 am.
Another dark morning 🧑🍳 baking bread 🍞 and making up rice, lentils and black beans 🍲 for the upcoming week. Mom has butternut squash for dinner with chicken and now I’m thinking I got to get some of that from the farmers market or grocery store as it’s so good. The weekend is over but I’m dreaming of future trips. But maybe not next weekend, as it looks kind of rainy. Too bad it couldn’t rain on the weekdays next weekend like it is raining this Monday.
Back to work on the earlier local bus 🚍 as it’s rainy day ☔ and I’m going to walk laps in the Plaza before climbing the stairs and getting down to work. Still working downtown for the time being , to wet to ride to work. The rest of the week though looks good for riding to and from work though depending on the final weekend forecast I might take off Friday and maybe Monday to head out of town but where is to be decided. So many dreams of future trips, as soon as I got back from Rensselarville State Forest.
Today will have showers likely, mainly before 3pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 64 degrees at 1pm. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 9th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 3pm. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1891.
Midday I will have to walk up to Market 32 🛒 to get contact solution as I’m out. And maybe a few other things for my pantry though I’m pretty much set. Hopefully it won’t be raining too hard midday. Worse comes to worse I can bike 🚲 over to Hannaford after work or I guess drive. But I’d rather avoid that if possible.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:51 pm with sun having an altitude of 49.3° from the due south horizon (-21.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:25 pm with the sun in the west (267°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (274°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:02 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:28 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-southwest (237°) at an altitude of 10° from the horizon, 242,172 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:04 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 62 degrees. The dew point will be 59 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 56 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 8th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 6pm. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2022, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was sticky. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1959.
Waiting and watching the weekend forecast. 😕 I don’t think this early in the week it’s set in stone. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 72. Maximum dew point of 56 at 11am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 60 at 11am. Typical average high for the weekend is 72 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 8 weeks until Average Night is Below Freezing 🌌 when the sun will be setting at 4:36 pm with dusk at 5:05 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 49 and 36 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 50 degrees. We hit a record high of 69 back in 1964. I’ll have to once again fix the air leaks around my door 🚪 and get out the little space heater and electric blanket. But hopefully not for a while.
They just threw the cookies away 🍪
Free stuff or the dumpster is the choice that seems all to often to be put forward to me.
It was the end of the work picnic and there was a bunch of left overs including several unopened boxes of oatmeal and macadamia nut cookies. I was told they’re going into the dumpster if I didn’t take them. I guess they were right.
I’m sure they were delicious cookies now buried in the landfill with tons of other garbage. But I just didn’t want to bring them home, lest I feel the pressure to eat them before they went stale, loaded with tons of sugar, calories and saturated fats. I am so over those days in my thirties and twenties when I was chubby – and my body shouldn’t be the world’s garbage disposal. I guess the empty calories would have saved me on groceries and they would have tasted good but whatever.
Honestly, if I had been smart I would have grab them, taken them into the office the next day for people less health conscience or just wanting a single cookie. But I was worried about the temptation to eat them over night, and honestly wasn’t thinking that far advance about tomorrow and sharing in the office, after the hottest day of the summer, drinking beer and cooking burgers and sweet corn over charcoal and camp grill. Maybe I should have been.
Same thing happened the next day with the left over hot dogs and burgers that were saved from the picnic. They offered them to everybody and they had a ton of uncooked burgers they were giving away. While I will occasionally eat a burger like the one I had at the picnic, I didn’t want a freezer full of red meat loaded with saturated fats. Maybe I should have taken some home and froze the meat for future use but I did not.
It’s not my job to save the world from waste. I rarely waste food at home, it’s rare I have spoiled food as I will cut off soft parts and even mold for compost. But I’m no longer stuffing my face at receptions and events I go to prevent food waste. I do my part in my own life but I can’t control the bad wasteful practices of others and I’m not going to ruin my health just to avoid waste. Free isn’t free if it’s cost is your health.
Ruffled Grouse in New York State
The ruffled grouse, often referred to as the partridge, is a medium-sized game bird native to North America. Its name, “ruffled,” aptly describes its appearance, characterized by a tuft of feathers on its neck that can be raised and fanned out during displays of courtship or when the bird feels threatened. These grouse are renowned for their remarkable camouflage, allowing them to blend seamlessly into their woodland habitats. They are primarily found in mature forests with a mix of hardwoods, conifers, and dense underbrush, as these environments offer them protection, food, and suitable nesting sites.
Ruffled grouse are omnivorous birds with a varied diet. They consume plant matter such as berries, buds, leaves, and seeds, as well as insects and small invertebrates. They are most active during the day and spend their time foraging on the forest floor. Their unique drumming display during the breeding season, produced by beating their wings against the air, is an auditory spectacle that resonates through the woods and is integral to their courtship ritual.
The ruffled grouse serves as a symbol of New York State’s natural beauty and biodiversity. Their existence is closely tied to the health of our forests, making their conservation essential. Through restoration efforts, like those undertaken by the CCC during the 1930s, and ongoing initiatives focused on sustainable forestry and habitat preservation, we can ensure that future generations have the opportunity to appreciate the unique charm of the ruffled grouse in New York State’s woodlands.
A nice morning after a cool and windy weekend at Rennselearville State Forest 🌀
It was nice to get away for two nights, only a quick trip from home. Not a lot of gas or costs which is good plus some great views, chances to ride and walk in the woods.
Good morning! Mostly sunny ☀ and 52 degrees at the Rensselaerville State Forest. There is a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 49 degrees.
Nice morning today 🌅 but a bit chilly. But it’s the second half of September and I’m in the high country of Albany County so it’s to be expected. Didn’t run out of propane which became a concern yesterday when I noticed the tank was getting light and it’s been about ten nights in the woods since filling the tank on vacation, though many did not involve using the heater much.
Today will have increasing clouds ☀ ➡ ☁, with a high of 65 degrees at 4pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 7th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 10am. West wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1942.
Taking camp ⛺ down relatively early 🕒 as I’m thinking about exploring Huyck Preserve 🐸 for a while before going to the folks house 🏡 early to pick apples 🍏 and Sunday dinner. 🍠🍗 Going to be rain ☔ by evening and I don’t want to get home that late with the earlier sunsets.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:52 pm with sun having an altitude of 49.8° from the due south horizon (-21.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. Autumn is rapidly approaching. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:28 pm with the sun in the west (268°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (274°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:05 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:31 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-southwest (249°) at an altitude of 6° from the horizon, 244,955 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:07 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 60 degrees. The dew point will be 51 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 12 hours and 27 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.
Yesterday was a somewhat slow day and by midday I was a bit cold 🥶 so I retreated to my truck cap, took a nap and watched YouTube. 📹 Then the sun came out and warmed up a bit, wind which was roaring slowed and went for a ride to the Hillicross Parcel 🏞 then around some of the dirt roads and haul roads 🚲 at the State Forest. Then came back, fried up some potatoes, spinach, snap peas and salmon 🐠 then went for a hike through the woods to the hill overlooking Camp Cass. Came back had a nice fire 🔥 until around ten. Very starry ✨ night, saw two shooting stars before retiring to bed around ten. With the breeze I kept the fire small as it was a rather sparky evening. Not worried about a grass fire but didn’t like all the sparks heading towards my truck for obvious reasons.
Tonight will have showers, mainly after 10pm. 🌧 Low of 53 degrees at 1am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 19th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 1am. 🏖️ Light and variable wind becoming east around 6 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2022, we had partly cloudy skies. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 62 degrees. The record low of 35 occurred back in 1986.
I was hoping to get up to the Adirondacks next weekend for a long one, ⛺ but we’ll see with the weather. I doubt there is much color change yet 🍂 and as of now the long range for next weekend isn’t all that great. But September weekends are rapidly expiring and October is quickly coming. As of now I’m thinking of possibly taking a week the third week of October but things could change.
Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until October 🎃 when the sun will be setting at 6:40 pm with dusk at 7:07 pm. Happens so quickly. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 69 and 46 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 68 degrees. We hit a record high of 90 back in 1927.
An unnecessarily antagonistic ammunition purchasing system 🔫
New York State now requires you to pay $2.50 and fill out a lengthy form and wait for a background check to buy ammunition. Just to make it as much of a taxing, pain in the ass process as possible for gun owners and hunters.
Most people whenever they can will certainly be planning to buy ammunition the next time they travel out of state to Pennsylvania or Vermont where you can buy ammo just by picking it off the shelf and going to the cash register and paying, most likely depriving state businesses and county and state tax revenues. Technically if you plan to use the ammunition in state your supposed to remit the sales tax to the state but few will.
How could it have been done better? For one, the process could have been automated and the fee waved. Most gun owners have drivers licenses or at least non-driver ids. Those could be scanned and an instant background check using a computer without paperwork implemented. There is no need for a fee, the cost of a database lookup is deminis and at any rate, reducing gun violence is a public purpose and there is no reason why a prohibited purchasers database couldn’t be maintained solely out of general funds.
The whole process would be a lot less objectionable had it been fully automated and free for ammunition purchasers. Maybe it could be pared tightly with the DEC DECALS system so that when you bought ammunition they could also sell you hunting and fishing licenses – or if your license was expired or soon to be expired, they could sell you a new license.
Notable history in New York State on September 16th
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1776: During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Harlem Heights took place in what is now the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. This battle was part of the New York and New Jersey campaign and saw American forces successfully engage the British.
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1908: General Motors (GM) was founded in Flint, Michigan, but its co-founder, William C. Durant, was originally from New York. The establishment of GM would have significant implications for the automotive industry and the state’s economy.
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1920: A bomb explosion on Wall Street in New York City killed 38 people and injured hundreds more in what became known as the Wall Street bombing. The incident remains one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in U.S. history at the time.
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1940: The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, the first peacetime draft in the United States, went into effect. This event had a significant impact on the nation, including New York State, as men were drafted into military service in preparation for World War II.
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1960: The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, their historic home stadium. The team would relocate to Los Angeles the following year, marking the end of an era in New York City sports history.
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1992: The trial of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the notorious Mexican drug lord, began in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York. This trial garnered significant media attention and was a landmark case in the fight against drug cartels.
