| Real Gross Domestic Product Q4 2012 to Q4 2022 | ||||
| Total change in state economic activity over the past decade, in 2012 chained (inflation-adjusted) dollars. | ||||
| Rank | State | Change | Q4 2012 | Q4 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 49.2% | $130b | $194b |
| 2 | Washington | 47.6% | $399b | $589b |
| 3 | Idaho | 46.1% | $58b | $85b |
| 4 | Colorado | 39.5% | $279b | $389b |
| 5 | Florida | 39.1% | $779b | $1,084b |
| 6 | Oregon | 38.6% | $172b | $238b |
| 7 | California | 35.9% | $2,142b | $2,911b |
| 8 | Georgia | 33.4% | $447b | $597b |
| 9 | Texas | 32.7% | $1,448b | $1,921b |
| 10 | Arizona | 32.5% | $272b | $360b |
| 11 | Nevada | 31.0% | $128b | $168b |
| 12 | Tennessee | 29.8% | $287b | $373b |
| 13 | South Carolina | 29.2% | $176b | $228b |
| 14 | North Carolina | 27.5% | $442b | $564b |
| 15 | Maine | 23.8% | $53b | $65b |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 23.7% | $443b | $548b |
| 17 | New Hampshire | 20.5% | $69b | $83b |
| 18 | Nebraska | 19.7% | $103b | $123b |
| 19 | Kansas | 19.5% | $138b | $165b |
| 20 | Indiana | 18.8% | $297b | $353b |
| 21 | Arkansas | 18.3% | $108b | $127b |
| 22 | Minnesota | 18.0% | $298b | $352b |
| 23 | Montana | 17.9% | $42b | $50b |
| 24 | Ohio | 17.8% | $543b | $640b |
| 25 | Michigan | 16.3% | $422b | $491b |
| 26 | New York | 16.3% | $1,349b | $1,569b |
| 27 | Virginia | 15.9% | $445b | $516b |
| 28 | District of Columbia | 15.9% | $112b | $130b |
| 29 | Kentucky | 14.5% | $177b | $202b |
| 30 | Alabama | 14.4% | $188b | $215b |
| 31 | New Jersey | 13.9% | $514b | $585b |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | 13.7% | $644b | $733b |
| 33 | Wisconsin | 13.5% | $275b | $312b |
| 34 | Iowa | 13.1% | $156b | $177b |
| 35 | Maryland | 12.0% | $330b | $370b |
| 36 | South Dakota | 12.0% | $44b | $49b |
| 37 | Missouri | 11.7% | $270b | $302b |
| 38 | Illinois | 11.0% | $720b | $800b |
| 39 | New Mexico | 10.8% | $86b | $96b |
| 40 | Oklahoma | 10.6% | $175b | $194b |
| 41 | Vermont | 10.0% | $29b | $32b |
| 42 | Delaware | 9.4% | $61b | $66b |
| 43 | Rhode Island | 8.5% | $51b | $56b |
| 44 | Mississippi | 6.1% | $99b | $105b |
| 45 | Hawaii | 5.5% | $72b | $76b |
| 46 | West Virginia | 5.2% | $69b | $73b |
| 47 | Connecticut | 5.0% | $241b | $253b |
| 48 | North Dakota | 0.3% | $53b | $54b |
| 49 | Wyoming | −3.4% | $38b | $37b |
| 50 | Louisiana | −5.2% | $230b | $218b |
| 51 | Alaska | −12.1% | $57b | $51b |
| Andy Arthur, 5/1/23. Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total in New York [NYRQGSP], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NYRQGSP, May 1, 2023. |
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The online Ouija board 🎱 said that I should go north this weekend to become a victim of the black flies
The online Ouija board 🎱 said that I should go north this weekend to become a victim of the black flies. 🐜
May 1, 2023 Morning
Happy May Day! 🌷
I guess it’s May so they stopped the rain showers for like two minutes. It’s only a few minutes before they crank the outdoors thermostat to 95. My neighbor already has his air conditioner installed. Me, I’ll open my windows and get the fan out as needed and make plans to head to the Potholers.
Good morning! Clouds 🌥 the rain has pulled off and 48 degrees in Delmar for the morning walk. There is a west breeze at 11 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 22 mph 💨💨💨
Kind of a chilly morning 🍃 to start off the month with the breeze and dampness making it feel a bit cool. I’m out walking 🚶 like usual, last months total worked out to be 320 miles walked. Probably that contributed to some of my weight loss plus my general reduction in calorie intake.
Today will have a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 60 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 17th. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2001. There was a dusting of snow in 1978.❄ It’s funny, I turned off the internal snow depth monitoring system on the blog on May 1st and there was that one year I awoke to a ton of snow at Moose River Plains. Okay maybe just a dusting but that’s a ton by May standards.
Last night got a good night’s sleep 🛏 by getting to bed by 8. If I’m going to get going early each morning I should at least plan to get to bed early. Rained and rained last night but it was good for my sleep. 😴
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 62.4° from the due south horizon (-8.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:16 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (285°). 📸
Need to get milk 🥛 this morning for the coffee ☕ as over the weekend the milk in the fridge got kind of rancid. I might just get a half gallon of skim just because I’m not drinking as much milk these days. 🐮 Mostly just for coffee. It will probably last longer than the gallons of milk I used to get and take less room in the cooler this weekend. Plus the paper carton is probably greener when it gets burnt and makes an excellent fire starter. 🔥
Thought about pancakes 🥞 or eggs 🥚 this morning but decided for the lighter fare of oatmeal 🥣 as last night at the folks house I had quiche. Mom insisted it was healthy, but I took a small slice of it which was good because the healthy portion with spinach was small the greasy sausage in it part was large. 🥧 I’ve gotten so sensetive about unhealthy food after reading how much damage it does to your body. 🤮 Maybe tomorrow I’ll do “oatmeal – banana – egg” pancakes or cut my remaining unhealthy sqpancake mix with old fashioned whole oats and banana.
The sunset is in the west-northwest (292°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:55 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 7 seconds with dusk around 8:25 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the southeast (142°) at an altitude of 45° from the horizon, 247,882 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:04 pm.
I am not sure how late I’ll get home today 🏢, it could a late night or maybe not. I could use some comp time, especially as I don’t currently have much and I’d kind of like to use a get out of jail free card 🎫 to leave early on Friday.
At sunset, look out for rain showers 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 52 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 8 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 30 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have scattered showers and thunderstorms. ⛈ Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tomorrow we will have showers 🌧️ before 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 5pm, then showers likely after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Almost picture perfect spring weekend on tap. 😎 Finally. I mean really the past two weeks have been real bummers. Things should be real green but the black flies 🐜 will be out in mass, at least up north. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Maximum dew point of 44 at 8pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Maximum dew point of 46 at 7pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees.
I was thinking about either Old Route 8B or East Branch Sacandaga River for the weekend ⛺ but now I’m leaning towards Schoharie and maybe hiking from Grand Gorge to Stamford on Sunday. 🚶 Might be a nice hike with everything greening up that way. Spring turkey 🦃 starts today, well regular spring turkey, youth season started a few days ago so I will want to stay out of the woods before noon but I could fish or do road hikes on Saturday before then.
One month 📅 from now will be 9 PM Dusk 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:27 pm with dusk at 9:00 pm. The average high temperature is 34 degrees, with a record high of 61 in 1895.
April 30, 2023 6 AM Update
The rain let up and I’m up for my morning walk at 6:20. 🌧️
It was raining pretty hard at 5:30 so I delayed getting out of bed for a while but I’m moving forward. 13.9 miles walked on the rainy Saturday though I doubt I’ll make it that far today.
Good morning! Where did April go? I don’t know, I think I was too busy searching 🔎 for Jesus on my own ⛪, playing that dirty old John Prine record, walking 🚶 and eating kale. 🥦 And watching as the wrinkles grew 👴🏻 as I lost the chubbiness.
Clouds, a few sprinkles and 49 degrees in Delmar for the morning walk. ☔ There is a southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear tomorrow around 7 am. Just in time for the work week. 🏢
I’m out walking 🚶 at the park 🏞 trying to get as many steps in as possible early. I don’t know how much it is going to rain so it’s best to get in as many steps in as possible before it gets wetter out.
Today will rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 60 degrees at 1pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 17th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 1pm. Southeast wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 64 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1903. There was a dusting of snow in 2008.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 62.1° from the due south horizon (-8.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:15 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (285°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (291°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:54 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 6 seconds with dusk around 8:24 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south-southeast (152°) at an altitude of 54° from the horizon, 249,862 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:02 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 57 degrees. The dew point will be 53 degrees. Breezy, 16 mph breeze ⛅ from the east with gusts up to 29mph. Today will have 14 hours and 5 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 32 seconds over yesterday.
This evening will rain ☔ and possibly have a thunderstorm, before 5am, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 5am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 47. East wind 9 to 16 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Monday with have a chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of showers after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. 🌥 👉 ☀ South wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
As previously noted, next Sunday is 8 PM Sunset 🌇 when the sun will be setting at 8:03 pm with dusk at 8:33 pm. On that day in 2022, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 59 and 45 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 69 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 1930.
Silly students
Earlier in the week I was listening to NPR and they were interviewing a student at an anti-second amendment rally in front of the NRA convention. 🔫 She was saying she was afraid to go to school as she might never see her parents or friends again because she’s afraid she will be a victim of gun violence. I thought what ludicrousy.🙉
Schools have never been safer from non-state actor criminal violence today then in their history. 👩👨They’ve been hardened in numerous ways with security cameras and remote controlled doors, have police on staff👀 and especially the large districts have extensive intelligence operations surveilling and monitoring student communications.📹
Violence of all types is decreasing in our country. There are fewer than half as many murders today as 25 years ago. 👮Tough on crime laws, mass incarceration, better social services and mental health care and even changing demographics mean people of all ages including our youth are less likely than anytime in the past half century to be murdered.🚨
But there is a bigger threat to students then ever before – the state.👮 Not a random criminal shooting students but a lawful shooting of students by armed police officers, protected by sovereign immunity and ex-parte young. Government employees face no consequences when they act on behalf of the state no matter how much of a lack of judgment they show. The next school shooting may very well be a police officer legally killing multiple students in school during a minor disturbance like a spit ball or food fight in the cafeteria. 🏫
Even when police do not kill students, they can wrongly deprive students of their rights.🚔 They can arrest protesters of all ideologies, and charge students with felonies based on rumors and remarks taken out of context.🏤 People talk about the danger of gun violence but ignore the serious danger that the state and its government enforcers poses to all of us.
Students should not be afraid of violence caused by criminals, but instead be afraid of violence caused in the lawful actions of the state. 🏢Government is not your friend, government is the all powerful bully with nearly unlimited power,🐂 going after the weak and unable to defend themselves against the powerful special interests represented by the billionaire class that gets rich off of government contracts and policies that force people to buy their business services.👺
The government and those who work for it are primarily self serving,🤑💰 they don’t care about the youth or students. It’s a fact.
Students should be protesting the ever growing government that infringes on our rights not gun violence.
April Showers and CSOs
April Showers bring…
Combined Sewer Overflows.