Gilboa, New York

Gilboa is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,215 at the 2000 census. The Town of Gilboa is in the south part of the county and is southwest of Albany.

ccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 59.3 square miles (154 km2), of which, 57.8 square miles (150 km2) of it is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) of it (2.63%) is water.

The south town line forms a border with Delaware County and Greene County. The Schoharie Creek flows northward through the town. New York State Route 30 is a north-south highway in Gilboa. New York State Route 23 cuts through the southwest corner of the town. New York State Route 990V is a highway running eastward from NY-30 in the southeast part of Gilboa.

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Oil

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​The world burns through 94 million barrels of oil daily which is equal to 157 million gallons of oil consumed per hour. 

While oil is one of the top 20 most plentiful materials in the earth’s crust, you can understand why people are concerned about climate change with all the carbon dioxide released into the air. 

Blizzard 1969-1970

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This morning in 1969 was negative 22 degrees in Albany and the start of the 1969 blizzard in Albany. All traffic would be banned on Albany city streets until New Year’s Day, state government closed down for five days.

An exasperated Erastus Corning would tell a reporter asking for a time line on Albany snow removal: “If God put it here, God will take it away”. It wouldn’t be until the third week of January 1970 that all Albany streets would be free of snow. The city would spend over $2 million in 1969 dollars on snow removal for this one storm, which was bonded and paid off by taxpayers through the early 1980s.

I don’t really celebrate Christmas

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I don’t really celebrate Christmas these days. Sure I will go out to my parents house for Christmas dinner, but I don’t decorate or do much special for the holiday season. I don’t have any decorations in my apartment and I don’t hang up lights. I’m not really all that much into Christmas music or the hustle bustle of the stores. It’s just not a holiday that does much for me, especially not being a particularly religious person.

I think I would rather just spend Christmas in the wilderness, looking at the trees glimmering in the snow, enjoying a long night by the campfire. With the snow I usually can’t camp with the power from my truck to run the colorful Christmas lights, but I can have lots of candlelights, and the lantern works well. The Big Buddy heater will help to keep my chair warm and my tent toasty. Listen to some Christmas music and maybe some podcasts, enjoy the stars and God’s beauty, then retire to the tent for a nice warm night in cozy sleeping bags.

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Merry Christmas!🎄

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It seems remarkable that Christmas is upon us again, so quickly. Where did the year go? It just seems like time fades away so quickly with another Christmas upon us.

Formal Education

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Reading the Nature of Geographic Information textbook reminds me of both the pros and cons of formal education…

  • PRO – Teaches you orderly, structured ways of thinking about a topic using scientific jargon and ways to avoid mistakes
  • CON – Doesn’t really teach you much how to do things, only how to think about things in an ordered way that can avoid mistakes or sloppiness

Today you should wish people Happy Winter.

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Today you should wish people Happy Winter. 🌨️ The next three days are an appropriate time to wish people a Merry Christmas.🎄 Next week, it’s an appropriate time to wish people a Happy New Year. 🎇 Previously, it was an appropriate time to wish people Happy Holidays.☃️

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The Spotted Owl

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The Spotted Owl

11/26/20

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The story of how the Endangered Species Act went from unanimous passage under a Republican president to becoming a deeply partisan wedge. The act was passed to protect big, beloved animals like bald eagles and blue whales; no one thought it would apply to a motley, reclusive owl. In this episode from Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Timber Wars, a story about saving the last of America’s old growth forests and the push to roll back environmental protections.