Here is a crosswalk table for converting Onondaga County 2020 EDs to 2023 EDs.
In a nutshell, 87 EDs changed in Onondaga County, mostly in the city after redistricting, though also some changes in the town. Block-level VAP again was used estimating how much of the old ED is in the new ED. I’ll probably do Erie next.
So basically to use this table, like the one I posted for Albany County, you would do this kind of math:
Good morning! Happy Thursday. Mostly clear and 25 degrees 🌃 at the in Delmar, NY for morning walk. There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. There are 4 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️
Out for the morning walk 🚶 before sunrise at 6:25. But already it’s not super dark or cold. At least in the evening there was some light for the walk then. I didn’t get out walking last night until 7:15 pm because session dragged a little beyond 5 pm and I ended up catching the local home at 5:45. But there was still daylight. Cold ❄ day yesterday with the wind but already this morning is much nicer. Ton of black ice on the sidewalks this morning, caught myself a few times starting to fall. Last night wasn’t so bad.
Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 45 degrees at 5pm. Seems warm and nice. Just typical for today. West wind 7 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 82 was set in 1990. 13.4 inches of snow fell back in 1956.❄
While there is quite a bit of snow around ☺ it should be a good day. Probably won’t be able to go to the park this evening but I’m hoping to get out walking 🚶 in the daylight hours. Session day 🕴️but a get away day so hopefully they’ll bang through the budget reso and I’ll be able to take the express home. Then a quick dinner – I have several options I’ve frozen over the past few weeks. 🍲 I actually did a small bowl of pasta last night because I wanted to finish off the open container of pasta sauce that was getting old and I didn’t want to go bad.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:05 pm with sun having an altitude of 45.6° from the due south horizon (-25.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:26 pm with the sun in the west (262°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (269°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:03 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:30 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:04 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 41 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 6 mph. Tomorrow will have 12 hours and 2 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over today.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 32 degrees at 2am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 2nd. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2022, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 43 degrees. The record low of -1 occurred back in 1916.
On the bus ride home I overheard somebody say one of my clients had passed 👥, I was thinking not another one as I think half of my clients have come and gone over the years. He was one of the good ones not that I necessarily agree with his politics but he’s good for his district. The thing about it, it’s not true. 🤥The Republican who was talking had no idea what she was talking about. The buses 🚍 are good place to hear rumors in Albany but not all of them are true. 💭
Cool this weekend with temperatures running 9 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😃 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 41. West wind 10 to 13 mph. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 33. Breezy. Typical average high for the weekend is 46 degrees.
One month 📅 from now the Average High is 60 🌷 when the sun will be setting at 7:39 pm with dusk at 8:07 pm.
As everybody loves Super EDs so much, I calculated them out between the 2020 Albany County EDs to 2023 Albany County EDs using Voter Age Population within each of them to get a percentage of old in the new. I'm going to use this to crunch some old races to new EDs in the next few days.
Turning forty this past year, inflation and my general desire in being healthier has made me think a lot more about what I have in my pantry and what I ultimately put in my mouth.
Try to maintain a free, essentially unlimited supply of fruits and vegetables at home and in my office
Have no restrictions on the amount of fruit and vegetables that I eat but avoid eating much calorie heavy foods
No more second helpings but instead freeze food
Eat more rice, lentils and oatmeal – fiber heavy foods that make you feel fuller quicker
Eliminate apple juice from my diet, drink less milk, eat less cheese and meat, eliminating then from as many meals as possible
Avoid candy and cake, even if they are offered to me for free
Buy food in bulk, maximize my food dollars on things like bulk frozen fruits and vegetables that come with minimal and burnable waste
My goal is multi faceted:
Loose some weight and be healthier as I’m heading into my forties so I can live a better life
Reduce expenses with inflation taking an increasing bite out of my budget
Reduce the amount of garbage I’m producing so I’m burning less plastic and other trash
Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! As they say, one month from now will be mid April and at least in the city it probably be starting greening up a bit. 🌿 Hello black flies.
Partly sunny and 21 degrees for the morning walk in Delmar. 🌅 Calm wind. A little bit cool but sunny which is nice for a change. But it’s not expected to last. ️Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️The sun is in my eyes 👀 for the walk today though that won’t be an issue next week with the time change.
Today will have a chance of rain, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds 🌞 👉 🌥 , with a high of 42 degrees at 2pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 8th. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mist in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 72 was set in 1977. 5.7 inches of snow fell back in 1964.❄
Yesterday was a Thursday and it was a busy one with a big background on my desk so edit. 📄 So time went by quickly. 🍌🍎 I eat a lot of fruit and then came home and had a small bowl of pasta with lots of green beans. And saved lots of pasta for future use. 🍝Finished up my 10,000 steps minimum over 50 days though ultimately I believe I walked closer to 800,000 steps 👣 over that time period.
Last night I was been doing some research on Kriging and election mapping though I realized it’s a bit more difficult without having the voter file geocoded and the Census household survey data not released yet from the Census for block level data. 🖥 Plus I’m actually not sure how valuable the results are as election districts are pretty small to start out. It’s going to be even harder in coming years as they’ve reduced the number of election districts to 231 from 319 in 2023.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 43.2° from the due south horizon (-27.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:18 pm with the sun in the west (259°). 📸
The sunset is in the west (265°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:56 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 6:23 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:57 pm. At sunset, look out for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 40 degrees. There will be a northeast breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 42 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will rain and snow likely before 8pm, then snow. 🌧 Low of 30 degrees at 3am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 27th. North wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. In 2022, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 22 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1939.
Today in 1969, in Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. 😵💫 He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
Tomorrow will have rain showers and snow likely before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain showers between 2pm and 3pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 40 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 2nd. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mist in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 51 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 1977. 4.1 inches of snow fell back in 1941.❄
Looking ahead to Sunday, partly sunny, ☀ with a high near 44. Light northeast wind. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.
Looking ahead, next Friday is St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 when the sun will be setting at 7:05 pm with dusk at 7:31 pm (Daylight Savings Time). That’s why the Saint Patrick’s Day parade is on Saturday of this week. On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy, mild, rain showers and temperatures between 55 and 43 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 45 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.
