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Largest Earthquakes to Hit NY State

Largest Earthquakes to Hit New York State
Year Location Magnitude County Town
1944 8 km S of Cornwall, Canada 5.74 St. Lawrence Massena town
2002 8 km NNW of Au Sable Forks, New York 5.30 Clinton Black Brook town
1983 8 km WSW of Newcomb, New York 5.10 Essex Minerva town
1877 Adirondack region, New York 4.90 Franklin Franklin town
1897 Lake Champlain area, New York 4.70 Clinton Au Sable town
1929 5 km S of Corfu, New York 4.70 Genesee Darien town
1931 2 km SSW of Warrensburg, New York 4.70 Warren Warrensburg town
1944 6 km ESE of Cornwall, Canada 4.50 Franklin St. Regis Mohawk Reservation
1934 6 km WSW of Dannemora, New York 4.50 Clinton Saranac town
1853 Near Lowville, New York 4.50 Lewis Martinsburg town
1848 Near Tarrytown, New York 4.35 Westchester Mount Pleasant town
1857 Niagara County, New York 4.30 Niagara Royalton town
1867 East of Ogdensburg, New York 4.30 St. Lawrence Lisbon town
1966 3 km SE of Attica, New York 4.27 Wyoming Attica town
1975 6 km E of Altona, New York 4.20 Clinton Altona town
1928 7 km NNW of Paul Smiths, New York 4.10 Franklin Brighton town
1916 3 km SE of Galway, New York 4.10 Saratoga Galway town
Andy Arthur, 3/10/23.
Data Source: USGS Earthquakes. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/

February 9, 2023 Evening

Good evening! Cloudy and 41 degrees in Delmar for the evening walk. ☁️ Breezy, ️16 mph breeze from the south-southeast 🌬 with gusts up to 30 mph πŸ’¨πŸ’¨πŸ’¨. There is a inch of snow on the ground. β˜ƒ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at Saturday around 1 am. β˜ƒοΈ

Kind of chilly this evening with the wind 🌬️ but I’m out walking because that’s what I do in the evening. One of my eyes πŸ‘€ is a bit irritated and I’m tired 😴 as I didn’t sleep well last night as I was a bit bothered by the news of Ward Stone’s passing. The high cost of politics. I think it’s better to focus on making money πŸ’΅ and looking the other way as your community is going to shit.

Tonight will rain likely before 10pm, then a chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 42 degrees at 6pm. 26 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 27th. South wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 12 degrees. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1948.

Somebody brought in doughnuts 🍩 to work today and I walked right on by. Sugar is ducking poison ☠ I told myself and walked on by. I don’t need the free food, I’m not starving. Having that bowl of oranges, apples and bananas in my office really helps. 🍊🍎🍌 I eat a couple throughout the day whenever I’m hungry and I have a lot more energy. And if turns out it’s actually cheaper than eating bigger meals. 🍴 Pasta, frozen chicken, sauce seems cheap – if you buy in bulk but it’s not if you end up eating a ton of it, ignoring the health impacts. But if you’re eating fruits and vegetables all day long πŸ₯¦ you feel far less hungry. 🀰🏼

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous πŸŒ– Moon with 84% illuminated. The moon will rise at 9:21 pm. The Snow ❄ Moon is on Saturday, February 25. The darkest hour is at 12:10 am, followed by dawn at 6:32 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:02 am in the east-southeast (110Β°) and last for 3 minutes and 4 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 15 seconds earlier than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 7:42 am with sun in the east-southeast (117Β°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 36 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 35 seconds over last night.

Today I found they are extending the 519 bus to Voorheesville. 🚍 Kind of happy 😊 about being able to catch the express in front of my apartment as it makes for an easier commute on session days or bad weather when I don’t want to necessarily walk down to the express.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 48 degrees at 10am. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 22nd. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. A year ago, we had snow in the morning, which became snow by afternoon. The high last year was 25 degrees. The record high of 53 was set in 1955. 4.0 inches of snow fell back in 1892.❄

Saturday I’m thinking of sanding and painting that rust spot on my passenger door of my truck. Figure arrest the rust the best I can while I still can. πŸ›»πŸ–ŒοΈ And maybe do an early morning walk 🚢 down to Norman’s Kills Falls.

In four weeks on March 9 the sun will be setting in the west (265Β°) at 5:55 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 35 minutes and 12 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 50 and 27 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 43 and 24 degrees. The record high of 81 degrees was set back in 2016.

Looking ahead, Read Across America Day πŸ“š is in 3 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset πŸŒ‡ is in 2 months, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 11 weeks, 8:30 PM Dusk πŸŒ† is in 12 weeks, 8 PM Sunset πŸŒ‡ is in 12 weeks, 9 PM Dusk πŸŒ† is in 16 weeks, June 🍹 is in 16 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset πŸŒ‡ is in 17 weeks, Ugly Truck Day 🚚 is in 23 weeks, Campfire Day πŸ”₯ is in 25 weeks, Columbus Day πŸ›₯️ is in 35 weeks, Average High is 60 πŸ‚ is in 36 weeks, Thanksgiving πŸ¦ƒ is in 41 weeks, Average High is 40 🌨 is in 10 months, Earliest Sunset of the Year βŒ›οΈ is in 10 months, First Day of Winter β˜ƒοΈ is in 45 weeks and 4:30 PM Sunset πŸŒ† is in 46 weeks.

Snowmobile Trail Climbs Henry Hill

February 9, 2023 Morning

Good morning! Firery red skies to the south east and 22 degrees for the morning walk. πŸŒ… Calm wind for now. ️Things will start to thaw out at around 8 am. 🌑️Then more rain. That should kill off most of the remaining snow.

Skies are certainly colorful for the morning walk 🚢 but it’s a sure sign of the coming clouds and rain. I will try to get as many steps as possible in before the rain, probably walking the Concourse and museum at lunch time so I have my ten k in without having to walk in the rain β˜”.

Out walking by 6:30 which is good πŸ₯ž though it’s still to dark to walk before breakfast at six but maybe next week. I generally like walking earlier in the morning when it’s quieter out. Also if I walk first then I feel like time is less compressed in the morning. πŸ—œ

Today will rain, mainly after 11am. 🌧 High of 42 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 6th. Light south wind increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. I’m old enough to remember when it snowed in the winter but not this year. A year ago, we had snow in the morning, which became snow by afternoon. The high last year was 24 degrees. The record high of 57 was set in 1925. 13.7 inches of snow fell back in 1906.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 32.7Β° from the due south horizon (-38.2Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 9.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 4:39 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (244Β°). πŸ“Έ

The sunset is in the west-southwest (251Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:19 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 4 seconds with dusk around 5:48 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ The best time to look at the stars is after 6:22 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 42 degrees. Breezy, 17 mph breeze β›… from the south-southeast with gusts up to 30mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 24 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 36 seconds over today.

Tonight will rain likely before midnight, then a chance of showers, mainly between midnight and 5am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 42 degrees at 6pm. 26 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 27th. South wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 12 degrees. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1948.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Northwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees.

Maybe a bit breezy but the sunshine β˜€ should be nice. Still think this should be a stay at home weekend though I’m considering stopping by Indian Lader Farms 🍏 and doing some bird 🐦 watching at the marsh out in Voorheesville though with the muck boots πŸ‘’ on.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Read Across America Day πŸ“š when the sun will be setting at 5:47 pm with dusk at 6:14 pm. On that day in 2022, we had cold, mostly sunny and temperatures between 24 and 9 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 40 degrees. We hit a record high of 65 back in 1991.

Sun Through the Trees

February 8, 2023 Morning

Good morning! What day is it? Farmers Market Day, of course. I’m really hoping they’ll have apples 🍏. Mostly cloudy and 34 degrees for the morning walk 🚢 in the land of Delmaritian. ☁ There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. πŸƒ. There is a inch of snow on the ground. β˜ƒ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 9 pm. β˜ƒοΈ

Been trying to get an earlier start for the morning walk 🚢 just because it means less smoldering cars in front of High School 🚸 to breathe the toxic emissions and crazied motorists 🏎 around the High School. A quite dark morning with the clouds but going to clear later. Mild, I like that fact. I’m going to try to catch the earlier bus 🚍 downtown as I’m up earlier.

With the oranges 🍊 and bananas 🍌my fruit bowl looks nice at work. Provides good snacking throughout the day. 🍎 Now I just need to add apples.

Today will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny ☁ πŸ‘‰ β˜€ , with a high of 40 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 28th. Kind of the opposite of yesterday. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 23 degrees. The record high of 52 was set in 1925. 14.0 inches of snow fell back in 1895.❄

Probably going to have to use that brass lamp on my desk πŸ›‹οΈ but whatever. One more session day dressed up and taking the local to work 🚍 and then it’s back to the express. Tomorrow I might want to get my steps in early πŸ‘£ as it’s going to rain β˜” again in the evening.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 32.3Β° from the due south horizon (-38.5Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 9.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 4:38 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (243Β°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west-southwest (250Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:18 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 5 seconds with dusk around 5:47 pm, which is one minute and 19 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ The best time to look at the stars is after 6:21 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies πŸŒ„ and temperatures around 38 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 10 mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 21 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 33 seconds over today.

I didn’t listen to the State of the Union last night. 🎀 I get tired of all that politician crap and my sleep 😴 is valuable if I want to produce best results at work tomorrow. From listening to NPR this morning I don’t think I missed much. Lex Fridman podcast was more interesting interviewing that pschyatrist.

Tonight will have increasing clouds ☁, with a low of 29 degrees at 5am. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 24th. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 8 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1934.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 42. Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees. What are the odds of that? Not going to be any snow around or at least not a lot. Muddy though.

Probably just a stay at home 🏑 weekend, Saturday walking 🚢 out to Five Rivers and Sunday Bennett Hill, maybe the Town Park 🏞 and out to see the folks. 🍲

Looking ahead, there are 3 weeks until March 🌨 when the sun will be setting at 5:45 pm with dusk at 6:12 pm. There is hope for spring but we all know that cold springs usually follow warm winters. On that day in 2022, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 41 and 17 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 40 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 2017.

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February 5, 2023 Evening

Good evening! Can you believe another week has come and gone? I’m just glad we are done with the real cold for a while and I can turn down the heat and not freeze my butt off walking 🚢.

I find it hard to believe the first week of my forties has come and gone. πŸŽ‚ It was such an ordinary week, backgrounds and committee agendas, except for the carrot πŸ₯• cake they had for my birthday at the gang meeting. So sweet especially as I’ve cut almost all sugary substances out of my diet.

Mostly cloudy with filtered moon light and 38 degrees at the Delmar for the evening walk. ☁ There is a south breeze at 10 mph. πŸƒ. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. β˜ƒ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing around 5 am. β˜ƒοΈ

Today I walked 🚢 ten miles between my morning, evening walks and Bennett Hill and over two miles with my parents dog 🐢 and then Wally World. I got needles so I can fix the missing button on one of my dress shirts πŸ•΄οΈand some more fruits and vegetables. I had plenty of pasta and juice πŸ₯€ and stuff like that as I’ve really been cutting back with my calorie reduction program, splitting meals 🍴 into two and freezing to save money πŸ’΅ and improve health. Over 22,000 steps for the day. πŸ‘£

Tonight will be cloudy ☁, with a low of 31 degrees at 5am. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 30th. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Makes up for being so cold on Saturday. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 12 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1948.

Ended up buying 4 1/2 of bananas at Wally World. 🍌 I think I may have gone bananas. πŸ’ But they were 53 cents a pound, which isn’t a good excuse for buying them, but I am trying to fit more healthy food into my diet, and bananas are a good snack, along with oranges, 🍊 which I brought into my office. Most of them were still green too, so they should be good all week. Started a compost container in the kitchen, as I don’t want to be dumping all those rhines in with kitchen burnables — they won’t burn well or at least I’ll want a hot fire πŸ”₯ before the try to burn them. But I can probably take them out to my parents house for composting if I ask. I know I need to live out in the country and have hogs. πŸ–

Watched a video about flossing your teeth better. 🦷 I have to admit I’ve not been good about flossing though I realize it’s not my fault as I doubt I was instructed as a child πŸ§’. While I don’t have soda or candy 🍬 at home and drink a lot of milk πŸ₯›, I’m a bit horrified how many people I went to school with have teeth problems or missing teeth in their forties. Children of Appalachia really don’t get the dental care they need but that’s in a large part how shitty health care is in America. My teeth aren’t perfect – I resisted getting extra braces and skipped dentist visits for a decade after college πŸŽ“ but they’re generally healthy bar some chips and that one filled cavity.

Been thinking about making an doctors appointment for a physical. πŸ‘¨‍βš•οΈ While I think I am generally healthy, it’s been a long time since I’ve gotten a good check over. I haven’t had my blood pressure checked in a number of years, weighted or general check up. I guess the value is limited, but there is no cost for the yearly physical and maybe I will find a health issue early before it becomes a problem. In my forties, I’m trying to be healthier, so when I own my own land, I will be able to enjoy it. 🐷

Tonight will have a Full 🌝 Moon. Yeap, you can see it through the clouds. At 7 PM, the moon was in the east (80°) at an altitude of 19° from the horizon, some 251,652 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. πŸš€ At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by August 15th. Buckle up for safety! πŸ’Ί

The darkest hour is at 12:10 am, followed by dawn at 6:37 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:06 am in the east-southeast (111°) and last for 3 minutes and 7 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 9 seconds earlier than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 7:47 am with sun in the east-southeast (118°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 47 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 29 seconds over last night.

I gassed up Big Red and gave him a bath. 🚿 The car wash was only four bucks as somebody left time on the machine which gave me time to pressure wash the under carriage. More big hunks of rust fell off, I need to paint the door it again. Going to spray WD 40 on it for the mean time. I was very low on gas β›½ as I hadn’t fueled up since before the Madison County trip so its not that big of deal but it was $85 in fuel. I know yikes, when I’m trying to cut expenses. 🀯 My next truck will be smaller I think. 🚚 If I had a farm and had to move cattle – maybe someday – I’ll want a big truck but right now it’s fun but excessively expensive to operate for the things I do. 🀠

Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny ☁, with a high of 42 degrees at 10am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 6th. North wind 5 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 55 was set in 1991. 10.8 inches of snow fell back in 1978.❄

In four weeks on March 5 the sun will be setting in the west (263°) at 5:50 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 35 minutes and 38 seconds later then tonight. In 2021 on that day, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 31 and 15 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 41 and 23 degrees. The record high of 71 degrees was set back in 1964.

Looking ahead, Daylight Savings Time πŸŒ† is in 5 weeks, Last Day of Winter πŸ‚ is in 6 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset πŸŒ‡ is in 9 weeks, Average High is 60 🌷 is in 10 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🀠 is in 3 months, 8 PM Sunset πŸŒ‡ is in 13 weeks, Mothers Day πŸ‘©‍ is in 14 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 4 months, Fathers Day πŸ‘¨ is in 18 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year πŸ˜… is in 5 months, Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 5 months, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM πŸŒ† is in 23 weeks, Work Like a Dog Day 🐩 is in 6 months, 6:30 Sunrise πŸŒ‡ is in 31 weeks, Constitution Day πŸ“œ is in 32 weeks, October πŸŽƒ is in 34 weeks, Average High is 65 πŸ‚ is in 35 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 is in 10 months, 7:15 AM Sunrise βŒ›οΈ is in 44 weeks and Christmas Eve πŸŽ… is in 46 weeks.

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