The long-range forecast looks nice for Independence Day Weekend, with clear and cool conditions expected for the weekend. They’re talking low 70s for a high in Central Adirondacks. Independence Day (Saturday) may be the most humid portion of the weekend with potentially severe thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Summer
Fireworks Become Available In Local Stores
Should be a fun fourth of July, except for you suckers who decide to spend it in Albany County were fireworks are still illegal thanks your hard working county legislature.
Forget Backyard Pools, Build A Swimming Pond Instead
Kind of like swimming in the gorges at the state parks?
Uniform Monday Holiday Act
Until 1971, Memorial Day always occurred on May 30th.
This changed with a 1968 law known as the Uniform Monday Holiday Act which set George Washington's Birthday (later President's Day), Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day to Mondays.
Previously, all of these holidays were set days that would float with the week. Between 1971 and 1978 Veterans Day was always the second Monday in November, but Congress decided to return it to November 11th starting in 1979 -- when they created Martin Luther King Day as the third Monday in January.
Northeast To Endure More 90-Degree Days Than In 2014
Last summer was pretty cold. I could use more really balmy, hot weekends spent in the potholers this year.
Does Counting the Seconds After a Lightning Strike Work?
Yesterday’s Gone …
“They say that all good things must end some day
Autumn leaves must fall
But don’t you know that it hurts me so
To say goodbye to you
Wish you didn’t have to go
No no no no”
– Chad & Jeremy in A Summer Song