Day: April 24, 2020πŸ’Ύ

Martin Rather talks about the Rather Prize

Martin Rather talks about the Rather Prize

4/24/2020 by The Focus on Albany Show

Web player: https://podplayer.net/?id=103139465
Episode: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/cynpooler/2020/04/24/martin-rather-talks-about-the-rather-prize.mp3

I’ve know Cynthia Pooler for many years but got to know her better when I started working with her on the Reszin Adams documentary which is kind of on hold with Coronavirus. But this podcast episode interviewing Martin Rather, son of Dan Rather, really gets to you about how truly awful the Coronavirus is in New York City.

April 24, 2020 Night

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 47 degrees in Delmar, NY. πŸŒƒ Calm wind.

I am getting up early for a sunrise πŸŒ… hike tomorrow so I got to get to sleep. Otherwise I’d be sitting out back, enjoying the nice evening weather. I’m actually surprised that my neighbors don’t have a fire πŸ”₯ out back it’s a nice evening but maybe they have to work tomorrow.

Went to the laundromat and worked from there πŸ‘š in my truck while doing my wash. Between the roomy cab of my truck and the Wi-Fi this is a pretty good place to work in my opinion. πŸ’» Beats my uncomfortable chair at home and the sluggish cellular internet that I have to be so darn careful to keep just for work. On my personal laptop on the Wi-Fi I can update my blog or go to any web site I want and it’s fast. Later on I walked down to the park β›² and did my evening walk.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy πŸŒ₯, with a low of 37 degrees at 6am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 15th. Calm wind. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 38 degrees. The record low of 23 occurred back in 1965.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent πŸŒ’ Moon with 3% illuminated. At 8 PM, the moon was in the west (279Β°) at an altitude of 15Β° from the horizon, some 247,513 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 October 29th. Buckle up for safety! πŸ’Ί The moon will set in the west-northwest (293Β°) at 9:26 pm. The Flower 🌷 Moon is on Thursday, May 7. The darkest hour is at 12:54 am, followed by dawn at 5:30 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:00 am in the east-northeast (71Β°) and last for 3 minutes and 3 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 29 seconds earlier than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 6:39 am with sun in the east-northeast (78Β°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 9 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 37 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 62 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 23rd. Light north wind. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 66 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 2009. 0.3 inches of snow fell back in 1928.❄

This should be a really nice day. I’m planning on spending most of the afternoon hiking at Partridge Run 🚢 and then I may spend a night at a different state forest in the hammock β›Ί but it depends. Not going to be super cold tomorrow if I wear my hoodie and pack some blankets. Maybe have a little fire back in the woods then fall asleep to the sounds of woods. Looks like the rain β˜” won’t come until fairly late on Sunday or at least I’ll be up quiet early on Sunday should I decide to spend the night.

In four weeks on May 22 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (299Β°) at 8:18 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 30 minutes and 8 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny skies, with a few rain showers and temperatures between 71 and 45 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 71 and 49 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1911.

Looking ahead, May πŸ•Š is in 1 week, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 6 weeks and Latest Sunset πŸŒ† is in 2 months.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ¦…Only 4 weeks remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!πŸ¦…πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Before Dark

Terrain Map: Albany Pine Bush 1952 High Resolution
SVGZ Graphic: Tyler v. Hennepin County States

NPR

Workers Sue Smithfield Foods, Allege Conditions Put Them At Risk For COVID-19 : NPR

Smithfield Foods, one of the biggest meat producers in the country, is operating its plant in Milan, Mo., "in a manner that contributies" to the spread of the coronavirus, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Kansas City.

 

The suit, brought by a plant worker identified as Jane Doe and by a nonprofit that advocates for plant workers, accuses Smithfield of failing to provide workers with sufficient protective equipment; forcing them to work shoulder to shoulder; giving them insufficient opportunities to wash their hands; discouraging them from taking sick leave; and failing to implement a plan for testing and contact tracing.