Day: January 31, 2017💾
William O. Douglas
I hope Donald J. Trump nominates a judge in the model of William O. Douglas. As he once said, "The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people ...."
January 31, 2017 Evening
“It snowed for a while today then it stopped. Now it’s all just slop. Wintery slop!”
Good evening! Light snow and 27 degrees in City of Albany. There is a southeast breeze at 7 mph.
We had an emergency evacuation of the skyscraper I work in downtown. It was a lot of stairs to go down, especially in a suit and tie with dress shoes on. Fortunately we didn’t have to wait outside because they got the alarm off shortly after I got down to the lobby.
Waxing Crescent Moon tonight with 30% illuminated. The moon will set around 10:59 pm. The First Quarter Moon is on Saturday night with partly cloudy expected. The Full “Snow” Moon is on Saturday, February 11th. The sun will rise at 7:08 am with the first light at 6:39 am, which is 1 minutes and 2 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 13 hours and 59 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 24 seconds over last night.
Tonight will snow, mainly before 3am. The snow will end with a low of 24 degrees at 4am. Nine degrees above normal. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. In 2016, it got down to 35 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1920.
More snow later but I’m not concerned about tomorrow as I expect it to stop early. Probably the sidewalks down to the express bus will be fine by morning. I might walk down to the library later.
A nice weekend coming up with somewhat cool temperatures. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 27. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 31.Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees.
In four weeks on February 28 the sun will be setting at 5:44 pm, which is 36 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 57 and 32 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 38 and 20 degrees. The record high of 63 degrees was set back in 1903. Tomorrow it will be four weeks until March 1st.
Looking ahead, Valentines Day is in 2 weeks, Spring is in 7 weeks, Average High is 50 is in 8 weeks, Tax Day is in 11 weeks, Average High is 70 is in 15 weeks and Independence Day is in 22 weeks.
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
"American politics has often been an arena for angry minds. In recent years we have seen angry minds at work mainly among extreme right-wingers, who have now demonstrated in the Goldwater movement how much political leverage can be got out of the animosities and passions of a small minority."
"But behind this I believe there is a style of mind that is far from new and that is not necessarily right-wing. I call it the paranoid style simply because no other word adequately evokes the sense of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind."
DEC forest rangers rescue two in Greene County
"The first one occurred just after 1 p.m. when DEC received a call reporting that a 26-year-old woman who was hiking along the base of the upper falls at Kaaterskill Falls slipped and fell roughly 80 feet, suffering head trauma and other injuries. Nine forest rangers, assisted by several local firefighters, secured the woman and safely transported her to an awaiting helicopter, where she was airlifted to Albany Medical Center."
"The woman, who was reported Monday in fair condition, was determined to be hiking on an undesignated trail."
"Just after 2 p.m., Greene County 911 reported a 27-year-old man who had been ice climbing in Platte Cove in the Dark Side area fell some 50 feet, suffering head and back injuries. Eleven forest rangers, some of whom had been tending to the first victim, responded and secured the man. He was walked out with the assistance of a technical rope system and was transported to Albany Medical Center."