Day: October 14, 2021💾

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NPR

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How a shortage of glass is helping drive inflation higher : NPR

Here's another unexpected example of how supply chains have been upended by the pandemic: Glass bottles used for everything from vinegar to pasta sauces are getting tied up in their own bottlenecks. That's driving prices higher, when you can get the bottles at all.

Just like many other industries struggling to secure supplies, producers of pasta sauce and high-end spirits are seeing the glass used in their humble containers tied up in massive cargo jams, and that's forcing them to either absorb the higher costs or pass them on to consumers.

I am no fan of glass, usually because it's heavy and I'm prone to break it. I try to get everything in paper or plastic (which I can burn), or at least metal cans that can be flattened and saved for the yearly trip to the recycling center. But it's just another problem with inflation that we are facing.
Map: Lester Flow

Upstate Dairy Farms Are Facing an Uncertain Future – The River

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Upstate Dairy Farms Are Facing an Uncertain Future – The River

Jay Sharkey, owner of The Farm at the End of the Lane in Greene County, was among more than 100 small dairy farmers in the Northeast to receive notice this summer that his creamery, Maple Hill, would no longer pick up his milk next year. That will leave Sharkey with nowhere to send the 1,000 pounds, or about 116 gallons, of milk his farm yields per day.

Sharkey searched for other places to send his milk—“I contacted Horizon and they’re not taking any milk; I contacted Organic Valley, they’re not taking any milk”—but had no luck. Horizon Organic, which is owned by the multinational conglomerate Danone, announced at the end of August that 89 farms across the Northeast will be losing their contracts in August 2022.

Sharkey says Maple Hill let go of 30 farms, but official details remain scarce. The Kinderhook-based creamery did not respond to requests for comment. But Sharkey says there are three reasons Maple Hill is dropping farms: not enough milk, poor quality milk, or the farm is too far away from other Maple Hill-contracted farms. That third reason was the one Sharkey was given in his letter.

Zero crossing point

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We have reached the average temperature for the year for Albany, in other words, the zero crossing point.

The earth is round. This means that the average daily temperature follows a sine wave, as spinning circles always produce sine waves. When you reach the zero crossing point heading down, that means the average temperature descends faster than any other time of the year.

This happens 23 days after the first day of calendar autumn due to the delay caused by the atmosphere and ground holding summer heat. The opposite happens in the spring – 23 days after the first day of calendar spring you get the maximum warm up.

Weather Update – October 14, 2021

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Today should be a real beautiful day. ☀

As I sit waiting anxiously for the news about Red. 😟 More rain though tomorrow, which I thought might be a problem today, but at least I won’t get wet without my rain coat. 🌧

This weekend I am planning on staying in town, 🏘  as Saturday looks fairly raining and I think helping out on a local political campaign 🗳 and maybe early voting too. Actually never mind, early voting doesn’t start for another week. Rain Friday and Saturday, but probably not a wash out.

In two, or maybe three weeks I’ll head out to Madison County 🍂 and maybe Stoney Pond and Cazenovia for a long weekend. If I do the weekend that includes Election Day, I could take off that Monday for a bonus day, especially if I am leaning against West Virginia. Might need a permit though to stay that extra day at Stoney Pond, but if it’s like the summer months, I can get that permit online.

I think after the warm weather is done, it will plunge cold ❄️ and we might get snow by the end of the month. I don’t mind snow, but snow covered roads pose a problem for getting out of town and camping. Many of the places I go are on seasonal-use roads, and once the snow is deep, finding a place to park even along major roads can be difficult to say the least.

Today.
Feels like …
September 17th.

Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny

 Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny.

Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the morning.

and

 74 degrees , 62 max dew point, 6:14
sunset.
Tonight.
Feels like …
September 9th.

Partly Cloudy then Patchy Fog

 Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy.

Calm wind.

and

 55 degrees , 7:09
sunrise.
Friday.
Feels like …
September 14th.

Patchy Fog then Slight Chance of Showers

 A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy.

Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

and

 75 degrees , 64 max dew point, 6:13
sunset.
Friday Night.
Feels like …
August 13th.

Slight Chance of Showers then Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy.

Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

and

 61 degrees , 64 max dew point, 7:10
sunrise.
Saturday.
Feels like …
September 14th.

Chance of Showers then Showers

A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm.

South wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

and

 75 degrees , 63 max dew point, 6:11
sunset.
Saturday Night.
Feels like …
September 24th.

Showers then Chance of Showers

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers.

Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

and

 49 degrees , 7:11
sunrise.
Sunday.
Feels like …
October 17th.

Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers after 8am. Partly sunny.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

 61 degrees , 48 max dew point, 6:09
sunset.
Sunday Night.
Feels like …
October 4th.

Mostly Cloudy

 Mostly cloudy.

and

 45 degrees , 7:12
sunrise.
Monday.
Feels like …
October 24th.

Mostly Sunny

 Mostly sunny.

 

and

 58 degrees , 6:08
sunset.
Monday Night.
Feels like …
October 12th.

Partly Cloudy

 Partly cloudy.

 

and

 42 degrees , 7:13
sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
October 14th.

Sunny

 Sunny.

 

and

 62 degrees , 42 max dew point, 6:06
sunset.
Tuesday Night.
Feels like …
October 7th.

Partly Cloudy

 Partly cloudy.

 

and

 44 degrees , 7:14
sunrise.
Wednesday.
Feels like …
October 5th.

Mostly Sunny

 Mostly sunny.

 

and

 66 degrees , 49 max dew point, 6:05
sunset.
Map: Taylor Valley State Forest
Map: Earlville State Forest