I was looking at this map and never realized how close much of North Idaho is to Spokane, Washington. I bet that is some of the appeal of state, especially the mountainous, rural and remote conservative country of that part of the nation. I am playing with interactive map, it's kind of fascinating.
A look at traffic counts from recent DOT traffic studies. Zoom, pan, and click for details.
Data Source: NYS Department of Transportation. https://gis.dot.ny.gov/hostingny/rest/services/Roadways/Traffic_Monitoring/MapServer
Looking at the VIIRS satellite imagery taken yesterday showing the west coast wildfires. While it's true the air quality has improved with the low pressure moving off the cost and high pressure, low humidity, you can still the smoke up in the higher parts of the sky today, and there is still a lot of smoke being generated out west.
This map shows NYS DOT-inspected bridges in Southern Albany and details about the status of the bridge, age, etc.
Data Source: NYSDOT, Bridges. https://gis.dot.ny.gov/hostingny/rest/services/NYSDOT_Structures/MapServer/
No rain here locally but there looks to be more bands of rain around.
Northend Schoharie County has a lot of hay and pasture lands, while the southern part of the county is more wooded. The Schoharie Valley is famous for its crop lands.