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Moving to Pennsylvania ?

The past few months I’ve been writing down my thoughts on moving to different states when I eventually are in a place to become a land owner and an off grid home. Pennsylvania is an interesting option, especially in the Pennsylvania wild region (North-Central PA) but I have to admit as much as I liked my trips down there, I also have a lot of questions about the state’s future.

I’ve always liked Pennsylvania as the rural towns have kind of a backwards charm to them. I think the state has a very strong land ethic, the state values conservation and a working landscape strongly. Pennsylvania has a very active and engaged sportsmen community, hunting, fishing and trapping are big in the state. Agriculture and forestry also is a big part of the economy and is taken seriously by state leaders.

Pennsylvania has some fantastic mountains and hills in the Pennsylvania Wild Region. There are many roads and access points to the backcountry, active sporting community supporting and advocating for the land. Land that is used has an active activist community backing it, more than just a romantic view of nature. There are great parks, places to camp, hunt, fish and trap.

It is an expensive state to live in, with high taxes but somewhat cheaper then New York. Open burning, burn barrels, and fires are generally allowed in that state, which is a big thing for me being the fire bug that I am. There are many off-grid hunting camps located near state lands, and while there are more rules and regulation for what you can and can’t not do on your own land, it’s far less restrictive then New York. Fireworks are much less restricted. Gas tax is a bit high though, which is the understatement of the decade.

The second amendment and hunting is well protected in Pennsylvania, although you do have to wonder about the future of the state. It’s a must-issue state for carry permits, there are not permits required to own ordinary handguns. Pennsylvania has the second largest rural population of any state, but it’s also has some big urban areas, with gun violence problems that could push the state to more restrictions. Some of the hunting laws are a bit restrictive though, with Sunday hunting banned, among other things.

Sounds really great. But could the state go blue in the near future? What new laws and restrictions could the activist-types push? Could there be new gun law enacted, even higher taxes, or more restrictions on open burning? What role would animals rights activists have on hobby farming and commercial agriculture alike? Pennsylvania has a great rural part of the state, but things could change in the future, with a change in the balance of power.

Previously, I wrote about …

The Mid-West

This book I am reading makes a good point about the Midwest – the land is cheap, people are friendly and laid back, zoning and codes regulations tend to be much less with less enforcement. Conservative cultural norms are more laid back, preferring that government stay off people’s land and out of private businesses.

Building and living in an off-grid ‘tiny’ house or cabin is much easier when you don’t have to deal with nearly as aggressive of code inspectors. Buying a handgun or other firearm for hunting and personal protection is just as easy – fill out the federal paperwork, have them do a quick background check, and pay the cashier, and walk out with your new gun. Outhouses and composting toilets are easier to get approved, if there is any review at all. As long as there isn’t a high fire risk, you’re free to burn your trash and debris, typically with no permit. Off-road shops, ATVs, snowmobiles, and alike abound, often with a good trail system to ride not too far from home. Good-sized white tails, geese, ducks for hunting and other wildlife abound in the rural landscape.

West Virginia for Living?

West Virginia is one of many charming states with a lot of good rural land to explore. I’ve certainly enjoyed my road trips down there, and I will probably go back there this autumn. There is are two off-grid living channel I follow on the Youtube, and it’s wild and wonderful down there.

But I’m not sure I would choose the state to live in. For one, the summers are brutally hot even in the mountains and the winters are cold and icy. The roads are often steep, twisty and narrow which makes vacation fun, but probably not so fun when they are covered with ice and snow and you have to get other places.

February 20, 2019 Morning

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Three weeks to 7 PM Sunset 🌆. Mostly cloudy and 15 degrees in Delmar. ☁ Calm wind.There are 4.5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 6 am. 🌡️

This morning when I walked down to Stewart’s to buy milk, ☕the air had a tinge of manure 🐮 and wood smoke on it,🔥during this most cloudy of mornings prior to the snow and ice coming down later. ☁ I don’t really live in the country any more but on the outskirts of the suburbs as they start to peter out to the countryside.

After getting milk and having a breakfast of frozen fruit🍛🍒🍌 and cereal I walked down to the express bus. 🚌 I actually didn’t end up needing the milk today, but maybe tomorrow. Bus was running a little late, which was fine, it showed up but then we hit more traffic heading into the plaza. I don’t care that much about it, I’m not driving.

Today will have a chance of snow, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy 🌨, with a high of 28 degrees at 1pm. Eight degrees below normal. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1930. 11.2 inches of snow fell back in 1977.❄

I’ll take 63 degrees for sure any day now. We are due for a spring thaw anytime🌱 now, maybe a bit later this week although I doubt we will see the sixties anytime soon. But one can hope and maybe God will listen. Trump doesn’t believe in global warming after all. But winters aren’t nearly as cold as once where.

Looking forward to the Pine Bush dinner tonight,🍝 it should be really good with the lasagna and Ward Stone speaking. 🎤 He’s getting up there in the years, so who knows how many opportunities there will be able to hear him in the coming years. He’s an authority on many things, especially things that the state government finds particularly unpleasant like the Coeymans Blue Circle Plant, that was poisoning everything nearby with mercury, at least until they “fixed” the plant with a big upgrade.🏭 Blue Circle Cement, later known as LaFarge, was built because Governor Thomas Dewey gave them a big tax break to build the non-union plant, to break the cement strike in New York. But we don’t talk about the history anymore.

But actually, Ward Stone is coming to talk about another state proposal, re-powering the old ANSWERS incinerator to work as a micro-grid power plant, that will burn natural gas for generations to come, as the climate warms, 🌍 to heat and cool the Empire Plaza and other state office buildings, and also generate electricity for the buildings, as an alternative to grid power — and act as a “jump start pack” for the electric grid, which may become more unstable 🔌 both when the climate becomes more unstable and more renewables are put on it.

Times change, and sometimes opportunities that once existed suddenly. So definitely come to the Pine Bush dinner, before it’s late. 🍽 6 PM tonight is the dinner, 7 PM is the free lecture. I think the dinner costs like $12 but I usually end up throwing in $15 or $20 for it. Should be a great evening.

The sun will set at 5:34 pm with dusk around 6:02 pm, which is one minute and 16 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for snow showers 🌨 and temperatures around 27 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 50 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be periods of snow and sleet before 11pm, then periods of sleet between 11pm and midnight, then periods of freezing rain after midnight. 🌧 Low of 26 degrees at 6pm. Sounds like it could be pretty icy later. Well the bus will get me home from the Pine Bush dinner so I’m not that worried about it. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 16th. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 40 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 2015.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain and sleet before 7am, then a chance of rain between 7am and 10am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 47 degrees at 2pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around March 22nd. Breezy, with a south wind 6 to 11 mph becoming west 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected. Not sure if tomorrow I’ll be walking down to the Park and Ride. A year ago, we had mostly sunny in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 73 was set in 2018. 11.0 inches of snow fell back in 1929.❄

Last night’s commute wasn’t too bad. 🚗🚗🚗🚃🚌🚐🚒🚚🚛 Traffic actually was pretty light due to the holiday weekend. I thought about cooking up some pasta for dinner, but decided on fish sticks and broccoli, as I wanted something different, as tonight is the Save the Pine Bush Dinner. 🐟 Laid back for a while, ate dinner, then hopped on the exercise bike. Really wasn’t that hungry,

Then I thought about going down to the library but decided that it would be a would be nice to go for a walk in the evening around 8 pm. 🚶In the meantime I decided to ride the exercise bike for an hour while listening to Fresh Air podcast with Andrew McCabe formerly of the FBI and then a video about about Core Memory. 🎧 I heard it first on the radio starting, but put on the podcast, so I could listen over my bluetooth headphones while on the bike. I’ll have to ask my neighbor if he can hear the rumble of the bike the next time I see him, but I try not to ride the bike much after 8:30 most nights.

Around 8:30 I went for my evening walk under the beautiful snow moon. 🌕 No problem walking in the darkness, plenty of light and the sidewalks were free of ice and snow for the most part. Pretty night but fairly cold but at least the wind had died down. 🍃 It was cold, but not that cold. That said, I’m certainly looking forward to nicer weather, sitting out back with a cold glass of orange juice 🍊 or maybe ice water with a drop of lemon juice in it.🍋

Came home and laid in bed watching a few YouTube videos🎥 I had previously downloaded, one about thermal storage of heat, 🔥 one about stocking rate of cattle on ranches, 🐮and one about off grid living. Then I took my contacts out and retired for the night. 👁I do like how the lights automatically remind me when it’s time for bed, automatically dimming at 10:10 pm😴. It really helps when you get to bed at a proper hour for boosting your sleep. I always try to bed down by the time the lights start dimming at 10:10 pm. It really is a good reminder.

I am definitely looking forward to those longer nights in a month with dusk not being until after 7:30 pm🕗 and hopefully for some warmer nights when I can sit out back, looking up at the stars. ✨ Usually I work on a blog post out back in the warmer weather, although now that I’ve built a system for downloading videos, I might actually watch one of the videos from the channels I’ve downloaded. Honestly, I’m not a big fan of staring at a screen, but I listen to them, and are learning a lot about many different topics, expanding my knowledge and hopefully my future.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Sunday, rain likely before 1pm, then showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Typical average high for the weekend is 37 degrees.

NOAA seems to think this weekend will be quite sunny, at least for the Save the Pine Bush hike. I am not sure I totally agree, but it will be mild for the ski trip. 🎿I know Sunday still looks to be quite wet, which looks like it will melt the snow, hopefully melting it away the rain and not turning to ice. I am a bit worried about ice again, so if your joining us, bring your microspikes. Skis might not work well.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until 7 PM Sunset 🌆 with dusk at 7:27 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2018, we had snow and temperatures between 34 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 43 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 2012.

In four weeks on March 20 the sun will be setting at 7:07 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 33 minutes and 49 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had cold, partly sunny and temperatures between 37 and 15 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 46 and 27 degrees. The record high of 78 degrees was set back in 2012.

Looking ahead, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 3 weeks, May 🕊 is in 10 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 15 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 23 months.

February 12, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Soon to be Snowy and Icy Tuesday. Next Tuesday is 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆. Clouds, cold and 16 degrees in Delmar. ❄ There is a north-northeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 8 am. 🌡️ No snow yet, but cold enough I turned the heat up last night and left it up today lest I lose power with the ice tonight.

Today will snow before 4pm, then snow and sleet. The snow could be heavy at times. 🌨 High of 23 degrees at 6pm. 10 degrees below normal. North wind 6 to 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible. I think it’s going to be really shitty by this evenings commute. Hopefully I won’t have to stay too late tonight at work but who knows, things are pretty busy these days. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 55 was set in 1932. 13.5 inches of snow fell back in 1988.❄

The sun will set at 5:23 pm with dusk around 5:52 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for sleet and temperatures around 22 degrees. It will be a slip slidingly bad commute. I wore my big warm hunting boots as I don’t want to destroy my nearly brand new dress shoes coming home from work, waiting and wandering over to the bus in the slop. There will be a east breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 28 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 38 seconds over yesterday. By a month, it will be 11 hours and 45 minutes minutes of daylight.

Tonight will be freezing rain and sleet before 2am, then sleet between 2am and 5am, then snow and sleet likely after 5am.💦 Low of 23 degrees at 6pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around March 11th. East wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 1/10th of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 15 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1875.

Tomorrow will rain and snow showers likely before 3pm, then scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 41 degrees at 12pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around March 7th. Breezy, with a west wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 30 degrees. The record high of 58 was set in 1900. 9 inches of snow fell back in 1893. A few years before my time.❄

I got home around eight last night and then after changing out of my suit I went for my evening walk. Not a bad walk but with the cold winter breeze from the north it definitely was a preview of the winter weather to come. 💨 I like winter but I sure am getting tired of it. At least now it seems like by the second half of the week it will be quite a bit warmer.

I took a sleeping pill shortly after getting home and made sure to keep the lights dimmed after my walk. Between that and the gentle reminder of the lights dimming at 10:10 pm I was able to get a long winters nap in last night. 💤 I did though wake up for a while in early hours of the morning and turned up the heat because I was cold, by regardless I’m trying to do my best to improve my sleep. I just find it so hard to sleep during the month of February.

Monday was only reasonably busy at work, but maybe it’s because I’ve gotten better at juggling things. 📤The goal is to drop the ball on fewer things every day. And just keep plugging along, making money, saving and investing.💰 My trip out to the Heldebergs reminded me what ultimately the prize is and where I can be in 10-20 years if I keep my best up. I don’t have to be trapped in consumeristic asuburbia forever.🐮

With the snow and ice coming today, I wore my boots to work and left the heat turned up the in case we lose power due to ice later on. Maybe the severe weather will mean that I can go home earlier on. 👢Regardless it will mean by the time I get home things will be nice and comfortable and I won’t have to wait for the heat to catch up.❄ Not that I really do turn it up that much when I’m home except when I get chilled through. But I’m home so rarely these days. 🏡

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of snow showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 32. Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees.

I still would like to get out for at least one night during President’s Weekend but it’s a wait and see approach. ⛺ I’m not really sure how nice the weekend ultimately will work out to be or what the snow and ice will be once today’s storm concludes. I’m not going to spend a lot of money to camp in frigid conditions on a cloudy day when I can at home and working on projects there.

In four weeks on March 12 the sun will be setting at 6:58 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 34 minutes and 47 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 39 and 24 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 43 and 24 degrees. The record high of 69 degrees was set back in 2012.

I am looking forward to nicer weather come March. 🌱 I know we will probably have some snow but also some really nice weather to boot. ⛄ Or so I hope. Early spring still points to being cold by NOAA models but the Ground Hog disagreed. Late spring into summer might be hot but that’s fine as I work long days and the potholers will keep me cold in the Adirondack.

Looking ahead, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 1 weeks, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 3 months, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 is in 22 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM 🌆 is in 6 months and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 90 weeks.

Try to enjoy the snow and ice the best you can. It won’t last forever…. Or so I tell myself. ❄

January 23, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀! I celebrated by putting some good munster cheese on my egg waffles this morning. Mostly cloudy and 21 degrees in Delmar. ☁ There is a south breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 10. There are 10 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at around 1 pm, with rain aggressively tackling the snow by the evening. 🌡️ Hopefully you brought your umbrella, I know I did. ☔ Might need to hold onto the umbrella top though with the wind, especially in the city later. 🌪

This morning the bus was running relatively close to on time which was much better than the nine o’clock cluster duck when I was trying to get home last night. 🚌At this point a decade plus in the making I should be prepared for late nights at work and pack a dinner but alas I’m uneducated and haven’t learned my lesson. I just wish that snow wouldn’t cause such a cluster duck in the city and they could have orderly snow removal like they have in the suburbs. 🚗🚙🚗🚕🚌🚙🚚 The sidewalks are almost bare in Delmar and the roads are free of obstruction from the snow banks, so the traffic problems aren’t in burbs. Just the city with the cars abandoned mid street due to the snow banks. 🅿

When I finally got home last night, I had a two beers which is unusual for me, 🍻 but I didn’t have any milk at home 🐮 and I didn’t feel like going to the store at the late hour. I had a decent dinner, but I was bewildered about sitting in traffic delays on the bus that late at night. I got to bed relatively early, slept a good eight hours, and are back at work. 😴 I got milk this morning at the store, made egg waffles with cheese, ironed my shirt, 👕 and off I am back to work. I do feel like my cold has gotten worst again this morning, I probably should have skipped the beer in favor of getting the milk or drinking plain water, but that’s what I did.

Cloudy this morning then rain later 🌧, reaching 36 degrees at 4pm and continuing to get warmer as the nights proceeds. Some freezing rain may mix in before it comes all rain for rush hour. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 19th. Kind of a January thaw with the rain really expected to hit the snow hard. South wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. A year ago, we had rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 48 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 1906. 10.6 inches of snow fell back in 1963.❄

The sun will set at 4:57 pm with dusk around 5:28 pm, which is one minute and 16 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 40 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 3 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain. Temperature rising to around 44 by 5am. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. I turned my heat down to 52 degrees, I’ll probably cut it to 50 before bed to save energy of its going to be well above freezing. Saving energy is important especially of we are looking at a very cold February coming up. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2018, we had cloudy in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 18 degrees. The record low of -17 occurred back in 1948.

I have to stress, I am not anti-automobile but I do think they are so problematic in our cities, 🚗 especially when the block up all the streets during winter weather and snow removal, delaying other motorists and transit services at least until the snow banks can be cut back adequately. In the suburbs, at least people have large enough properties that they can park them off the street. Eventually when I own land, I probably will probably be dependent on motoring to a certain extent, but if I worked downtown, I would certainly park at the Park and Ride lot and take the bus downtown, to avoid congestion and all the problems that motoring comes in a city. That said, for cheaper land, and a less stressful life, I think I’d prefer to work in a town more like Wellsboro/Mansfield Penna in the Penna Wilds then a big city like Albany.🏙 I kind of like that country, but I don’t know what I would do for work in a place like that (and Penna is kind of expensive with he taxes). I think maybe eventually get out of the snow belt, as I hate dealing with slick roads, and the road salt everywhere on the roads. I’ve fascinated by Missouri or maybe Arkanas and the Ozarks but there are also many other states .

Depending on when I get out of work, and how I feel by afternoon, I am hoping to get out my soldering iron and get the LED lights in my bedroom working again with the replacement transistor, without the alligator clips. I don’t care if the software is totally done, but I want to have them come back on the morning automatically 💡 as it will make getting out of bed easier, although today for the first time I noticed dawn was early enough that it wasn’t pitch black when I first awoke. Once things are fully wired back up again, I’ll write the most simple part of the code, and work on porting over the rest of the code in the coming days. I think it’s going to be too wet to walk down to the library tonight or do my evening walk, but who knows, it’s going to be pretty mild.🌧 I do like my evening walk. I thought about going over to John Wolcott’s house again to help with his files, but he doesn’t want me to come over until I’m feeling totally good again.

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until 7 PM Sunset 🌆 with dusk at 7:27 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2018, we had snow and temperatures between 34 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 43 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 2012. A mild spring would be nice, I wouldn’t mind a night or two of truck cap camping⛺ in early March assuming I’m not attached to my desk at work that month month. Who knows how long the snow will last, a few warm days with rain could easily kill the snow in early March, as winters don’t last as long these days as they did in years past.

January 12, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Saturday. Many years ago today was Coldest Morning Recorded in Albany at Negative 26 although that’s nothing like Old Forge winters back in 1970s 💨! At least so the record books say. Two weeks to 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆. Mostly sunny and 18 degrees in Delmar. There is a northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at Tuesday around 1 pm. 🌡️

I went out to breakfast with mom and dad today, and now I’m at the store while they pick up some groceries. 🍳 I had a good scrambled eggs at the Jake’s Moon dinner this very cold morning. Bennett Hill Scramble. Although I was jealous of the eggs that my mom got.

Big Red started up and drove fine 🚗 – although the ABS was disabled with the wheel sensor malfunctioning in the cold. Still I don’t think it’s safety critical and it doesn’t happen once the truck is warmed up so I’m not going to give it much more thought.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 24 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees below normal. Although certainly south of the city more clouds are pushing in. Northwest wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 2018. 12.8 inches of snow fell back in 2011.❄

Going to be a rather cold day but hopefully not too bad with the sun. 🏃Probably go for a walk later in the day, maybe the rail trail. I’ll have to think about it a bit more. I have some things I want to work on around home too. Then maybe read and work on projects later in the evening.

The sun will set at 4:44 pm with dusk around 5:15 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly sunny skies 🌃 and temperatures around 23 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 20 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 30 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 9 degrees at 6am. Five degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 1 at 6am; North wind around 6 mph. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 8 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1968.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 5:01 pm with dusk at 5:31 pm. On that day in 2018, we had sunny and temperatures between 32 and 9 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 59 back in 1950.

November 18, 2018 Afternoon

Good afternoon! Happy Sunday. Two weeks to First Sunday of Advent ✝️. Christmas is always special, especially when it’s more of a religious holiday or celebration of the winter solstice then consumerism. Time goes by quickly, 40 days or so until the New Year.

Gray, cloudy and 33 degrees in Delmar. ☁ Calm wind. Things are melting quickly with only 2 inches of snow left on the ground. ☃ ️

Today will have a slight chance of snow before 2pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 2pm and 4pm, then a chance of snow after 4pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 36 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around December 14th. Kind of a cold mid November day. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 46 degrees. The record high of 71 was set in 1928. 9 inches of snow fell back in 1980.❄

The sun will set at 4:29 pm with dusk around 5:00 pm, which is 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for snow showers around 🌨 with temperatures around 34 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 38 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 2 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be light snow likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy 🌨, with a low of 30 degrees at 2am. One degree below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around November 21st. South wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. In 2017, we had light rain in the evening, remaining overcast into the early morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 12 occurred back in 1972.

This afternoon I plan to upload a bunch of new maps and GIS content. 🌐 I often struggle to find new areas to map, especially when I’ve done so much of New York and not knowing other states as well and requiring separate data sets makes it a pain to do them.

I also need to find new data to chart, which isn’t that difficult but it requires me to sit down somewhere I have internet and get it done. Maybe I should plan sometime this week to do that down at the library.

I promise not to complain so much on my blog this week, but winters are so harsh and cold and the heat doesn’t work well in my apartment.😯 Never has. I’m hoping at some point it will warm up and be sunny, 😎 I think that would improve my mood enormously. I’m just cranky because winter came early, its been a tough few weeks at work and the holiday season doesn’t do much for me. And I’m just pissed that I blew off camping last weekend before the heavy snow came. Spring will return eventually. I should look at it this way, I’m saving a lot of miles on my truck and investing in my future.

I’ve decided with all the USB stuff that I have at this point, I really need a powered USB hub for at home do I’m not overwhelming my laptop’s USB port. 🔌 I want one with switches so I can disable things like my keyboard when my laptop is off to save power. I’m thinking that I can also use it to power my VMS display at home.

Still also looking at SSD hard drives for my laptop💾 to speed it up enormously and give me more room with all the videos I do. So far the Black Friday sales on Buy Nothing day are only like $140 which is only ten dollars less than the ordinary retail price. That said I do want to go to the SSD drive before the end of the year so I have more space actually twice as much as I’m putting the M2 drive in that slot while retaining my existing drive. It should make map making much quicker as will it help loading any large file.

I also need some more Lolin32 development boards for projects and a 12 volt power supply for the reading and wake up light I’m building over my bed using warm white LED tape that I got sent to me a few weeks ago from China. Like my other lights it will be Arduino controlled and have a timer to wake me up on dark weekday mornings. I think I will be in the poor house by the time I do all that especially if I decide to buy that big certificate of deposit at the end of the month. More shivering at home and doing things for free like walking places I guess. I have plenty of food for now and gas in my truck so I can avoid spending there, I expect the state inspection to go well later in the month, no repairs needed. After I filled the tires up in the truck three noisys stopped.

My neices Christmas gift is almost finished once I finish soldering in the ultraviolet black light LEDs, finish the code, and get some glow in the dark spray paint for some of the glass beads. ✨The heavy glass star coffee table decoration I’m building turns various colors, blinks and flashes, and uses black light to make anything florescent nearby glow aggressively.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until First Sunday of Advent ✝️ when the sun will be setting at 4:22 pm with dusk at 4:54 pm. On that day in 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 41 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 41 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1998.

No I don’t really hate New York

The other day I was riding in a car, starting to complain about how hard it is to live in New York – the cold winters, the high cost of living, the high rents, taxes, a snobby political culture and numerous other things that plague our state.

But then I quickly followed it up with the fact that I may complain about it a lot I really love the life. I like my job and seeing my ideas and work go on to being implemented, plans come together. I have a beautiful office with a great view of the mountains. I like the money I make and my ability to invest in an effort to live a better life tomorrow. I love having public transportation that I can take to work and so many places in the wilderness where I can camp, hike, fish and hunt. And despite the corrosion to my truck, I kind of like the pretty snow on the landscape even if slip walking on the ice.

Maybe my future is not on New York State but that alone is kind of liberating, as it means I don’t really have a stake in the fight for the future. My concern is with earning and investing money, saving for a better tomorrow, not worrying about what’s happening today in New York.

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