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How would you react if you turned on the news on Tuesday morning to only find out your house and entire neighborhood had been condemned under the state’s quick take eminent domain law, for a large renewable energy project by a private developer?

How would you react if you turned on the news on Tuesday morning to only find out your house and entire neighborhood had been condemned under the state’s quick take eminent domain law, for a large renewable energy project by a private developer?

The state would compensate you for fair market value and moving expenses but you would have to moved out of your home within 30 days. By filing a quick take deed with the county clerk, the state had already taken title to your property, your only choice is to take the check the government is sending you or sue in the court of claims for additional compensation based on what you believe the fair market value is to be.

In theory, homeowners and other property owners could band together and sue the state under Article 78 arguing that the project was arbitrary and capricious under the law but you could not challenge the individual eminent domain as quick take can not challenged in court. But even there, everything was stacked up against you as the state had decided building renewable energy projects was their priority, and the state with its millions in resources had no interest in defending homeowners and farms against big solar.

Solar and wind energy in many ways is the next interstate highway system. The climate crisis is already unlocking the next generation of Robert Moses and the master builders. The solar or wind farm must be built, the hell with the environment or community. A crisis affords no time to consider such impacts, the outcome has been predetermined by government officials. The bulldozers must come, the cement laid, steel I beams set and the thousand of acres of silicon and glass panels set into place.

I have a friend who visited a CalTrans office during the 1960s, and said the experience was like visiting a war room filled with enormous maps that filled the walls detailing the planned superhighways. The walls were certainly backed by stacks of files that contained detail survey data and rooms of super computers and reels of magnetic tape that would be used to crank out letters and prefilled out checks to owners of condemned property for compensation without much human intervention. Cold hard, statistics and FHWA regulations basically predetermined the route after all.

With massive government subsidies and the climate crisis the renewable energy projects must go ahead without question or significant evaluation of environmental impacts. The future has been predetermined by the planners, there is no turning back, we are told. Historic buildings must be hauled off to the landfills, forests stripped of their timber, farm fields stripped of their soils and concreted, open space industrialized. There are good union jobs, tax revenue, campaign contributions and patronage jobs after all to fill.

At least I’m glad to hear that local governments are asking solar developers about decommissioning plans, requiring some kind of bonding and calculations on landfill space to dispose of the panels when their time is done, not imagine they will be recycled into pixie dust. But no time to focus on that, the tax revenue and campaign contributions are more important than community character in a fucking climate crisis.

While I’m sure it won’t be popular, I sure hope people do rise up and ask before it’s to late:

Why and what cost?

June 17, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Next Thursday is the latest sunset 🌇 of the year and the Strawberry Moon 🍓 🌕 . Lots of things to keep the lights up late that day. Sunny and 57 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a west-southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 44 degrees. Kind of a chilly start for a late June morning although the heat right now is lurking out on the west coast.

My bags are packed 💼 and I’m ready to head to the Adirondacks after work. I decided not to drive work because it’s just easier to leave from home and leaving a bit after 6 pm means I shouldn’t hit much traffic. The coolers will last longer with everything in the fridge or freezer today. 🥚 I forgot to get eggs yesterday so I’ll have to stop at Stewart’s on the way up north. Not sure if the forecast is as nice as previously announced but I am glad to be gone this long weekend where I can enjoy the quiet. 🤫 No cell service where I’m going, should be nice and quiet.

Bus reroute this morning 🚌 due to a house fire 🔥 on Delaware Avenue. Been a while since a building burnt there but house fires 🔥 in the city seem to follow a trend – neighborhoods destabilize and then one building after another burns. It just seems like Albany is sliding down hill. The whole city after decades of improvement after pollution controls were implemented is just sliding backwards. It may be the pandemic but also foreign investment driving up the rents and driving out the tenants and businesses. All that money 💵 from China purchases is being reinvested in our community by China slumlords looking for a place to park their cash.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 31st. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1994.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.8° from the due south horizon (-0.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:53 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:36 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 28 seconds with dusk around 9:10 pm, which is 21 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the southwest (225°) at an altitude of 44° from the horizon, 231,723 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:57 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 68 degrees. The dew point will be 46 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, an increase of 16 seconds over yesterday.

I can wait until the work day is over to head up north. I am thinking I also need maple syrup besides eggs for my pancakes. 🥞 I might end up going to Price Chopper in Gloversville. I wish I had just skip the run to the store yesterday. That was dumb on my part. Well, I guess it is what is. I just got flustered over the stupid can return and then I couldn’t find what I needed in the store. I feel stupid but it ain’t the end of world. The days are long now, I don’t care if I get up to camp really late although I’d kind of like to get that House Pond Campsite if possible.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 49 degrees at 5am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 19th. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2020, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became somewhat humid as the night progressed. It got down to 62 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1958.

On this day in 1972, Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, 👮🏼‍♂️ 👤 in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. This would become the basis for the Watergate scandal.

The Juneteenth Weekend looks nice. 🏖 Friday, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 9 mph. Saturday, scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 65 at 10am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 81. Maximum dew point of 61 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees.

As previously noted, next Thursday is Latest Sunset of the year 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2020, we had humid weather and partly sunny skies, rain showers in the afternoon and temperatures between 85 and 65 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1943.

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Camping Areas in Northern Adirondacks ⛺

Bog River Flow – Popular canoe area that is popular for camping and paddling. Short portage between Hitchens Pond and Lows Lake. Lows Ledge is a 1 mile hike from the portage up to a ledge with expansive views of lakes and surrounding locations. Good to no cell service depending on location.

Brasher State Forest – Roughly 10 miles south of Malone, this expansive state forest is home to the Walter Pratt Camping Area on Red River Pond. Part of Saint Lawrence Flatlands, this area is largely sandy remote country with vast pine forest. Good cell service.

Chazy Lake – There are two campsites along the end of Wildfred Kingdom Road on Chazy Lake. The end of the road to the campsites is gated, and at times the campsites are marshy, but the views from the campsites are amazing.

Deer River State Forest – The “rough” country just north of Adirondack Park in Franklin County, that has camping in a wild environment that is the transition from the Adirondacks to the Saint Lawrence Flatland, about 10 miles outside of Malone. Limited cell service.

Franklin Falls Pond – There are several tent sites along the shore of Franklin Falls Pond that are a short hike down from the road and right along a popular canoe route. No cell service.

Floodwood Road (St Regis Canoe Area) – A very popular and packed in camping area is along Floodwood Road. I camped there once, I don’t recommend it.

Lake Kushaqua – A very scenic lake with a few campsites along it’s shore, near the Buck Pond Campground. I’ve been told these sites are too good to put out on the Internet and can be very hard to get in season. This lake connects with Rainbow Lake under a culvert, however to reach the upper part of Rainbow Lake you must portage.

Horsehoe Lake – Horseshoe Lake in Franklin County, is located about 15 miles south west of Tupper Lake. There are 6 campsites along the lake, plus 4 others on roads nearby. Near the Hitchens Pond put-in for Lows Lake, a popular spot for camping and paddling. Good to no cell service depending on location.

Mountain Pond – Old routing of NY 30 north of the Paul Smith VIC. Rough asphalt road. Near Barnum Pond which is very scenic for paddling, and rather rough Slush Pond Road which offers additonal campsites. No cell service.

Jones Pond – Three campsites located along a rough dirt road along with several tent sites along the north shore of this small lake about 10 miles from Saranac Lake.

Streeter Lake – Old railroad grade with 8 roadside campsites spread out along it’s way, along with a few campsites around the lake and an lean-to.

Union Falls Pond – One drive in site and a few tent sites along the reservoir just north of Franklin Falls Pond. Great views of Whiteface Mountain from this reservoir. No cell service.

Camping in Green Mountains National Forest

Green Mountain National Forest Camping 🏕

Here is a full-screen interactive map, that uses the official forest service maps as a backdrop. You will need to zoom in to see the individual roads.

In the Green Mountain National Forest there are a variety of back country roads, offering primitive roadside camping.

  • Campsites are free to use, and have no facilities except for a fire ring and a pull-off from the road, and sometimes a site reinforced with gravel.
  • As noted below, some campsites have additional facilities.
  • Don’t make a mess of campsites, pack out any garbage left over.
  • Burn only dead and down trees, don’t bring in wood from out of state.
  • You can camp up to 14 days per 30 day period in Green Mountain National Forest — no permits are required.

Here is a listing of the campsite coordinates in a spreadsheet (Green Mountain tab). Please note, these coordinates are not exact as they are drawn based on memory.

Please see also information on dispersed, roadside and back-country camping in New York State, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

The below descriptions of camping areas from the Green Mountain National Forest’s webpage, General Forest Camping.

 North Half of the Green Mountain National Forest

Note: You must zoom in to see individual roads on above interactive map. Campsite locations were added by hand-digitizing and are not exact.

Austin Brook Road: There are three easily accessible campsites by Austin Brook on Forest Road 25 in Warren. They are all within 0.25 mile of State Route 100.

Campsite 4

Bingo: Forest Road 42 in Rochester runs alongside a mountain stream; camping is allowed at designated sites only. These 10 campsites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. There is a limit of 10 people per site. Check the Bingo Brook bulletin board for designated site locations and other site limitations.

Downingville: There is one secluded site in a small clearing near a mountain stream on Forest Road 291 in Lincoln.

Fay’s Meadow: There are a few sites in an open meadow in Forest Dale. Please do not drive on the meadow because a farmer mows the hay from it. There is a stream for wading and fishing at the north end of the meadow.

Goshen Brook Road: There are a few campsites in and around an open area just beyond the turnaround at the very end of Forest Road 67 in Ripton.

Kettle Brook: A small meadow site at the end of Furnace Brook Road in Pittsford.

Michigan Brook Road: Forest Road 35 in Pittsfield provides many camping opportunities in the woods and along Michigan Brook. The road is not recommended for low clearance vehicles.

New Haven River: There are a few campsites next to the New Haven River at Emily Proctor and Cooley Glen trailhead, on Forest Road 201 in Lincoln.

Field Camping at Romance Header Campsite

Romance Header: A large meadow campsite at the end of Forest Road 224 in Forest Dale. A stream lies to the southeast of the meadow.

Sparks Landing: There is one site in a small meadow on Forest Road 233 in Lincoln. There is good fishing in Sparks Brook, which lies just south of the meadow.

Steam Mill Clearing: There is a large open field on both sides of Forest Road 59 at the Skylight Pond Trailhead in Ripton.

Texas Falls Campsite

Texas Gap: These old fields and side roads on Forest Road 39 in Hancock offer many camping opportunities.

White River & Gulf Brook Roads: Secluded camping, open fields, and beautiful views are offered from the abundance of primitive campsites found along Forest Roads 55 & 101 in Granville.

South Half of the Green Mountain National Forest

Note: You must zoom in to see individual roads on above interactive map. Campsite locations were added by hand-digitizing and are not exact.

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Branch Pond Road: Several sites on this road off of Kelley Stand offer good camping opportunities.

Making Breakfast at Camp

Forest Road 71: This forest road stretches from the old Somerset airfield to the Kelley Stand Road. Campsites can be found in various spots along the way, and along some of the forest roads leading off of Forest Road 71.

Forest Road 74: This forest road is a little less remote than other roadside camping opportunities. Off Vermont Route 9, it dead-ends a couple miles in. Campsites are found unevenly spaced along the way. This area fills up early as it’s one of most accessible.

Kelley Stand Road: Connects the towns of Arlington to West Wardsboro, traveling along an unpaved forest road. A handful of campsites are avaliable on this road, many of the sites along Roaring Brook are permanetly closed.

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Old Job: Off Forest Road 30 there are a few camping opportunities; an open area along FR 30, and both an open field area and a site near Lake Brook at the end of FR 30.

Somerset Road Bridge

Somerset Airfield Campground is a small primitive campground along Forest Road 71. There is a pit-privy and fireplaces in this field camping area. Also popular is Castle Brook Road, near the Deerfield River. This area fills up early, and is known for rowdy crowds but is good if you have a big camper.

February 17, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Today has the 5:30 PM Sunset 🌇 . Four weeks to St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 . Mostly sunny and 16 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌥 There is a west-northwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 0. There are 6 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Monday around noontime. 🌡️

Cold but reasonably cold start to this February morning. 🌨 At least it’s not snowing today, and the sky is quite blue. But tomorrow afternoon the snow returns into Friday. I normally go shopping on Thursday at lunch time, so I don’t know how that will work out. I still need to get down to the library to get the two other books I have on reserve before the reservations expire. 📚

This morning I decided to go the french toast route. 🍞 Usually that’s pretty good and easy with a well greased cast iron skillet and it only requires and egg or two. 🔵 Wild blueberries, maple syrup and butter make pretty good French toast and I should have a ton of energy from all that sugar, until I start to crash mid-day. Well then I can go to the freezer and chomp on the remaining blueberries.

I am listening to the wind pick up 🌬and I think I’ll definately want to bundle up for my morning walk in about 15 minutes. The sun is nice but the wind looks nippy. 🧣It will be fine when I’m moving and the sun will help. No excuse to miss my walk today. 🚶 With only one regular scheduled walk so far since Sunday, I’ve been incredibly lazy, although in the day time I’ve been doing laps up and down the stairs in my apartment, when my neighbor is gone, to burn off some calories and energy. Yesterday, I also did a lot of shoveling of the driveway.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 26 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees below normal. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph. Cold but sunny. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1981. 11.9 inches of snow fell back in 2003.❄

Today is the Save the Pine Bush Virtual Dinner, 🍲 which this year is offering take out although I’m just doing the Zoom 📹 as I’m going to be out at my parents house tonight. Find out more at savethepinebush.org and join us. 🌲 I think they are going to do a take out dinner in April, which I will probably participate in. By then I may be working downtown, 🏢 although I kind of have my doubts. 💉 It seems like things are going pretty slow at this point with vaccinations, and I don’t think it will be an option for most people until summer or later. Maybe remote work will mean I can work from the Adirondacks or Green Mountains for part of this summer again.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 35.5° from the due south horizon (-35.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 8.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:51 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (248°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (255°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:31 pm after setting for 3 minutes with dusk around 5:58 pm, which is one minute and 17 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the southwest (216°) at an altitude of 55° from the horizon, 252,249 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:32 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 23 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 8 mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 44 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 45 seconds over today.

I do want to get to the store, sometime soon, 🛒 as I am starting to run low on groceries a bit. The big thing I want to also get is bed sheets, as my bottom bed sheet has worn out 🛌 and while I rotated it, I’ve been putting off washing them and they are getting a bit dirty. They are 12 or 13 years old now. I have those flannel sheets, but I’m not sure where they are in the attic. Thursday might be bad with snow coming but that’s when I normally like to shop — followed by WiFi time at the library. 💻

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 10 degrees at 5am. Eight degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 12 at 6pm; Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2020, we had clear skies in the evening, which became snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 23 degrees. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1973.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 31. Typical average high for the weekend is 36 degrees. Still not a real great weekend, but Sunday looks cold and sunny enough for good skiing. Maybe Thacher Park this time — been a while since I’ve been up that way.

I was noticing that I probably need to take the trash out in the kitchen. ♻ The thing is I’m running out of room in the outside trash cans with all the recycables being stuffed out there — especially all the paper now that they don’t have the free paper recycling anymore. Almost time for the big trip to the transfer station — but I like to do that come March year, kind of a spring cleaning. Return all the accumulated bottles and cans. Maybe if I clean out my truck, then I can start loading up the truck for that big run. 🏕 As before you know it will be camping time, and I should clean the truck up for that.

🌹🌻🌼Only 31 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼 Little more than a month because February has only 28 days. St. Patrick’s Day is a month away.

One month 📅 from now will be St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 when the sun will be setting at 7:04 pm with dusk at 7:32 pm (Daylight Savings Time).

May 29, 2020 Afternoon

Good afternoon! Did you notice it was a Friday already? I didn’t because I spent the first half of the week working from the Adirondacks. But running low on food and supplies I decided I had to go home 🏡. Hit and humid and 85 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 70 degrees. The heat index is 90. Definitely kind of a sultry afternoon, I had the fan blowing on my while I was working from home this morning. The skies will clear tomorrow around 9 am.

Hot and muggy enough this morning that I decided to work from my desk in the bedroom 💻 because I figured it would be super hot working down at the library. I got the windshield reflector I got ordered last week in part to make it cooler working in the truck during the pandemic but also for camping as I often store the coolers up front and lately I park in the sun intentionally for the solar charging ☀ of the batteries. 🔋

It’s been a busy to start out work. 📝 Memos needed to be written emails 📧 sent, phone calls fielded and triaged. Before work I also worked on some research for Save the Pine Bush. 🌲I am getting really good at working with tax maps, records and deeds. I can geo reference tax maps quickly and vectorize them fairly quickly.

This afternoon will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny ☀, with a high of 87 degrees at 2pm. 14 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 70 at 1pm. South wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 64 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1931.

This afternoon I’ll head to the laundromat and then to the grocery store. 👚 I have a lot of dirty clothes from camping although now that I’m wearing shorts, not quite as much as I might otherwise have. 🍏 I’m really digging in the pantry so I probably should go shopping. I also want to get to the car wash. 🚿

With the choppy weather possible today I’m glad I’m not camping. ⛺ I always worry a bit about a storm washing out a road or a tree coming down and blocking my route home. ⚡ I’m not sure anything that severe will hit this afternoon but you never know with these springtime thunderstorms.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.1° from the due south horizon (-1.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:43 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (294°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (301°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:25 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 22 seconds with dusk around 8:58 pm, which is 50 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the southwest (225°) at an altitude of 53° from the horizon, 228,203 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:42 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 67 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 24 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely. Some storms could be severe, with damaging winds. ⚡ Mostly cloudy 🌩, with a low of 65 degrees at 6am. 13 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 68 at 6pm. South wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 59 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1967.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 77 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 10th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 6am. West wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1987.

I might stay home tomorrow or maybe go hiking. 🚶 I am undecided on that point. Tomorrow will certainly be the warmest day of the weekend. I’m glad I went out of town last weekend as this weekend will be a bit mixed and downright cool come Sunday.

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 66. ☀ Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph. Maximum dew point of 42 at 6am. A much needed and refreshing change that will feel more like autumn. Typical average high for the weekend is 73 degrees.

While I wish I had done it before the market ticketed up 📈 I took my Coronavirus stimulus payment and put about two thirds in a handful of index 📇 funds and the rest in my savings account. I was hoping to do it last week but I wanted to make sure the transfer 💰would clear as it’s rare to have much in my checking account.

As previously noted, next Friday is 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2019, we had rain and temperatures between 83 and 55 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1925.

Moxham Valley

February 6, 2020 Night

Good evening! Rain and 33 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ Calm wind.There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 3 pm. ☃️

It’s above freezing by a little bit in Albany 💦 so the roads are just wet and salty. I cleaned off my truck of the inch of snow and ice as I think it’s going to turn to snow tomorrow followed by a hard freeze Saturday and I didn’t want things to freeze up on my truck. Things were a little icy on the truck but the warmer temperatures this evening made for relatively easy scraping.

The primary business of the evening was going to the Rick Sieves film showing 🎥 at the library than I came home rode the exercise bike 🚲 for a bit and read 📖 mote of the Almost President book. My neighbor works night shift tonight so no concerns with bothering him with the noise of the bike. Time for bed soon with lights out.

Tonight will rain likely before 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 32 degrees at 9pm. 16 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 1st. Northeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 36 degrees. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1995.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 93% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the southeast (137°) at an altitude of 66° from the horizon, some 234,266 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by August 2nd. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 9. The darkest hour is at 12:10 am, followed by dawn at 6:36 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:06 am in the east-southeast (111°) and last for 3 minutes and 7 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 10 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:46 am with sun in the east-southeast (118°). Tonight will have 13 hours and 48 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 31 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain before 2pm, then rain and snow between 2pm and 3pm, then snow likely after 3pm. 🌦 High of 36 degrees at 10am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 19th. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming northwest 17 to 22 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. I think tomorrow’s commute home could be very icy and a slog but at least I don’t have to drive in it and can just play on my phone 📱. I might take the local into work tomorrow if it’s raining hard in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light freezing rain by afternoon. The high last year was 47 degrees. The record high of 48 was set in 2005. 12.4 inches of snow fell back in 1983.❄

I am pretty sure I can do some neat things with the automatic bus locator feed I posted earlier. 🚍 While I doubt I’ll mess too much with Google maps – although I certainly could, I do think that I could do a lot with it client side Javascript and making a simple but fast index of the location of all the buses on a route for checking on one’s phones and maybe also tracking the electric buses. Looks like the weekend forecast continues to slide downhill – I could still go to that Adirondack Outdoors show but at this point I don’t know for sure. 🎣 It’s a long drive for a relatively small show. I also want to do some soldering projects and practice especially once I get hat flux pen.

In four weeks on March 5 the sun will be setting in the west (263°) at 5:50 pm,🌄 which is 35 minutes and 38 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cold, mostly sunny and temperatures between 28 and 7 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 40 and 22 degrees. The record high of 71 degrees was set back in 1964.

Looking ahead, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 2 weeks and Flower Moon 🌕 is in 13 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 15 weeks remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

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