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Entering the Rally for the American Dream
I was about 15 minutes late, as I had previously gone to another function across town. I figured I would never get a parking space, but somehow managed to get my pickup truck rammed up into a snowbank where nobody else had parked.
Taken on Saturday February 26, 2011 at Albany, NY.December 4, 2019 Morning
Good morning! Happy Average High is 40 🌨! It won’t be that warm this morning but it will get above freezing which is good. Three weeks to Christmas 🎅. Overcast and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. There are 17 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️
We got another dusting of snow last night. ❄ Just enough to make the sidewalks a little bit icy. At least it’s better out here in the suburbs then the city. A few of the street sidewalk connections have snow plowed in them but if they apply some rock salt and hit it one more time with the sidewalk plows I expect by evening they’ll be dry. The suburban streets are all good too. 🚙
That said, there is a traffic jam going through the plaza today. 🏁 Not sure what the issue is maybe the tall snowbanks limiting visibility or the width of lanes. Doesn’t take much in the way of restrictions to slow up traffic at rush hour downtown.
After every snow storm – at least those ones I have to work late – I always get so pissed 👿 about the extreme traffic delays in the city. It just gets so cold waiting out for the bus after a long day at work 🚏then to just have to sit on the bus because traffic is stopped due to people blocking the road with their abandoned cars is so frustrating. 😤 When your tired and you just want to get home….
Today will have a slight chance of snow showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 37 degrees at 1pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 11th. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mist. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1998. 6.0 inches of snow fell back in 1901.❄
The sun will set at 4:22 pm with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 13 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for snow 🌨 and temperatures around 36 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 13 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 14 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 27 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 2nd. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had mist in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 39 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1989.
Cool this weekend with temperatures running 8 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😀 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 27. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 36. Typical average high for the weekend is 39 degrees.
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Christmas 🎅 when the sun will be setting at 4:27 pm with dusk at 4:59 pm. On that day in 2018, we had snow and temperatures between 33 and 17 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1889.
Sunday Evening
It’s Sunday evening, sitting in the dark because I was boiling macaroni on the stove and the smoke alarm went off and there is no way to turn off the smoke detector without killing the upstairs light in my Mancave in the suburbs. The stove always smokes a lot when I use the big pot because there is so much crap spilled underneath it and the stove reflectors have longed burnt away.
Tonight is home-made macaroni and cheese — and probably the same for several meals in the future. Yes, I used knock off Velveta to the horrors of foodies and dairy farmers everywhere, but also lots of frozen veggies, including green peppers I froze last fall. Topped off with real sharp cheddar and bread crumbs. Accidentally used like 2± lbs of macaroni as the box was bigger than I realized when pouring. Going to be done soon, and while not super hungry will be good.
Went skiing for about 2 1/2 hours this evening at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center. It’s not the most remarkable piece of land around but it’s nearby and I didn’t have to worry about the roads getting bad while I was out there. Good snow but a little bit icy in spots — but that’s fine as it’s pretty flat there. I’m big and heavy my ankles are a bit weak on the skis especially when going downhill fast. Kind of a gray day with only a few birds and squirrels around. At least when I was skiing, I didn’t run into many people. That’s in part because few people get out in the evening, despite being the best time to see wildlife.
Did my weekly grocery shopping at Shoprite, which I like because it’s a union business plus is well lit and friendly. Prices are better than the absurdly expensive Price Chopper next door. Every time I go I fret a bit a bit because shopping at that plaza is supporting suburban sprawl and absurd nanotechnology job creation tax breaks to a very wealthy and politically connected developer.
Disappointed that they didn’t sell headphones… Mine are are starting to have their wire cracking. Might end up firing Big Red up midweek and driving to Walmart. I hate not having working headphones.
Spent too much time today and yesterday rewriting code on my blog so I could simplify things internally and avoid some of the glitches with photos and maps on my blog. Also did some reading of books, but never made it down to library to get on the WiFi. My Smartphone keeps me in the loop about what’s happening on the Internet at home.
Yesterday I went up to Thatcher Park and ended up going for a drive in the hilltowns. Despite the ample sun with the windchills it was a bit chilly yesterday. I was going to ski from the end of that first road to Hang Glider Cliff but it was kind of chilly and the parking area was packed with yuppie mobiles. Figured instead I would go for a drive. Ended up on Rensselaerville, but then I couldn’t find a parking spot with the big snowbanks. Ended up going for more of a drive and snowshoeing at Beaver Swamp Nature Preserve. It was nice but the snow was deep. I miss spending time out in the hilltowns and the beauty of the hills and hollows as you get out towards Huntersland.