July 30, 2018 Night

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Good evening! Rain and Thunderstorms and 65 degrees in Hector. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 62 degrees. The skies will clear Saturday around 2 am.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Cloudy , with a low of 63 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10pm. 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. In 2017, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 56 degrees. The record low of 49 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 90% illuminated. The moon will set at 9:15 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Friday night with heavy rain. The Strugeon Moon 🌝 is on Saturday, August 25th. The sun will rise at 5:58 am with the first light at 5:26 am, which is one minute and one second later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 30 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 7 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy ☁, with a high of 76 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 12pm. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1917.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 65 at 1pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Maximum dew point of 66 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

In four weeks on August 27 the sun will be setting at 7:49 pm,🌄 which is 39 minutes and 52 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 75 and 49 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 79 and 58 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1948.

Looking ahead, Labor Day 👨‍🏭 is in 5 weeks, Consitution Day 📜 is in 7 weeks, October 🛥 is in 9 weeks, Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 10 weeks, Veterans Day Observed (Monday) 🇺🇸 is in 15 weeks, Cyber Monday 🛍️ is in 17 weeks and New Years Eve 🎆 is in 22 weeks.

Thoughts on immigration

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I was listening to the radio tonight, thinking I really don’t understand the purpose of border walls or limits on immigration. It seems silly, if not an outright failure of mankind, that people aren’t allowed to roam and cross from one part of the world to another.

There is no wall or even a clear cut between New York State and Pennsylvania, just a sign along the road that informs you are crossing into a different state. Both states have their own laws and policies – certain activities that are totally lawful in one state can result in thousands in fines and years of incarceration by just crossing that imaginary line shown on maps. But you are free to travel between the states or even relocate to a different state if you should so choose.

Rather than building a wall with Mexico, the United States should work closely with Mexico to tear down the remaining differences. People should be free to cross the border without restriction, there shouldn’t be tariffs or restrictions on the movement of goods and people. While each country may have their own laws, let them compete for people and jobs – and let the best country win.

Why is Quebec and New York or Texas and Mexico so much different than New York and Pennsylvania? Sure, there is a needs for extradition in some matters and concerns with industrial pollution crossing borders, but people crossing borders in search of a better life should not be discouraged. Competition will improve all states, make them improve their laws and policies to increase their competiveness.

Ultimately I think the goal of leaders should be to tear down walls and bring forward market forces. To work together cooperatively to bring forth innovation and freedom of movement without delay or cost to the economy. Existing walls and border crossing delays hurt all, by delaying the movement of goods and services, needlessly wasting away potential economic growth.

July 30, 2018 8:50 pm Update

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A dreary night by the campfire with a rain coat and stetson hat on. 🎩Rained for a while this afternoon, took a nap in the truck, as the news did not interest me. 📻Rain stopped. 💦Took a short hike to Foster Pond, caught a few pan fish tossed them back in.🎣 Listening to Coven’s One Tin Soldier, glad that Albany is four hours away, although as far as I’m concerned it could be a million miles away.🌆