Ice jam at my parents house
LiDAR – Crossgates Maul And Blueberry Hill
With the proposed development at Crossgates Maul, I was interested in looking at the terrain of the area. There is definitely part of a dune remaining in the portion that Crossgates plans to donate to the Commission, and along the backside of Gipp Road. Interesting.
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Weather Update – February 19, 2022
After today the weather looks pretty nice for February β
Not as good up north though. But today looks bad which kind of ducks as I wanted to take a long weekend out of town. Maybe tomorrow but I don’t want to head too far away with the high gas prices. At least the warm weather means I’ll be saving on the heat.
Today. Feels like … February 8th. |
Snow showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Areas of blowing snow between 1pm and 2pm. Mostly cloudy.
Windy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
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34 degrees | 6 max wind chill | 5:32 sunset |
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Tonight. Cold ! |
Snow showers likely, mainly before 9pm. Areas of blowing snow before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear.
Wind chill values as low as -3. Breezy, with a northwest wind 19 to 24 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
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9 degrees | -3 max wind chill | 6:44 sunrise |
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Sunday. Feels like … February 17th. |
Sunny.
Wind chill values as low as -3. West wind 6 to 13 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
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36 degrees | -3 max wind chill | 5:33 sunset |
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Sunday Night. Feels like … March 20th. |
Mostly clear.
South wind 8 to 14 mph.
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27 degrees | 6:43 sunrise |
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Washington’s Birthday. Feels like … March 28th. |
Mostly sunny.
South wind 3 to 7 mph.
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50 degrees | 5:34 sunset |
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Monday Night. Feels like … April 1st. |
Mostly cloudy.
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31 degrees | 6:41 sunrise |
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Tuesday. Feels like … March 28th. |
Showers, mainly after 1pm. High near 50. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
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50 degrees | 5:36 sunset |
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Tuesday Night. Feels like … May 7th. |
Showers, mainly before 1am. Low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
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45 degrees | 6:39 sunrise |
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Wednesday. Feels like … April 7th. |
Mostly cloudy.
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55 degrees | 5:37 sunset |
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Wednesday Night. Feels like … February 28th. |
Partly cloudy.
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21 degrees | 13 max wind chill | 6:38 sunrise |
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Thursday. Feels like … February 3rd. |
Mostly sunny.
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33 degrees | 12 max wind chill | 5:38 sunset |
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Thursday Night. Feels like … February 25th. |
Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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20 degrees | 6:36 sunrise |
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Friday. Feels like … February 13th. |
Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 70%.
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35 degrees | 5:39 sunset |
Good Morning – February 19, 2022
Good morning! Happy Saturday. It’s Presidents Day Weekend. π΄
It’s the weekend we celebrate the old foggies in the White House, and in some cases not so old people like Barack Obama. But lately we’ve been electing or maybe selecting a lot of old farts, with ideas about as dated as their advanced age. Maybe I shouldn’t engage in such ageism, but I can tell you pushing forty, and I’m in some ways less sharp then I once was when it comes to learning new stuff, and much more stubborn, although probably more learned. But I still don’t think the President should be of the retirement age. No way in hell am I working into my seventies, unless you consider work to be feeding goats, pigs or cattle or hauling feed, manure and water.
Snow flurries and 20 degrees in Delmar, NY. β There is a south breeze at 15 mph. π. The current wind chill is 6. Things will start to thaw out at around noontime. π‘οΈ
I was really hoping to get out of town this weekend π and maybe I’ll do tomorrow, but today looks bad with the snow squalls. They expect them to be particularly severe with the front coming through mid-afternoon and I don’t want anything to do about that. π¬ Plus tonight looks to be incredibly windy and gusty, with very cold windchills. But then moderating Sunday into Monday. π Maybe 50 come Presidents Day.
I might go out to Five Rivers but I don’t want to get caught in snow squalls. π¨ Plus I think it might be mighty cold come later in the afternoon. But we will see. I should go out for a walk πΆβοΈ to build on my progress of yesterday, where I got my 10,000 steps in for the first time in a week. I think it might be very cold later on, so I probably should either stay home or maybe walk down to the library. π Truth is I haven’t been down the library since November, mainly because I don’t like wearing the muzzle and with my cellphone I can pretty much do whatever I need to do from home.
I was happy to see my credit card bill for all of January was only $352. π³ Not traveling much, not putting much gas in my truck and only shopping once a week really is helping make the money go farther. It’s not like I haven’t wanted to get out of town, but January was exceptionally cold, I’ve been busy work π¨π» and I’ve had little incentive to venture far from home. Come April I plan to do a lot more traveling though.
Today instead I want to learn more about mapping πΊ, specifically how to make better, nicer looking maps that are eye pleasing. I tend to lard up my maps with way too many layers and details, and don’t always use the best label positioning or coloring. R is showing me how to make simpler, easier to read maps but there is a lot I don’t know, having learned a lot of this by doing rather then formal education. Picking up somethings from the free PACE GIS class I’m taking but I could learn some more. There is some good lectures on making quality cartography from a professor I’m finding on Youtube, giving me some good ideas.
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While schools, crime, real estate prices and quality of life are still major considerations for folks who are moving, finding an area with shared political views is key.
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Of the nation's total 3,143 counties, the number of super landslide counties — where a presidential candidate won at least 80% of the vote — has jumped from 6% in 2004 to 22% in 2020.