In Johnson County, biologists are poisoning trees to save birds and butterflies | KMUW
Albany Pine Bush Blueberry Hill Barrens
I made this interactive 3D map of Albany Pine Bush using LiDAR digital surface model, Open Street Map and NYSERDA Buildings of the Albany Pine Bush Blueberry Hill Barrens.
This was created with Qgis2threejs. For building heights I used OpenStreetMap, either the building height in meters or the floors times 4.3 meters. For buildings without a height, I used 8 meters. The landfill and sand dunes are from Digital Terrian Model DEMs from NYGIS.
The Plastic Industry’s Long Fight to Blame Pollution on You
Plastic production really began in earnest in the 1950s. It’s hard to remember, but we once got along without it. Of course, plastic offered great convenience, and its production skyrocketed. In 1967, when Dustin Hoffman was advised to go into plastics “The Graduate,” there were 25 million tons of plastic produced. These days, we’re making 300 million tons. At this point, the plastics industry is worth $4 trillion and almost half of what it's producing is single-use plastics — things that will be used once and almost instantly become trash.
Public outrage at this problem erupted in 1970, with the first Earth Day, and the industry has been successfully dodging the issue ever since. Through advertising, public outreach campaigns, lobbying, and partnerships with non-profits designed to seem “green,” plastics industry organizations have been blaming “litterbugs” for the growing menace and promoting the idea of recycling as the solution, while at the same time fighting every serious attempt to limit plastic production.
The Golden Road Brought “Tectonic Change” to the Maine Woods | Down East Magazine
Broad, perfectly crowned, elegantly graded, and topped in crushed stone, the Golden Road is an expressway of a logging road, with nary a 10-degree turn along its 96 miles. After arcing northwest from Millinocket to the southern edge of Baxter State Park, it runs alongside the West Branch of the Penobscot, past Chesuncook Lake, then follows the North Branch to the border with Quebec at Saint-Zacharie. It’s a key artery in what’s likely the nation’s largest private-road system, offering easy access to Maine’s north woods to anyone with even a decent sedan.
Puddle Created By ATVs
Tearing it up a little in Berlin Pass. Good for them.
Saturday April 25, 2009 — Taconic Crest Trail
Weather Update – April 13, 2022
Temperatures in the seventies the next few days 😎
But it’s not expected to last come the weekend with cooler weather. Saturday looks like a bummer if I want to get out of town although might be good for fishing if the water levels aren’t super high. 🎣 Sunday I hear might be rather windy.
| Today. Feels like … May 19th. |
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Partly sunny.
Light south wind increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
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72 degrees | 52 max dew point | 7:36 sunset |
| Tonight. Feels like … June 11th. |
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Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8pm. Mostly cloudy.
South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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56 degrees | 6:13 sunrise |
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| Thursday. Feels like … June 8th. |
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A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. High near 77. South wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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77 degrees | 60 max dew point | 7:37 sunset |
| Thursday Night. Feels like … May 2nd. |
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy.
Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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43 degrees | 6:12 sunrise |
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| Friday. Feels like … April 28th. |
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Mostly sunny.
Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
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65 degrees | 37 max dew point | 7:38 sunset |
| Friday Night. Feels like … May 7th. |
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A slight chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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45 degrees | 6:10 sunrise |
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| Saturday. Feels like … April 19th. |
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Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 70%.
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61 degrees | 43 max dew point | 7:39 sunset |
| Saturday Night. Feels like … April 14th. |
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Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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36 degrees | 6:08 sunrise |
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| Sunday. Feels like … March 28th. |
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Mostly sunny.
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50 degrees | 7:40 sunset |
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| Sunday Night. Feels like … April 9th. |
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Mostly clear.
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34 degrees | 6:07 sunrise |
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| Monday. Feels like … April 9th. |
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Partly sunny.
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56 degrees | 7:42 sunset |
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| Monday Night. Feels like … April 19th. |
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A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 40%.
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38 degrees | 6:05 sunrise |
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| Tuesday. Feels like … April 1st. |
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A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 50%.
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52 degrees | 7:43 sunset |
Daily Update – April 13, 2022
Good morning! What day is it? A more than half way through the week Hump Day, of course. 🐰
Good Friday is well Friday. Actually looks like a pretty nice day and I have it off. No plans yet set in stone, rain Saturday. But first 72 degrees today. My standards are pretty low this time of year.
Partly cloudy ⛅ and 41 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind.
Busy day yesterday. 💼 I still have a stack of work from yesterday to do. I guess everything gets compacted with a four day work week. It was a pretty nice day by afternoon although it still gets dark too early. 🌃 I did sit out back for a while under the moon 🌕 although it ended up cutting into my sleep a bit.
Yesterday was National Grilled Cheese 🧀 day, so you can guess what I had for dinner but it involved dairy fat. 🐮 There is a reason why dairymen who burn 6,000 calories a day hauling hay and shoveling manure are chubby. 🚶 I also didn’t get my steps in yesterday because I didn’t have a chance to take a lunch as I was busy at work.
I did get to Tractor Supply and get my propane tank 🏮 filled so I should be good if I head out of town. I washed my truck – more on that later – and went to Wally World and stocked up on many things I was low on including the super pack of toilet 🚽 paper so I’m prepared for the next pandemic and can wipe my butt for the next six months to a year.
Washed my truck last night, a big hunk of rust came off the trailer hitch. 🛻 I guess I won’t be towing anything with Red anytime soon not that I plan. Now I wonder about how much invisible frame rust there is. Salt belt life, my truck is getting old. At this point I want to get whatever life I can get out of the truck. There are some pretty rusty ol GMT 800 still out there on the road, so I’m more worried about the engine or transmission being the end. Neither has gotten worse lately but ultimately that’s was kills these trucks. I’m not spending the big bucks to repair either of when the time comes, makes no real sense.
I am thinking about taking off Monday and heading out of town on Thursday after work 🌲 but with the weather I’m not certain. I miss traveling. Part of the issue is I’m waiting for a package 📦 to arrive but the following week have a family event. 👪