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A great way to look at the December data. What a gap between 1969 and 1990. Never saw it that way, Uncle.

... and the Dec 1969 storm was a slop fest horror in the NYC area. One of those letdowns for the Weenie in our souls.

Too bad we can't travel back in time. We could pack our wallets with our inflated currency, and buy up the real estate market. But then we'd be stuck there without A/C, etc. I do remember Babe Ruth's message live, I think. I was at a baseball game in Jersey City's Roosevelt Stadium. His message was carried over the loudspeaker system, but he had to whisper. "Pardon my whisper" he said, I think - the rest I do not recall. His throat was shot by then, and he was saying goodbye. I was with my older brothers, and it was perhaps during the previous summer, 1948. - but, per Wikipedia, it may have been the summer of 1947. Thanks much for those memories.

I do regret your loss. That is very difficult, for life. Keep up the good work, your love is still with you in a real way, I do believe. As far as being a hero, thanks, but it's nothing of course. What I do like to brag about is the winter of 47-48. Lost power in an ice storm around New Years. Thank Goodness for the old gravity forced coal furnaces. A week after the Big Snow. I wonder if all the rain froze into the week old snowpack, and made it more resistant to melting. January was really cold and snowy. I was sorry when the thaw set in in mid February. Of course I also missed the great winters of 60-61, 76 thru 78, and 95-96. Even 93-94 sounds interesting. Was in Europe in 1960, and on the West Coast for the others. So, I lose bragging rights big time. Now, I cannot regret having moved back East. I feel bad for those still on the West Coast with all that has happened.

Those would be interesting, for sure. A dollar went a long way. Happy posting.

Thanks for this post. I do remember the 1948 snowstorm, since I lived in next-door Jersey City at the time. Would have been in the seventh grade. I also remember waiting for that big storm that fizzled, around Christmas. Forecasting was not as great back than. No computer models, of course. Etc.. BTW, it's tough to clean house when there is old printed material to spend hours reading. I even remember some of the headlines you've shown. "Lippy Succeeds Ott". HaHa. I didn't remember that Durocher was the Giants' manager from that early. Why were the Dodgers called "the Flock", i wonder. Durocher managed the Giants to two pennants and a World Series win, I remember. Now, quit reading those old papers, and get back to cleaning house. - Just kidding.

Wow. Of course, getting 75 bucks a week for a salary wasn't considered bad, at that time, I suspect. Still, it makes my mouth water. Chuck for 45 cents a pound. Lol. Wondering what the rents were like back then as well.

My little rain gauge, carefully placed, measured over 2" when I emptied it today. That was a nice little storm (Thursday, around 9PM). Sorry this is late in posting.

My little rain gauge, carefully placed, measured over 2" when I emptied it today. That was a nice little storm (Thursday, around 9PM). Sorry this is late in posting.

Came through here at around 9PM and left over 1". Still muggy, and the insects are singing.

That line's passing over me now. Will miss the muggy nights, and the insects raising heck. This Summer has been warm, but most nights here have been tolerable (for me at least). No Heat Dome nights this Summer, when temps stay in the 80s.

Something is popping up right over the nearby Princeton area. All moving SE. A few rumbles, and some precip, FWIW.

Something is popping up right over the nearby Princeton area. All moving SE. A few rumbles, and some precip, FWIW.

This one was right over me this AM. Been escaping heavy downpours lately, until now. Some big CG strikes as well. Air has been like soup lately.

Get well, Uncle. Wishing you a good recovery.

I was in Hudson County during Hazel. Great winds, but very little rain. You pointed out elsewhere: it was the third storm to hit the area in 1954.

I've always envied people who can sleep through thunder and lightning.

I just checked, and it's now 107. Maybe the station is next to a pizza oven? At any rate, it's hot.

That formed near me, and I can vouch for the many short CTG strokes I heard. Glad it's moving away. Sorry you're getting it.

My humble limit is 24MP. In my amateur film years, Kodak used to make a great, slow film called Royal. Even had an ISO 25 for a while. Great colors. Rivaling Kodachrome. I'm sure you knew all of the good ones. Right now, I've got enough, being 83 yrs old. Leave the new stuff for the kids, except possibly a full frame mirrorless, so I can take (inferior?) photos with some old German lenses I have. I like that mirrorless can take almost any old lens with an adapter. Doesn't make sense, but it's fun. If I still used film, I'd be tempted to go larger format.

What a muggy, crappy evening. Maybe the first one of the season here, closer (relatively) to the ocean. Last night was almost pleasant in comparison.

Wow. And I'm berating myself thinking of buying a full frame SONY mirrorless, and scrapping all my smaller format camera stuff. It's a lot of fun. I hope you eventually develop those pix. OTOH, after looking down on it for years, I realized by 2005 that digital was great.

Hyakutake was visible as a fuzzy object in a different part of the sky from Hale-Bopp. It would have been my lifetime comet if Hale-Bopp hadn't scooped it the next year. A CCD camera would have set you back big time in those days. And maybe for about a .5 megapixel image at that. Good that you waited. Hyakutake got me locked out on my fire escape when I was watching it. I had had a few. Lucky someone was around to let me in, late at night.

I remember all the hype about Kohoutek. Was at Land's End waiting for it one chilly evening, and never saw it. Maybe we're allowed just one great comet in a lifetime.

Hale-Bopp was great! I lived in San Francisco when it appeared, and was able to enjoy it from a bluff overlooking the Pacific, called Land's End. Having seen a great comet, I don't need to fret over not seeing this one. For anyone who missed Hale-Bopp, I'm hoping something similar will happen soon. BTW, Halley's, years later, was a non-event for me. I thought I would see two great comets in my lifetime, but Halley's fizzled this time around. (1985?)