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On 7/1/2025 at 2:08 PM, TheClimateChanger said:

Is there any way someone could get a large mirror, maybe using a drone, to reflect sunlight onto the Central Park ASOS?

I liked your idea TCC. For a moment though, I thought it was one of Liberty's posts. Well done, as always …..

8 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

Prior to June 2025, June 2019 (2 days at Islip and 1 day at New York City-Central Park) was the only such June.  2006 is currently the only year when Islip had more 90° days than Central Park (10 vs. 8).

7 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

It just hit 91 here Don, I'm guessing Central Park is a bit behind again today?

My Red Hook/Cobble Hill neighborhood, ref Accu Weather 93. NWS Central Park 88. Shade for the win or loss……. As always …..

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

Beautiful collection of photos. There is so much Brooklyn history there going back to the Dutch settlement. The neighborhoods from around Prospect Park back to through your area up to Williamsburg contain some of the most sough-after urban real estate in the United States. I was able to find a great old photo from the Blizzard of 1888.

https://www.brownstoner.com/history/blizzard-1888-new-york-brooklyn-snow-storm-history-environmental-subway/

 

Out in the snow in Cobble Hill, possibly Clinton Street near Amity Street. Photo via Brooklyn Public Library

 

 

Thank you B W. I’ll walk the street to see if I can make a match. The church spire in some of the photos is interesting. The two spires remaining in the neighborhood are St Paul’s on Court Street and Sacred Hearts on Hicks Street. There were others, with the spires now removed. My block, Tompkins Place was once gated and cobble stoned. Some of the old stones can still be found in back yards, retrieved and used for doorstops, way back. When I was clearing my cellar I found a portion of the original 19th century floor which was rough stone, not cobble, the lally columns were brick. These were the wealthy upper middle class houses. The ones on Court Street had dirt floor cellars and tree trunk lally columns. Some of those natural wood support columns, I believe, still exist today. Thank you again, stay well, as always ….

5 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

I love that name Cobble Hill.  I wonder if one can ski down this hill in the winter after a nice snowstorm?

 

Only one cobble stone street remains; Tiffany Place. The hill potion was probably more pronounced 170+ years ago, before residences started replacing the farmlands.  As always…..

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

You live in a great neighborhood. Cobble Hill is one of the most in demand places to live in Brooklyn. Some people like a more urban setting and others more rural. You can be happy in many different types of environments.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEf_vA7B4Fm/

 

Thank you so much BW. I sent it  to my daughter. A portion of the video shows Congress street park. The small row houses shown were actually carriage houses for the transportation use of the wealthy families who lived in the brownstone residences opposite them. The park is the result of those homes being demolished to make way for a multi family high rise apartment building project that was supposed to be built there. It was delayed, then stopped.The park was the positive legacy. The carriage houses were converted to cottage residences. The pine trees lined up against the fence were post holiday waiting for recycling. The snow gives even the harshest urban setting a touch of beauty. I pray my grandchildren will not need a dated half century video to see it. Thank you again, BW. As always ….
 

6 hours ago, Sundog said:

Your article from which these pics came from has a line that supports my position:

"In Wales, a 10-year study looking at the presence of anxiety and depression in 2.3 million medical records, found that the greenest home surroundings were associated with 40% less anxiety and depression than those living in the least green areas." 

We aren't meant to live piled up on top of one another. 

 Over half century ago I thought as you do and wanted desperately to live as you describe. I didn’t want to live so that when I coughed a neighbor could reach over and pat my back. Now nearing the end of my eighth decade I’m better off living with all I need within a short walk. Perhaps the present inner city environment is a bit like our ancestors. Cave drawing becoming graffiti. Depression, anxiety, anger as side effects of a green less environment can not be disputed. I just wanted to imagine how nice it would be to see an urban environment with buildings that resemble forested mountains. Stay well and thank you for your response. As always ….

39 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

So we should abandon cities and destroy rural areas and turn them into endless suburbs. 
The reality from the perspective of the planet is the EXACT OPPOSITE. We want more people in tightly packed cities and less McMansions on quarter acre lots. Upstate NY reforesting over the last century is a great example of what we want to see. 

37 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

We need less buildings  like upstate NY.

19 minutes ago, Sundog said:

What sucks is living on top each other is not healthy. People underestimate the psychological damage constant noise does to a human for example. 

Air pollution will be worse no matter how "clean" a city gets compared to suburbs/rural. 

For people, I think overall it's much better to live on that half acre lot than living like an ant colony. 

For the planet obviously it's better if people concentrated in as few urban centers as possible and left everything around alone. 

Perhaps we can have both? …… as always …..

6 hours ago, forkyfork said:

summer of suffering 

Not for you forky…… stay hot, as always …..

10 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Like a slow slow boob saggage that starts slowly , almost imperceptible, and then wham , they sag down all in one fell swoop?

9 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Like balls on the side of your nose from a Roman Helmet.

7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Can you provide more in depth detail please?

Dementia avoidance…. I owe so much to this sub forum. Thank you, as always ….

On 6/16/2025 at 8:34 PM, psv88 said:

Another 3 pages of Liberty gibberish.

71 here today 

Liberty is our only hope for catching up to the New England Forums post count. As always ….

1 hour ago, forkyfork said:

yeah this isn't a few hot days ahead of a cold front this is a legit heat dome

56 minutes ago, RedSky said:

In the immortal words of Cheryl Lemke from the Weather Channel " your just gonna bake"

39 minutes ago, Sundog said:

We're all gonna die 

36 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

this is absolutely awesome and would completely nuke any and all moisture here

34 minutes ago, Sundog said:

I don't trust CONED to keep the lights on

24 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I hope JFK gets to 104

 

17 minutes ago, Sundog said:

If that ridge and that flow verifies, it's going way above 101. 

We were overdue our super heat blast that practically every other place on Earth has already experienced in this new abysmal climate. 

 

37 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

you people whine too much, millions of people live under 120 degree temperatures.

2 foot snowstorms kill more people than what passes for *heat* here

 Please don’t rile her up. Enjoying the present with hope for the future, as always …..

32 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

i just want the snow bunnies to suffer

29 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

one day we will get a power grid collapsing derecho followed by two weeks of 90+

May that day, to the disappointment of some, never come. As always ….

8 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I know how to cool the north atlantic much sooner than that.  Melt all the polar ice and that will cool down the waters with the influx of ice waters into the north atlantic.  That will probably happen within the next few decades too.

 

Good morning Liberty. I can appreciate your passion. You’re obviously well stocked between the ears. Perhaps it might be best if you took a dispassionate pause before making some statements. Stay well, as always ….

59 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Just picture this old school Miami booty song with ACATT slowly rising pushing sweaty asses in the air and twerking as the beat hits. 

 

Big Heat coming!

Big Heat Coming!

Big Heat Coming!

Big Heat coming!

 

Lets go Come on now!

Big Heat on the Move

Sweaty cheeks when you poo

Cold weenies no good

Ain't nothing but the dews so good!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Could be two sides of the same coin. As always …

2 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Only problem is it doesn’t snow here anymore.

Understood, back to plan A. As always …..

1 minute ago, gravitylover said:

Well, I think I found something I like less than driving in NJ or on LI. This weather sucks and I don't like it at all!  

Good morning gravity. Better times are coming ….. as always …..

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

As long as arms are covered , shorts are perfect for anything above mid 40’s

Good morning DIT. For some, why limit it to the 40’s? Stay well, as always ….

6 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

My neighbors are complete morons.  The rains came and dowsed their fire so they poured oil on the fire which then caused it to flare up and almost ended up burning themselves and their 5 year old kid who was dancing around the fire.

 

4 hours ago, Sundog said:

Your neighbors sound like morons

Liberty, as stated, this is actually frightening. As always …..

1 hour ago, Dark Star said:

Sitting around outside with a fire is pretty nice, but in suburbia, its an annoyance to your neighbors...

By inner city standards it’s just another aroma amongst the many. Stay well, as always …..

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Just saw a squirrel in the yard that had no tail. Looked like it was bitten off . Just a little stump. wtf 

Good morning DIT. Thank you for incentivizing my last few brain cells to charge and search. (Sadly without beer.)
stay well. As always …..

12 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Why do people change their names across different forums/sites/whatever? 

25 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

Because weather forums are filled with psychos. 
 

 

happy birthday btw lol

…… and some innocent bystanders. As always ……

53 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

It's just time to chop down all those trees.

 

Perhaps, Liberty, we should evaluate their advantages before …………………………..

As always ……

3 hours ago, forkyfork said:

this wx is disgusting can't wait for the dewpoints to come in june

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

whats wrong with just pure sunshine though?

water vapor just pollutes everything, makes the skies hazy, traps car exhaust, creates more air pollution, etc.

 

Liberty ….  forky is just raising the ‘toll by troll’ on the bridge. Judging by the number of reactions, he’s doing quite well. As always …..

12 hours ago, forkyfork said:

from my friend who flew into ewr

My Mom would tell me, “ remember you are judged by the friends you keep”.  Well done, forky, as always…..

14 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Lost our Mia 15 years old on Tuesday. I would rather be picking up her poo than having her cremated.

If only our species could learn to love as they do. A memory wet with tears, as always ….