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Thank you for not leaving. Perhaps we can agree that the climate is changing. Who, what, when, how or why yet to be agreed upon but subject to healthy respectful discussion by those in the know. In that case I’ll be extremely quiet while I read. As always ....

After Reading this, the idiom “ Bad news travels fast” should be reversed. What troubles me is the “have we gone too far” scenario. Even with a more aggressive reduction in emissions, will the dramatic rise in temperature slow soon enough? I keep thinking of, as some articles/papers, Don and yourself have highlighted, that mention the potential for methane release from extensive areas of melting permafrost. How will that worsen the equation. Has it gone too far. A lay persons worry but to me quite real. As always.....

I should have realized that. I still would love to hear the combined sound that so many beautiful creatures could make. I should, instead, be thinking of how many could not make it to rest and will never sing again. As always ...

Wonderful illustrated article, thank you. How privileged one would feel to see such an event. Are they quiet when they are resting? Do they sing? If so it must be a glorious sound. As always .......

I was going to say Venus but your closer to the accurate look. As always ...

I played softball there also during the same time period. My mom would take me to the playground when I was 4 or 5. Thank goodness the park was on the east side of 7th Avenue or Robert Moses would have destroyed it also. As always ....

A wonderful Video memory. I was living on 75th Street right off 11th Avenue. I was 14 and like you did not have to use sunscreen on my head. The folks, so natural, the decorations, lights on the house. The quadruple headlights on our space age designed cars. A wonderful time. Thank you, as always .......

“Ignorance is Bliss”. What happens when the laughter dies? For a graphic non scientific example you can go to a classic bit performed by the late comic, Lou Costello. No, not “Whose on first”. Instead it’s when Lou, alone, was in a frightening situation and he began laughing. He laughed even while interacting with the danger. His laughter continued but it slowly, with dawning awareness, transitioned into tears. As always ......

Hello from, Cobble Hill/Red Hook, South Brooklyn. Please sample as many of the sub forums as you can. You will find the members refreshing, entertaining, educational and strong in their knowledge/opinions. It’s a multi daily reading pleasure for me, I hope it is for you. As always .,..

For your viewing pleasure Sw. The classifieds, only one showed seasonal room/house rentals in Westchester. Another page housing and acreage ads. An article on the death of Babe Ruth. Movies of that time on another page. Finally my favorite Bohack adds. Tenderloin butts (75 cents a pound) was more than Prime Rib (69 cents a pound) I also remember that part of the tin mans leg, in the movie version of The Wiz, was a Bohack coffee can. Unc, I was hoping to find an A&P ad, haven’t yet. As always....

Unc, if your mom, bless her, was out during the December 1948, 19.7 inc storm, it doesn’t matter, that’s how you got started. As always....

It’s okay, any excuse to put it off is fine with me. I do miss my lost love. She made it look so easy.Seventh grade in 49, you are blessed and my hero. As always ....

IF I find the rental ads, I let you know. As always

For those of who bear the entire responsibility for food purchase, this should bring make one wish there was a time portal to a now defunct 1948 Safeway supermarket. i was amazed (see lower right hand corner) that chicken ai 63 cents a pound was only 2 cents less than sirloin. Post WW2 years and the baby boom ramping up, a time forgotten. As always.....

I was having necessary work done in the halls of my row house. The carpenter came down to my apartment and handed me an assortment of papers dated December 1948 and January 1949. Being over 70 years old their condition was, at best, fragile. The photos below came from the Sunday Daily News, December 26th, 3 cents. I believe today’s Sunday paper is 3 dollars. What caught my eye was two articles which I placed together in the first photo. In the main article the reporter gave a first person description of the over two foot storm that had occurred on that very day, the year before. He compared It to the 19.5 Inch storm that occurred in NYC a week or so before that, saying it’s effect on the city paled compared to the 1947 storm. The small article next to it (Upper right hand corner) relates the bust of a major snow that was forecast for that day. This is probably why the recap of the 1947 event was written. The second photo is a page from the same paper and date highlighting the headlines of 1948. I have no memory of either he 47 or 48 events, as I was 8 montes and 20 months old when they occurred. You never know what you’ll find when you start doing repairs in a time capsule. As always ...

I don’t remember the 64 date either. It was my first day in college. 48 degree number seems to stick with me. No biggie, even today, for the NNE folks but a shock, even then, to us UHI citizens. As always .....

No argument on either LB. The Pharmaceuticals industry needs adult supervision on the severe side. As always ......

I enjoyed Maestro Stravinsky’s Firebird. I see you in that suite. It’s last three minutes, as a definition of what your avatar will finally become. As always ....

Now I understand your avatar. As always.....

Apparently climate change can be added to the topics that should be avoided if a civil discussion is desired. All of us are entitled to our opinions and a respectful listening. I find the ease of generic labeling based on an opinion troubling. If all voices cannot be heard respectfully than we are already living in Mr. Simons World. “Hello darkness my old friend”. As always ....

The city or the threats? As always ......

Considering the CPK foliage effect, I’m wondering if facial hair can effect real feel temperature accuracy. As always .....

Great photo. The straws are interesting. I guess they are a safer alternative to the chug a lug. Used in a glass they would certainly curb the incidence of foam beard. As always....

Dickens/Scrooge had his four spirits that led to and ended with a path to redemption. We also have four but they are all horsemen and redemption is not their plan. “-Gray, unhealthy air. A blood red sun. Flakes falling from the sky, coating everything below in a layer of white.. not snow but ash” The above line could have easily been a paraphrase from Dante’s Devine Comedy. Our play will end some day the last sentient being, perhaps named Tonio, will ruefully expire, crying out “The Comedy Is Finished” as always .....

With apologies to all forum members with real skills in statistics and analysis I decided to take pencil to paper and visit my arithmetic past. Using the number of occurrence years in the top five I found 81.8% of the minImum readings occurred post 2000, 72.7% occurred post 2010. Only 18.2% occurred last century. Remembering the sage words of a now famous/infamous professional “the trend is your friend” in this case is it really ( if any one finds a computation error, it’s fine and thank you. I’ll just fall back on my chronological crutch. ........As always ....