WhitinsvilleWX

21 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

 They were transitioning to desk-shares or hot-desking which means they can reduce the real estate footprint by like 30-50%.

My company has been doing remodel on all the locations. They are going to open concept. Even the VPs are out with the hoi polloi. They claim it's to "promote collaboration", but the real reason is they can stuff twice as many into the same square footage.   

We've been hot desking since the pandemic. Everyone stored their stuff in boxes. We have "green" desks and "red" desks. Green you can book with the booking tool, red you cant book (distancing issues). 

I got my folks exempted. I moved them to desks that are sufficiently distanced. We do image analysis using AI tools in addition to lab work and need the big huge monitors. That doesn't work to well if someone who pushes papers all day books your desk with a two 32" monitors. 

5 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

By why only 2-3 days and not 5 days? I think you're going to say to decrease chance of infection due to fewer days people are exposed, similar to how some schools have done this. But, where's the data that shows that anything less than M-F in-person leads to fewer outbreaks and infections?

Doesn't really have anything to do with infections. A lot of companies will go to a hybrid model of work, mine included, because people got used to it. But I don't think they want the majority remote like they are now. Where I work, on any given day, campus census across 5 locations MIGHT be 10-12% of normal, 

4 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

I worked from home last march/apr for ~3 weeks total and went back full time. Can't run lab exps from home.

yea, true enough. The people I'm talking about are all in silico people. My company has made it pretty plain that they expect folks to be in the office 2-3 days a week ones this is over. How one defines "over" is the trick.

Once this dragged on into May, I told my wife it took one day to send everyone home, but it will take 1-2 years to go back. We're already into year 2

17 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

this is just the beginning. I'm sure a lot of the remote, work-from-home folks that have been vaccinated still won't feel safe and make a case they should be able to stay home forever.

This is true.

I personally know a few people in my division (who haven't been in one time since we got sent home in March 2020) that have said they don't feel safe back in the office even after vaccination. Mean while  my crew and I have been back in the lab since last June. 

I think some have gotten used to staying at home on zoom in their PJ's. 

I see the Stein a'comin'

It's rollin' round the Euro bend

and I aint seen a rain cloud in..I dunno when

but I'm stuck in Stein prison

That's where I want to stay

And I'll let that Stein dryness, blow my grass away.

19 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Winds gusting to near 40 here.  Pretty consistent 

Yea, winds ripping pretty good here. Just knocked over one of my deck chairs. 

1 hour ago, Rtd208 said:

Stein approves. 

Stein or not to Stein. That’s the question. 
Days and days, weeks and weeks, months and months of temp, dew and Stein talk incoming. 

When and who fires up the 2021-2022 winter thread?

EDIT:

LOL!! Just noticed it was fired up Wednesday by the one I figured would do it. 
 

26 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Bring on the wildfires!

Lots of damage.

4 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I figured 72-75 but you may be right

I was hoping for .500, but I have my doubts.They looked god awful this weekend. Cora’s a decent manager but he hasn’t got much.

24 minutes ago, weathafella said:

I fell twice on the ice this winter...time to think warm.  We were in FL 2/25-3/10 and going back hopefully in late June to get a sense of living there....can always come back for a month in winter and stay in a nice air bnb.

Sorry about the fall. I fell about 10 years ago and broke my radius, cracked my humorous, and dislocated my elbow. 
I have a house on the intercoastal in Wilmington, NC with a boat slip. That’s where I’m headed when I retire. Little too far north for me in the dead of winter, but I’ll survive. I like snow, but honestly I’m about done with it. I like to look at it, but cleaning up the mess I can do without. I also have balance issues that are getting worse. It’s just a matter of time before I take a header on the ice. I’m very careful but I know it’s coming.

26 minutes ago, mreaves said:

In my town, I don’t need any permits for inside work or if am just replacing an existing deck. I do need a building permit for new construction but as long as it complies with zoning regs, it’s pretty straight forward. 

That’s the way it should be. Any remodel down to studs needs a permit. I ran a couple new circuits from the basement up to the bathroom for a heated floor, and an electronic shower valve. Plus I converted a single lavatory to a double.  But like I said, the second one I did on my own and basically did the same thing. 

Guy next door just had a landscaper put in a thick stone retaining wall in his back yard to put an above ground pool on. That things built so solid it will be there after he’s gone and buried. Guy next door to him started hollering at him because he didn’t get a permit. In Massachusetts any retaining wall over 4 feet needs a permit. His wall is right at 4 feet at the highest point. Hopefully the guy won’t turn him in. That neighbor is a real know it all a-hole anyway. I wouldn’t put it past him. 

7 minutes ago, weathafella said:

Yes Thursday was brutal!   I think that nonsense waits till November or December now.

I hope so. I’m pretty well all set with cold weather. I put my snow blower away today. 

I’ve done stuff with and without a permit. When I put the pool in I got one since the pool builder required it and you really want one with something that big.

I replaced a deck, front porch, partially finished my basement and did a hallway bathroom remodel without one. I did the master bath remodel with a permit and it was pretty worthless to do. I had a licensed plumber and electrician and spent money on permits. The second remodel I did everything DIY and didn’t bother. My dad is a retired plumber and building contractor and I can do all of it in my sleep to code anyway.

For a shed, I guess it depends on the town. Where I live they wouldn’t  care too much. Some towns they could be a hard ass. Also you could get a neighbor turn you in. I’ve seen that before. But if you get a permit, at some point they’ll raise your property taxes.

If you do it with no permit, just be sure to comply with all the setback rules and you’ll be ok if you get caught.

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

That was an incredible game.  What an ending last night.

Yea, that was a top notch ending. You don’t see something like that very often. Plus I hate the PAC 10/12 so that was just icing on the cake. 

11 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Had a low of 23F,  the Eastern Bunny was wearing wool knickers. 

40 here. Clear blue sky.

temp talk season has commenced.

10 hours ago, PhineasC said:

I saw a family member this evening I haven't seen in 12+ months. She was masked-up and kept her distance, but she really wanted to see my kids and wish them a happy Easter, etc so she asked to meet outside at a relative's house.

She was asking about all of the traveling we have been doing between NH, MD, and DE (including many flights) over the past 12 months, and now we are also adding FL into the mix. She asked me point blank, "Aren't you scared to catch COVID? How are you doing this?" 

I was kinda taken aback by it. She is double, perhaps triple masked while asking this and like 10 feet away. This is a relative I have known my whole life. It was just a surreal experience. It really drove home for me how differently I am living right now compared to other people. There really are people out there who will not travel until the CDC/Fauci say they can. I find that just crazy.

I just said, "I am not scared of COVID." I couldn't think of what else to say. She seemed really concerned about this. We also talked about the vaccines, and my answers there were not compelling to her. I doubt I will be seeing her again soon.

It's going to take a long time for society to heal from this.

More people like this than you think. I know a few. Very reasonable people. Or at least I thought. The PTSD from this is going to last years. For some people, it will last the rest of their life. 

9 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Highest number for flu deaths I see is 61k but that is only during a 10 year period. I’m sure some will be freaked out for a while but a majority will move on    At least that is my hope

This mass testing has to end at some point. If we mass tested for the flu in any given year, people would be appalled at the numbers if we reported PCR tests the way they’re being used for this. The idea of test and trace was and is a farce. That was the original reason for the mass testing.  You don’t hear that anymore.
Mass testing at this point is a pointless endeavor except to see what the level is in a particular area. If you feel sick, stay home.  

17 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

It's called labile hypertension ... those that run a bit high, run a bit hot  -  lol...

It is 44 average around the home stations within a mile or two of mi casa... But the wind is about as close to legit nill as is molecularly possible - ... flags motionless... under about the purest clearest blue imaginable.  

April sun cannot be denied!  

Out putsing around the yard ,... more so assessing and surveying what it'll need for now.  But in a sweatshirt and some halfhearted commitment to picking up debris, some raking, ...bit of clipper detailing here and there, this weather it really defines and underscores the  "naperil" appeal - classic faux warm day.   Does not feel that chilly at all.

The 12z GFS operational run is - quite ironically - putting up close to top 10 days both Wed and Thu now... Thicknesses (500 mb) surpassing 540 dm by a goodle number, with by then the equivalent of September 4th sun ( for perspective), and 850s creeping to +5 ... and light wind, and low ceiling sigma level RH ...etc..etc... should by busting MOS and tickling 70 again with limited flag wobbling spring fever as wildly more contagious pandemic in the region than this recent dystopian cinema ever was.. .LOL

I just went outside again. Had to sign for a FedEx delivery. Not that bad in the sun actually. I’ve been cooped up all morning doing laundry. 
My wife only does hers. Kids do theirs and I do mine. I joke, really only 20% a joke, if I wanted to hide something from her where she’d never find it, just put it in my laundry basket. 

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

 

I take that as a compliment. He’s my hero 

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

At ~ 58 million full vaccination count as of this morning, ... or ~ 17.5% of the U.S. population, I am curious at what percentage ranges ( be it 30, 50 ...70 ) do we see statistical curves break/respond?  

The first curve I'd like to see break toward less is the persistent 60 to 70K new cases per day.

It looks to be leveling out. The increase in 7 day avg seen in Massachusetts is leveling too. What the dystopian media doesn’t say is about half the positives in a lot of areas are in the 30 and under crowd. Death numbers continue to fall. The 7 day average for that in the US is at 850. So under 1000. 
Once that 30-40 and under demographic starts to get vaccinated, the curve should start going down pretty fast. 
Breakthrough infections will fall too once less virus is circulating. People forget, or don’t know, the mumps vaccine is “only” 78% effective. There’s very little infection since most people are vaxed. 

34 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Shorts and tees now working outside. Sun feels fantastic 

You have thicker skin than me. I’m only at 42 with a little wind. 

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Interesting yours are blooming too. Probably in a very sunny area?

I’m on a hill. It’s on the south side of the house. We’ve also had a couple of  really nice days in the low 70’s here and there toward the end of march. My ground phlox are showing a hint of green. They usually start blooming a little around patriots day. That’s in 2 weeks so we’ll se how it goes.

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

. Hopefully magnolia are ok.

Mine just started blooming. I’m afraid it’s done for

1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

22 yikes

I’m at 25 with the stove going this morning. Not a cloud in the sky. 

32 minutes ago, bch2014 said:

Not saying it's right (it's also silly in VT where there are a total of like 5 "BIPOC" people in the entire state), but there isn't clear precedent to say whether or not it is legal.

This paper has a nice discussion on the issue: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3765168

tldr: A strict racial test probably wouldn't be allowed but a "social vulnerability" index (that takes into account race as one of its inputs) is fine. 

 

 

Probably should have been rolled out by age only. It's pretty clear by now who is the most vulnerable to severe illness and death. Once they went down the "identity" distribution rabbit hole, it was open season for every interest group to try and make the case for why they should be next. .