PhineasC

31 with light snow falling. A coating on some surfaces. It pulses to moderate every once in a while.

The observer very close to me in Randolph averages 185” for what it’s worth. I am still a newbie to the climo here so no idea what that means for him. Just a data point. I am at 1550’, the observer is 1750’ or so.

Light snow in Randolph. 31 degrees.

Nice! Another White Mountains resident. Welcome.

Had a dusting this morning like everyone else. Got down to 27 last night, 35 here now. It looks like there might be some drizzle action going on, I am viewing through the cam so not sure.

Yeah, I hate both of them for sure. I have noticed that you only ever see one type or the other. They must really have some epic fights under the floorboards and behind the walls. An ongoing war for dominance.

Release some large and hungry house centipedes into the basement. They will take care of the spiders for you very fast.

Twitch is a good album. Synth-pop but harder than most. I like the collection album "Early Trax." Provides the highlights from the early days and skips some of the terrible corporate pop the suits at the studio wrote for them.

They basically switched overnight with the 1989 release of "The Land of Rape and Honey." It was pretty shocking for folks. LOL

That's been the story at my kids' old school. Certain students who are prone to allergy symptoms and colds have been missing tons of class time with the "stay home/get tested/return 48 hours later" drill. And the school has a policy that if you are enrolled in-person and have to be at home, you can't switch to remote. You are locked in and have to sit at home for as long as it takes doing nothing at all. Can't bring any books home either. The teachers I have talked to have resigned themselves to this basically being a lost school year for most kids. Very little forward progress and the kids who were behind are even further behind now. So glad we were able to homeschool this year. Our kids have been flourishing. I really recommend it for any families that can manage it.

LOL no this is from back in the 80s before they changed to metal. They started out as a New Wave pop band with some goth overtones.

I don’t think it’s a great idea to dump a pile of crappy fill dirt on a steep hill and then plop a garage on top of it. That will wash out very quickly and undermine the garage. It will be sinking down the hill in no time. Is a legit contractor doing this work or just some local buddy type guy with a front loader and some dirt?

LOL Yeah, for Christmas make grandma show her test results before she can sample the egg nog. So dumb. Full kool-aid drinker here, folks.

If I get a couple more inches of snow and a few days with lows in the upper 20s my MD-style crappy winter is basically complete. LOL Just 50s and drizzle otherwise.

Yes, basically early to mid November in Randolph is deep, deep central MD winter. I have checked the CoCoRaHS data from both locations and it's a dead ringer match. LOL

Already in deep winter tracking mode by MD standards. I love it.

Better practices and procedures in the nursing homes can reduce the deaths enormously, since about 40-50% of the deaths in the first wave were in the LTC facilities. Using the "math" from that time period and applying it to outbreaks today seems pretty suspect and exactly the kind of bad science that leads governors and mayors to enact unhelpful lockdowns that make people's lives even worse. Honestly, from a public health standpoint, there is nothing to fear from a bunch of healthy young adults getting the virus and having the sniffles for a day or two. That's a natural part of getting over this as a species. You need that huge pool of people to survive and gain some immunity, which in turn protects everyone else. This is not even to say how you need these young people out there working so the vulnerable people (and those who are just scared of the virus...) can keep using DoorDash, Amazon, etc.

I don't know, certain media outlets did a really good job keeping a lid on the dozens and dozens of people who died in the riots over the summer.

You are entitled to your opinion. I think we will be able to judge for sure if this is a "horseshit conspiracy theory" by mid-January. Under your narrative, the media should be absolutely tearing into President Biden by that time. "Blood on his hands" and all that. I think we will see a major decline in COVID media coverage by mid-November depending on who wins. We will see. BTW, my statement has nothing to do with the actual virus. I am referring to the coverage and propaganda being beamed into everyone's homes. The virus is not a hoax, I am not arguing that.

I personally think if Biden wins you won't hear much about case counts after that point. But sure, maybe the media will keep banging the same drum they have been banging since March. Maybe they will get even louder as the second wave hits. Anything is possible, I guess. Just a "conspiracy theory" I have. I'm sure this crisis would never be used for political ends and we can trust everything we are being told. Sure.

Pretty funny how the COVID stat-anxiety and doom-porn hysteria hits a new fever-pitch just in time for the final days of the election. I'm sure it will just a be a coincidence when the "second wave" and "overwhelmed hospitals" issues suddenly fade away after election night. What an amazing virus, so in tune with the times!

800" I think. But that's just an average. I'm sure the totally unvisited spots get into 5 digits easily. No one around to even attempt to measure.

That kind of snow would have to be heavy enough to choke you if you try to breathe outside.

"Oh dear, gonna be a little bit of snow tonight, hon. Better bring in the chickens and put a spot of wax on the shovel ya know."