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15 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Bears Foxes Bobcats all seen in my hood again this spring, not to mention all the hawks. Extreme numbers of squirrels, chipmunks around.

Chicken free range cancel 

Plus, it's peak bird flu season (I think).  High(er) risk from any migratory flyover droppings or waterfowl flock intermingling.  Always clean boots when going between farms/chicken runs, too.

8 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Mine got me. Scar remains. Old Ginger is a beast. Sardines? @dendrite

24 minutes ago, tamarack said:

I still have a scar from a rooster attack in May of 2024.  Was taking some veggie scraps to the grandkids' flock in SNJ, all the hens came as a swarm and "Houdini" (kids name all the birds, of course) wasn't tolerating competition for ruling the hens.  Its 2nd attack was repelled when I (carefully) flipped the rooster onto its back, after which it scooted next to the pen and crowed a dozen times - "I won! I won!"  Then I noticed the blood running into my shoe.

Are these spur or beak wounds?  I'm glad my city has a no-rooster rule, they intimidate me.

My surviving hen from flock 1 is defensive of the 1.5 year old flock 2 hens.  I picked one up when she was stubborn about coming in at dusk and when I went to set her down in the run, the old hen delivered a direct peck (more of a bite, actually) to the back of my hand. 

This is now the chicken thread plz rename and pin @dendrite.

15 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Omega 3 time is fun

Haven't gone this route yet.  I did go soy-free a year or two ago on your rec, and I think it's made a big flock-health difference, so I'm willing to try this.

On 4/29/2026 at 6:04 PM, Typhoon Tip said:

  ...no one person in particular mind you ... lol

I just have a cataclysmic sense, like it is pending, global in scale - there are ...unnerving things going on that interestingly enough, no one in here talks about.   interesting.   closed circuit for a social media depot, I'll tell you that.  

Never a doomer myself and always laughed at them. Especially the bunker-type (although I still laugh at them - first was on the premise of end-times being near, but now for thinking their efforts will matter (they won't)).  Thought it was just mankind being mankind, thinking the end is near.  

My tune has changed since the Epstein files were released.  I always sort of knew capitalism ruled, and 99.9% of people are just a means to the elites end, but never realized the span and depth of their control.  People can shout conspiracy, but it's pretty much validated now - democracy isn't real, you are merely a dollar sign, nothing you do or say matters (beyond hyper-locally), and it's top vs. bottom, not left vs. right.  

But the SS change has sailed.  Unless it's a full-scale revolution of the 99% stomping out the 1% - but we're too fat/happy/distracted to pull that off now.  The total control/surveillance state is actually here (hi!) after 2+ decades of slowly normalizing it.

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One of the silent issues nobody is talking about is the exponential proliferation of data centers and the economic and environmental impact they'll continue to have.

We're rapidly being pushed towards a economic and natural resource crisis that'll result in the total takeover of the 99% - and it'll be done without a single bullet, quite easily.  And by the time it happens there will still be people shouting about climate change, and gender identity, and human life being a bad use of tax dollars (while not mentioning the tax dollars that are used to line pockets), and whether or not their favorite public figure is a pedophile.

31 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Ate it. They are voracious mini t-rexes if they get a chance.

I’ve seen them eat frogs, salamanders, newborn chipmunks, and even a hummingbird…lol. The hummer hit the window and was either stunned or near death and the chicken found it. I chased after it, but it ran to the other side of the yard with it and after a certain point you just let them do what they want with it to take it out of its misery faster.

24 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Dam…never realized that. Birds can be ferocious.  Animal world is certainly no joke. Chicken be like, No offense…but I need to eat, so it’s game on. 
 

Great information.

They'll even eat each other. 

Morbidly - if one dies and isn't removed, they'll eat it.

Less morbidly - leftover cooked egg whites are a favorite treat.  You can also feed them crushed eggshells (I bake mine quickly first) as a calcium source.

19 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It was 77 on the thermostat last evening . 

Your house must have 0 insulation.

A few less $6/pint IPAs a week and you can probably save enough for better insulation, maybe even a mini-split.

42 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Why? Did you mean to ask Tblizz this since he’s been divorced and married 4 times at age 25?

Not really a dunk.

Recognize it early and pull the plug before kids >>> pretend it's working just to protect the institution of marriage while deep down everyone is miserable.

36 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Wtf.


Sent from my SM-S921U using Tapatalk
 

This would be the real wtf.

48 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Powderfreak with the windows open while the heat is on here

Still only 41 here.  At least the dews are up?

7 hours ago, Henry's Weather said:

This is awesome, what grade levels?

5th-6th

7 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Need one of those tents with a stove 

Hat and hooded sleeping bag. Just breathe it in.

Night 1 of 2 chaperoning a school adventure club camping trip in the Whites.

Low of 9.5°F outside according to the weenie thermo I brought.  Temp in my tent stayed right between 26-29° all night and with the proper tent and sleep pad, the <0° bag was almost too warm at times.

Pack is still anywhere from 8-18" generally.  Got that rotting spring look with a bunch of stuff from the trees on top even though it was fresh at the start of the week.  Definitely more glacial than soft, at least this morning.

Looks like tonight will be warmer but more windy. I think I'd prefer to radiate.  Possibly some exciting squalls later on the hike.  LFG.

On 3/22/2026 at 10:47 PM, powderfreak said:

5” today… 70” depth… 288” measured season total.  Cleared and reset for the next snowfall.

Meant to post this reply earlier but sill sitting here as a draft... 

I really love this post.  It would sound lame to a non-weenie, but this kind of data collection and maintenance must be a huge point of pride.  There is something so gratifying about being a steward of records, and thats coming from someone whose observation task involves about a tenth of what yours does, so I can only imagine the feeling of accomplishment. 

It's honestly why I hope I never have to give it up unnecessarily.  So great. 

16 minutes ago, dendrite said:

NAM is little snow too. Not complaining.

I wouldn't mind the QPF but keep the snow in ski country at this point.

Weird, weak arguments.

The primary urban heat island effect is at night.  

Also 40/50 states - lines are arbitrary and without a map they all disappear.

2 hours ago, rimetree said:

Some signs we get clipped with a little snow tomorrow even down here...better change Monday. Just need .25" to get to 80 on the season.

32 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

Really? 80”? Damn didn’t realize we were that high. 

Said the same.  PWM at 62".  Not questioning it by any means, just doesn't happen often.

22 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

@ineedsnow

He's an early riser so I'll stub.

22 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I kind of knew that because look how fast the snow is blowing and the trees are barely moving. Scooter can sniff out BS.

And by it being posted by a boomer on FB.  Dead giveaway.

15.1° for the low.

15 minutes ago, met_fan said:

8 foot wingspan?!?

39/16

44 minutes ago, tamarack said:

I've occasionally done the 10 readings for individual storms but doing it for pack depth in a place like Maine with snow atop snow would resemble the physicist's uncertainty principle - all that tromping thru the snow affecting the depth.  I place the stake at the same spot in our garden plot and stay away from it, to avoid that affecting.  I suppose if one could separate the 10 spots by 50+ feet and avoid old tracks during the next measurement . . .   Too complicated for me.

Pack grew to 13" this morning, back to 11 now.

Definitely work and you have to be very strategic.  To be clear, unless it's a wind blown storm, I only take 10 measurements at 12z daily, not every 6-hr new-snow ob.

I also have one of those fancy 40" sticks with a handle, plus an 8' wingspan, so I can space far from my feet.  Helps great deal.

3 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Last night was a perfect example of #1....right on cue.

 

 

 

I used to think our locations were simpatico on being the relative BN screw-holes.  Basically from you up the coast to PWM.  

I'm curious how you stand relative to your climo over the same stretch?  

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

Snowpack starts getting weird this time of year depending on shading and angle to the sun.

That is a wild map.

My depth is an average of a huge area, always 10 readings.  And even then I don't feel fully confident.  I straight up tossed the stake as a data point after the blizzard.

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

I just mean I was higher than you, cooler than you during the warmup, and we ended up tied at 8” the other day. Not calling you out. Just surprised I was losing snow faster than you.

The worst part about losing my pack  before this event is having another round of mud. 

3.0" new @ PWM.

20 minutes ago, NW_of_GYX said:

I’m at 62.5”. Difference is the December norlun and a couple other events where you outperformed. Wonder when the last time klew was ahead of the southern foothills/interior Cumberland county.

Or last time PWM (59.7") was basically even (Spring will widen that gap, presumably).

4 minutes ago, bristolri_wx said:

0.01 is the numerical indicator for “trace” on the spreadsheet. You can’t enter trace on a spreadsheet without it breaking the auto-sum functionality…

Ah, OK.

Didn't know people were tracking T events.  

On 3/7/2026 at 12:12 PM, Brewbeer said:

that you are, mine are two stories above a concrete patio, I'd need a pole 30 feet long, I'm not going up there on a ladder.  It's doesn't really matter much in December or January, there is a big pine tree to my south and it's shadow crosses the array midday, but by early-mid February the sun is above the tree and sunny day production really takes off.  Typical winter consumption for my family is about 19-20 kwh/day, summer it's 16-18/day if AC isn't needed. 

For heat, a typical 30F day the house uses ~10k BTUs/hr on average, on a 0F design day it's about 30k BTU.  I'm curious what a water heat pump in that output range looks like from a cost and equipment footprint perspective, gas boilers don't last for ever.      

Those are pretty damn good numbers. I've been fortunate I only lose a day or two at a time to snow cover, at most.  Must have a good pitch/angle combo.  Or I just don't snow.

All last year I ran about 20-40 KWh/day avg.  Great production, Finished with 16.6 MWh produced over 11.8 consumed (+4.8 MW/h)

Then, In December, we started running grow lights 16 hours a day for our new business and we're popping 60-80 KWh a day (during peak heating season.  Already coming down to 40-60).  Current delta is -2.0 MWh.  Hoping to stop the bleeding there this month and build up a surplus.  Lights should be off starting in late May, we'll before cooling season.