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6 hours ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

8am on Saturdays and 9am on Sundays are my cutoffs

My general rule as well.  Except for the snow blower.  6AM on weekdays, otherwise 8/9 on the weekend days respectively.

Called in my first report (of a mere Trace) last night, GYX office closed within 30 minutes due to unforeseen circumstances.  Not a good harbinger for the rest of the season!

4 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

26.5F. Solid freeze

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20.8F, heh.  Wish my little frost pocket mattered when it comes to coastal rain/snow lines...

On 10/29/2021 at 7:05 AM, PowderBeard said:

Thinking it might be a good idea to throw some grub treatment down. Have a had an opossum in the yard eating the past three nights.  

Use nematodes if you haven't treated yet.  Grub Ex isn't always effective, not to mention you risk killing off a Possum, which eat tons of ticks.

1 hour ago, Hoth said:

Well the Fed has put themselves in a real bind. The "transitory" thesis seems to be heading out the window. CPI continues to rise, all the while rates remain jammed at zero and easing continues at near record levels. Meanwhile, you have coinciding bubbles in rates, stocks, real estate and some commodities. With so much debt jammed into the system, the Fed no longer has much latitude to fight inflation, at least not without risking an implosion across several asset classes at once. Then again, inflation could do the work of its own accord, as corporations begin to suffer margin compression or demand destruction if end users won't stomach rapid price increases. The Fed will come under increasing pressure regarding its market friendly policies, which have jacked up the wealth of Fed members themselves, and the wealthiest 10% of Americans, increasingly at the expense of the middle and lower middle class. Pressure to pull forward rate hikes and cause a deflationary pop is going to increase in the next several months. Given the high correlation across asset classes, including crypto to equities, I would be sweating here if I had large exposure.

In layman's terms, what is "large exposure"?

1 hour ago, DavisStraight said:

That was the road where I did the appraisal. Quite a few got hit hard there, lucky no casualties.

Yeah, no kidding.  The first time I drove up that road after it was completely unrecognizable.  So sad.

On 11/6/2021 at 10:38 AM, Cmr29 said:

Some of the damage from that tornado definitely strikes me as EF4. It appears as though it peaked on radar right around Brimfield where at least 2 homes were leveled.  A lot of the homes along the path were “sliders” but there’s at least 2 photos that clearly show anchor bolting around the foundation. I don’t have permission to show the other so here’s just 1. The tree damage is probably among some of the most impressive I’ve seen at least in photos. Max V-Rot was ~80-90 kts and a Delta/V of around 150 kts (172 mph). Given that and the damage at the ground it’s most certainly deserving of a lower end EF4. However I wasn’t on the survey.
 

(source for the house damage). https://ryanhanrahan.wordpress.com

Knew someone on Paige Hilll road that had their home leveled, and they were one of about 8 homes that were shredded to the foundation on that road alone.  

4 hours ago, tamarack said:

I doubt anyone knows exactly how this will shake out, given the law of unintended consequences, which will never be repealed.  A 20-head piggery in a PWM residential neighborhood?  Animal abusers using the new amendment as a defense?   
???????

I've been wanting to expand my flock of 6 hens to a dozen, and ideally add a rooster and geese for predator protection.  Maybe this'll allow that here in SoPo!

9 hours ago, mreaves said:

I read this article and am still unsure what the passing of this amendment means

That's what frustrating.  Nobody understands it, but is willing to vote for it (by an overwhelming majority - i think 61/39).

46 minutes ago, snowman21 said:

People in Maine can't grow their own tomatoes? That's a weird one. I can have all the tomatoes I want in my garden.

that's the thing.  we can.  we passed a referendum in case some day some corporation decides we can't, or something.  wild.

9 minutes ago, dryslot said:

It did pass, I worded that wrong, I would have been pissed if i wouldn't be able to grow my tomatoes....lol.

Ha, that's what's confusing about this.  Were you ever concerned that someone was going to tell you that you can't grow tomatoes?  Or buy seeds for a new variety of tomatoes?  Or save your seeds from last year?

It's a referendum to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

59 minutes ago, dryslot said:

The other dumb referrendum that got defeated, Dendrite would not have been able to raise his chickens here if this passed, And lol at that last line....

Maine voters agree: Food is a basic right

The right to food won rave reviews Tuesday from Maine voters, who passed the nation's first guarantee for people to grow, harvest and eat according to their own wishes.

The Maine ballot measure was one of several in states seeking to create new constitutional rights touching on an array of issues. Some were a response to policies put in place during the coronavirus pandemic, including a pair of Texas proposals limiting restrictions on religious gatherings and nursing home visits.

Maine's unique measure declares individuals have an “unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing.” It passed comfortably.

“It’s always a good idea to secure and protect an individual right in the world we live in. Food is life,” said Democratic state Sen. Craig Hickman, a supporter of the proposal. “I don’t understand why anyone would be afraid of saying so out loud in the constitution.”

Opponents had worried the measure might lead some people to try to raise cattle in cities.

I thought this one passed?  Dumb referendum is right, though...

From this article:  https://bangordailynews.com/2021/10/17/homestead/what-you-need-to-know-before-voting-on-maines-right-to-food-referendum-joam40zk0w/

The legislators who wrote the bill have said that they worry in the future that the government might create roadblocks and restrictions on what Mainers can grow. Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham, R-Winter Harbor, testified earlier this year before the Legislature’s agriculture committee that he is concerned that companies like Monsanto may “own all the seeds” in the future, and gardening may become “a luxury reserved for the rich.”

Making amendments to the state constitution based on something that MIGHT happen in the future is a dangerous move.  Nobody is being denied the right to grow their own food and save seeds right now.

20 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

The same people trying to stop it are the ones with cars rotting in the front yard, dumping oil and other shit in the woods or burning it, while riding around in a diesel pick up truck doing rolling coal rallies. Such environmentalists. 

And oddly enough people who are truly environmentally conscious opposed this, too.  As Eaves pointed out, it was a complex mix opposed to this thing.

That map is interesting dryslot.  Look at Cape Elizabeth as the outlier voting for the corridor.  

8 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Was the big deal just clearing a 100’ area of trees to bring it down? What was the big issue outside of that?

I think that and "Mass profits at Maine's Expense" were the big ones people were drawn too.  And I think the pro-corridor campaign adding in the retroactive law aspect did more harm than good.

The question wording was a mess, too, which didn't help. 

"Do you want to ban the construction of high-impact electric transmission lines in the Upper Kennebec Region and to require the Legislature to approve all other such projects anywhere in Maine, both retroactively to 2020, and to require the Legislature, retroactively to 2014, to approve by a two-thirds vote such projects using public land?"

This article did a good job breaking it all down, unbiased IMO.  

https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2021-10-22/what-maine-voters-should-know-about-question-1

16 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Yes and goodbye corridor.

I guess people really bought into the advertisements.  I could see if I owned property near the new 50 miles I'd be against it.  And CMP can definitely suck it.  But how are we going to move forward with renewable energy if we don't allow them to complete the project?  Contract isn't going away.  IMO Mass using hydro is better than other less sustainable alternatives. 

I think I'm more shocked by voters approving 3, amending the Constitution over a tinfoil hat conspiracy. 

We shot down renewable energy and approved amending the Constitution, doesn't make sense.

4 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

Anyone know why Tim Kelley left NECN?

Going to make an uneducated guess that it was vaccine mandate related.

Voting day.  RIP to the endless CMP Corridor ads.

3.93" for the event.  15 miles to my south there were several 6"+ reports.

32 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

This person is widely known on Twitter 

Ah.  The guy who should probably stick to tweeting pictures of the CT river vs. tweeting every QPF/Wind output from every model and model run?

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Actually no it’s not. We’ve been texting all morning. It’s another individual in S CT

out with the name, wiener.

5 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

lol, probably. Just need to keep the grubs away.

Looks the best I've seen over the years.  Apply Nematodes in early May, before there are signs of grub damage. 

1 hour ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

The crux of the financial markets and consumer inflation in one paragraph by David Einhorn 

 

Hasn't inflation always been here to stay?  I'm no economist, but isn't inflation kind of arbitrary / artificial, relative to wages?  Listened to these guys detail it a few months back, was relatively informative to me as a noob when it comes to this stuff.  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/what-causes-inflation-83185373/

Clover is Stein resistant and a favorite of honey bees...where's the problem?

2 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

41.9f. Still haven't been in 30s yet.

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37.4 for the low here, hit 39 back on 10/1. 

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