JustinRP37

All these people worried about when winter would be over and many called it over in mid January. I will have two full epic weeks of winter since the snow fell to when the warm up begins. Still have half a foot of snow on the ground. It was a warm start to February but overall the month wasn’t a loss for winter weather enthusiasts. Enjoy what you have as the most godforsaken season of the year is next. Allergies, mud, mosquitos, and flies. If I could “spring bird” to Phoenix from mid March to early June I would. Then summer will be hot and humid, perfect for the beach and pool before summer ends in “October” and we get our one month fall and then who knows what next winter brings.

Catamount was absolutely amazing today! Snow squalls putting down a few inches and great conditions overall. This week as been great and even next week in the mountains looks cold for the majority of it. I always am amazed at the huge variance in weather from the city to the Catskills and Berks.

We finished with just shy of 11 inches here in Patterson. It is amazing snow. A little heavy but great! Tomorrow I’ll be heading to the slopes! I’ll take it.

If it can close the city and still get me skiing, I’d be happy.

8 to 12 still up here in Patterson NY, but any further bumps south and I’ll be getting into the screw zone. Never thought this would have happened just a few days ago.

This is what is should be. Ours justified it as kids still get the thrill of the snow day and will want to be outside (a rarity in today's world). It is also incredibly important to their development when they can play with the kids in the neighborhood outside. We really have seen that kids just cannot focus during online school for more than 45 minutes anyway. It is boring and there is no collaboration. Rather just have them off completely since when it is snowing anyway, I doubt they will be paying attention anyway.

Just close, remote learning doesn't work. Let kids play in the snow.

I'm going with 8-12 for me here in the LHV. I think it will likely be closer to the 8 than the 12, but hopefully it surprises me! Can't wait regardless! I can take Wednesday off and hit the slopes!

Birds running into glass each year far outpaces birds killed by wind turbines. And the numbers are not even close: https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/avian_conservation_ecology-ef/v01n01-v16n02/www.ace-eco.org/vol8/iss2/art6/ACE-ECO-2013-568.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320713003522 While we can certainly improve in both regards but window collisions kill an estimated 25 million birds in Canada alone. The USA sees higher estimates. Wind turbines kill around a quarter million birds. Also the mining for EVs batteries will occur regardless of EV adoption as lithium battery use increases.The difference is batteries can be recycled and battery health nearly replaced back to 100% with minimal waste. The true science of sustainability is fascinating once you look at the science and not the “media” reports.

The one bad day was MLK day at Catamount a few days after the rain. It was solid ice. The other 3 days were 2 Belleayre and 1 Thunder Ridge, all of which were amazing. Going to Catamount this weekend to try it out again.

I have to say if you are looking for snow, the Catskills were amazing yesterday. Belleayre had plenty of natural snow and of course deep snow gun snow. Overall it was a beautiful day yesterday with light snow off and on. So far I have had three really amazing ski days this past January and one horrendous day.

Yes, the sciences of climate change is pretty much settled. We have seen major temperature shifts in air and water in the past 100 years. You also have to realize that just 100 years ago we didn’t have internal combustion like we have now. It is vital to life, but the laws of thermodynamics are there. We are taking a buried energy source, burning it to do work, but that energy is still there after combustion, it is just in the atmosphere now instead of in the ground. Humans are very adaptable, but we have cause massive extinctions too. And we also have sea level rise to contend with which you can see in most coastal areas with sunny day flooding. I always welcome people to science. I am glad to share lectures about these topics. Anyone can hit me up on DM to chat. As an environmental scientist, I try to teach from a perspective that shows the change in both a positive and negative light. We need fossil fuels to be where we are, but a change to a reduced carbon or carbon cycling future is much easier to obtain than we think. That said science is not political. Scientists don’t make policy, policy makers do and often with poor knowledge of the subject.

Today was beautiful at Belleayre. Great snow and great conditions.

I will say that having JB on your side is never a good thing. Broken clock... All cold all the time anti science shill.

Snowy rain here in Patterson but coming down heavy enough that we are seeing it whiten the cold areas of the ground. Was not expecting snow this early.

Wow this place is depressing. We just got through a “torch” week without hitting the 60s that so many were touting. Now it looks like the next “torch” period at the beginning of February won’t be that much of a torch at all. Some average days and some just above average days. I think ya’ll need to get out and enjoy what we do have.

Yes, I have seen that but there are huge drawbacks to injecting more S02 into any system. Mainly we are the water planet and S02 will form sulfuric acid leading to acid rain, so that is not a plan we can do on the large scale. The best would be to continue to decarbonize and figure out a way again to make the carbon solid and bury it. We have yet to fully figure out a way to do so. But we do have more than enough studies showing biofuels are feasible (but then converting more land to agriculture could prove problematic). That's not even talking about the biodiversity crisis, etc. The pesticides you mention are a problem and the herbicides like glyphosate too.

It will not happen on a large scale in our lifetime. There are still way too many unknowns and that could also lead to our demise. As an environmental scientist there is still so much we don’t know and I’d honestly say right now are biggest issues are forever chemicals and plastics all causing hormone disruption and fertility issues. Not to derail the thread though. We can talk about climate manipulation elsewhere if you want.

Why cruel? That literally puts me in some good snow. Hop on Metro North and get up to Putnam or Dutchess County. I don’t think we bite up here.

Horrible idea for so many reasons.

I suppose we can give it the Covid exception and offer an extension or extra credit. But I feel like Dr. Son won’t be happy come April if Winter isn’t done with his studies yet.

Yeah I forget about the D- because my institution doesn't give them only D's, odd I know. We also don't give A+ (but don't think we need that for a winter anytime soon). Last winter definitely gets an F and this one is only at the D because I have more than 8 times my snowfall from last year (almost 10 inches this year as opposed to under 1.5 all of last). An F is still on the table though for this year!

Today was one of those days with a big temperature difference between home and the Bronx. Still snow covered in Patterson this morning (but won't last today) to warmer Bronx with steadier rain. Fog overnight was fairly impressive up north. As we approach the midpoint of winter (Feb 3rd) and are past the midpoint of met winter, if this winter were one of my students, I'd be assigning a D so far. That said I see a grade max of a B- depending on February (would have to be a historic change to earn higher) and it is still highly possible winter ends up with a F on the report card.

It is crazy because as Walt just pointed out a decent part of the subforum could see power issues. Could this be the year I regret not getting the house wired yet for a backup generator (my brother in-law gave me a large portable generator that can run most of the house). Going to get that done this spring/summer. This is one of those storms I could see people in the northern burbs not being fully prepared for because of the warmth and rain.

So odd that so many are saying winter is over for the sub forum when my second largest snowfall of the season could be in the way and it wouldn’t take much to make it the biggest snowfall of the season. Last I checked Putnam and Dutchess counties should be included in this sub forum.