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Temp bottomed out about an hour ago at -3.6 and is ticking up now.

Some pretty loud and clear star wars sound effects coming from the ice tonight.

-6.7 for the low

-1.5 now

-3.3 for the low.

Currently -1.1

My newer VP2 console is reporting a temp of 164 and is scrolling a warning for a dangerously high heat index. Usually it's the older console that does intermittent stuff like this, but it still shows the temp. Also lost wind speed but not direction, and 1 of my extra temp stations. Not a clue what would cause stuff like this... maybe some outside source of radio interference? 

39 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I notice it most in the younger demographic.  High schoolers, college kids, second job folks.  One of my employees put it perfectly the other day… literally two years ago you couldn’t find a job even at very entry level service positions.  It was “we’ll call you if something opens up” even at a gas station or Dunkin Donuts.  He said it felt like a privilege to have a job. Now in just two years every single business you drive by will hire you on the spot in the service industry for 30% to even 40% more money.

I still haven’t figured it out…what exactly happened.

For my area, it's because the J1 visa students are largely gone. There were hundreds of them here in 2019, and many worked 2-3 jobs. Because of covid, businesses can't pack 20 of them into a house anymore. They are required to have individual private bedrooms, which is impossible for most employers.

Last year was the first time in 18 years that I had to hire local people and it was ungodly stressful and ended in disaster. No good options. High schoolers can't start work until June 20-25ish. College students start leaving August 10-15ish. Adults have basically no interest in a job for only 16 weeks. 

7 hours ago, dendrite said:

Did you have the Davis in Jan 04? That’s the one that would’ve scared me.

Also, good use of bullet points. 

Didn't get the Davis until July 05.  Just looked up that month... I don't remember it but it looks pretty brutal.

36 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Who are you?

Low of 5.0°. Tue-Wed will be rough for the boo, and a little unpleasant for the chooks. The phyllostachys nigra henon I planted a couple of years ago is only rated down to 0° so we’ll see what a bit below 0° does to it.

If I can't have extreme heat and dews, I'll settle for extreme cold. I'm just glad we got enough fluffy snow so that I can fully bury my more sensitive plants.

I was looking at Feb 2015. What a ridiculously cold month. Imagine if you had just started your bamboo the previous summer? 

• Went above freezing on only 2 days.
• Only 2 nights had lows above the single digits.
• 16 nights with lows below zero.
• Hit -15.3 on 2/24, the second lowest temp in my stations history.

Coldest morning so far @ 7.5 

Kind of love the days when the temp keeps dropping until nearly 9am.

Recent timeline of snowblower related events:

• My dads truck got stuck at the bottom of the driveway while plowing after the 12/17/21 superblizzard.
• I fired up the snowblower and went down to rescue.
• Snowblower promptly stalled when pushed into the snow too fast.
• Angrily used pull cord to restart. Cord broke.
• Angrily pulled every muscle in my body trying to drag it back up the hill.
• Used the electric start for the rest of the winter.
• Discovered when pulling the snowblower out of storage last October for a test run that the electric start stopped working.
• Spent days trying to fix it and failed, so I
• Angrily replaced the pull cord.
• Tried to use the pull cord today but it's almost impossible to pull. Cold and stiff. I'm screwed.
• Angrily tried the electric start in a fit of desperation and it worked as if nothing was ever wrong.
• Cheerfully snowblowed todays 4 inches.
• Suggestions on battery powered snowblowers please.

10 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Some coughing and chest pain now…fever back up to 101. I assume this is COVID. Sucks.

Sucks. Any plans to get tested? NH still has some free test kits available if you haven't already gotten yours. 

You start to wonder if we just never see the sun ever again.

New Years Day: Showers or drizzle likely, mainly before 3pm. The drizzle could be heavy at times. 

https://liveduvalstreet.com/ 

12 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Nice. Looks pretty intense.

This reminds me that my cam has been down since mid May. 

Damaging fog.

Heavy heavy snow.

3 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Not Bells, Tabasco or Jalapenos i have had success with, Have to start early and they go late,  Bells i buy, Never have issues with tomato's, Cukes i have to use neem oil to keep the white powdery mildew at bay.

Gorgeous plants.

1 hour ago, IowaStorm05 said:

There are some things in my opinion that you don’t NEED to buy organic. In fact some things it’s BS.

Milk is not one of those things.

It is seamount to buy organic milk. Organic milk doesn’t have bizarre-o hormones in it. Organic milk doesn’t go bad in a week. ORGANIC MILK HAS A SHELF LIFE OF AROUND A MONTH, even longer if you haven’t opened it.

I get a gallon and a half, spread among three 1/2 gallon cartons, at Costco. Runs ya $10.49. The consistency of the milk is incredible. So fresh and pure tasting.

Avoid the grass fed milk IMO. Just do organic. 

Organic milk lasts way longer purely because it's UHT pasteurized so it can sit on the shelf for however long it takes for someone to actually buy it.  

4 hours ago, dryslot said:

Tomato plants, Yes, Its easier to buy plants that are already started, Cukes you can start by seed as well as all types of squash and peppers,  Potatoes, You need a lot of room as it takes quite a few plants to make it worth while, It will also matter where you place the garden, If its in full sun, Plants that like full sun will do better then ones that like partial sun or vice versa, But you can plant several types leafy veggies in partial sun, Back of the seed pack will tell you the sun requirements.

Wow, you have good luck with peppers from seed? I start bell peppers April 1st and consider it a success if I can pick one by the last week of August. I'd be afraid to try them direct sowed.

My tomatoes were a total failure last year. They all suffered a pretty gruesome death from blight in mid July.

45 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

Storm Final 3"

Same here. Brutally heavy, too.

I cracked a panel in the greenhouse roof trying to get it to slide off. 

13 minutes ago, butterfish55 said:

Made it to Key West. Flew into MIA and drove down. 72/70...gorgeous spot

Back to sleet and freezing rain.

27.7

The condos across the street have a ridiculously steep driveway, and they are constantly throwing down salt/sand so they can get up and out. No luck, it's just covered over instantly. I think they're realizing why nobody else over there stays all winter. Might need to set up a steaming cam to share the entertainment.

Snowing pretty good. About a half inch covering the glaze which is making the driveway even more impossible to walk on.

6 hours ago, dendrite said:

Got my moderna booster last night and now I’m in bed with a 101.4° fever and aches. Anyone else mix and match the booster from the first two doses?

I wanted to get a moderna booster but CVS refused and insisted I stick with Pfizer. 

Booster side effects were only slightly less crippling than the second shot. Didn't get the overly brutal headaches or fast heartrate. 

33 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

It seems taboo but I have this weird fascination with spending one Christmas of my life in a hot, tropical place with palm trees.  That’s not DFW but sort of reminded me with the temperatures.  Just to see how that climo part of the world experiences Xmas.  Air conditioning while opening packages must be a trip.

Try it once and you'll never want to go back to being cold on the holidays again. Lighted boat parades, lobster trap "trees", mosquito bites. Watching them try to put lights on constantly flailing palm fronds was entertaining.