IrishRob17

5 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

and imagine the sunrise times in western areas of the time zone...9am?   LOL.   Nothing is going to change.   Hard to have one state change and the other stay etc etc.  DST to EST and back to DST is not going anywhere anytime soon.

There's less daylight no matter how people want to spin it. I once heard it said, though I don't recall where or who said it, but daylight savings time is like cutting an inch off of the top of the blanket and sewing it to the bottom, the blanket remains the same size regardless.

4 minutes ago, Cfa said:

I super-hate early sunsets, we’re too far east in this time zone. It’d be nice if we could keep Eastern Daylight Time year round, but the U.S. government doesn’t allow DST year round, only opting out of DST, switching to Atlantic Standard Time year round would solve that problem, multiple New England states have recently proposed switching.

The flip side though is if we kept EDT then sunrise on Christmas Day for example would be 8:22am.  

Sunset starts getting later again around 12/14 for those that really hate the early sunsets, but not by much.

Often its a no brainer when the first hard freeze is and then there are years like this...for example, I know I got down to 30 this morning but I didn't see any frost on anything.  I love those mornings when there's a heavy frost on everything.   

This morning looks like it could be my first hard freeze but I'm still not positive.  Does anyone know what the official definition of a hard freeze is for this neck of the woods?  It seems like each NWS office has it's own definition.  For IMBY I use a definition I found years ago but haven't been able to find recently which was a low of 28 or temps below freezing for at least three consecutive hours.  My low was only 30 this morning but I think I might have been below freezing long enough for this morning to count.  I know to most of you none of this matters LOL.  So going with today ties me with 11/1/10 for the second latest freeze since moving into my current house in 2005. 

36 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

Kaaterskill today was the highest I've seen it (though I wasn't there after Irene or Lee so that doesn't say much). Looking down the clove from the top of the falls, you could see mist billowing back up the entire height of the upper tier. Just a thunderous roar.

Very nice

2 minutes ago, Rjay said:

Let me know when 

Are you having a conversation with yourself?

1 minute ago, BxEngine said:

Closest i got was 34 but it managed to kill some of my potted plants and herbs. 

My tomato plants are still green, they don;t look so great but are still alive as are the marigolds.

20 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

You dont think you get there tmrw night?

Maybe.  I did hit 31 a couple weeks ago but it wasn't a hard freeze, it didn't stay below freezing long enough.

In other news, my latest hard freeze since moving here in May 2005 is 11/12/05, I have a feeling that 'record' will fall this year... 

1.95” on the bucket and down to 28.83”

Only .45” here but the radar lighting up now

7 minutes ago, Rjay said:

I see Rob lurking in here.  He's prob trying to come up with something clever.  He's just jelly. 

Say what now?

Actually I did try to think of something clever and then told myself not to waste my time on you two dopes. 

1 minute ago, psv88 said:

Hey that was actually funny. 

Stop, you’ll inflate his head even further 

33 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

Who was qg_omega before the username change?

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Rjay 

Has rooting for any particular outcome ever affected the actual outcome?  Please advise.

I’m outside cleaning a few things up and I’m surprised by how breezy it is already. 

1 minute ago, BxEngine said:

Even in banter this is ridiculous. 

We may never freeze again. Never ever. 

15 minutes ago, snywx said:

So who else is gonna test their generator tomorrow ?

I needed mine in August and it ran like a champ, I think I’m good to go. 

Crap, in that case I should get extra gas for the generator.

8 hours ago, Juliancolton said:

It seems like there's a demarcating line somewhere separating abysmal foliage south and decent foliage north. The sugar maples in my yard have been on fire this week, maybe the most vibrant since planting them about 15 years ago. I'll get a pic or two up soon.

I look forward to the photo.  As you know, no two seasons are the same so taking photos on the same date will rarely reveal the same foliage results but it’s one way to compare. The take away for me is that my trees sadly never lit up this season. 

Another comparison from my yard. 

This looks to clear out all the leaves from my yard once we get into the west winds, nice.

This will be Jones Beach in January within the next decade...

It will never be below normal ever again. Never ever.