tamarack

Domestic violence and CTE are testing the patience of many ardent NFL fans. The league needs to do more to stay on top.

Enforce the pitch clock!! Reduce the average time between pitches by just 10 seconds and game time goes back to what it was 50-60 years ago.

Can recall that storm heading due north straight as a string for about 2 days, right toward us, then making a near-instant (for a 'cane) turn to ENE and OTS. Barely got a cloud in central Maine.

Kind of like Sugarloaf in Irene when the upper Carrabassett had 8" while all the neighbors had half that or less. Only road access is Rt 27 and bridges blew out just north and south of the "Loaf's main entrance. (There was a rough back road that allowed one to access Rt 27 south of the blockages.)

Given ski area prices (and those of many other sports/games) I can see why. But spending $3 for coffee and a donut at Sandy River Farm Supply down the road makes cash the simple answer.

In 2007 the 5-acre field where our gravel road meets the tar, about 2,000' from home, was plowed and disked. Next summer it came up 100% goldenrod and thick, probably caught a load of seeds from nearby. (Why would anyone spend money to plant it?) By mid-August they were in full bloom and for the first time in my life I was miserable with allergy - would cough all day then wake up about 2 AM full of mucus and cough for 3/4 hour straight each night, lasted about a week doing that. Same amount of blossoms in 2009 but only very mild reaction and none since, with lots of goldenrod still there.

I'd guess closer to the 10th there. Median here is 9/19. Other than 2011 (10/6) first frosts have all come in September here - 22 of 23.

Haven't had any for 45 years, but maybe those forecasters took my share?

Watched 2 different PWM stations' forecasts this noon, and they must be looking at different models (or something). 1st one had possible Fred effects late Wednesday but it may stay west. 2nd had the effects Friday but may stay south.

Saw the same for HIE. Probably 43-44 here, love it.

Average speed about 83 mph. !!!!!!!

When I worked at the pizza shop 1973-75 while in UMaine forestry school, we could be a bit smug when the power went off as the ovens were gas and we had battery lighting. The old fashioned mechanical register was electric but could be run manually with a crank. (And might be a museum piece today.)

Afghanistan has been a tribal mess for centuries and neither the old USSR nor the US changed that much. What's especially sad is the Taliban's treatment of women - slaves and brood mares.

Probably had dews in the 70s in the north woods Thursday, as PWM topped its record with 78. However, August 1988 when the PWM TD reached 77 had nearly 2 weeks when dews almost never fell below 70 - longest dewey heat stretch I've experienced and the only time we had white mold growing on everything in the basement. PWM minima averaged 70.1 for the period 8/4-8/13 that August. I think it's their only 10-day (or even 7-day) run with a 70+ average low. Their mildest minimum of 76 in July 2011 was within a warmest week averaging 68.1 for minima. Nice 0.71" drink yesterday, August up to 1.07".

Nice. Ever been to the larger Duck Lake maybe 20 road miles to the south? Never fished it but I've been told the big ones hold to the south central shore where the big hemlocks come to water's edge. Couple of awesome water access campsites on the west shore, too.

Terrible estimate on my part - morning shower was 0.49". Probably another 1/4" in a weak TS and light showers this afternoon. Triples our August rain.

My guess is 75, unless he reaches it with 2 outs in the 5th and a lead.

True, and in the same hemisphere.

Just checked the Jay Peak co-op. Last record was April 2014, with 39" on 4/1 the only entry. Nothing in 2021, nothing in 2017, nothing in 5/14. I'm confident it's been offline for 7+ years.

And shrugged it off, as their construction is very different. 7+ in developing countries is often a disaster. Took a 9+ in 1964 to do major damage in AK.

Our party of 40 had a fairly long walk into Big Reed Pond north of Baxter Park on Thursday. The mantra was bring water and watch each other. Had no issues, other than some incredibly dusty roads. Coldest I saw was next to a glacial lagoon…7C on the car thermo, so 45F. Warmest was 20 or 22 C so 72ish. Some parts of the country were seeing 25C while we were there. We packed for 50s We packed for 60s-70s on our Iceland/Norway trip. 10 days in Norway included about 2 hours above 70 (barely) plus 2 full days of 50s RA. Iceland never reached 60 on our 2.5 days there. (Of course, I wore the same clothes at 50 as at 70 but I'm weird.) Edit: Glad J.Spin included that "most" as we moved north for the trees, with snow a very nice side benefit. Had a briefly heavy then lighter shower 8:35-9:15, maybe a tenth or 2.

Different people have different tolerance for heat. Same goes for cold. My cold tolerance is abnormally high and I caution against forcing my preferences on others (though I haven't given up short sleeve shirts in winter, which make some friends feel colder.) It's probably not 100%, but I'd guess that most folks with high heat tolerance do less well in cold, with the cold-tolerance people not liking heat.

Probably my hottet vigorous work was in July 1968 while framing the 2nd-story walls of a sizable (for the 60s - modest today) house. NYC had 98/78 that day and dews were likely close to that minimum. By 2:30 the combo of direct sun and reflected heat off the plywood deck was making us dizzy, not good when working next to a 15-foot drop onto rocks, so we bailed. It was much hotter (150+?) next to the grill at Curtiss-Wright's summer resort the Sunday, July 3 when Central Park hit 103 and LGA 107, but I was doing less rigorous work. The other candidate was insulating the attic of our 1st Ft. Kent house the day in May 1977 when CAR hit 96, but I was only in the (estimated) 120+ heat for 30 minutes. For cold, the day in the Aroostook woods in Jan 1988 probably is the winner. CAR was -9/-20 that day and reported a WCI (old scale) of -85. When we left the Forestry building next to Portage Lake the temp was -32 and the wind wavering either side of 30. On the Bald Mountain lot about 20 miles west of Ashland we spent the afternoon on a wind-facing hill and I doubt the temp passed -15 there, not bad for a few minutes but after 8 hours it began to sink in. Only minor frostbite, fortunately.

Around here August blackflies tend to be vegetarian, though they're good at flying into ears and eyes. 100 miles northeast in the Mattawamkeag drainage the blackflies usually remain bloodthirsty all summer.

Opinion - which is fine. (Although "Cold does absolutely no good to anyone" is obvious hyperbole. Ask PF.) I never complain about cold, though I brag occasionally. I feel that the non-laments give me some moral standing to whine about the heat.