tamarack

Stinks what you and your family are going thru at present, but that's an odd response to someone who actually got vaccinated. My wife and I each have some comorbidities, including age, but the clincher was wanting to visit family in South Jersey. Should Gov. Mills decide, on the day we plan to head north, that entry from NJ now required test or quarantine, it would be a bit inconvenient - missing work, calling the kennel in hopes they have room to keep our Lab a couple more days, maybe having our NJ lodgings no longer available so scrambling for another place. First World problems for sure, and the downside of vaccination (so far, wife's 2nd Moderna comes in 2 weeks) was miniscule. The fantasies from people like Bill Gates that we can only reopen once the “entire world” is vaccinated are looking sillier every day. I just hope they let it go versus trying to force it. The folks who mocked the US vaccine rollout, even after Biden was inaugurated, have become very quiet. Compared to Europe we're not doing that bad.

Would be fine by me, slowing plant phenomena to avoid a late frost kill. Farmington co-op has had only traces since Feb 27. Their lowest for Mar-Apr in their 128-yr POR is 1.0" in 1966 (then 3" on 5/9/66) and lowest Mar 1st forward is 2.0" in 1915. I'd rather not set a new record.

5 days out and GFS's unreliable qpf, but ORH/AFN shows 1-1.2" while RUM/AUG has <0.1". As expected.

True, but when the hospitalization rate is 20 times higher it stands to reason that hospitals at capacity become more likely. Evidence, not proof.

Hope that's right and it will slow down spring phenology and avoid toasted plants 3-4 weeks from now.

Or maybe another suppression session? Almost had enough dz here to make the roads wet - Stein mortally wounded.

Needing vaccinations every 6 months would mean all the people pulled off other jobs to jab people's arms will need to keep at it, as the US would need to be doing about 3 mill/day to keep up with that frequency.

Agree (unfortunately) - 2010 rearing its ugly head once again. It's the only year with earlier forsythia blossoms than now, as they opened here over the weekend.

Yup. If about 1/2" in 16 days is "wet".

Agree. Only this year's new growth would be vulnerable - maybe - at those temps.

Farmington co-op observer began in 1966 when he was in his early 30s. Not sure if he's still on the job though the site hasn't changed. In July 2019 the 2nd half was missing initially but filled in later. Maybe a changing of the guard or perhaps a health issue requiring someone else to do 2 weeks of obs but who didn't know the protocol for reporting. 76 yesterday. Other than 2012, this was the earliest to reach u70s. Walked the snomo trail - still some under-the-duff ice - and saw about a dozen new blowdowns from the gales of 3/29, including 4 across the trail. Also picked up 2 dog ticks, 1st of the season for me. Another discovery, a few days earlier, was that the lightning strike that shattered a fir tree on our woodlot also hit 40 yards away, across the road on our neighbor. Both a big WP (25" by 80') and a medium-size hemlock had long vertical furrows 1-2" wide in the bark, showing a bit of the wood underneath. Might explain the near-instantaneous double bangs, as those trees are 40-50' farther from our house - only about 1/25 second difference but audible.

Maybe - I've read this from people who ought to know. However, I've never knowingly had the flu - vaccinated or not - and have infrequent mild colds, also very rarely get infections from the frequent scrapes and cuts inherent with bushwhacking thru the Maine woods and playing in the firewood pile. My Moderna symptoms were all but non-existent (#1) and some arm soreness plus a bit of fatigue the day after #2, which I'd describe as mild.

This year's 3/30 melt-out was only 6th earliest of 23 here. 2006 was earliest at 3/14 and 2010, 2012, 2016 all ended continuous 1"+ prior to the equinox. (2000 melted out on 3/28.)

Spring break surge? Should know by late month.

I'd never try to defend firebombing, whether in Japan or Germany or anywhere. However, "innocent" has gradations. On another forum a former missionary to Japan (early 1980s thru late 2010s) met elderly men who when 10-12 y.o. were being trained (with wooden "practice" weapons) to help defend against the expected Allied invasion of the Home Islands. Forced by leaders of the (then) militaristic society, of course. Again, that's a topic that could generate forum-busting volumes of comments.

Since Feb 2 here. After that both precip and cold consistently failed to reach forecast levels.

Lower Ammonoosuc probably has bass as the CT River holds plenty. For trout only, try the Wild Ammonoosuc? (Probably won't be big ones in that high gradient/low nutrient river, unless they're stocked.)

Red maples may blossom next week - buds are getting bigger by the day. Male aspen catkins ready to look like worms. Heard a single peeper night before last, joined by many friends last evening. Songbirds rebuilding their nests under the eaves. Seems about 2 weeks ahead of the average. Back of my mind recalls May 11-13, 2010 with lows 22/26/25, after an even earlier spring awakening.

Jackman, Maine - temporary population 40,000.

1st week of March 2012 had slightly BN temps, 10" SN and hit -10 on 3/6. Late month featured 30s each day 26-30 with 2.2" SN. In between was slightly different.

Late May 2005 at our place: 22 48 40 1.07 23 48 44 1.25 24 47 41 0.15 25 47 39 0.26 26 49 42 2.41 Also had measurable RA on 5/21 and 5/27-31, but lesser amounts and slightly milder.

Given some of his behavior in college, maybe his damage became serious even earlier.

Biggest difference I noted going from NNJ-BGR-Fort Kent was that storms hung around longer in the north while in NNJ they'd blow and go. Almost none had snow continuing 24 hours past first flakes while some in the north would taper off on a 3-4 day schedule. That said, big storms in NNJ looked like big ones in Ft. Kent, except possibly for colder temps north on average. (Not exclusively, however - most of the 15" on 2/7/67 came at 5-8° and 12/60 also 1/61 were in the 10-15° range.) In 9.7 winters in FK (moved there 1/1/76) I recorded 3 events of 20"+ and 5 more 15-18.5". In 60 (cherrypicked) NNJ months, 3/56-2/61, we had 4 storms of 20"+ and 3 more 15-18". Also had storms in the 15-18 range 1/64, 12/66, 2/67 and 2/69. The north country fills out their snow menu on lots of 4-10" events. As for the eclipse, Chain of Ponds FTW.

Or more. I think Pop Warner league starts before age 10. However, most publicized CTE cases are longer-term NFL players (which are more likely to be publicized because of career length/stardom.) Edit: Pop Warner league has many divisions, which start at age 5! Some systems go by weight and the "Mini-mite" division is ages 5-6-7 and check-in weights 35(!!!) to 75 lb, up to 84 by end of season. Makes me glad my organized football career was just 3 years in HS and 2 at Hopkins.

Relatively short career and 33 y.o. is young for CTE. However, DBs have some of the most violent high-speed collisions in the game and are usually smaller than the guys they're trying to tackle. Maybe Deion Sanders, famed for coverage and picks but sometimes ridiculed for avoiding hard tackles, had the right idea after all.