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Kind of what I said. After ducking down to the dash I had time to think, "Always wondered what a bad crash would feel like and I'm about to find out."

My woods crash in 1981 was likely the 1 in 1000 where not being belted might've been helpful. I was lying along the dash when we hit and went from +25 to -20 in less than 1/10 second. Slight fracture on left leg, 2 sprained ankles, cartilage damage in ribcage (a month of painful breathing) and level 2 spinal fusion at C-4 in 2011. However, the degree to which the right side of the cab was compromised probably would've meant a high speed face plant on the dash and/or door post and life threatening head injuries. Ironically, we all began wearing seat belts in the woods after that.

More to learn about the effect on the under-18 cohort, especially since I think some companies are testing 5-11 year-olds. Under 5 is probably off the board even if some talking heads think otherwise. And that "tiny state of CT" has population about 200k greater than all of NNE - it's 29th of the 50 states even while ranking 48th in area.

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA not dead/neutered virus, to create antibodies without exposure to C-19. I think J&J is a more old-style vaccine but that's somewhat a guess - once I got the Moderna my interest in J&J dropped precipitously.

Probably too late to acquire and spread hay (or straw - weed free) over the new seed, but that would accomplish 2 things - some protection from downpour/runoff impact and partial shade for the new seedlings. Our estimate in haying where we seed (logyards, winter roads, etc) is 40 square bales per acre.

Good illustration, though with one (off topic a bit) caveat: IMO, using tree rings as proxy for temps has low validity except where a tree species is near the northern or southern edge of its range. Growing season moisture seem to have a far greater effect. I've measured a small number (currently 10) of trees at 2-week intervals both where I now live and when we were in Gardiner, and have seen little correlation between growth and temp, large correlation between growth and precip. In 1995, hottest JJA of my 13 in Gardiner, RA was scarce between mid June and mid Sept and diameter growth stopped in midsummer on most of the 6 trees I was measuring there, then had a bit of late September growth at a time when other seasons showed growth was ended. Last year had the lowest growth of my 9 seasons of measurements here, and had only bits of RA between mid July and Sept 30. Anecdotal and small sample size, but other Maine foresters/researchers also noted the reduced growth and vigor of white pine due to the 1995 drought. (Current growth rates are confounded by the effect of needlecast fungi in many places.)

36 here, 3° milder than yesterday. With the cool airmass this coming weekend, a clear calm night might be frosty.

As I'm sure you know, climatologists are generally predicting more variable wx including bigger precip events and longer dry spells. So instead of (hypothetical) June having 6 days with significant RA totaling 4", we get 2 deluge days 3 weeks apart, totaling 5", much of which runs off rather than soaking in.

In my northern Maine experience the not0infrequent June frosts had no effect on the blackfly populations. Frozen dew atop the Forester this morning though the thermometer only got down to 33. We never set out the warm-wx plants until a few days into June. Median day for lst spring frost is May 24. Though ours is a frost-pocket location, it's probably not as cold on still mornings as Alex's place.

And as sentimental favorite to some, there was probably more than a little $$ placed on him.

Read that the bumping occurred while on 18 - walking toward that final green? So while no fun, it had little to do with the results.

Frozen dew on the Forester this morning, back into the 80s day after tomorrow. Whiplash.

I watched the middle holes (6-11 for the final pairing) and noted that course stewards were busy herding the crowds out of a player's line. Of course, the high proportion of drives/irons that went awry and into the crowds added to the stewards' work.

Saw the headline and assumed it was heat exhaustion from trying to do 100 km on a 35C day, but instead it was hypothermia in RA/IP/hail on a mountaintop.

That birch tree behind the stake seems rather close, though midwinter pow will sift right thru its branches. That said, being in mature forest should give a reasonably valid view of the overall pack. Sometimes small holes in a spruce-fir canopy can be snow collectors, gaining depth as winds blow the snow out of the treetops. The mixedwood character near the stake should avoid that potential bias.

0.07" with yesterday's front bring the May total to 0.77". I'd rather see a dry spell in midsummer when the veggie roots are well down into the soil than now at planting time. After 10 consecutive days with highs 73+, there was frozen dew on the vehicles this morning.

Not much else there. Clouds (and a 0.01" deluge) kept the max down to 78 here. We may be warmer by 10 AM today.

Unlike our black Lab, who would be in the water any time, anywhere, any temperature, any water condition (except frozen), our current Lab mix doesn't like water at all. However, she'll roll in any snow that's available despite being a rescue from TX - maybe still getting over the heat of the Lone Star State. Barely got under 60 last night. May get toasty before the front arrives about midday.

Not my only frostbite experience but by far the worst. In 1988, after we'd moved south and I took a position with the state, our staff biologist and I had traveled north to look at several lots. A CF had come thru the first afternoon, dropping mid 30s down to -2 by the time we turned off the lights at the Forestry building on the east shore of Portage Lake. Next morning the temp was -32 and the wind gauge was wiggling either side of 30 mph. At CAR the temp was -20 and the WCI (old scale) was -85, probably about -55 on the current scale. The afternoon was spent on Bald Mt Twp about 30 miles west of CAR and maybe 800' higher than the WSO. They topped out at -9 but I doubt we reached -15 where we were. On the 4 PM snowmobile ride back to the pickup I was 2nd up behind our shortest (5'2") forester and held fists to cheek as there was no place to hide at 40 mph upwind. Only a 2 mile ride but I had twin white hourglass-shaped patches on my cheeks. Only 1st degree so no effect once we were in the vehicle - only regret is that no one took a picture.

Got my black toe - actually both big toes - in Feb 1976 but the cause was quite obvious. Mt first winter as a forester in N. Maine and our boundary maintenance crew stayed overnight at a logging camp about 50 yards from Maine's northernmost tip and the pot burner went out during the night - inside temp 20s the next morning and my (only) bootliners were frozen. Long cold drive and 45 minutes mucking with a flooded snowsled engine at -10 (about average for that time and place) and the deed was done, though I didn't realize it until taking the boots off that evening at home. Also wasn't concerned that I couldn't feel my feet - 10 minutes of breaking trail on snowshoes in deep powder and I knew I'd be stuffing gloves into pockets as hands began to sweat. That was on a Thursday and by the following midweek the skin on the big toes turned black and then began to peel - 1/8" thick - revealing nice pink skin beneath. Hindsight says that thawing from within was probably the best way to treat 2nd degree frostbite. For the next 10-12 years those toes would become cold quickly and I had to be extra careful.

I think the place being pointed out as the boundary is where the expansion can be measured.

Passing the torch to the deerflies, with mosquitos ruling the night.

Part of the Golden Circle tour lets one see where the European and North American plates meet. Not allowed to stand with one foot in each continent, however - the plates are moving apart at about one cm/year and tour hosts don't want anyone getting hurt because of the motion.

CAR reached 91 last May and the next day's 90/69 tied 5/23/77 for mildest minima. The earlier date had 95/69 while the day before tied 6/28/44 for CAR's top temp ever at 96. Tied it again last June 19 in a 95/96/93 heat wave.

Tastes certainly differ from person to person. I loved the food in both Iceland and Norway, but especially the latter. Having visited son and DIL in Japan 17 months earlier readied me for not-fully-cooked fish, but the Norwegians smoke it before serving. The breakfast buffets at the 3 non-AirBnB places we stayed were incredible - bread as good as any I've eaten, a huge assortment of items with many that would be familiar to any American and one can quickly walk past the cold-smoked salmon if one chooses - I didn't.