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Another .1 rainstorm. It's so dry in the woods now, it's sandy and dusty.

Well that's pretty significant.

Well that's a nightmare scenario for pushing water into the NY Bight.

I saw 88 in Middletown CT but otherwise most of CT that I was in was more like 84/85. It felt warmer though.

Actually most of it is somewhat shaded. Some time this winter I'm hoping to be able to take down a few more trees and get the yard opened up some. Kinda like the Central Park site, everything has grown up around the place and needs to be taken down. We got a good start last year and now it's time to finish the job.

Rained just enough that I don't have to water the garden. Yay

It drizzled for a little while, maybe a few hundredths worth. It's breezy, damp and cold. I'm assuming it will drizzle some more as it pulls away and that back line moves through on it's way out. Heckuva way to run a tropical storm.

I was up on the east slope of the Catskills riding in Round Top for a little while this afternoon and it was beautiful up there. We were chasing the sun right up to Rt 23 but once across the river it cleared and the temp jumped almost 10* to a little over 70 and the wind dropped off to a very light breeze. On the ride up the Taconic there were these little mini scuds dropping out of the leading edge of the clouds and dissipating as soon as they cleared the bottom of the cloud deck, it was really cool to watch. Coming home the clouds got continually thicker and the wind kept coming up,over the top in Fahnestock St Park it was blowing pretty good but no rain even down here in Mahopac where I live but there is a good wind blowing. I always enjoy the drama at the edge of tropical storms.

Feels like fall and it's starting to look like it too. Trees are responding to the cool, dry weather we've been having and the forest is in a very different state than it was just 10 days ago. My garden is definitely in fall mode. Julian if you're going to be down this way let me know, I'd love for you to come get a look at what I have for a garden and how to make it better next year. You are way more knowledgeable about this stuff than me. I just wing it and hope for the best but I'd really like to get more serious and see some real yields for all the effort I put into it and this is the time to get it ready for the next round.

.2" and a little bit of wind, nothing special at all. I left a bunch of stuff outside and ran out to get a few things done and when I got home they hadn't even soaked through and the piece of styrofoam on the roof of the car didn't blow off. Another dud... Hopefully the cool front is more effective, it's steamy out there now.

50 miles west and that's a disaster for LI. 1938 redux?

I would think anywhere east of the middle of Long Island ought to do it. It might be fun to hang out up in the Hither Hills area or on the cliffs by Montauk and watch the chaos.

Are stats kept for high minimums? I know there were more warm overnight lows this year than last.

And all my wife and daughters did every time we did something outdoors was complain about how hot it was. I thought it was pretty great! A little humid many days but overall it was a good outdoor summer for me.

So just how wet is tomorrow going to end up in northern NJ? We paid for a booth at a craft fair and I'd hate for my wife's handmade inventory to get ruined.

It's the same as the snarky NJ jokes NYers have been throwing around for years. Don't take it personally.

I don't understand the details but yes it's based on religion. The cleanliness and nice look are due to the strong work ethic not dollars in the kitty. I think it also has to do with the state and municipalities tossing what money they do have at keeping things looking good and functioning well so that tourism dollars keep flowing unlike the Catskills where nobody seems to give a hoot anymore. The towns on the periphery other than Ithaca and Corning, especially the southern end are pretty ratty. Olean and Bath are meth addled and crumbling, even the college towns are really rough under the surface.

More non native species... We just keep introducing more and more things that don't really belong. I was a few minutes from LGA yesterday at the USTA, there was a thermometer on the south side that was over 90 for a few hours. I went back to check it 3 times because it was so hot on some of the more exposed courts. Just because the number of 90+ days was officially low doesn't mean it wasn't a very warm summer. All you had to do was get away from the coast. It has been a long, warm, humid summer here with very little rain since mid June. I know that our electric bill is higher than I'd like it to be because the AC has been doing double duty since the spring right up until last week.

My dad still lives in Oceanside and doesn't have any of these problems. Sounds like your neighborhood has some issues. Where are you in town? He's between OJC and Avodah off Bellevue Ave. As far as I know LI still gets their water from deep wells.

Surprisingly, unlike most of the small towns in upstate NY, these places in the central Fingerlakes appear to be stronger economically too but it's only on the surface. I learned something new while I was at one of the breweries, did you know that the Amish and Mennonites don't pay any taxes at all? The county where Watkins Glen is happens to be the poorest county in the state because of this. You'd think that with 4 and 5 star resorts, big marinas and one of the premier high dollar racetracks in the country that wouldn't be the case but... Some of the neighboring areas are right behind them too. Nearly 60% of the population contributes nothing and whatever money goes into those "communities" never comes out. Some of them even track things to the Nth degree and get the gas taxes they pay back when they file, not just the gasoline but the diesel for the farm equipment and what little electricity they use to run their farms and lumber mills as well as sales taxes paid on everything else they use (which probably isn't much). I think when I'm up there in the future I will go out of my way to not stop at their farm stands and not go to their businesses because it seems to me that if you're going to take advantage of things like having roads (to ride your buggies on at 2mph) and getting the roads plowed and maintained and all of the other services that are provided by the State and local municipalities you should pay your fair share not just be a drain.

Time to leave LI dude. It's not a good place and you're finding out...

Man the Fingerlakes is a pretty part of NY. I need to go back there when I'm not working and take my time moving around rather than being "on a mission". There's also some A level drinking to be done there. I stopped at two breweries, had a great Mexican Lager and a really good Cocoa Porter. Next time it will be wineries and distilleries, they're everywhere. This time of year all the farm stands are chock full of good stuff. It's gonna take a few days for my stomach to return to normal

You won't need to move. It will be warmer here anyway... #climatechange=golfallyear

I drove out to Rochester yesterday through the middle not on the Thruway and it's mostly still summer green. It rained hard here for a good part of the night and it's wet so far this morning. It was nice to be able to have the windows open at ~75* rather than needing the AC the whole time.

Tough to get a nicer late summer day than today but it looks like each of the next few is gonna try. I'm down Unfortunately I have to spend the entire week in the car but I will visit over half of the counties in the state so I ought to see some really nice stuff and get to take a ride in some really cool places after work hours so there's that. Now that I finally, after almost 6 weeks, have my car back from recall work getting done at the local Subaru dealer I can travel with my bike again My garden is definitely winding down but as that happens I"m coming up with space to plant some quick maturing fall food plants so throw some ideas at me.