BrianW

@Ginx snewx Looks like the Thames and Connecticut River are frozen and snow covered pretty far North?

Really hard one to measure. I had about 3.5 when I went to bed around 11 and maybe picked up an additional .5 overnight so I'm going with 4 inches here.

Yeah. Looks like he's getting crushed right now.

Looks like the parking lot of the Ultra Violet strip club in Willimantic? I hear there's a better one in Tolland...

Looks like round 2 is getting started right up the 91 corridor in CT.

Upton's forecast was spot on. 2.8 inches here and its only sticking to the grass. Look at the 95 traffic cams east of HVN.

Your right. It just dropped significantly to 48.

It's still almost 50 here. Its all melting.

Upton thinks it's all going to melt. With record warmth today (highs in the 50s and 60s) ground temperatures remain well above freezing. In addition, some of the 12z forecast guidance keeps temperatures above freezing (33-35 degrees) during parts of the day Sunday. While p-type is expected to be all snow, if these surface temperatures do stay right around 32 or slightly above 32, we may not see a lot of snow sticking to roads, and may be confined to just the grassy surfaces.

Who is ready for spring? 63 and my Tulips are sprouting!

Pellet stoves burn extremely clean and they don't create creosote as pellets have very low moisture content. Your pipe is most likely fine. Pellets would save you 50% or more over heating oil right now based on cost per btu. In addition to the huge savings pellets are considered carbon neutral and have a huge environmental benefit. Burning pellets instead of oil will reduce your C02 emissions by close to 90%. You also have one of the biggest wood pellet dealers (woodpellets.com) just south of you in Bedford NH and they have local New Hampshire pellets available.

Diesel is fine and is actually better and burns much cleaner than home heating oil due to its lower sulphur content and better refinement. Kerosene is even cleaner and you could use that but it's expensive. Its mainly for indoor kerosene heaters as its burns very clean. Oil burners will pretty much burn anything you put through them. The same burners and nozzles can run used motor oil, biofuels, vegetable oil etc. My first place I rented just out of college me and my roommate could never afford the 150 gallon minimum fill for heating oil. We spent many weeks just buying 10 gallons of diesel to keep the heat going.

Its been all over the news. The market is changing. People don't have $15 to spend on a 4 pack of IPA's anymore and sales are dropping like a cliff. In the last month, four breweries in the state have closed permanently. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, seven breweries have closed in Connecticut. “Our breweries are struggling. Many of them are on the precipice of financial failure. Losing them is not an option,” Blumenthal said. “This program is an investment in the kind of changes in investment that are required of our breweries.” https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/senator-blumenthal-seeks-federal-relief-funds-for-ct-breweries/520-01cc63b3-0f14-41ad-8576-40081096f5c9 https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/craft-beer-industry-growth-slowing-amid-pandemic-new-competition https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-breweries-closing-20220205-latmm7zg7fg2tk57ipnsrpz37m-story.html

A friend of mine works in the craft brewery industry in CT. He said sales are horrendous and on a huge downward trend and 5 craft breweries just closed this month in CT. He said expect a ton more to close soon.

Be careful with those torches. This was on the news 5 days ago. Homeowner tries melting snow with garden-torch, sets house on fire. https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/homeowner-tries-melting-snow-with-flame-thrower-sets-home-on-fire/

Some of the scariest bridges I have seen have been on 91 in Massachusetts. I got off in Northampton a few years ago and was stopped in traffic under one. The bridge supports were literally crumbling with exposed rebar and they had nets under it to catch all the concrete deck pieces from falling on cars. I just did a Google search and it looks like its being repaired. I also found this picture of exactly what I saw under it. Crazy how they would let something get to that condition. Imagine the liability if that collapsed and killed a bunch of people.

@The 4 Seasons 13" Branford

What a winter here along the coast in CT. Getting absolutely destroyed right now here with this band. Impressive winter storm continues through this afternoon. Surface analysis depicts a 979 mb low, possibly lower, south of BUOY 44008 (South of Nantucket). The low will continue to deepen through this afternoon as it occludes, sending snow bands over the region. Intense dynamics under a dual jet structure are helping provide large scale lift over the area. The large scale lift is helping snow extend well NW of the actual low center. The middle level low centers per SPC mesoanalysis are SE of MTP, with strong mid level FGEN occurring along the colder side of the mid level low. Multiple heavy snow bands are currently over Long Island and southern Connecticut. A moderate to heavy snow band has also made it towards the eastern portion of NYC metro. Snowfall rates of around 1-2"/hr are likely across Long Island and southeast CT in these bands, with 3"/hr possible within the heaviest band across the Forks and New London CT. The Islip Airport Observer recently reported a 2"/hr snowfall rate between 8 and 9am. This band will likely stay in place the next several hours as the low passes to the southeast. Have also noticed some enhanced reflectivities west of the large band, which may some enhancement off the Long Island Sound in the strong N flow

The power outages are going to be a disaster with the cold and wind. Boston's high is 18 Sat and even the cape gets into the teens Sat night. You lose power in that and pipes are bursting quick. The line crews are going to be slowed down getting around with all the snow as well.

Lumber prices are nuts again. 2x4's back up to $8 each here. The price of softwood lumber has increased nearly 45% since September, per the data from the federal government. Other data suggests that the price mills are charging for lumber used to frame homes has tripled since August. Rising prices are one problem, but volatility is another. Over the course of the pandemic, lumber prices have fluctuated dramatically. Between 1947 and 2019, the monthly change in the price of softwood lumber averaged 0.3%. Since January 2020, though, it has averaged 12%. Not only is that the highest average monthly change over a two-year span since this data first started being collected in 1947, but it is nearly three times the previous record, according to the report.

I have seen some incredible returns in my solar stocks. Solaredge SEDG is a good one, they are one of largest solar inverter manufacturers. They are up 1428% the past 5 years. You will only get half a share but with the growth of solar its sure to go up.