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Where in Jersey is she? Things are still pretty frozen here in terms of blooming flowers... But the lawns never went ultra brown, to be honest.

https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=box Change the code at the end to BTV, OKX, etc depending on the geography you're looking for..

^Picked the wrong year to go. Was there last year.

Army is so inconsistent. One week they’re kicking Top 25 Air Force’s a$$, the next, they’re struggling against the ‘Saders.

If snowmaking is going to be banned, there needs to be lots of other carbon-intensive, recreational activities banned too. People have already mentioned golf, but recreational boating, transatlantic/pacific leisure trips, etc are a few low hanging fruit!

It’s interesting that NNE is going to be so far above normal. NYC is about to record its 3rd below normal month in the last four.

Brightening up noticeably here in Hoboken.

Long drive from Mammoth to the closest beach, but yes, theoretically possible.

Block Island. We summer.

I was in Italy in late June 2019 when there was a heat wave of similar magnitude (upper 90's-low 100's-not seeing the 110+ that Tip referenced in any forecasts). The Lake Como area was nice during the heat, though it is not particularly high elevation so you don't get the alpine cooling effects you might expect given the scenery...

High schools were supposed to be open.

Things seem *SLIGHTLY* brighter here in Hoboken than they did 15 minutes ago.

I live ten minutes away and still haven’t been, haha.

Flip side is that it was one of the best seasons in recent memory for the Laurentians. Not sure the correlation between that area and Jay, but I was up at Tremblant in late February and the depths were impressive.

September is the toughest month, no?

All major OKX climo sites finished May BN on temps except EWR (+0.2).

Yeah, the reason why I said sleet is that I wasn't seeing any accumulation/hailstones. Just hearing the pingers.

Sleet mixing in here in Hoboken.

BOS has had 9 straight days of BN departures. When was the last time that happened?

Just installed. Last night was sweaty.

Yes-UTSA has done a very nice job building their program quickly. Obviously Larry Coker got the program off the ground quickly, but they had a blip with Frank Wilson. Credit to them, they realized their mistakes and brought in TX HS FB legend Jeff Traylor, who made his name at Gilmer in NE Texas before going to be an assistant at UT and Arkansas. Texas State has had a much harder time getting traction-which is funny to me as San Marcos definitely has more of a "college town" vibe (to go along with nice football facilities) than the northwest side of San Antonio where UTSA is located. Meanwhile, my alma mater (Rice) has all the money and history in the world but none of the will to win, which is disappointing as an alum.

All of the C-USA teams who appeared in post-season play are moving to the American next year (FAU, UNT, UAB, Rice, and Charlotte). UTSA is also moving but they’re awful at basketball (but quite good at football). Of course, the AAC is losing Houston and a couple other teams, but it should still be good at the top next year with FAU and Memphis leading the way.

One of my good friends is in his 5th season working at the Alta Lodge. Between a combination of getting “Canyon Fever” and getting older (perhaps related), he decided to move down valley this season. He’s said it’s been a total PITA, and he’s slept 20 days on the floor of the lodge since he can’t get back down the canyon/has to be at work in the morning and can’t afford an avalanche control delay.

I agree with you that there is food price inflation. But we’ve also had nominal wage growth since 2019. So you can’t just say “food prices are up, end of story.” Is food probably 200-300bps more as a % of income than it was in 2019, yes, I’m with you. But it’s still way below the supposed “glory days” of the American middle class.