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Tropical Storm Watch up New Haven to Sagamore Beach. New NHC track appears to take it from about MTP to EWB to PYM.

2 hours ago, Supernovice said:

Am I late to the game on the NWS doing away with point and click forecasts? 

Now I get a forecast for "Central Middlesex County". Have I just not been paying attention, or is this new?

Looks like BOX is just doing ZFPs. OKX still has point and click. Guess it's on an office-by-office basis.

Most first world countries don't tie your health care to your job as one has nothing to do with the other. Might be something worth investigating.

5 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

As lengthening history eventually benefits from an indifferent lens ...

 ...this may go down as yet another shimmering example of how there is American Law, and then there is justice - and ne're the the twain shall meet for those victimized.  

 

On the flip side, the state should have to do everything perfectly by the book and letter of the law and procedure in order to take away someone's freedom.

36 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

What bout HFD and BAF  ...

heh.. I mean, the sensor could need a tuning - okay... But it's no one knows how 'badly' it is off, even if that can be proven.  It's likely decimals -

In fact, if it is 93 in Dorchester, I'd almost question that sensor more so given the total environment

But know what - who cares.  It's donkey ballz out there

They should have another temp/humidity sensor as a backup to cross check like they have with barometric pressure.

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

Anyone paying attention to what Kyle Schwarber  is doing for the Nationals?  11 home runs in his past 9 games.  15 in his last 17 games.  Why would you even throw him anything near the zone right now.

Tatis Jr had 3 HRs by the 4th inning against the Diamondbacks the other day. Pitchers should just walk them and Ohtani at this point. Give 'em the Bonds with the bases loaded treatment.

7 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

There was one guy who had a 3800 spin rate, something ridiculous, his slider would start out on the outer part of the plate and almost hit the batter in the shin.

Kyle Crick of the Pirates. 3500 RPM on his slider. A few years ago the average spin rate was 2300 RPM and guys like Verlander in their prime would have elite spin rates of 2600-2700 RPM.

13 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

CT went to online for some things-I renewed my driver's license online-it's the prior picture that they took in their office 6 yrs ago, but everything else I did online-took 5 minutes-was glorious.

I haven't set foot in the DMV in over a decade now that most of the common stuff can be done online. Finally the system they've been promising for years is coming to fruition. Doing the license renewal online was great. Five minutes on the web site and $72 later, and you don't have to think about it again for six years. Your brand new license comes in the mail and surprisingly fast - mine took only five days even though they said allow a few weeks or something like that.

Low of 60 here. Guess I'll have to wait until September to see the 50s again.

1 hour ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

I still think the spike in pitching and decrease in hitting this season is not a direct result of pitchers suddenly and collectively using sticky stuff to increase spin rates. Before this season, offense/home runs was surging so pitchers had to find ways to negate the ‘juiced ball’. MLB made changes to the baseball in the offseason to help pitching so with record breaking no hitters to date, suddenly the sticky substance becomes a talking point...I’m not completely sold on it. The spin rate sample size is way to small for me to declare that this is the case.

Go look at Kyle Crick's slider. It's ridiculous trying to even hit a pitch with nearly 2 feet of horizontal movement - it doesn't even look real. He spins up to 3500 RPM which is crazy because I think high 2000s used to be the god benchmark that few could reach.

What do UFOs have to do with religion? Obama mentioned something like that too, and I don't get it.

1 hour ago, DavisStraight said:

We should come up with an AMXCoin, we'd all be rich.

It's easy. Look at the dude that created SCAM coin as a joke and suddenly found himself a multimillionaire.

Samsung Galaxy phone can record in 8K and capture 1 billion pixels of image data per second and costs $1000 and can fit in your pocket, but the military which blows $715 billion every year still only has cameras as good as your local gas station security system.

5 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

True, but we all still need to get up and go to work in the morning, aliens or not.  
Seriosly though, if aliens are visiting I doubt there would be a full reveal.  That would cause some issues for religions and governmental power structures.  
My take on it has always been that if “they” are here they have probably been here for a long time, maybe longer than us.

If the aliens are here just visiting over many decades, then so far they aren't looking to do what the aliens in Independence Day did and blow up the planet. If they are peaceful and just visiting maybe they could help us make faster ways to travel or with technology in general that would take us the next 1000 years to figure out on our own.

6 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

I wonder how long many of these testing sites will last.   CT is down to a couple hundred cases per day and falling....I'd guess you can always get a test at your dr's office....

Probably going to need to keep some around for the rest of the year. Much of last summer saw infection rates below 1%, so despite doing tons of testing the positive rate was at times coming in as low as 0.2% with only about 50 people hospitalized statewide and that was without vaccines. Have to wait and see how much improvement is just the seasonal cycle, and the state is going to be aggressively monitoring to try to get ahead of any localized outbreaks.

1 minute ago, PhineasC said:

Dominoes falling now.

What dominoes? Weren't most states already planning on lifting restrictions in the coming weeks?

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

So the mask thing ends now correct? No specific dates by state ?

Last I heard, weeks ago, Lamont was leaving it up to individual businesses to decide, but DPH was recommending we continue wearing masks. Probably not anymore though so as not to be in conflict with CDC guidance.

Just now, CT Rain said:

nightclubs, standing at a bar, 100% stadiums/concerts, <6ft distance at restaurants. Will be on the 19th. 

We still have nightclubs? Thought those things were relics of the '80s and '90s.

Just now, CT Rain said:

He's gotta do it soon. Connecticut is 100% open in 6 days. 8/1 makes no sense with vaccines widely available. 

What in Connecticut isn't already open?

3 minutes ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

What's the over/under on Baker rescinding the mask order?

He has his time line, I have mine.

Why is Mass. so much more restrictive than CT? Or is that just the impression I get from the people complaining on this site?

4 minutes ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

What was actually said was that so far, of the 6 months of real world data we have, that immunity was still measured.  I’m not blaming you for misunderstanding. The media has been AWFUL with messaging.

Some how this got misconstrued as the vaccine only lasts 6 months.

I should have phrased that better as I understand the vaccine to start declining in effectiveness at the six month mark or there about. So if that's true that there will be a decline at some point, I'd rather just get the max protection when I would need it most which is next fall/winter and not in the summer when we're all outside where transmission is very low. Last summer we had positive test rates well below 1% and as low as 0.2%, so I'm expecting a repeat of that meaning no point in wasting a few months of vaccine maximum effectiveness when the risk is low. Kind of like there's no point in getting the flu shot this time of year.

3 minutes ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

Who said it was only good for 6 months?

Well there is some question about how long it will be effective until a booster is required.

Would it be better to get the vaccine now or wait until August or September? If it's only really good for six months, and the summer isn't an issue as we saw last year, maybe it's better to wait to get it right before you'd expect a surge in cases like we had in the fall heading into the holiday season?

6 minutes ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

I don’t know. Depends on where you live. I swear 90% of people on the street in Boston and Cambridge are still covered up like their fighting off a flesh eating plague. 

Who cares though? If people want to wear a mask for the rest of their lives let them. If you don't want to wear a mask then don't. Isn't that what freedom is all about?

13 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

shouldn't there be jobs that people aren't expected to live on? you know, minimum wage jobs for high school kids. a high school kid is just looking to buy some weed, not support an entire family. 

part of the problem is that many of those high school kids don't want to work.

Have you been to a fast food place or grocery store recently? I'd say the older folks well outnumber the teenagers. Why are people in their 40s/50s/60s working there? I assume for the most part out of necessity and not so much because they enjoy stocking shelves and making  hamburgers. is the answer for them to simply just go get a job as a plumber or web site designer to earn a real livable wage?