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Definitely been a warm overall month at ORH*. +5.3 so far Most of that was in the first half with 3 days in a row of +20 or more. The past week has been a bit BN with some more to come Overall I will take!

I guess there was pea sized hail here this afternoon. I missed it

12k NAM doesn't look like an absolute rainout for this weekend... won't be great of course, but hopefully my son's disc golf tourney at Maple Hill can happen.

I mean, think of how horrible the weather can be this month into May. If it is like this into Memorial Day I could understand, but cmon now.

Canobie Lake Park also used to have a bunch of pinball machines as of a couple of years ago. I assume they still do

Who can complain about this weather in late April in Massachusetts at least. 50s-60. Partly sunny. What is wrong with that?

Have you ever been to Funspot in NH? And I know it isn't pinball but have you been to The Quarters in Hadley?

31F here. Chilly

I follow a bunch of folks in Iceland and Norway, etc. The videos and pics they post of aurora are amazing. Often they will try to do side by side using less enhanced pics and it can be quite noticable, but the "naked eye" ones are still jaw dropping. Their written descriptions tell me that they are often seeing more than the greenish swirls depending on where they are, how dark it is, the strength of the event, etc. I've only ever seen it fainly one time back in the 1980s in Lowell of all places.

1.35”. Probably close to the end

KORH at 1.59" so far, KFIT 1.12" Around 1.20" here

Well... he doesn't create that map, just likes to pimp it. He was also wrong about the precip

Up to 0.96” here. But in a rain free bubble at the moment.

Hasn’t rained like this in quite a while here 0.60” so far but just getting into it

I’m pretty sure they do correction. Yes. Templeton Municipal. Kinda surprising for such a small town

And that National Grid rate is too low for this past 6 months. It will drop in May but it was over $.30 per kWh

Lol... Revenue by year. in millions of dollars. Doesn't look like they are doing badly 2022 $32,250 2021 $29,061 2020 $23,518 2019 $26,509 2018 $24,720 2017 $22,387 2016 $21,316 2015 $19,163 Number stores also increasing As of January 2, 2022, Starbucks had 34,317 open stores across the world, just under 17,000 in the US. The number looks poised to keep increasing after years of steady growth from Starbucks. It added 484 net new stores the first quarter of 2022 and 538 the previous quarter. It added 1,173 net new stores in the fiscal 2021 year, and 1,404 in the 2020 fiscal year, according to end-of-year data provided by Starbucks.

Today should be a beaut after the early morning clouds etc move out

Good coffee there. I used to like their cinnamon sticks. None near me sadly

Drinking a Starbucks Sumatra blend from our machine now. Alternate between that and their Cafe Verona most days.

I believe Dunkin Donuts began in Quincy MA. Unless you meant when Dunks first arrived in RI? They used to be good, especially their donuts.

Been outside chainsawing up a couple of small trees that fell in March. Sun is strong but still only 54. Enjoyable

The Boring Company is the one making tunnels under LA. https://www.boringcompany.com

He has had some big successes taking big risks. I’m not sure if his Boring Company will ever bear fruit (is it even still doing anything?) but I do like what some of his gambles have achieved.

Just watched the SpaceX launch. Not perfect but a big step Rapid disassembly. Lol