powderfreak

Thank you sir. I was drawing the conclusion that they both caused the same side effects for the same reason.

And by doing that it causes a very similar type of side effects? I always thought it was sort of like getting a synthetic virus vs. the real thing, ha. I guess if it elicits a similar immune reaction it makes sense that the side effects will be similar to the actual virus.

Oh I’m completely with you on kids. I don’t have any right now so don’t even think about it. I mean if their risk is so low I wouldn’t touch it. I did it for myself with the understanding that I may feel like shit a little bit but my chances of dying or being hospitalized seem gone. I don’t think I’ve ever got the flu but I get a flu shot every year. Once maybe 5 years ago I got smoked by a flu shot for like 3 days in bed afterward. Rare but happens I guess.

I mean that heart stuff happened to a lot of people who got COVID. Isn’t the vaccine like a watered down version? I’d assume some of the side effects are identical to the virus... doesn’t seem that shocking but maybe I don’t understand vaccines as well.

Given the amount of myocarditis from COVID-19, it wouldn’t be surprising if the vaccine mimics that in some way at times. I can see the connection. I mean that was one of the biggest issues with healthy younger people who got COVID... longer-lasting cardiac inflammation.

Yeah myocarditis from COVID is what kept Red Sox ace (former ace?) pitcher E-Rod out of the sport last year. Seems as though that was one of the larger risks for healthy individuals contracting COVID, having cardiac inflammation. Not surprising there are some cases from the vaccine too I guess, though sounds like they don’t know if it’s related. One would guess it is given the original virus acting that way.

Nothing says Memorial Day weekend like -5C 850s.

Ha yup, same exact temp here and the wife has the heated blanket out. Crazy swings this week. Today’s sky though was a different type of blue.

Sucks. I love this time of year. It’s legit light enough out to be like walking the dog until 9pm by natural light. If I could get winter weather with summer length of day... that’s my dream lol.

True but it’s not a completely linear relationship, no? You still need forcing and a way to wring that moisture out. In the long term you can see it happen with the new 30-year normals when some spots gained like 6” annual water. But it still can come in cycles. Being warmer doesn’t mean the precip comes evenly spread either... maybe we end up with more cold season water and less in warm season? I could see some distribution changes... maybe less frequent precip events but when they do happen they are bigger water makers? All interesting to consider.

Had to drive up to Derby on the Canadian border for an errand this afternoon... painful to be sitting in a car looking at this weather. Fantastic views and that lush, fresh light green of early warm season is pretty awesome. 10 out of 10 day.

2015 and 2017 weren’t wet? May/June those years up this way were very wet.

Gotta pay for the wet 2000s and 2010s.

The site seems pretty valid for that upper east side wall... as for skiing it's very similar to Nosedive, Bypass, Kitchen Wall, Bypass Chutes, Nosedive Glades, etc. The stake is nailed to that Birch tree. It is in a cold pocket facing northeast (much like the ski terrain in that area that holds snow so well and so long into the spring). It is right off the Toll Road, literally just like 10 yards or less from the road surface. The value in the Mansfield Stake though isn't the depth itself. I mean there's really nothing to compare it to on other mountains or even on Mansfield itself. So it's not something that can be used as a comparison to other areas, so in that regard the siting honestly doesn't mean that much to people. It's hard to say if it's right or wrong, but it seems representative of that area of the mountain. And it's well known to the local ski community because you pass it on your way up the Toll Road to steep back/side country terrain. The true value though is from it's period of record and it's consistency to compare to its own readings over time. Whether the siting is right or wrong, it's consistently right or wrong. Having depths from 1954 onward, gives it real value as a comparison to itself. And since it's been around for so long, skiers and riders know what the values mean. That's why we have so many benchmarks for ski terrain... at 25" you might be able to wander into some low angle woods very tentatively. At 40" the glades are generally skiable. At 60" most everything is skiable and in good shape depth wise. At 80-100" all of the big backcountry lines are full to go like the "Hundred Inch Chute". Things like that are even named based on the depth the stake is at when it's skiable.

lol at 33F last night. Sneaky cold. From 90F to near freezing in a couple days. SLK 27F BML 30F HIE 30F

Definitely some lean years the past 3-4 summers but plenty of surplus in the 2010s. Looking at the Mansfield data... May/June Average... 13.28" May/June 2017... 21.86" May/June 2015... 21.80" (15" June) May/June 2013... 24.55" May/June 2011... 21.82" Really odd that every other year was obscenely wet this time of year throughout the 2010s. I remember 2015 and 2017... just never stopped raining. Averaged a half an inch per day on the mountain for the entire month of June 2015 with major flash flooding events. Back when it rained and everyone on here kept commenting on mushrooms growing in their yards, ha.

Yeah for sure, feel for the farmers if it's dry. I guess what I am getting at is that if I had to choose wet or dry summer, I'd go dry summer over the alternative of having it rain every other day and 6-7" monthly rain totals. For outdoor activities it's fantastic to stay dry. It can change in a hurry around these parts with large standard deviations in the summer. Could have a month of 1-2" of rain or a 6-7" month. It's been a few seasons it seems, but I remember some May/June/July's where it just doesn't stop raining.

Looks like ORH averages around 1” per week all summer if you look at it that way... but saying 1-2” a week is dire seems like 4-8” is what summer months should have. Most stations appear to be 3.50-4.25” type monthly averages. Anyway, hope you get the rain for your lawn. I definitely don’t hate plenty of dry weather to spend outside.

That sounds pretty good... lack of rainy days keeping people inside. It’s the time of year with like only 7 hours of true darkness, can be outdoors as much as possible without rain. Its crazy how light it is out at 8pm right now. Could start a run, walk or bike ride now. The Rec Path is still bustling with activity out the window, ha.

iPhone 11 has been pretty good. It has whatever their default auto-edit post process on it. Does make it pop a bit. Either way the camera on these phones is crazy when I’ve also got a couple grand of equipment in my backpack that stays there more and more these days.

Can’t top it. Chamber of Commerce weather is back. Wet from the rain today but very dry airmass now and the air is crystal clear after yesterday’s haze.

It was legit for sure. Went from mid-summer to hoodie weather in like a couple hours. Bouncing around upper 50s to 60F at MVL all afternoon. Dews into the 40s.

12z Euro has a pretty good heater on Wednesday. GFS and GGEM are hot but look 3-5F cooler... more like mid-upper 80s instead of 90s.

Only had 0.15” here so stupidly decided to try and go for a hike, but the mountain is getting raked by upslope rain. About two miles out you run into some steady rain and then by the time you get there it’s wiper blades on high. Walked about 5-10 minutes, was thoroughly soaked, turned around and came home, ha. Station up there is showing a steady tenth an hour and up to a half inch of water at 1500ft.

Yeah it happened fast. The breeze coming through the inside here was slamming interior doors shut. That NW breeze cleared it out real fast. Got the interior down to mid-60s and shut it all up.