powderfreak

That storm was truly ridiculous. Time of year and coverage of heavy, heavy snow amounts. That will be a hard one to top for just spanking climatology.

The morning after the Valentines Day blizzard of 2007. Lived in downtown BTV at the time, finishing up at UVM at the time. Six of us lived in a 3-story townhouse, this was the view out the backdoor on the morning of the 15th, looking at our neighbor's entrance.

Dendrite FTW. Wow. Yeah MPM, I remember a photo early on of your deck or truck and you said you got like 8” in 3 hours... that was when it was like holy shit, this is actually happening. Pete has some great shots that evening of his cars just absolutely gone under the snow.

October 2011 pics anyone?

I'll take some more space too if we are giving it out, lol.

Forgot to share yesterday's rainbow after the final round of showers. Perfect set up, rain moving away, sun low in the sky and coming from directly behind.

Yeah those must’ve been pulled off FB a very long time ago lol. Like maybe I just got my drivers license.

Man those are some old shots, lol. I look like I’m still in college in those. Reindeer sweaters for life. I’m gonna have to mail one to Phin for this winter.

A lot of it came out through a couple solid baths, but she’s going to smell for a while. The last time a dog of mine was hit I could still smell the exact spray point (below her neck that must’ve taken a direct hit) a month later. That time a skunk was under the porch and the dog walked outside and just got immediately blasted through the decking. It basically sprayed into our place as the door was open and in direct aim. That took a long time to get the smell out of the house.

It was a fitting night for this Red Sox fan cheering on the Indians... Yanks come back to win in the 9th right as the dog got sprayed by the skunk. Terrible night lol.

Dog just got smoked by a skunk at 11:15pm on her last time out.... damnit! Its retreated to between us and the river, so into the bath tub we go.

Saw so many ads for that race on NESN when watching the Sox, who were still sucking at the end of the season. Every commercial break seemed to be one or the other.

Yeah it’s done. Can see through the forest now in the backyard. Just yellows and orange but the deep red is gone and many leaves down. The entire process took about a week in total from change to peak to leaf drop.

Congrats man. You earned it.

I want that. We decided to get my wife tested tomorrow. She can’t work until the results come back and they said likely by Tuesday sometime. 4 days to find out up here. She truly just feels like a head cold, nothing in the chest (ha, in another context that sounds bad to say about the wife). But everyone looks at you side eyed if you have the sniffles and voice sounds stuffy, so we are just going to do it despite the PCP saying it’s not a requirement and up to her. Going to be a long winter for head colds if that’s what it is.

Yeah like this is the wording they are using which is the same as the CDC (a fever AND symptoms). It’s a very uncomfortable position to be in, just wait till everyone is getting colds. If you think you have been exposed to COVID‑19 and develop a fever and symptoms...

Yeah I think we are leaning towards a test anyway once she can get home. But primary care and her General Manager guidance was to watch for fever. It’s really the first instance of trying to delineate between normal cold and COVID. I know at the ski area the fear here is getting into a practice where everyone with a runny nose needs to go home and get tested. It’s really tough to think about managing a couple dozen people and knowing when the right time to pull the trigger is. I think that’s why they look for fever? When my sister and her fiancé had it, they were firmly in the fever camp...101-102 for a week. Rapid testing is key.

My wife just came down with a really bad cold in the last 24 hours... runny nose, sneezing, sounds terrible, no energy, etc. Her work is allowing it fine as she has no fever and after contacting local PCP, they said it's fine as long as there's no fever. She's taking her temp every 3 hours or so. Will likely go home early today anyway but her spa has no employees and no one applying...so she needs to be there for now until someone comes in at noon. But it seems like a good starting point that everyone with a head cold doesn't just get sent home for two weeks or presumed to have COVID. The fever seems to be the really big part per the hotel group's SOP and the physicians advice. I always get at least one crushing head cold per winter...usually lasting 1-2 weeks. Maybe this enhanced hygiene though will cut down on those things like you said.

Ha misinterpreted it. I thought you were saying peer pressure is a negative. My bad on that (hat tip) . But certainly agree people have tuned the news out. I haven't looked at any COVID news in a long time except when prompted in this thread to be honest. Just go about your day with the new normal and you're good. No huge gatherings, wash your hands, wear your mask, and have a good day. This is certainly sustainable until

Really? Around here it seems that masks have become like washing your hands. Just something you do, like a good habit. Like it's second nature, you can see how it happened in the Asian countries. You do it for a while and it's just part of you when you go out... like putting pants on. Not out of fear anymore than using hand sanitizer every time you get in your car, just a good safe practice when in public.

I feel like the media has been doing that since the dawn of time... from everything like “drinking white win over red wine may cause you to die earlier” to various just odd ball stories sensationalizing every little study done on the planet. The media has always put out shit it shouldn’t and claimed it as gospel but no one cared when it was random studies about owning a dog makes you live 5.6 years longer on average than non-dog owners. Peer reviewed? Ha. The problem is this is the first time doing that seems to have really impacted public policy.

Sweet yeah truly a special neighborhood. So much stuff at the top of that Hill Road on the map.

Dude you have so much recreation nearby, I’d be hiking around that neighborhood to the peaks behind ya daily. I wouldn’t get anything done for a good two months after moving there lol. That ice gulch and the overlook look awesome.

Gonna have to check this out in Phin's backyard....

I didn't think it had anything to do with moral superiority... and I'm not saying there isn't a lot of money at stake... but it's basic anthropology that the more advanced and prosperous a society gets the longer their population lives and in return the more unacceptable early death becomes. Since the dawn of time people have been trying methods to get themselves and others to live as long as possible... from witch doctors and potions, to the magic elixirs and fountains of youth. Humans have always had the desire to prolong life as long as possible. As one of the most prosperous/advanced countries in the world, early death is much more unacceptable here than it is in say West Africa. We are really in the "banter" zone but I find this stuff interesting to ponder.