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    Coronavirus

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    5 minutes ago, StormfanaticInd said:

    Vaccines prevent serious illness that lead to hospitalizations and death. There is a reason why the numbers are declining as fast as they are. I'm feeling more and more optimistic that by April we can have this under control :thumbsup:

    That was the take away from Johnson and Johnson's vaccine.  While 85% effective against all variants, nobody in the 15% needed to be hospitalized or died.  

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    Fall/Winter 2020/21 Banter Thread

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    On 1/23/2021 at 9:42 AM, KokomoWX said:

    It is eleven degrees this morning and just a day away from a solid snow storm to my north.  The cut-off will be sharp and I'll be whiffed again.  So many misses both north and south over recent years.  My last 6" snowfall was Jan 12/13, 2019.  Since then we had the over performer on December 16th this season for 4.2" but zero other 4+ inch snowfalls.  

    March 25, 2013 was the last time I saw double digits.  You can guess that it didn't last long.  There have been just 11 events with 4 or more inches since the beginning of the  2012-2013 season.  

    A bit further back was the sleet fest of GHD where models show Kokomo getting buried only to get 6 inches or so of sleet.  FML

    Kokomo is due.  I'm due.  

    Looking at something coming up mid week and seeing I'll be riding the south gradient but will likely see mostly mixed at best is heartbreaking.  

    I'm so tired of the complete turds I've been getting.  I am ready to say screw it and wish for a torch that would make March 2012 seem like a cold shower.  Bring it on the heat baby.  

    Such nonsense.  :lol:

    Coronavirus

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    Some good news when you take a real look at the data...

    Source from the daily NYT Covid newsletter:

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    By those measures, all five of the vaccines — from Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, 
    Novavax and Johnson & Johnson — look extremely good. Of the roughly 
    75,000 people who have received one of the five in a research trial, not a 
    single person has died from Covid, and only a few people appear to have 
    been hospitalized. None have remained hospitalized 28 days after receiving a shot.

    To put that in perspective, it helps to think about what Covid has done so 
    far to a representative group of 75,000 American adults: It has killed roughly 
    150 of them and sent several hundred more to the hospital. The vaccines reduce 
    those numbers to zero and nearly zero, based on the research trials.

    Zero isn’t even the most relevant benchmark. A typical U.S. flu season kills 
    between five and 15 out of every 75,000 adults and hospitalizes more than 
    100 of them.

    I assume you would agree that any vaccine that transforms Covid into something 
    much milder than a typical flu deserves to be called effective. But that is 
    not the scientific definition. When you read that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine 
    was 66 percent effective or that the Novavax vaccine was 89 percent effective, 
    those numbers are referring to the prevention of all illness. They count mild 
    symptoms as a failure.

    “In terms of the severe outcomes, which is what we really care about, the news 
    is fantastic,” Dr. Aaron Richterman, an infectious-disease specialist at the 
    University of Pennsylvania, said.

     

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    January 30-February 1 Winter Storm Part 2

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    I finished with 5-6" with some reports as much as 8" locally in western Howard County and Burlington.  This was cement all the time with some rain that really made it a wet mess.  The snow plows throwing the heavy stuff have done a number on mailboxes; mine included.  Unlike about every storm in recent memory, this snow will not melt away the same or next day.  It has been a while since I had any semblance of a snow pack.  

    I did enjoy getting out last evening driving around during the heaviest snow and then again this morning to see the results in daylight.  Mood flakes falling now but not really expecting any accumulations.  Congrats to all who cashed in and I'll be greedy and ask for more IMBY and soon.  I'm watching next weekend and the possible sub zero temperatures to follow.  Bring it on for now.

    (I'll admit I did get a bit excited at possible double digits with the SREF Plumes and HRRR going full out at the vert last minute.)

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    January 30-February 1 Winter Storm Part 2

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    21 minutes ago, Jackstraw said:

    Wife has to work till 10.  Told me sternly no snow chasing this evening  I could here my old truck hollering so Im heading out to witness the "wall" and will take my lumps lol.  Its been over a year since Berthas been in 4wd.  Gotta exercise them old bones.  Had a few pingers.  Still some dry air issues but dont think temps are gonna be an issue for most if not all of this.  

    I am also out with a 4 wheel drive truck and camera and video gear. Can wait for the main slug to get here. 

    January 30-February 1 Winter Storm Part 2

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    A small squall ahead of the main system has coated everything. We were 34 at the start but it fell as snow and in less than an hour we have dropped to 30. The 1” rates in Indy have me excited. Snow reports all the way back to Bloomington, IN and Terre Haute. Feeling primed for an over performer. HRRR has been pumped for the area the past few runs. 

    January 30-February 1 Winter Storm Part 2

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    Indy:

A few interesting observations at 15Z...temperatures throughout the
mid Mississippi Valley and into western Illinois are generally
running a few degrees lower than the bulk of the CAMs had progged
for mid morning. This supports the concern many mets shared over the
last 24 hours or so that overall model guidance was attempting to
advect temperatures that were too warm too far north by late today.
Even now...the HRRR for example tries to bring temps near 40 up to
or just north of the I-70 corridor by 21Z which seemed far too
overzealous to begin with and in light of the current temp trends
looks that much more unrealistic.
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