HIPPYVALLEY

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Up to 1.2” from three separate downpours today. That’s close to 6” rain here since September 6. Impressive since there were lots of sunny, dry days in between.

Picked up half inch of rain in about 15 minutes earlier. Still some pretty good puddles downtown.

Heroin and opiates are everywhere. It's more hidden in some cities than others but most big towns in New England and the Northeast in general have a problem that is not getting better. A family that we are friends with, helped start the Franklin Co Opiod Task Force years ago, so I hear first hand about the problems in Massachusetts and beyond. I was at a show in Hartford last month talking to a few Hartford cops about it. They said kids from VT and NH can drive down to Hartford and get heroin for $5/bag and then flip it for twice that back home. Even worse, because firearms access is much looser up North they trade guns for big packets of heroin to resell or use. The town I live in has worked very hard to come face to face with the problem and address the many challenges of stemming use, stopping supply chains and getting people help.

They would need hundred man rosters to compensate for injuries if they played twice a week.

Atta’ boy, take one for the WoR team!

Dropkick Murphy’s playing there tonight.

Low of 42° House was brisk this morning with windows open overnight.

Next week looks nice. I’ll take some warm September days.

It was a hot summer in NW Mass by my standards. Lots of AC use in August at my house.

There was 15 minutes of pull the car over and wait type rain when it came through Greenfield.

Looked impressive on the radar but lightning and wind were minimal. Did pick up 1.2”of rain in about 30 minutes so that was impressive.

Pretty swampy afternoon. 79/68

Just go, you’ll have a great time if you’re staying in town.

Nice, looks like a still from a Star Wars series.

I saw Ozzy on that tour at the old Boston Garden. Motley Crue opened.

I thought that lift used to run all year long at some point in the 90's or early 2000's. ? Maybe not but I remember reading that in a ski mag.

Winterwolf came out this week and saw his shadow so we get six more weeks of boring. Unless you count Wiz day 5 fantasy severe as exciting.

In my neighborhood, the bottom third of those would be bare from deer eating them.

I’ll take a few weeks of 75° if we can get it. Save the crisp days for mid October onward.

We tried to tell them.

I think the dehumidifier decision really depends on how dry your basement is and what you use it for. Our house is quite small but has a full-size basement so we keep a lot stuff down there. Even though the basement is bone dry I still run a dehumidifier because of what’s stored down there. I like to keep the basement 50% humidity or lower. In the winter it only needs to be emptied once a week.

Longer range looked warm from mid-month onward.

Aaaah, back to boring. Looking forward to some sun and warm temperatures the next few days. 62° and overcast right now but hopefully sun breaks out later.