HIPPYVALLEY

Low of 47F First 40’s since June I believe.

Winter in this sub forum is like a case study course in psychoanalysis.

Since we remote schooling anyway, I’ll probably head to Falmouth with the kid a few times in September. Buzzards Bay water temp in the 70’s.

Absolutely stunning day here, blue sky, puffy clouds, nice breeze with temperatures in the 70s.

Yeah, I'm probably going full in on the Berkshire East/Catamount/Bosquet unlimited pass tomorrow. It's a great price and I'm pretty sure the Schaefer family will ensure things stay open unless it is absolute armageddon.

Ski resorts are going to be screwed if they start f'n around with season passes. Limiting sales is one thing but if you start changing the rules mid-season you are opening yourself up to lawsuits no matter how many disclaimers you have in the contract. So far no word from Berkshire East and their subsidiaries about any Covid restrictions. Makes me nervous because I only have 2 more days to buy the pass at a discount.

Pretty gusty for about 10 minutes but rain was torrential.

1.8" after the T-storm that just rolled through.

Got back tonight and rain gauge had 1.4" in it since we left last sunday. Probably some evaporation over the week too.

I don't really need this, I just want to relax after a long drive and unpacking. Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 743 PM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 MAC011-015-300015- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-200830T0015Z/ Hampshire MA-Franklin MA- 743 PM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMPSHIRE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES... At 743 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Florida, or 7 miles east of North Adams, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Locations impacted include... Northampton, Greenfield, Deerfield, Monroe, Montague, Hadley, Sunderland, Hatfield, Northfield, Williamsburg, Bernardston, Buckland, Conway, Shelburne, Leverett, Erving, Ashfield, Colrain, Gill and Whately.

If not it’s close. Falmouth was soupy when we left at 2pm. 68/67 back in Greenfield now.

Agreed.

The $2.00 plastic hardware store gauges are as accurate as any weather stations I have owned.

Cape Cod is pretty damn dry. Could definitely use some good synoptic rains here.

Yeah, blues, funk and rock are my jam nowadays. It’s good to see young kids are still into Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead.

Yeah, well when my kid is college-age I’ll probably need to sell them to pay for tuition. LOL. All of them are originals I bought in the 90s

I have a great collection of vinyl: cypress hill, tribe called quest, nwa, pharcyde, digable planets, missy elliot, bdp, gang star, talib kweli, mos def...

This forecast isn’t going to work out so well for the Cape:

Yup, Cape is looking gray but mostly dry. We have had approximately one hour of rain in Falmouth this week. Meanwhile, I bet my rain gauge will be at least half full when I return to Greenfield tonight.

I had to pick it up myself but I scored 2 1/2 cords of well seasoned hardwood for $400 total. Going rate around Greenfield right now is close to $300 / cord for seasoned which is pretty high. Doesn’t really make any sense that there is somewhat of a wood shortage this year because last year was mild. Two of the Wood guys I spoke to said that people were kind of hoarding it this year which is absurd. Toilet paper is one thing but the pandemic and firewood supplies should be a non-issue.

Yes, hopefully the latter one is moving into a well timed, anomalous arctic front. Feet and feet for the interior.

The Connecticut River Valley infrastructure is exponentially larger than it was in 1938. A Storm of that magnitude coming up the CRV in 2020 would probably be the most damaging hurricane in US history. Some would be months without power. The 1938 storm took down over a billion board feet of lumber in New England and New York State. Check out the book “New England hurricane” it was put out by the Federal Writers Project in 1939. You can still find relatively cheap copies. Fantastic pictures.

I’ve never driven the Mount Washington auto road but I have skied it. We didn’t realize you were supposed to pay to do that so got reprimanded a bit. Lol

Just light rain on the Cape for about 2 hours.

Brightening a bit in Falmouth now.