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To be fair today may well tie the monthly low high temp at Boston and 3rd place at ORH, so it's not like this happens often. Summer in New England is basically gold. 4/1-5/15 or 10/15-12/1 are the trying times IMO

I've been chased off the beach down south several times by incoming tropical waves. Certainly no lock of good wx down there, particularly 2nd half of summer. Folks might consider San Diego in Aug/Sept if weather is a primary concern.

Awesome pics This was the UMass radar a minute or two beforehand.

MQE ASOS going down for 9 mos, but manual climo data will continue

record low high temp at ORH is 61 for 7/3

Last night we had winning teams score 20, 15, 15, 13, 11, 11, and 9.... That may be more runs than all of April

Great night for Hefeweizen... tip of the cap to Rising Tide out of PWM

The HRRR today...

there are a fair number of damage reports coming through Erving and Orange where the TOR warned cell passed. Little supercell out ahead of the main line it would appear. We did not observe strong low level rotation, but we did observe rotation aloft.

Bloody gorgeous stiff north breeze of the water too

Little/no rain in BTown. A few lightning bolts but didn't hear thunder. Good winds. Some roiling clouds.

TOR on that cell now east of ORE

000 SXUS71 KBOX 301916 RERBOS RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA 0320 PM EDT WED JUN 30 2021 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT BOSTON MA... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 FOR BOSTON MA TODAY JUN 30TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 95 SET IN 1945. $$ shattered... even with the offset

record high at BOS *

Is that Wyola?

CEF touched 96 between hours. Nice day, quite manageable.

Awful indeed.

I think you could just replace natural immunity with immunity in this post. There's not been evidence suggesting natural immunity covers a narrower spectrum than vax immunity, and we don't have updated vaxxes yet, so it's still not clear why you'd treat those two groups differently right now, if it were based on the science alone. Also I'd have to defer to Whitinsville, etc., but I presume the 10mo study I posted above is going to encompass at least a few strains so it's not totally narrow. Even Delta is not reinfecting people in large numbers, or at any rate if it is, the outcomes are less severe as they are with the vax.

It's possible that the virus had a few notably divergent mutations down there (as discussed) that may weaken both natural and vaccine immunity. That would require a booster vax and those previously naturally immune would probably want to get it at that point. So far though I think evidence that a booster shot is necessary worldwide (Manaus strain if it exists hasn't been reported to have circulated widely) or that natural immunity is worse than the first round of vaccines for the early strains plus the delta strains are slim to non-existant.

I'm not sure that article addresses natural immunity vs vaccine immunity. And it doesn't even conclude that natural immunity is waning, just throws it out there as a possible explanation. (1 of 4 possible explanations). Even then calls that explanation "unlikely to fully explain resurgence". Also, says later, "if resurgence in Manaus is due to waning of protective immunity, then similar resurgence scenarios should be expected in other locations", but we have not seen that here in the US, nor in Europe. etc. Moreover they cite the NEJM study from 2020 suggesting 6 mo immunity and then talk about how in Manaus the period was 7-8 months. But a subsequent June 2021 study shows at least 10 month immunity. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(21)00093-3/fulltext

Link?

and you were right, the other stuff is just incidental

if you're confident in the tower engineering the climb is really not bad so long as you're always locked into steel at all times. Key is to relax and focus. Newbies tend to grip the hell out of the ladder wrungs and get the acid burn in their forearms. One of my first climbs ever I had to run cable to a GPS radio requiring completely letting go of the tower to lean back and trusting your harness to perform. That was a bit nerve wracking and not sure I'll ever be totally comfortable with it.

Yikes. As someone who climbs towers regularly that stuff hits home. Should never happen. But it happens. Really should stay strapped in at all times and just have to be ultra focused on the present.

wow, two great putts coming in for Rahm to post -6. Wonderful stuff