gravitylover

Well, shoot. My wife and I have been debating whether or not to commit to a 2 day outdoor event (in the hills of Dutchess County) on 11/3-4 to kick off holiday sales for her new small business. I'm not comfortable pre-paying for a spot that may be cold and wet if this end of the month scenario plays out to the cold side which appears to be the consensus at the moment.

39 minutes ago, Rjay said:

Historic heat wave

Take that back  No more, just no more...

Halloween will get snowed out again for the third time this decade. 

15 minutes ago, Rainforrest said:

Definitely not good. We’ve already had 103 inches so far this year. I don’t know how much more we can handle. 

103"? WOW. 

3 minutes ago, Isotherm said:

 

They're not supposed to as per official guidelines. They should be taking intermediate depth measurements to capture maximum depth. Unfortunately, there is a ton of miscommunication on this issue.

Yeah there can be significant differences in max depth and regular clearing amounts. Like was mentioned in that writeup, 30" was out of line. 

1 hour ago, Snowshack said:

BN D, J, and F is just too much to ask for!  For now I'll take December evolving as modeled and no one mountain biking in shorts at Christmas.

 

Hahaha 

2 hours ago, Paragon said:

I'm not a cold and dry kind of guy- that's a killer on heating bills with no joy.  Give me snow and teens/20s, or give me 60-70 degrees with sunshine in the winter!  Actually, if it's not snowing, today is perfect!

 

 

 

 

That 65 degree Xmas Eve a few years ago was wonderful. Mountain biking in shorts and t-shirts that night was something I'll never forget. There was a whole bunch of riders out hootin' and hollerin' and just having a big old time like it was mid summer. I wouldn't mind another one like that  

5 hours ago, bluewave said:

Aerosmith played there in 1980. After Speaks closed down, none of the other clubs in that spot were as good.

http://stubstory.com/aerosmith-on-long-island-1980/

Very few of the old clubs were as successful much later than that either. At that point small shows had transitioned to theaters rather than clubs but there was still a strong bar band scene and very occasionally the bigger bands would show up for those bar shows. 

11 hours ago, bluewave said:

U2 actually played the Malibu back in 1981 before they became so famous.

 

 

I remember that well, my neighbor didn't stop raving about it for days afterwards. That was a year or so before I started going there because they didn't like my fake id 

1 hour ago, Dan76 said:

I remember seeing a sign for the stray cats outside J Pauls in oceanside probably 1980ish

I remember that too. I also remember some of the incredible shows the club in Island Park used to get when we first moved to O'side in 1970. Most of the really great stuff, The Doors, Grateful Dead was slightly before that but until ~73 that place killed it.

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

I have seen Joan Jett several times around town in Long Beach. She filmed a video a while back on Franklin and the boardwalk.

 

 

She used to live in Rockville Center right at the edge of the RVC Country Club. Nice house  

3 hours ago, bluewave said:

That's a great station. I grew up going to a bunch of concerts in that format when it was still called new wave. The old Malibu nightclub in Lido Beach would host the WLIR concert series. Got to see They Might Be Giants live in that smaller club setting. The bigger shows would play in venues like Jones Beach when the bands got more famous.

Oh man I saw some great stuff at Malibu. We used to walk in from the beach side and half the time never got asked for money. The Ramones and so many others...

2 hours ago, psv88 said:

Lithium gets old, repeats same songs. 94.3 the SHARK is pretty good out here, and 90.7 WFUV is a city station which is good for alternative music. I only like the Adam Sandler Hannukah song. 

Seeing Dark Star Orchestra at the Paramount in Huntington Sat night, love that venue.

DSO is great. I used to see Jeff in small bars around LI over 30 years ago.

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

94.3 and 90.7 have been my main radio stations before 92.3 just changed to the new format. Many radio stations get into the repeating songs since that how the modern formats have evolved. There is so much more that can get played but gets left out of the regular playlists these days.

90.7 is still good but without Pete and Vin it's just not the same place it used to be.

32 minutes ago, uncle W said:

I miss the good ole days when Cousin Brucey and Scott Muni were on the radio...

I miss so many of the old dj's. Vin Scelsa recently retired and Pete Fornatale died of an aneurysm so they're both gone from the air but there are a couple still working from the late 60's and 70's on Sirius/XM. Cousin Brucie is still on Wednesday and Saturday nights on channel 6, the 60's channel, and I listen to Carol Miller, Meg Griffin, Dusty Street and Jim Ladd regularly and I think that Dennis Elsas is still on the air here in NY. There's really nobody like Scottso though.

3 hours ago, Dan76 said:

Don't know if it was that whale but there was one up near the sewage plant the same time, went right past my friends marina.                                                                                  I saw three right off the big M (bridge) 3 years ago scary when your in a small boat and their coming out.

I'd think that most of Great South Bay is too shallow for critters that big especially at low tide. Haha I bet it's sketchy being in a small boat and these things that are triple your size are around. 

A bird hit by a car in NY? I'm so surprised   I know that I've seen some great birds along the barrier beaches and on Long Island golf courses over the years. 

That's fantastic. I can't imagine it ever having been like that back when I was growing up down there.

On 11/17/2017 at 8:53 AM, bluewave said:

 

That's really cool. 

34 minutes ago, North and West said:

What? 

I took it as a statement that the Arctic Ocean at Barrow isn't frozen yet. Looks like the sea ice is getting a slow start (again) this year.

15 hours ago, Dakota said:

Looks like I made the right choice; as some light snow has broken out here with the temp down to 21 F with a very gusty North wind.

Up at the station just outside of Lead / elev. 6070'; its down to 13 F.  

 

Welcome to winter

2 hours ago, Dakota said:

I just called them and the gentleman indicated that I do not even have propane; but rather natural gas as the source of heat...

He indicated that it is delivered as electricity might be delivered; and there is no gauge or tank to be read to ascertain if it is nearly empty...

It is interesting; how well-versed I am on ethereal matters; and yet I can be so utterly lacking when it comes to simple affairs that occupy the temporal realm...

 

Feet on the ground there girl, get with it  Where you're at now you need to be more in touch with this stuff. I'm surprised you didn't realize that there isn't a very large propane tank somewhere outside the house that's accessible to the street. There should be a meter where the gas line comes into the house.

35 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

I wouldn’t recommend doing that with a moose

In most circumstances I'd agree with you and I would do all I could to slow down and reduce the impact but unless I could guarantee being able to maintain control (grassy median or similar) or at least have a fair chance at it I would still choose to hit it rather than point the car off the road. The elk I hit was at around midnight 30 miles from the nearest town and it was 15* and snowing. Thankfully it slipped and fell so I didn't take it out full on and I was in a nearly 6,000 pound Landcruiser wagon so I pretty much went over it but did get a piece of antler through the radiator and made a general mess but I survived to be able to tell a great story rather than some other folks I know that chose to try and miss them and lost to immovable objects or launched off and rolled.

12 hours ago, Dakota said:

 

I've taken a few trips; into both N. Dakota & NE Wyoming; and getting caught on the roads out here in winter is a serious matter.  Many of the state & county roads come equipped with gates at the intersections with the larger highways; gates that lock shut during large snow events so as to preclude any travel into almost entirely uninhabited regions; places where if one broke down during a bad storm; it would be all over but the crying.

Places like that taught me to never make a radical maneuver to avoid a critter in the road. I've watched cars fly off the road to miss things that they would have plowed right through and been able to continue on their way instead of having a wrecked car and being stuck out in the middle of nowhere freezing their patooties off waiting for help. A couple of times I've given people rides into the next town because I wasn't going to sit and burn a tank of gas waiting for a tow in the morning. I've creamed deer and once an elk rather than risking my safety to miss it. Thankfully none of the things I've hit disabled my vehicle but I'd rather be disabled on the road than upside down in a ditch or possibly worse, at least if you're on the road you have a chance at maintaining control but once you're off the road it's out of your hands entirely.

Just now, Stormlover74 said:

One thing I also noticed is usually by late October ladybugs start making their way into the house seeking warmth but I haven't seen one this year

I had one  

13 hours ago, Dakota said:

 

Remember that the Entire Universe is predicated on precision mathematics; and it is from this concept….inexplicably & inextricably linked to hyper-dimensional physics….a tetrahedron inscribed in a sphere….upon which all things stand.

 

That's why my world is so fkd up... Math and I have never played well together  

49 minutes ago, NJwx85 said:

...It's always a great feeling that first day in late March when you can open up the windows and breathe in the fresh air after being cooped up for the previous 14 weeks or so.

I love snow as much as anyone, but I have no use for cold. And the older I get, the more and more I hate the Winter. I take solace in knowing that legitimate Winter in these parts is usually no more than a 12 week affair, and hopefully this year it will be even less.

You need to get a fat bike and some good active outdoor winter clothing. There's nothing like getting out in the woods during the winter when everything is in a state of hibernation and the snow is just right. You don't even notice the cold if you're dressed right. There are some great places around the metro area for winter riding and just over the line in PA there are groomed trail networks where fat bikes are allowed and you can go for miles and miles in the quiet solitude of winter. There's no such thing as being cooped up, it's what you make of it  

1 minute ago, Dakota said:

Yes, the Yorktown Heights optometrist up on French Hill.

Elevation 666'.

What a number!

I figured you'd know Jerry. Not only is he a dedicated weather nerd that wrote the definitive book on eastern NY weather,he's also a map nut. He used to be a distributor for USGS Topo maps.

If you want an accurate measurement for Westchester look up Jerome(?) Thaler and see what he had. He is the pre-eminent weather guru for the Lower Hudson Valley.