BrianW

Track and trace shows increase in CT COVID-19 positivity rate mostly comes from informal gatherings, carpooling The state’s track and trace program shows it’s not coming from inside dining or schools, but the largest number is coming from informal gatherings and even things you don’t even think about like carpooling. https://www.wtnh.com/news/health/coronavirus/ct-reaches-3-covid-19-positivity-rate-but-where-is-the-increase-coming-from/

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Look how many people are killed from drunk drivers everyday. The total numbers when you factor in the deaths from alcohols health issues, violence, accidents, etc must be huge. More than a quarter (25%) of all traffic-related deaths are the direct result of alcohol impairment (NHTSA). 29 people die each day in automobile accidents that involve a drunk driver (CDC). Around 800 people per day are injured in a drunk driving crash and 30 people die (NHTSA).

Trees taking down wires is going to be a big issue for a long time and it ill probably get worse. So many trees are dying off from ash borer, gypsy moths, disease/drought etc. Millions of Ash are going to die off over the next few years from EAB alone. Just look around at how many dead trees there are everywhere just waiting to fall on lines. Trees are extremely expensive to remove. There's going to be millions of dead ones that need to be cut down with no money to pay for it.

Congrats VT on legalizing recreational Marijuana today. Maines first recreational marijuna sales starts tomorrow as well.

Harbor Freight has a 4000 watt 240 volt generator for $359. I have the Harbor Freight 2000 watt inverter that is literally identical to the Wen version. Its been great and I have got like 16 hours of runtime on a light load off 1 gallon of gas. Inverters are awesome as they electronicly adjust the throttle to the load. Big gas generators run at a fixed 3600 rpms and guzzle gas. I use the inverter 90 percent of the time during an outage and fire up my 6500 watt just to run the water heater and for cooking. My house is all electric/solar. The inverter can run my fridge, chargers, light's and even a window ac.

70k Eversoruce customers out in Mass and 17k in CT. Its ironic that they passed a bunch of new laws today in CT holding the utilities more liable during storms.

Branford getting crushed again...

It looks like most of the hospitalizations in CT are now in the Eastern part of the state. Seems like it's starting to hit areas hard that had very few cases in the spring. Connecticut's COVID-19 hospitalizations have reached the highest point they've been since June 23, according to Governor Ned Lamont. Since Friday, there has been a net increase of 19 hospitalizations, bringing the state total to 129. Lamont said New London County accounts for half of the state's current hospitalizations and only about 10% of Connecticut's population. https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/coronavirus/watch-live-at-4pm-gov-lamont-to-provide-update-on-states-coronavirus-response-3/2341902/

I haven't been up to that part of the state in a few months. Rivers, streams and ponds are legit like completely dried up.

I was up in your area for a backyard wedding yesterday. My friends 10ft deep pond was almost completely dried up. Mansfield ground water sensor is at near record low depth.

I'm hearing from many people business is plummeting ever since the cases have started ticking back up. A few friends that work at restaurants said they are cutting staff as there has been a huge drop in the amount of people coming in. I think its going to be an ugly winter.

It's crazy how expensive building supplies are now. 2x4's have skyrocketed in price and are like over $6 each now at the local lowes. That's for just regular non pressure treated ones Home Depots and Lowes around here are cleared out. Had to drive all over to find exterior decking screws yesterday. According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, lumber prices increased by 14.9 percent from July to August. Lumber prices have risen almost 50 percent since April 2020, marking the largest four-month gain in the history of lumber price data.

Wells drying up in Eastern CT. https://www.wfsb.com/news/wells-drying-up-across-the-state-due-to-drought-conditions/article_b9182daa-01c2-11eb-b98f-0337225d78a6.html

My cousin in Ashfield showed me pictures last weekend of her buds. Looks like its going to be a great harvest this year.

CT is moving ahead with phase 3 except bars and nightclubs will still be closed.

I was working right under the western edge all day. It was like a perfectly straight edge across the entire sky.

And wells running dry... https://vtdigger.org/2020/09/15/moderate-drought-more-time-at-home-causing-wells-to-run-dry/

You should install a mini split. You would get 4 times the heat for the same electricity consumption.

Wells will be running dry in Tolland soon. Tolland County ground water sensor. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ct/nwis/current/?type=gw

Hopefully you get to experience some Feb 2015 type cold up there...

Forest fires breaking out near Tolland. https://www.wfsb.com/news/brush-fire-forces-closure-of-north-windham-elementary-school/article_dd6b5728-f8e8-11ea-9f1e-43869c9d93e2.html

I would be more worried about my heating bill there. Looks like propane is $2.80 a gallon in that area. Wait until he experiences his furnace running 24/7 when its -25 out.