Syrmax

F*ck that. This is fantastic weather. Hot, not too humid. Could use rain though. Maybe later this week...

Finally got some rain Mon and Tues eve. I had over an inch of rain monday eve in a savage downpour with some impressive downdrafts with a briefly intense cell that popped up in the Syr area. Only about 0.2" last evening as the main frontal passage was weak sauce. I'll take it, much needed. Gorgeous morning, lower humidity for a nice break. Now let's get back to hot AF.

You are likely correct. My upstairs stays warmer, which is not unexpected but I have an attic (Dutch Colonial house). I shutoff and sealed registers in the finished basement as it's always cold down there. Didnt help that much. I was going to install a supplementary fan in the duct serving upstairs but haven't got around to it. I think our problems are either an undersized ACU and/or flow balance out of whack. Would need some pro analysis to really know. Actually, I could figure it out, I'm a power systems engineer but...lazy. And the wife used to just turn up the ac until you needed a sweater downstairs...which makes me think my issue is more of a flow balance.

Pretty much agree. 80s for highs, maybe get to 90 and lower humidity is perfect. Humidity rising this afternoon though. We just had a shower of sorts. Fell apart moving north. Weak sauce. Need a downpour for the garden, hopefully in next few days we get one.

Some rain soon would be a good thing. I've had to start ferrying buckets of water to the garden as the still young plants are really suffering.

I missed this since I have been detuning from the noise. Congrats on the decision, it's certainly understandable. You will be missed here for sure. Best of luck to you and the Frau.

I'll take it. Although some rain for my veggies would be good. This is one hot steamer of an air mass. Dewpoints been mid to upper 60s for days now. This weekend might actually feel "refreshing." Which is one benefit of living up here in summer. As much as I like the heat...not gonna lie, some relief at times feels good.

It is a hassle but it does work. During a "normal" summer i can keep my pool temp upper 70s to low 80s for the most part. I've thought about getting a solar heater but undecided as to where i would place it so i'm still looking around, stuck in analysis paralysis. Not that it will affect us but GFS been trying to gin up a tropical system in the caribbean the past few runs and head it somewhere towards the FL Keys, maybe into the GOM. Early start to the season for sure.

I do that. It's still difficult to maintain above ground pool temp in CNY unless the Summer is a warm/sunny one. Two years ago i barely went in the pool as every time temp got up to mid 70s (my threshold) it would rain and get cloudy for days, dropping it back down in to the 70 degree range. That's happened a couple of Summers.

I have a pool and rely on warm/sunny weather to make/keep it warm. So once the snow stops i'm pretty much rooting for a blast furnace most days (with afternoon T Storms for the garden and lawn).

There's always June.

We had ~2" of overnight snow near Albany, Clifton Park, on May 18 2001. Could have been May 2002. So once every 2 decades or so for upstate lowlands based on very limited sample size. If this continues after dark we could easily see a few inches. Although melting between 6 hour measurements, esp in daylight will really knock totals down. I suspect we may see some inflated numbers with people over measuring. Actually, not sure what the cirrext protocol is when its melting between squalls.

Backyard in 1st round.

1" on elevated surface with the last slug of snow. Melting quickly. New round incoming

You know, I was going to expand and clarify but why bother. you are quite unlikable. Seek help.

Fair enough. I havent seen a lot on antibody testing on the Covid Tracking Project but I could've missed something. There's way too much information flow out there the last 3 months, overall.

Problem is we don't kknow if they're actually shitty tests or just Dems seizing on concerns about the rapidity by which FDA approved them. It will be figured out if they are shitty tests in due course but sitting around navel gazing and jerking off in peer reviews doesn't seem like the best approach while Rome burns.

This is part of why we are in trouble as a nation. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/495772-alarm-bells-ring-over-controversial-covid-testing So this is now evolving as the latest anti-Trump political ploy to oppose the release of covid-19 antibody testing. First, in Jan the MSM and Dems line was, "this is all overblown". Then, when Trump shifted gears to denial and trivialize space, they swapped 180 to oppose that. This fit hand in glove with "not enough testing," ... bad Trump. And correct. Now we're getting more testing and its but but but, it's not good testing. GMAFB. When the Democrats (correctly) pointed out that the Admin was fumbling the testing rollout during Jan-Mar timeframe, and fingered the FDA as being an obstacle in the process, it made the Trump admin look bad. Ok, fair enough. Now, when they begin rolling out a lot of antibody tests, and have improved covid-19 test availability (somewhat), its: oh no no no, those tests didnt get rigorous enough scrutiny by FDA. And lest one feebly state "oh so you're ok with bad tests," read this: "But in the rush to get tests to the public quickly, there are worries that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed companies to market tests with little to no oversight, raising the potential for a surge in inaccurate results." There are worries. Really? By whom? C'mon, this is horsesh!t and clearly an attempt to keep the nation paralyzed for as long as possible to drive dissatisfaction and maximize economic destruction...which plays against Trump ostensibly in the election. These people better be very careful as people's patience with both sides is drawing thin. Unhinge enough people and frankly it'll be great entertainment watching these people all get what they've probably got coming.

Agree on that. In the end, I suspect that "excess mortality" might be a reasonable way to figure out a real number of covid-19 deaths. Not exact as seasonal flu lethality varies but we know statistically how many people die over the course of a year so any deltas ought to stand out.

We still have limited testing, whether it's due to a continuing lack of test kits or other procedural reasons, not sure. I'm not sure if there's an under or over count going on. There's been no shortage of claims both ways. Until proven otherwise, likely after the fact, I look at this issue as similar to bad refereeing...it washes out in the end...usually.

I dont know how granular they will, or can, get. Many counties have very low infection totals and it seems way overboard to be walking around in masks and all the other limitations on businesses. Problem is, if it gets relaxed in low infection upstate counties, its impossible to limit travel out of higher infection counties. So you rancid, infected mongrels in Rochester and Buffalo would have to stay home for it to fully work!

I've stumbled across interesting articles on health, weight control, etc with a focus on having the "right" gastrointestinal microbes and such. Not sure how real any of it is and a lot of nutritional stuff seems to border on junk science but some of it makes sense. If nothing else, if the Placebo effect works, roll with it.

NYC may stay in lockdown until 2022 or 2023. They'll never get a low enough caseload to convince themselves to come out. And that's fine, they can do what they want, or need to. Upstate we have a chance to loosen up in June but the first time trends even think about changing, Cuomo and local Committee's will reinstitute stricter controls. By Oct/Nov I'd expect we will plunge back into lockdown, so at best we have a 3-4 month reprieve. Without so called "herd immunity" the only real hope is that the virus mutates in our favor. Vaccines seem impossible in the next year or more and treatments incremental over time.

Gotta say, if I see one more Boeheim article in the Syracuse Post Standard I may go postal. Boeheim family, Boeheim wife, Boeheim's kids, Boeheim's fave salad dressing, Boeheim grilling gluten free dog turds, Boeheim's long lost relatives in outer Baluchistan, Boeheim's bowel movements...just stop.

https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/05/as-he-struggled-to-breathe-cny-nursing-home-wouldnt-test-for-coronavirus-family-says-a-national-problem.html This seems almost criminally negligent. Even if it wouldn't have made a difference in outcome for this poor man, wouldnt a Nursing Home want to know if they have covid-19 circulating in the facility? Especially a Nursing Home... And to provide no explanations? Just wow. I can't imagine how furious the family must be. And no props to the County offices who seemed to have been completely ineffective here. Exactly what is it that they do again?