ski MRG Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Disgusting humidity in ENY now. Td 74 officially at Albany this hour. I put the a/c on for this humidity - can't deal with rain forest humidity. Spent the day on the golf course in Copake, NY. It was so thick you could cut it with a knife, disgusting. Soon it'll be crisp cool air, pumpkin pie and mulled cider. Love the first cold nights when you smell wood smoke in the air. Tick Tock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Didn't say typical fropa, but power outages do occur frequently in the winter with strong fropas around here. North of Route 1 is solid trees so winds of 40 mph will bring down enough limbs to knock power out to a good chunk of back country. Like I said, I drove through the height of the storm (got a nice free car wash), and I've definitely seen worse - just a few weeks ago as a matter of fact. No hail, no FC. Just a lot of rain and wind that I would guess briefly met severe criteria. Route 1 wasn't even flooded that's how fast this thing moved in and out of town. LOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Spent the day on the golf course in Copake, NY. It was so thick you could cut it with a knife, disgusting. Soon it'll be crisp cool air, pumpkin pie and mulled cider. Love the first cold nights when you smell wood smoke in the air. Tick Tock. ginx says overbearing pv only snow on the south coast up to moosup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 She better become a Bills fan quick. We hate the fish. Yea but your colors are lame, ya know how girly girls are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 ginx says overbearing pv only snow on the south coast up to moosup Eh no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Spent the day on the golf course in Copake, NY. It was so thick you could cut it with a knife, disgusting. Soon it'll be crisp cool air, pumpkin pie and mulled cider. Love the first cold nights when you smell wood smoke in the air. Tick Tock. Jerry is back on board by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Jerry is back on board by the way. not sure how i feel but the nuts are falling early, should be a classic fall in GC and in the north country plenty of rain, lots of sugar, lots of color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 not sure how i feel but the nuts are falling early, should be a classic fall in GC and in the north country plenty of rain, lots of sugar, lots of color Yep hazelnuts everywhere, squirrels looking like foxes, mega heat death ridge, NAO flip, it's on like donkey kong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Yea but your colors are lame, ya know how girly girls are. Red, white and blue are lame?!!! Take it back or ye are a traitor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Jerry is back on board by the way. Good. It's going to be beautiful here in GC, as it always is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Red, white and blue are lame?!!! Take it back or ye are a traitor! Girls like pastels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 This is filthy air all over ENY: CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS ALBANY LGT RAIN 77 75 94 SW8 29.76F FOG GLENS FALLS CLOUDY 74 71 91 NW8 29.74S POUGHKEEPSIE CLOUDY 76 73 91 CALM 29.79S NEWBURGH PTCLDY 73 72 94 CALM 29.83F MONTGOMERY CLOUDY 75 74 96 S5 29.81F WHITE PLAINS CLOUDY 74 72 93 S6 29.84R FOG ISLIP LGT RAIN 76 74 93 SW9 29.82S FOG NEW YORK CITY CLOUDY 79 75 87 VRB3 29.81F THUNDER CENTRAL PARK CLOUDY 79 77 94 NE9 29.85F FOG WATERTOWN PTCLDY 75 71 87 W3 29.82R FORT DRUM NOT AVBL MASSENA CLEAR 76 70 82 W3 29.78R SARANAC LAKE MOCLDY 70 68 93 SW3 29.82R PLATTSBURGH CLOUDY 73 72 94 CALM 29.75S FOG $ Spent the day on the golf course in Copake, NY. It was so thick you could cut it with a knife, disgusting. Soon it'll be crisp cool air, pumpkin pie and mulled cider. Love the first cold nights when you smell wood smoke in the air. Tick Tock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Good. It's going to be beautiful here in GC, as it always is. That's MRG isn't it not YBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 This is filthy air all over ENY: Horrid humidity here, 76.2/76....feels like a tropical rainforest as you say. Picked up .32" rainfall during my delivery shift. Heading to New Hampshire Monday for a job interview at a private school teaching Spanish...hoping the weather cooperates as I don't need any added stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Horrid humidity here, 76.2/76....feels like a tropical rainforest as you say. Picked up .32" rainfall during my delivery shift. Heading to New Hampshire Monday for a job interview at a private school teaching Spanish...hoping the weather cooperates as I don't need any added stress. First lesson will be Hay mucha nieva aqui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 First lesson will be Hay mucha nieva aqui Good Spanish...it's "nieve" though. Yeah I'm really hoping to get this job...it's a full-time position at a boarding school in Rindge, NH (near Jaffrey) teaching Spanish to special needs students, pretty much exactly what I want to do for my career. The area seems really beautiful, and I think the area gets a decent amount of snow at 1200' elevation. Does anyone have an annual average snowfall for Rindge or Jaffrey? Anyway, this is the final interview so we'll see what happens...it's only 20k/yr salary but they do provide an apartment with all the amenities, and all my meals, as well as some activities, free of cost. I'm hoping to launch my career at this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Was down in Jamestown RI all day. Cloudy and cool there with a few sprinkles and drizzle. Back here at home solid rain and 69F House is a bit manky but now the windows and fans will fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 The garden will probably love this wx anyway..... This wx today felt like a mid/late August warm up to me though. Warm and muggy, but lacking any true heat... Horrid humidity here, 76.2/76....feels like a tropical rainforest as you say. Picked up .32" rainfall during my delivery shift. Heading to New Hampshire Monday for a job interview at a private school teaching Spanish...hoping the weather cooperates as I don't need any added stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 The garden will probably love this wx anyway..... Yeah but my garden is being decimated by a raccoon right now. I am at the end of my wits with the crazy population of deer, raccoons, and rabbits here...it's a suburban area with no large natural predators and my house backs a 70-acre nature preserve, so it's very difficult to deal with. I've lost countless vegetables, and my mom has lost part of her Dahlia, Lilies, a Coneflower, etc. Anything I plant this year is almost immediately eaten, never seen the problem so bad. I had a 5-foot mesh fence around my garden, carefully weighed down by stones, but the raccoon still got in and chewed up a bunch of plants. I went back yesterday and weighed it down with even more heavy rocks, but no success...he came back again and started chomping. I may have to remove the entire fence, dig a trench, and then re-plant fall crops. It is really discouraging at this point because every landscaping move I make to our property is thwarted by the out-of-control animal popuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 NZucker! Awesome about the interview. Rindge is beautiful. There is a nice XC ski place near there as well as Kimballs ice cream. I am guessing they get 80-85" or so. More than me. Slopes of Mt Mpnadnock Good luck! Foot in the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Years ago there was an observer in Jaffrey named Craig Goedecke. His snow obs and pics from Jaffrey were always impressive ...then he moved to Hingam I think. Good Spanish...it's "nieve" though. Yeah I'm really hoping to get this job...it's a full-time position at a boarding school in Rindge, NH (near Jaffrey) teaching Spanish to special needs students, pretty much exactly what I want to do for my career. The area seems really beautiful, and I think the area gets a decent amount of snow at 1200' elevation. Does anyone have an annual average snowfall for Rindge or Jaffrey? Anyway, this is the final interview so we'll see what happens...it's only 20k/yr salary but they do provide an apartment with all the amenities, and all my meals, as well as some activities, free of cost. I'm hoping to launch my career at this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I wonder if it is always open season hunting racoons in NY State..... Set a trap maybe ..The pelt could worth something. Yeah but my garden is being decimated by a raccoon right now. I am at the end of my wits with the crazy population of deer, raccoons, and rabbits here...it's a suburban area with no large natural predators and my house backs a 70-acre nature preserve, so it's very difficult to deal with. I've lost countless vegetables, and my mom has lost part of her Dahlia, Lilies, a Coneflower, etc. Anything I plant this year is almost immediately eaten, never seen the problem so bad. I had a 5-foot mesh fence around my garden, carefully weighed down by stones, but the raccoon still got in and chewed up a bunch of plants. I went back yesterday and weighed it down with even more heavy rocks, but no success...he came back again and started chomping. I may have to remove the entire fence, dig a trench, and then re-plant fall crops. It is really discouraging at this point because every landscaping move I make to our property is thwarted by the out-of-control animal popuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Sucker! Awesome about the interview. Rindge is beautiful. There is a nice XC ski place near there as well as Kimballs ice cream. I am guessing they get 80-85" or so. More than me. Slopes of Mt Mpnadnock Good luck! Foot in the door Thanks, Dave. I am really nervous because I have never been a full-time teacher before, only a substitute. I've worked a lot with the Special Education/ESL departments since I have studied a lot of languages and have experiences with urban education and high-needs students based on a project I did in Poughkeepsie, but this would be a big step up for me. The headmaster really seemed to like my credentials during the phone interview, so he invited me for a final look around the campus, and hopefully an offer. With only sporadic work this summer and subbing paychecks being fairly small, I could really use the money. I also hope I can significantly impact these students' lives since it is a very small school with tiny classes and intense extracurricular involvement, and I could integrate a lot of culture, history, and my personal experiences traveling throughout Latin America into my lessons since it's relatively open-ended unlike teaching towards a state exam like the New York State Regents. I'm also excited about moving back to New England after graduating from Middlebury. 80-85" is a huge improvement in snowfall...Middlebury averaged 60-65" despite having more latitude (downsloping into the Champlain Valley and distance from coastals reduced our snowfall a lot), and my parents' home in Dobbs Ferry is only about 38"/year as it's so close to NYC. I've done well with two 70" winters here in my hometown, but moving to the countryside would be nice for both the natural environment and the guarantee of more snow. Although I can't complain with the 70-acre maple-beech forest preserve behind my house here in Westchester, my psyche generally benefits from being outside the bustling suburbs. I am also tired of commuting to work in the heavy suburban traffic every morning and then having to deliver for restaurants to make extra cash, stuck in a car in barely moving traffic all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I wonder if it is always open season hunting racoons in NY State..... Set a trap maybe ..The pelt could worth something. You have any recommendations for trapping? I really want to get this guy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Good Spanish...it's "nieve" though. Yeah I'm really hoping to get this job...it's a full-time position at a boarding school in Rindge, NH (near Jaffrey) teaching Spanish to special needs students, pretty much exactly what I want to do for my career. The area seems really beautiful, and I think the area gets a decent amount of snow at 1200' elevation. Does anyone have an annual average snowfall for Rindge or Jaffrey? Anyway, this is the final interview so we'll see what happens...it's only 20k/yr salary but they do provide an apartment with all the amenities, and all my meals, as well as some activities, free of cost. I'm hoping to launch my career at this place. Jaffrey used to be one of those spots which got slammed every storm in the 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Years ago there was an observer in Jaffrey named Craig Goedecke. His snow obs and pics from Jaffrey were always impressive ...then he moved to Hingam I think. Yep met Craig once, Trapping raccoon, ha ha Caught them in hav a hart with dirty diapers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Sorry I'm not a hunter. I should send my redneck cousins from western NY down. LOL Maybe there is some scent that raccoons really hate. I bought some stuff at Agway that supposedly repels rabbits. You have any recommendations for trapping? I really want to get this guy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 And Zucker, my iPod did an auto correct for your name. No offense made. I don't know what there is for rental property there though. I would consider moving to Jaffrey if I don't move to the Conway area (when I am old like Pete and Steve) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Jaffrey used to be one of those spots which got slammed every storm in the 80's The Monadnocks are a sweet spot for sure...I think they do pretty well since they have a lot of extra elevation over extreme SE NH, but still benefit from Miller B coastals. We'll have to get more information from Will, but I assume I'd be pretty thrilled with this spot. I bet there's a nice upsloping component on easterly flow, although the elevations don't get too extreme compared to the White Mountains to the north. I'd love to have a satisfying job in a snowy place close to lots of hiking opportunities...NYC metro is starting to get me down even though we have a nice house in a forested area with plenty of friends and good neighbors. Also, Dobbs Ferry isn't going to get 70" of snow every year. Now watch me move and Dobbs gets slammed again by another 2/25/10 with the -NAO while Jaffrey changes to rain while I teach. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Good Spanish...it's "nieve" though. Yeah I'm really hoping to get this job...it's a full-time position at a boarding school in Rindge, NH (near Jaffrey) teaching Spanish to special needs students, pretty much exactly what I want to do for my career. The area seems really beautiful, and I think the area gets a decent amount of snow at 1200' elevation. Does anyone have an annual average snowfall for Rindge or Jaffrey? Anyway, this is the final interview so we'll see what happens...it's only 20k/yr salary but they do provide an apartment with all the amenities, and all my meals, as well as some activities, free of cost. I'm hoping to launch my career at this place. Housing and food is 40 percent of cost , so starting at 30 k is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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