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16 hours ago, Phil Connors said:

source? maybe it has to do with regional broadcast coverage and what team is shown. Amazing if the all time loser team in the history of competitive sports has the most viewers per game even with 11,112 losses.

The Phillies are the winningest team in town as the only team with 2 Championships that anyone younger than 50 years old can remember....being a Philadelphia sports fan means dedication and loyalty with very little reward....we are great fans!!

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2021/05/27/76ers-flyers-tv-ratings-bely-their-performances.html?fbclid=IwAR2NpaCRWpTjjil9_VMlwGTyPT6DZFpKIo-cBHV3AL3mWAcv2IevwM8356c

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So our grass planting ran a little late this year for a few reasons, and we got out the frost blankets. This is an area that we seeded 2 weeks ago yesterday, which had minimal grass on it.

I had already taken up the blanket on the near side of the tree when I took the first pic, and the second one is afterward. We call it the jiffy pop effect, lol.

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I somehow missed this last year why Glenn abandoned his winter forecast. I knew he didn't release a forecast but didn't know exactly why...

"I have determined these forecasts to have marginal what we call “skill.” Skill is anything better than flipping a coin. There’s no reason to do them at this point other than public demand. I’ve always said that if it ever got to the point where I didn’t feel the confidence to be able to do it with skill, then I would ask: Why are we doing it? We used to do them with skill."

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/12/07/philadelphia-winter-forecast-hurricane-schwartz/

 

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Can't believe we're back baby. Less than a month until Dec 1. Felt like it would never get here. 

Anyway, I feel a lot better going into Winters where everyone expects below average snow. It just seems like winters that are forecasted to be AN snow by the majority are always a let down. I have sneaky good vibes about this winter. No science to back it up, but I like the overall pattern at H5 right now. I think we have accumulating snow before the 10th. I'll bump this after the 00z NAM drops a foot plus in the city a month from now. 

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On 11/11/2021 at 7:38 AM, JTA66 said:

Definitely the end of an era. I'm old enough to remember when Jim was just the weekend anchor and Larry Kane was the big cheese at ch6. Oh, and don't forget Joe Carcione, your green grocer.

 

On 11/11/2021 at 11:39 AM, Birds~69 said:

Pat Croce w/health and fitness tips and "Don Polec's World" as well...

OMG. :lol:

I remember when they were still WFIL and then changed to WPVI.  Once the found a winning formula, the stuck with it and remained #1 for decades.  Gardner was sortof the literal anchor for the various others who worked with him, including those who have come and gone over the years.

Don Polec was a piece of work. :lmao:

I did just find this article from September where he got a kidney transplant last year (his condition was genetic) - https://6abc.com/gift-of-life-organ-transplant-don-polec-kidney/11041332/

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Anyone know if Rob22 is still around? He used to be a mod here. Was one of my friends back in the day. We both went to the same university for op. Meteorology. @Ralph Wiggumyou remember him right? DT used to call him Rib. He is one of the original wright weather posters. I haven't seen him post in years, just hoping he's okay. He used to run the weenie of the year contest, which I of course won years ago. 

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3 hours ago, Wentzadelphia said:

Anyone know if Rob22 is still around? He used to be a mod here. Was one of my friends back in the day. We both went to the same university for op. Meteorology. @Ralph Wiggumyou remember him right? DT used to call him Rib. He is one of the original wright weather posters. I haven't seen him post in years, just hoping he's okay. He used to run the weenie of the year contest, which I of course won years ago. 

He hasn't been around in years. Yeah,  I hope he's doing ok...

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On 11/17/2021 at 1:40 PM, Hurricane Agnes said:

 

OMG. :lol:

I remember when they were still WFIL and then changed to WPVI.  Once the found a winning formula, the stuck with it and remained #1 for decades.  Gardner was sortof the literal anchor for the various others who worked with him, including those who have come and gone over the years.

Don Polec was a piece of work. :lmao:

I did just find this article from September where he got a kidney transplant last year (his condition was genetic) - https://6abc.com/gift-of-life-organ-transplant-don-polec-kidney/11041332/

Read the same. Looks healthy...good for him.

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Greetings, all! I'm back from my 6-week field trip to the Mojave. Interestingly enough, it went from hot at the start of my trip (with highs during the day to the 80's) to cold with snow in the last few days I was there. The mountains around the western desert got a couple of feet from what I heard, and they were absolutely beautiful. A couple of times when I checked, it was colder there than here; I was stomping around the desert in full winter weather gear while my wife was sitting on the back porch in a t-shirt at home.

Anyway, I'm glad to be back! What'd I miss?

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2 hours ago, CoolHandMike said:

Greetings, all! I'm back from my 6-week field trip to the Mojave. Interestingly enough, it went from hot at the start of my trip (with highs during the day to the 80's) to cold with snow in the last few days I was there. The mountains around the western desert got a couple of feet from what I heard, and they were absolutely beautiful. A couple of times when I checked, it was colder there than here; I was stomping around the desert in full winter weather gear while my wife was sitting on the back porch in a t-shirt at home.

Anyway, I'm glad to be back! What'd I miss?

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That sounds really cool compared to what's going on here which is boring/non eventful. I watch videos frequently on youtube w/people hiking/snowmobiling into the mountains to a remote cabin snowing like hell, chopping wood, ice fishing, sitting around a fire while camp cooking and enjoying some brews. Yeah, sure beats the hell out of SE PA.

What did you miss? Read around, you'll see...  

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2 hours ago, CoolHandMike said:

Greetings, all! I'm back from my 6-week field trip to the Mojave. Interestingly enough, it went from hot at the start of my trip (with highs during the day to the 80's) to cold with snow in the last few days I was there. The mountains around the western desert got a couple of feet from what I heard, and they were absolutely beautiful. A couple of times when I checked, it was colder there than here; I was stomping around the desert in full winter weather gear while my wife was sitting on the back porch in a t-shirt at home.

Anyway, I'm glad to be back! What'd I miss?

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Welcome back!!

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5 hours ago, CoolHandMike said:

Greetings, all! I'm back from my 6-week field trip to the Mojave. Interestingly enough, it went from hot at the start of my trip (with highs during the day to the 80's) to cold with snow in the last few days I was there. The mountains around the western desert got a couple of feet from what I heard, and they were absolutely beautiful. A couple of times when I checked, it was colder there than here; I was stomping around the desert in full winter weather gear while my wife was sitting on the back porch in a t-shirt at home.

Anyway, I'm glad to be back! What'd I miss?

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Hope you enjoyed it.  The desert heats up quick but also radiates pretty quick at night.  That area is on the bucket list.

Since you were gone, I had 3 days with flurries (11/29, 11/30, 12/8).  :lol:

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6 hours ago, CoolHandMike said:

Greetings, all! I'm back from my 6-week field trip to the Mojave. Interestingly enough, it went from hot at the start of my trip (with highs during the day to the 80's) to cold with snow in the last few days I was there. The mountains around the western desert got a couple of feet from what I heard, and they were absolutely beautiful. A couple of times when I checked, it was colder there than here; I was stomping around the desert in full winter weather gear while my wife was sitting on the back porch in a t-shirt at home.

Anyway, I'm glad to be back! What'd I miss?

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Welcome back! You didn't miss much weatherwise. There were some "spirited discussions" about other things which you can catch up on :- ).

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7 hours ago, CoolHandMike said:

Greetings, all! I'm back from my 6-week field trip to the Mojave. Interestingly enough, it went from hot at the start of my trip (with highs during the day to the 80's) to cold with snow in the last few days I was there. The mountains around the western desert got a couple of feet from what I heard, and they were absolutely beautiful. A couple of times when I checked, it was colder there than here; I was stomping around the desert in full winter weather gear while my wife was sitting on the back porch in a t-shirt at home.

Anyway, I'm glad to be back! What'd I miss?

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We got Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in our future, banishing peeps to the desert on horses with dangling sachels of 8 ounces of water. Gonna be rough.

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