tamarack Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 The only quake I've felt was when we lived in Fort Kent. Epicenter was in New Brunswick, a couple dozen miles north from Fredericton, and had a 5.7 magnitude. 5+ effects were noted as far west as Allagash and to the southwest, Belfast. It was a sleep-in Saturday but at 7:41 we were rudely awakened. At 4:41 the following Monday there was a 5.4 aftershock. I was driving home from work and the bumpy roads prevented my noting it, but my wife had pots and pans rattling in our kitchen. We read of several fire depts being called for possible chimney fires on the 9th, as the quake's rumbling sounded something like well-established fire within the flue. We saw some cracks in our foundation ("daylight basement" with only the uphill section had full height concrete) but we weren't aware of the consequences until mid-April 1983. We were traveling out of state and had house-sitters, relatives of our off-grid friends, staying at our place. There was a 3.5" deluge plus snowmelt, and they ended up bailing water out the basement's back door. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Wife has been in Baltics last 1.5wks on vacation with girlfriend. She sent me some pics today from Auschwitz and Birkenau. Pretty sobering just looking at pics.Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
512high Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 19 hours ago, Lava Rock said: Wife has been in Baltics last 1.5wks on vacation with girlfriend. She sent me some pics today from Auschwitz and Birkenau. Pretty sobering just looking at pics. Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk So very sad, and to think about it , wasn't too long ago. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Saw these tracks across the lawn. I assume moose?Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 19 hours ago, Lava Rock said: Saw these tracks across the lawn. I assume moose? Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk Moose knuckles dragging in the snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 On 4/5/2024 at 6:37 PM, Lava Rock said: Wife has been in Baltics last 1.5wks on vacation with girlfriend. She sent me some pics today from Auschwitz and Birkenau. Pretty sobering just looking at pics. Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk My Dad helped liberate Dachau, he ha had PTSD nightmares his entire life. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 On 4/1/2024 at 7:27 PM, BrianW said: Property taxes in VT are outrageous compared to upstate NY. There are going to be huge increases next year in VT property taxes. Have you looked at the property taxes in Manchester and Dover compared to the Albany area? A new estimate puts the projected average property tax bill increase next year at more than 20%. https://vtdigger.org/2024/01/30/as-new-data-shows-property-taxes-could-rise-even-higher-than-expected-legislators-mull-their-options/#:~:text=A new estimate puts the,local property tax rate increases. I refuse to believe this. The property taxes on our place in the Adirondacks is jaw dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 On 4/8/2024 at 5:57 PM, Lava Rock said: Saw these tracks across the lawn. I assume moose? Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk Moose tracks would be closer to round. That almost looks like a big male fisher's tracks. Most of the mustelids have that one-foot-forward tracks like the pic appears, but I don't know the exact scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Moose tracks would be closer to round. That almost looks like a big male fisher's tracks. Most of the mustelids have that one-foot-forward tracks like the pic appears, but I don't know the exact scale.Thanks. I should have taken a close up.Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 On 4/8/2024 at 5:57 PM, Lava Rock said: Saw these tracks across the lawn. I assume moose? Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk Moose would’ve knocked that post over if it walked past it that close. Definitely not moose by the snow in the middle of the print. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Moose would’ve knocked that post over if it walked past it that close. Definitely not moose by the snow in the middle of the print.Here's a close up.Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 6 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: Here's a close up. Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk Very hard to tell… not a fat rabbit? Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteLawns Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 When… will… these… clouds… go… away…….??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Looks like the gray squirrel tracks that are all over my backyard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Had my first ever bluebird sighting today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 2 hours ago, eekuasepinniW said: Had my first ever bluebird sighting today. I had never seen one here and now I’m loaded this Mar/Apr. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 2 hours ago, eekuasepinniW said: Looks like the gray squirrel tracks that are all over my backyard. I had a gray squirrel with a red tail under my feeder today. Mixed breeding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 16 hours ago, dendrite said: I had a gray squirrel with a red tail under my feeder today. Mixed breeding? Ugh, the last thing we need are gray squirrels with the attitude problem of the red squirrels. The last few times I tried to scare off a red squirrel, the damn thing got all jumpy and spastic and started coming towards me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 50 minutes ago, eekuasepinniW said: Ugh, the last thing we need are gray squirrels with the attitude problem of the red squirrels. The last few times I tried to scare off a red squirrel, the damn thing got all jumpy and spastic and started coming towards me. Red squirrels are nasty. There seems to be more and more of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weathernoob335 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 20 hours ago, WhiteLawns said: When… will… these… clouds… go… away…….??? Never, welcome to Seattle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 We had a family of deer in our yard last night at dinner time. It had been years since I had seen deer on my property. Bears, moose, bobcats, foxes, owls, fishers, coyotes... but deer had been absent. I see them in the neighborhood but not in the yard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tavwtby Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 got a off weather topic for all you who partake in the edibles etc...my wife's source is no longer carrying her favorite space bar chocolate edible, can anyone point my to where I might be able to find them, she's got a legit gluten allergy so those were the only ones she was able to eat without issues. Appreciate any info. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 19 hours ago, dendrite said: I had a gray squirrel with a red tail under my feeder today. Mixed breeding? I don’t believe the two species can breed together. Gray and Black can breed but neither can breed with Red if I’m not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 4 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: I don’t believe the two species can breed together. Gray and Black can breed but neither can breed with Red if I’m not mistaken. They can't but some grey squirrels have a reddish color to the tails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyEnjoyer Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Weather has sucked for this project so far, lol. But here's an update. More hands to help eventually. Fark me - just glacially slow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 39 minutes ago, AstronomyEnjoyer said: Weather has sucked for this project so far, lol. But here's an update. More hands to help eventually. Fark me - just glacially slow. At least you're making progress. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteLawns Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 First thunderstorm of the year! Stuck close to the house and woke me up. Dogs didn’t enjoy it as much as I did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteLawns Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 6 hours ago, AstronomyEnjoyer said: Weather has sucked for this project so far, lol. But here's an update. More hands to help eventually. Fark me - just glacially slow. Building an observatory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 5 hours ago, WhiteLawns said: Building an observatory? I did an appraisal for a guy one time, he had a decent size shed in his yard, when I looked at it I remarked that his roof looked unusual. He said he was an astronomer, and he pressed a button and the roof slid open, pretty cool set up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 18 hours ago, tavwtby said: got a off weather topic for all you who partake in the edibles etc...my wife's source is no longer carrying her favorite space bar chocolate edible, can anyone point my to where I might be able to find them, she's got a legit gluten allergy so those were the only ones she was able to eat without issues. Appreciate any info. thanks Have some recommendations for Maine, but not where you're at. Best bet (aside from a recommendation here) is to download the Weedmaps app, and look at the dispensaries in your area - they'll have their menus so you can look for GF options. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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