Brian5671 Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 5:59 PM, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Nah. Maybe that was a thing in 1990s… Our schools are open today. I have issues with how they handle snow days sometimes but they generally do a good job with HH days. Expand Business as usual here. Usually takes a few days of heat for them to call an early D... Still have about 1/2 of the schools in town without AC...ridiculous for 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 Drying out up here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowedin Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 11:16 AM, Damage In Tolland said: Summer is officially over . I have moved on. Looks cool and dry foreseeable future . Expand Let the Kevin jinx begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowedin Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 5:01 PM, CoastalWx said: Hovering 87-88 here. Expand Yep 88/75 here atm..classic summer day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 70/54 here at BTV. College kids back in town. Early autumn vibe. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 5:59 PM, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Nah. Maybe that was a thing in 1990s… Our schools are open today. I have issues with how they handle snow days sometimes but they generally do a good job with HH days. Expand Some places do that. Wednesdays or some such as half days for students. my daughter’s district does that a few times per month. pain for the parents IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 73° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 Looks like Logan hit 90 so maybe my temp was correct. 87 now. We Gronk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:01 PM, HoarfrostHubb said: Some places do that. Wednesdays or some such as half days for students. my daughter’s district does that a few times per month. pain for the parents IMHO Expand Wow never heard of that. Not sure what the benefit is? There's a PD day here once a month but that's it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:23 PM, Brian5671 said: Wow never heard of that. Not sure what the benefit is? There's a PD day here once a month but that's it. Expand Teacher workshops. We had those frequently on Wednesdays when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:23 PM, Brian5671 said: Wow never heard of that. Not sure what the benefit is? There's a PD day here once a month but that's it. Expand From K-12 in West Hartford we had a 1/2 day every Wednesday in West Hartford. Not sure if this is 100% correct but I think the premise was for teachers meetings and district meetings. There may have been other reasons too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:20 PM, dendrite said: 73° Expand +3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:26 PM, weatherwiz said: From K-12 in West Hartford we had a 1/2 day every Wednesday in West Hartford. Not sure if this is 100% correct but I think the premise was for teachers meetings and district meetings. There may have been other reasons too. Expand Every? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowedin Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 Nice little shot of a couple doves I managed to snag earlier at one of the baths. I think one of them might’ve just finished dunking half its body in the water lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:26 PM, Damage In Tolland said: +3 Expand Lol. My high was 81 vs your 83. +0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:27 PM, dendrite said: Every? Expand yup...was every Wednesday. I think that ended up changing though not too long after I graduated (2006). It is possible though maybe my junior or senior year it went to every other Wednesday but I forget . I know the district made some big changes soon after I graduated, one of them was going to block scheduling or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:27 PM, dendrite said: Every? Expand Yeah. Some districts do that every Wednesday. Not mine. We have a few half days sprinkled here and there but not even monthly. I hate those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 peaked around 83/73 on my station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:31 PM, weatherwiz said: yup...was every Wednesday. I think that ended up changing though not too long after I graduated (2006). It is possible though maybe my junior or senior year it went to every other Wednesday but I forget . I know the district made some big changes soon after I graduated, one of them was going to block scheduling or something. Expand my sons have block schedules now...it's brutal-4 long periods a day classes only meet every other day now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:28 PM, dendrite said: Lol. My high was 81 vs your 83. +0 Expand Your dew was low . Mine still 72 Tack on another for the homies +4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick-02540 Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 3:27 PM, Typhoon Tip said: it can't be 90 at bdl Expand I'm at 900 feet and I hit 85.2 at 3:30. High dew today was 79.7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick-02540 Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:31 PM, weatherwiz said: yup...was every Wednesday. I think that ended up changing though not too long after I graduated (2006). It is possible though maybe my junior or senior year it went to every other Wednesday but I forget . I know the district made some big changes soon after I graduated, one of them was going to block scheduling or something. Expand Brother's daughter/my niece goes to public school here in Bethlehem. Every Wednesday is a half day. No one know why, or for what. If you drive by on Wednesday about 20 minutes after the kids depart on the buses, 90% of the teachers are also leaving. The cumulative economic costs to the families and society cannot be overstated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:59 PM, Damage In Tolland said: Your dew was low . Mine still 72 Tack on another for the homies +4 Expand Tack on a few of these 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:59 PM, Damage In Tolland said: Your dew was low . Mine still 72 Tack on another for the homies +4 Expand How long were you in the pool today? Hopefully got some good water time to enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 9:06 PM, Patrick-02540 said: Brother's daughter/my niece goes to public school here in Bethlehem. Every Wednesday is a half day. No one know why, or for what. If you drive by on Wednesday about 20 minutes after the kids depart on the buses, 90% of the teachers are also leaving. The cumulative economic costs to the families and society cannot be overstated. Expand Some towns also close down business after a half day on Wednesday. I worked in Webster 20 years ago and I had never heard of a town shutting for a half day, must be for a break halfway through the work week to refresh, not sure if schools closed too but I think they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 7:35 PM, Brian5671 said: Business as usual here. Usually takes a few days of heat for them to call an early D... Still have about 1/2 of the schools in town without AC...ridiculous for 2024 Expand Yea no reason not to have it these days. Weed tax revenue should provide that funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 9:11 PM, powderfreak said: How long were you in the pool today? Hopefully got some good water time to enjoy it. Expand Some folks work during the week. We don’t get the summers off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 9:30 PM, Damage In Tolland said: Some folks work during the week. We don’t get the summers off Expand You can easily do your phone calls poolside. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 8:59 PM, Patrick-02540 said: I'm at 900 feet and I hit 85.2 at 3:30. High dew today was 79.7. Expand they had that at 11:30 am tho or something way earlier than everywhere else, the closest of which at the time was 84 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 9:37 PM, CoastalWx said: You can easily do your phone calls poolside. Expand He would have to step out of the A/C tho’…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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