Rocktober Obs/DISCO

[mreaves]

6 hours ago, dendrite said:

“Wild”fires

 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Here’s a shot of the wind transporting the topsoil off of a farm in Whately.

 

[Damage In Tolland]

The state is on fire 

[Typhoon Tip]

 

i realize some of you want it dark or when not ... blue tinted light encased in snow with with 44 mins of daylight, followed by eternal cryo night when not a sideways blizzard and all... but, here it is just 3:30 pm and the sun is tickling the western tree line.  shadows are 20 foot plus ..and I'm thinking jesus christ in a week we gotta lose even another hour off this life support solar. 

i dunno.   the older i get, the more i wish they just leave the clocks in the summer mode.

[powderfreak]

2 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

 

i realize some of you want it dark and blue tinted encased in snow with 44 min of daylight followed by eternal cryo night when not a sideways blizzard and all... but, here it is just 3:30 pm and the sun is tickling the western tree line.  shadows are 20 foot plus ..and I'm thinking jesus christ in a week we gotta lose even another hour off this life support solar. 

i dunno.   the older i get, the more i wish they just leave the clocks in the summer mode.

The older I get the more I wish the summer solstice lasted all year.

[Typhoon Tip]

10 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

The older I get the more I wish the summer solstice lasted all year.

you didn't ask but ...my passion for winter is gone - maybe an age thing. maybe a john thing.  i dunno. but the only thing that keeps me coming back at all any more is that i still am fascinating by winter storms. 

but ... i'm fascinated with any kind of storm frankly.  if it were bombastically warm all winter long with repeating thunderstorm outbreaks and cbs rolling the tropopauses i'd be just as amused as if there were a stem wound block island bomb.  doesn't matter which.   it's no longer a winter thing or summer thing.. .it's just don't be fuckin bored thing.

zip tolerance or joy for the anticipation of no light and extended wind strung winters of cc glory that can't produce because of shearing and are thus brown earthers 

[dendrite]

21 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

 

i realize some of you want it dark or when not ... blue tinted light encased in snow with with 44 mins of daylight, followed by eternal cryo night when not a sideways blizzard and all... but, here it is just 3:30 pm and the sun is tickling the western tree line.  shadows are 20 foot plus ..and I'm thinking jesus christ in a week we gotta lose even another hour off this life support solar. 

i dunno.   the older i get, the more i wish they just leave the clocks in the summer mode.

I can't do darkness until 8-830am in January.

[dendrite]

53/25

I miss the dews

[Typhoon Tip]

9 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I can't do darkness until 8-830am in January.

meh.. .it's only 45 or so days ... then it starts going the other way pretty quick

it's better than a 6 whole months of lost evening light to me but to each is his own i guess.

[dendrite]

Just now, Typhoon Tip said:

meh.. .it's only 45 or so days ... then it starts going the other way pretty quick

it's better than a 6 whole months of lost evening light to me but to each is his own i guess.

I’m an early bird. I need my light for the morning commute and for safely letting my birds out of the coop. Parents will lose their minds with kids at a dark bus stop for 4 months too. 4p, 5p, 6p…it’s all no difference to me. It sets early and it’s a lot of evening darkness before bed. But I understand I’m the minority on that.

[cleetussnow]

I used to live in northern europe.  Its dark seemingly forever in winter.  But yeah, the whole daylight saving is absurd. The spring turn of the clock sucks.  

[Torch Tiger]

Yeah I'm up at 5-530 and tbe darkness after 6 and even 7 is awful.  Depressing and tiring

[tamarack]

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

 

i realize some of you want it dark or when not ... blue tinted light encased in snow with with 44 mins of daylight, followed by eternal cryo night when not a sideways blizzard and all... but, here it is just 3:30 pm and the sun is tickling the western tree line.  shadows are 20 foot plus ..and I'm thinking jesus christ in a week we gotta lose even another hour off this life support solar. 

i dunno.   the older i get, the more i wish they just leave the clocks in the summer mode.

Folks in the eastern part of a time zone often prefer DST.  Those in the west part don't like the idea of 8 AM (or later) sunrises in the dead of winter.

[powderfreak]

42 minutes ago, cleetussnow said:

I used to live in northern europe.  Its dark seemingly forever in winter.  But yeah, the whole daylight saving is absurd. The spring turn of the clock sucks.  

I love turning the clocks ahead… daylight jumps from 6pm to 7pm instantly.

But put me in the camp of I want more daylight later in the day.  I’m up in the dark in AM regardless in the winter.

[Typhoon Tip]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

I’m an early bird. I need my light for the morning commute and for safely letting my birds out of the coop. Parents will lose their minds with kids at a dark bus stop for 4 months too. 4p, 5p, 6p…it’s all no difference to me. It sets early and it’s a lot of evening darkness before bed. But I understand I’m the minority on that.

i bet you're not the minority .. .about half the pop has to be up by 7 - i think i actually read that specific demographic once  lol.  

i was thinking about this at the gym  - cuz what i'm doing there is so vastly interesting, otherwise...  and i was actually wondering if my bachelor lifestyle ( work remotely too - ) is kind of the minority actually.  so yeah which ever

[Typhoon Tip]

34 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Folks in the eastern part of a time zone often prefer DST.  Those in the west part don't like the idea of 8 AM (or later) sunrises in the dead of winter.

oh i know how it works.   but dark by 4:30 sucks no matter how we cut up the day.  i think what we need is a weird shaped planet that when it rotates ...it's 30 hours on the sun side and 5 hours on the night.   haha

brian was just saying that some people that's fine.  of those i happen to know, most don't like it.  but yeah, there's a practical reason for wanting early light.  i wouldn't want my kids waiting for the bus in the night just being one of those.   ...etc

[HIPPYVALLEY]

[DavisStraight]

2 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Here’s a shot of the wind transporting the topsoil off of a farm in Whately.

 

Dust bowl

[DavisStraight]

12 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

oh i know how it works.   but dark by 4:30 sucks no matter how we cut up the day.  i think what we need is a weird shaped planet that when it rotates ...it's 30 hours on the sun side and 5 hours on the night.   haha

brian was just saying that some people that's fine.  of those i happen to know, most don't like it.  but yeah, there's a practical reason for wanting early light.  i wouldn't want my kids waiting for the bus in the night just being one of those.   ...etc

Or you could live in the arctic in summer and southern south America in winter. Or the equator would be much better.

[Typhoon Tip]

21 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

Or you could live in the arctic in summer and southern south America in winter. Or the equator would be much better.

it's coming...

doesn't help our life times, no but some 100(s) years off, provided we get around this Fermi Paradox crap in the foreground, there is a technological destiny of what we might now consider exotic visions, reality only attainable by those who looked beyond the ability to fly;  those future benefactors of our toil and discoveries that parlayed newer evolved wonders. 

this kind of concern will be like when we say, imagine what it was to live before there was electricity.  'they had to suffer the night.'   and the fruits of such a future is probably one where work ( if there is such a thing ..>), leisure, and living, can happen anywhere and still be home for supper.  

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, tamarack said:

Folks in the eastern part of a time zone often prefer DST.  Those in the west part don't like the idea of 8 AM (or later) sunrises in the dead of winter.

We were out at the western edge of the eastern time zone in Ontario and the UP of Michigan back around the solstice. I loved the late sunset. I’m not a particularly early riser so it would work for me. 

[rimetree]

The clock change is ridiculous...make it stop

[weatherwiz]

On 10/25/2024 at 4:27 PM, Damage In Tolland said:

Dumb CT governor just declared state of emergency in CT due to the critical dry conditions and fires burning 

It's a smart move. Declaring state of emergency allows the state to get any assistance/aid quickly in the event it is needed.

[kdxken]

The firewood gods have delivered a drying season for the ages. Now I just need a huge blizzard with power outages for weeks. Even just the threat. I love panic...

 

[kdxken]

Typical media, hyping up this supposed fire danger.  Mine's burning just fine. In fact better than ever!

 

[alex]

Just started snowing!

[dendrite]

Lots of streamers around just north of Gene and Eek. I’ll likely be too far south for flakes. 
 

36.8/28

[alex]

Just a dusting but first actual snow of the season 

[moneypitmike]

11 hours ago, rimetree said:

The clock change is ridiculous...make it stop

It would be much beter if they did the "fall back" on a Sunday night.  the extra hour would make that Monday better for most.

[Modfan2]

33F this am, and bone dry outside, no dew. A couple of the brush fires I have worked we have found it burning 6-8” deep running the root lines. The larger fires around will burn for a few weeks and travel underground until we get a soaking rain