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March DISCO/OBS: Please End It

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CoastalWx
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Ice castles were cool.  My son and his friend decided they were too cool and took off lol. Wife out of town so daddy/daughter it is.  

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Yea, better shot of Kev hosting the next Democratic Convention.

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I’m seriously having some drinks tonight with lava.

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16 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

One thing that’s terrible is the dark mornings again. . Finally had a 5:00 AM run Saturday that was semi light to light at end. Only to have midnight darkness again this morning. 2 more months till sunny at before 5AM

You're old  enough to remember the days when clock reset was the first Sunday in April, and the 2nd Sunday in October.  

I like the sun not setting in the middle of the afternoon in October ... by November it doesn't matter because the weather is typically shitty to be outside anyway by then, so part of me thinks it should wait until the solar min begins on November 8th- the way it was changed to back in 2002 I think it was.   On the flip side, I like having the sun later in the day in the spring - by the time April rolls around it's half way to summer so we're spending too much time with dark while awake if we wait that late to do it.

But for others they need more daylight in the morning so waiting until April is better for them;  moving ahead an hour doesn't matter by then as much.  So, from a purely selfish perspective I wish they'd just make like this, all the time.  But I realize that wouldn't be very good for the rest of society. 

When I was a child in western lower Michigan, the sun set on June 21 at like 9:40 pm.  They are the very western end of the time zone, absolutely maxing out to the last minute.  2 hr drive west and you get two 9'0clocks.  Anyway, in the winter, with standard time, the sun rises at like 8 in the morning... so if they left it like this, it would be 9 am sun rise ...   Can you imagine that?  

I guess at the end of the day there's no way to appease everyone.  The only way to do it is to move the work day standard with the clock.  Such that it's 10 am in the winter, and 8 or so in the summer...    I dunno.   Maybe humanity needs to relo to a new planet with 36 hour days and 6 hour nights.  haha

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Damage In Tolland

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5 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

You're old  enough to remember the days when clock reset was the first Sunday in April, and the 2nd Sunday in October.  

I like the sun not setting in the middle of the afternoon in October ... by November it doesn't matter because the weather is typically shitty to be outside anyway by then, so part of me thinks it should wait until the solar min begins on November 8th- the way it was changed to back in 2002 I think it was.   On the flip side, I like having the sun later in the day in the spring - by the time April rolls around it's half way to summer so we're spending too much time with dark while awake if we wait that late to do it.

But for others they need more daylight in the morning so waiting until April is better for them;  moving ahead an hour doesn't matter by then as much.  So, from a purely selfish perspective I wish they'd just make like this, all the time.  But I realize that wouldn't be very good for the rest of society. 

When I was a child in western lower Michigan, the sun set on June 21 at like 9:40 pm.  They are the very western end of the time zone, absolutely maxing out to the last minute.  2 hr drive west and you get two 9'0clocks.  Anyway, in the winter, with standard time, the sun rises at like 8 in the morning... so if they left it like this, it would be 9 am sun rise ...   Can you imagine that?  

I guess at the end of the day there's no way to appease everyone.  The only way to do it is to move the work day standard with the clock.  Such that it's 10 am in the winter, and 8 or so in the summer...    I dunno.   Maybe humanity needs to relo to a new planet with 36 hour days and 6 hour nights.  haha

I was in Chatanooga late last June and it was 9:30 and still 100% light outside. First time I had ever experienced that . Was very surreal . I mean headlights were not needed yet in the cars 

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3 minutes ago, H2Otown_WX said:

Quite impressive...what was your total for the season? I need to move north

I’ve been a deadbeat over the last year with keeping track of my climo data. I have all of the amounts posted on here, but I have to add it up. The cocorahs guy east of me in town is around 70” I think. He gets a little weenieish so maybe 65”ish? Maybe this weekend I’ll get motivated to do it. 

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34 minutes ago, H2Otown_WX said:

Quite impressive...what was your total for the season? I need to move north

If you’re gonna go north..really do it right and go where I just drove home from.  Was 2 degrees this morning when I drove out of the cabin driveway.  And while it was 64 here this afternoon, it was 26 there…with 3-4 feet of pack.  

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