March 2025

[Feen]

3 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

It's wrong 

Nothing to push this clipper this far south. The other models don't show the clipper like that. 

im sure you're right and im not getting my hopes up but the  that i am is wishfully thinking 

[Dark Star]

43 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Great another thing to worry about lol.  There's already been a carcinogenic pesticide found in our tap water.

 

Which one?  Of course, legally, all chlorinated tap water contains a certain level of trihalomethanes, which are known carcinogens. I have a carbon filter on our kitchen sink just for that.  

[LibertyBell]

3 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Which one?  Of course, legally, all chlorinated tap water contains a certain level of trihalomethanes, which are known carcinogens. I have a carbon filter on our kitchen sink just for that.  

Yes I have a six stage filter too.  The one I heard about was 1,4- Dioxane.

[Brian5671]

44 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

It's wrong 

Nothing to push this clipper this far south. The other models don't show the clipper like that. 

yeah no support from other models so toss it.

[WestBabylonWeather]

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

Yes I have a six stage filter too.  The one I heard about was 1,4- Dioxane.

Zero water filter for drinking. 

[Dark Star]

2 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Yes I have a six stage filter too.  The one I heard about was 1,4- Dioxane.

NJ has a 0.4 ug/L limit in drinking water, while Alaska allows up to 77 ug/L.  California's limit is 1.0 ug/L, while Delaware allows up to 6 ug/L.  The main source is from fertilizers, but it is also in shampoos and skin products.  That doesn't sound right.  NY banned it, except for trace amounts, whatever that is.

[LibertyBell]

3 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

NJ has a 0.4 ug/L limit in drinking water, while Alaska allows up to 77 ug/L.  California's limit is 1.0 ug/L, while Delaware allows up to 6 ug/L.  The main source is from fertilizers, but it is also in shampoos and skin products.  That doesn't sound right.  NY banned it, except for trace amounts, whatever that is.

Thanks for the research.  I read that Long Island water has more of it than any other place in the state.

I see NY and NJ both finally started testing for PFOA/PFAS in drinking water too.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Zero water filter for drinking. 

Is that a tap filter or something like a Brita?

 

[North and West]

Yes I have a six stage filter too.  The one I heard about was 1,4- Dioxane.

Can’t wait for drinking out of the garden hose when the weather warms up as I’m washing my car or watering the plants


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[Dark Star]

2 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Thanks for the research.  I read that Long Island water has more of it than any other place in the state.

I see NY and NJ both finally started testing for PFOA/PFAS in drinking water too.

Actually, they set a limit for drinking water.  The limit is 4.0 parts per trillion.  That is also the instrument detection limit, meaning essentially zero.   Drinking water facilities do not add PFAS chemicals to the water.  But they are responsible for removing it.  At an extremely large cost.  The cost will of course be passed onto the consumer.  PFAS are suspected carcinogens, but nothing more definitive.  In my opinion, the greatest health effect is a correlation to PFAS concentration and reduced in birth weight.  PFAS manufacturing is no longer occurring in the US.  It's uses are now extremely limited, except in small concentrations where no other chemical can be substituted.  As a result, the EPA has reduced PFOS from 30 ng/L in the average citizen's bloodstream to about 5 ng/L since 2000.  So it is in decline.  PFAS is still being manufactured in China, as can be imagined.  Most of the products containing PFAS, which are many, are also still being manufactured there.  There is no easy solution to eliminating every last trace of PFAS chemicals, since it is everywhere.  Even the removal is a problem, as the EPA has realized the issue with disposing of the spent carbon resins.  While I don't want any of these chemicals in my body (it takes about 4 years to eliminate half the concentration of PFAS in ones body) I'm not so sure of the EPA's recent response   But don't get me started on the issue.  

[LibertyBell]

16 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Actually, they set a limit for drinking water.  The limit is 4.0 parts per trillion.  That is also the instrument detection limit, meaning essentially zero.   Drinking water facilities do not add PFAS chemicals to the water.  But they are responsible for removing it.  At an extremely large cost.  The cost will of course be passed onto the consumer.  PFAS are suspected carcinogens, but nothing more definitive.  In my opinion, the greatest health effect is a correlation to PFAS concentration and reduced in birth weight.  PFAS manufacturing is no longer occurring in the US.  It's uses are now extremely limited, except in small concentrations where no other chemical can be substituted.  As a result, the EPA has reduced PFOS from 30 ng/L in the average citizen's bloodstream to about 5 ng/L since 2000.  So it is in decline.  PFAS is still being manufactured in China, as can be imagined.  Most of the products containing PFAS, which are many, are also still being manufactured there.  There is no easy solution to eliminating every last trace of PFAS chemicals, since it is everywhere.  Even the removal is a problem, as the EPA has realized the issue with disposing of the spent carbon resins.  While I don't want any of these chemicals in my body (it takes about 4 years to eliminate half the concentration of PFAS in ones body) I'm not so sure of the EPA's recent response   But don't get me started on the issue.  

I blame DuPont and 3M for all of this, they had safer alternatives but they didn't use them because of cost.  On top of that they dumped millions of tons of the stuff into the waterways.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, North and West said:

Can’t wait for drinking out of the garden hose when the weather warms up as I’m washing my car or watering the plants


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I like that it's cold water!  And I'm glad we don't live in a warmer climate like what Texas has.  Did you hear about brain eating amoeba down there? It killed a child down there, his parents were doing a birthday party slip and slide for him and used their garden hose and the brain parasite made it into his body from the garden hose into his nose.  He went into a coma and passed away.  Very sad story.

 

[North and West]

I like that it's cold water!  And I'm glad we don't live in a warmer climate like what Texas has.  Did you hear about brain eating amoeba down there? It killed a child down there, his parents were doing a birthday party slip and slide for him and used their garden hose and the brain parasite made it into his body from the garden hose into his nose.  He went into a coma and passed away.  Very sad story.
 

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[Dark Star]

3 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I blame DuPont and 3M for all of this, they had safer alternatives but they didn't use them because of cost.  On top of that they dumped millions of tons of the stuff into the waterways.

The main point was Dupont dumped it directly into the Ohio River, was caught, so they continued dumping at night.  were caught and started dumping into the ocean, were caught, and started storing it onsite and dumped into the creek next to the dairy farm.  3M was not the bad actor, even thought they manufactured it.  They warned DuPont constantly throughout the years, as well informed the EPA.  The EPA was aware of a lot even before the Parkesburg West Virginia incident.  That's why I think today they are going overboard, and making everybody a scapegoat.  

[LibertyBell]

6 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

The main point was Dupont dumped it directly into the Ohio River, was caught, so they continued dumping at night.  were caught and started dumping into the ocean, were caught, and started storing it onsite and dumped into the creek next to the dairy farm.  3M was not the bad actor, even thought they manufactured it.  They warned DuPont constantly throughout the years, as well informed the EPA.  The EPA was aware of a lot even before the Parkesburg West Virginia incident.  That's why I think today they are going overboard, and making everybody a scapegoat.  

Wow you could write a book about this (I've seen a few documentaries about this and how these forever chemicals are in over 90% of all life on the planet now and even in our brains.)

 

Yes the EPA knew about it even going back to the 1960s.

DuPont has done a lot of bad things over the years and allowing them to merge with Dow was combining bad with bad = superbad.

 

[Allsnow]

Figures 

 

 

[winterwx21]

Looks like a decent cold shot for Sunday, but a brief one. We'll likely be back to warm weather by the 4th for a few days. Maybe after that we get a window for something wintry, but that's way out there. 

[Allsnow]

1 minute ago, winterwx21 said:

Looks like a decent cold shot for Sunday, but a brief one. We'll likely be back to warm weather by the 4th for a few days. Maybe after that we get a window for something wintry, but that's way out there. 

Yup, then it’s mostly likely over until December 

[snowman19]

@Allsnow @Bluewave

[Allsnow]

2 minutes ago, snowman19 said:

@Allsnow @Bluewave
 

Todays eps actually favored VA for snow around the 8th 

[ag3]

Got up to a glorious 52.2 degrees here today. Currently 50.2

Feels like summer after the cold winter.

[Maxim]

59 minutes ago, snowman19 said:

@Allsnow @Bluewave
 

Pretty obvious now that the cold March hype some were buying into is not going to pan out.

[Brian5671]

1 hour ago, Allsnow said:

Figures 

 

 

These calls have busted all season long so doubt it happens but lol if it did

[Allsnow]

1 minute ago, Brian5671 said:

These calls have busted all season long so doubt it happens but lol if it did

I don’t really remember reading people calling for a ssw until recently. I think the hit on the Strat to start February lead to the blocking/cold we had most recently. But it’s failure to actually be more then that killed the rest of February. 

[donsutherland1]

2 hours ago, Allsnow said:

Figures 

 

 

That might be a final warming event. We'll see how it evolves.

[Maxim]

1 hour ago, Brian5671 said:

These calls have busted all season long so doubt it happens but lol if it did

Yep, total nothingburger

[SnoSki14]

4 hours ago, Allsnow said:

I don’t really remember reading people calling for a ssw until recently. I think the hit on the Strat to start February lead to the blocking/cold we had most recently. But it’s failure to actually be more then that killed the rest of February. 

No it'll definitely happen and lead to a crappy spring 

[MJO812]

10 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

No it'll definitely happen and lead to a crappy spring 

It's too late

[North and West]

Figures 
 
 

Opening Day will naturally be 38° and blustery.


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[North and West]

[mention=570]Allsnow[/mention] [mention=564]Bluewave[/mention]

You’re probably stoked for this, but all of the long range calls have been seemingly lousy recently, so why would it suddenly change when it’s something that you want? (That goes for snow and cold, too)


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