Monarchs: Round 2
Our very last Monarch caterpillar will soon make it's chrysalis
Ready to hatch!
The chrysalis has turned clear and here we see the butterfly through it!
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Phoenix has seen 50 days of tens 110 or higher. This obliterates their old record of 33 days set in 2011.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-weather/2020/08/28/phoenix-hits-50th-day-110-degrees-2020/5662386002/
I'll pass on that, thank you.
DeleteVT: 1654 (+3)
ReplyDelete58 deaths (41 days)*
131 active cases
Recovered: 1465 ( 0)
In Hospital 1 ( 0)
Tests 146,782 (+789)
* I must have lost count along the way! We're up to 41 days without a death. May this continue!!
That's very good, listener.
DeleteThe very last of the 14 caterpillars has gone up to the top of the habitat to prepare to hang in a J, then spin its chrysalis. I expect it will make its chrysalis sometime tomorrow, but it could be as late as Thursday.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. Fascinating to see the process.
ReplyDeletetesting
ReplyDeleteActually cool this morning; predicted high about 99 degrees, and a nice (for us) breeze--I hope that doesn't mean strong winds in the mountains. Smoke and air quality definitely better than yesterday but variable; we took our constitutional this morning.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you got out this morning, Alan!
DeletePat*in*Colorado got a half inch of snow *and* has a fire 4 miles away.
While we were walking we noticed a somewhat unusual helicopter heading into town; I think it may have been a National Guard or Navy helicopter evacuating people from the fire up in the mountains.
DeleteWildfire emergency
DeleteCreek fire near Fresno
https://m.facebook.com/GoodMorningAmerica/videos/wildfire-emergency-rages-and-many-race-to-escape-as-blazes-ravage-the-west/618392175538679/
About to go to the dentist; I'd estimate current visibility to be about two miles, or somewhat less.
DeleteJust heard on NPR that your helicopter was the National Guard rescuing folks, as suspected.
DeleteOHIO: As of Tuesday afternoon, there have been at least 131,992 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 4,298 deaths, and 13,967 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
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DeleteThat helicopter we saw this morning didn’t look like the police helicopter—definitely bigger.
ReplyDeleteThe fire is a good fifty miles away from here as the crow (or helicopter) flies, and I think it is going more or less the other way. On the way to the dentist's office (maybe five miles east or a bit more) I crossed a street where it usually gets foggier in the winter, and today it got smokier by a good bit. Visibility north from our house, across the river, seems to be one or two miles. The bases of the big power line pylons on the other side of the river are invisible, while the tops can be seen. That makes sense.
AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction in participant in the U.K. [Click] Gee—sorry about that, Donnie.
ReplyDeleteBad news. Let's hope it turns out to be unrelated, but these things happen.
DeleteYou want polls, we got polls; you may even have heard of one or two of them:
ReplyDeleteNew battleground polls from Redfield & Wilton Strategies:
Arizona: Biden 48%, Trump 43%
Florida: Biden 47%, Trump 44%
Michigan: Biden 51%, Trump 40%
North Carolina: Trump 44%, Biden 43%
Pennsylvania: Biden 48%, Trump 43%
Wisconsin: Biden 50%, Trump 41%
A new Glengariff Group poll in Michigan finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race, 47% to 42%.
A new NBC News/Marist poll in Florida finds Joe Biden tied with Donald Trump, 48% to 48%.
The key takeaway is that Biden is underperforming among Latinos (vs. Hillary Clinton four years ago), while Trump is underperforming among seniors.
A new Susquehanna Polling & Research poll in Pennsylvania shows Joe Biden just ahead of Donald Trump, 44% to 42%. For comparison, the Real Clear Politics average shows Biden ahead by 3.9%.
A new We Ask America poll in Missouri finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden by just five points, 49% to 44%. Trump won Missouri by 19 points in 2016.
It’s good new, but I cannot understand why DT is even doing that well.
Delete*good news, that is.
DeleteHow'd it go at the dentist?
A small filling taken care of quickly.
DeleteThe internet is flaking out here tonight.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the Russians are practicing for Election night.
I have been having intermittent difficulties with posts here since this morning.
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Joe Biden is beefing up his campaign in Georgia [Click]
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There has been speculation that Trump might have difficulties paying off his Russian loans AKA investments. One wag commented that “Putin doesn’t do ‘bankruptcies.’”
When You Can’t Trust The CDC: Red And Blue States Alike Flee Trump COVID Response [Click]
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