Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Solstice! ☀️ Hey, puddle, the days are going to lengthen now!

 Solstice occurs at 4:47pm today!


 

Posted by listener at 1:00:00 AM

23 comments:

  1. Anonymous12/21/2022 03:00:00 AM

    The Atlantic: Boston Is Losing Its Snow Wicked Fast; New England is warming more quickly than almost anywhere else on Earth. [Click] The warming Pacific Ocean seems to have at least helped to destroy the kelp forest ecosystem along the West Coast.
    ---Alan

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    1. Anonymous12/21/2022 12:25:00 PM

      {listener}
      We do not like no snow in Winter, and January will be warmer than usual. Instead of minus temps, we could have ice storms. We could end up with poisonous critters migrating north yet.

      That said, first things first:

      The immediate future hold this powerful storm!

      “The storm is expected to reach the pressure equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane as it reaches the Great Lakes, with the weather service describing the strength of the low a ‘once-in-a-generation’ event.”

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  2. Anonymous12/21/2022 04:11:00 AM

    This seems like a fairly good article about the earthquake in northern California [Click] Some discussion of how common such earthquakes are in the area. That one bridge that was damaged is described as “historic,” which is a polite way of saying old and not built to modern standards. Anyone should know to secure book cases to studs in the wall and to fasten the frames of houses to their foundations. Unreinforced masonry and masonry-exterior buildings are notoriously susceptible to earthquake damage, but in that area most such buildings have been repeatedly tested over the years.
    ----Alan

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    1. Anonymous12/21/2022 04:40:00 AM

      I stand corrected [Click] The damaged bridge is in fact historical. The photos I saw online seem to show that one of the approaches built in 1920 failed, not the bridge proper.
      ---Alan

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  3. Anonymous12/21/2022 04:19:00 AM

    Scientists claim first discovery of mammal eaten by dinosaur [Click]
    ---Alan

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  4. Anonymous12/21/2022 12:56:00 PM

    Here are some alternatives [Click]
    —Alan

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  5. W. A.Thomasson12/21/2022 02:02:00 PM

    So isn't tomorrow the first day of winter? Appropriately, Chicago is bracing for a blizzerd.

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    1. listener12/21/2022 06:53:00 PM

      Winter began at 4:47pm today. I'm there, you're there and Alan soon will be.

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    2. W. A.Thomasson12/21/2022 07:10:00 PM

      So tomorrow, when the blizzerd hits, is the frist full day of winter.

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    3. listener12/21/2022 08:26:00 PM

      It is. I hear Chicago will be hard hit. Do take care. Our rough day, here, is Friday. I'm on the western slopes of the Green Mountains, where we are expecting heavy rain, flooding, and 70+mph wind gusts, followed by a flash freeze and maybe an inch of snow.

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    4. W. A.Thomasson12/21/2022 08:39:00 PM

      I have no reason to go outside the house for the next several days. And as of yesterday Marcus has a snow blower to deal with what's coming down.

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    5. listener12/21/2022 09:39:00 PM

      👍👍

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  6. W. A.Thomasson12/21/2022 02:27:00 PM

    Incidentally, I just got a price quote on my new glasses. Went up more than I expected, maybe in part because to the fancier telescope. It's a bit over $2200. They're guessing it may take a month before the glasses are delivered.

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    1. Anonymous12/21/2022 03:40:00 PM

      That's steep, all right. But if you need it, you need it.
      ---Alan

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    2. listener12/21/2022 08:23:00 PM

      Yeah. Go for it, Bill. Mine costs half that anyway, for regular lenses and sunglasses together.

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  7. Anonymous12/21/2022 03:40:00 PM

    China is on the brink of its first major Covid surge. How it copes will affect us all [Click]

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    1. Anonymous12/21/2022 03:51:00 PM

      I expect that the toll in the Russian Federation will also be very high, but don't expect reliable reports from either country.
      ---Alan

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    2. Anonymous12/21/2022 04:19:00 PM

      British Medical Journal: Russia has almost forgotten about covid-19—but the virus has not forgotten Russia. [Click]
      ——Alan

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    3. Anonymous12/21/2022 05:26:00 PM

      Russia: the latest coronavirus counts, charts and maps - Reuters
      Jul 15, 2022 ... Pandemic statistics on this page are no longer being updated. There have been 18,476,477 infections and 807,084 coronavirus-related deaths ...
      ----Alan

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  8. listener12/21/2022 06:51:00 PM

    LOL! No thanks...too noisy for me! How about an electric model?

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  9. Anonymous12/21/2022 09:42:00 PM

    YAHOO! I FOUND MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT!
    1914 Christmas pudding recipe [Click]

    This describes a recipe very much like the carrot puddings my mother made for Christmas every year. I have never made one because the old one-pound coffee tins (with tops that were removed with a key like that of a corned beef tin) that she used for steaming them disappeared. But this recipe describes (and shows how to use) a PUDDING BASIN! It is on its way from Amazon!
    And I have my mother's recipe--also her fruit cake recipe (which she stopped making because the ingredients became too expensive) and her non-alcoholic "hard sauce.'
    ---Alan

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