Another change – we will be seeing temperatures in the 50’s and 60’s over the next few days which means a lot of melting snow, shrinking snowbanks, and more potholes in the roads. Most of the snow has disappeared from the roof of The Gulch, with most of the remaining snow being on roof of the garage which is unheated. The snow on the roof of the heated portion of The Gulch is gone except for one small portion that does not receive any sunlight.
I by no means believe that we are all done with snow as I have seen too many late March/early April snowstorms that have dumped a foot of snow or more. In fact, there was an April Nor’easter two years ago that dumped almost 20 inches of snow and caused a power outage here at The Gulch that lasted almost 2 days. The Official Weekend Pundit Generator got a workout during and following that storm.
It is that storm that convinced a lot of my neighbors to spend the money for standby generators for their homes so they wouldn’t have to deal with another lengthy power outage without power. Now, over a third of the homes surrounding The Gulch have them. A few others, like the Gulch, have portable generators. A couple of them are also dual-fuel which means they can use either gasoline or propane. I primarily use propane because it doesn’t go bad like gasoline can. In the seven years I’ve had the Official Weekend Pundit Generator I’ve never had to use gasoline. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t have my gas caddy filled and ready to go if needed.
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I agree with Nick Sortor (by way of Dr. Helen) on this one: Unhinged.
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A big deal was made by the media about “devices found outside Gracie Mansion” during an anti-Muslim rally and counterprotest. The media implied the devices came from the protesters, trying to paint the protesters as Islamophobic. But there’s one problem with that assertion.
It is totally false.
It turns out the “bombs” were thrown at counter protesters by Muslim men who yelled “Allah akbar” at the crowd.
So much for that narrative.
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Oh, I like the headline on this one:
40-year trail of failed forecasts: ‘If the Climate Crisis were a commercial product, it would have been recalled for false advertising decades ago’.
As they say up here, “Ayuh.”
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It seems that even the increasingly Islamist United Kingdom is feeling the effects of the war with Iran, in this case finding they only have a couple of days supply of natural gas left since their supply has been cut off.
The UK’s gas reserves have shrunk from 18,000 GWh worth last year to 6,700 GWh – enough for just 1.5 days of demand, according to new data published by transmission operator National Gas.Hmm. Could this be why the UK has suddenly gotten involved in the war with Iran?
A similar amount is stored in tanks as liquefied natural gas. Europe, by contrast, has built up reserves of several weeks-worth of gas.
The crunch in supplies has resulted in traders charging the UK a premium for gas, exploiting its need to outbid rivals in other countries. It means the UK is now paying the highest wholesale gas prices in Europe.
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The question isn’t whether or not I am paranoid. The question is “Am I paranoid enough?”
I came across a story in an industry publication that had me sitting up and taking notice. Looking into it I decided I had to delve deeper to find out if what this article claimed was true. To what am I referring?
The Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) on vehicles can be used to track cars and trucks.
I will look into this and will post about this if it turns out to be accurate.
Great. Yet another thing we have to worry about…
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And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where the weather is going to be warm for the next few days, Town Meeting for a lot of towns in New Hampshire take place on Tuesday, and where I find I am back to doing some farm chores for my son while he’s away.