The Mountain Goat Season
I don’t know why, but I’m always surprised by it in Albany. The snow comes. Some, or none, is removed on the sidewalk, allowing people’s footprints to tread through the white stuff before freezing....
View ArticleSnow and the Regents Tests
Here’s something from the NYLINE listserv: To: District Superintendents of Schools, Superintendents of Public Schools Principals of Public, Nonpublic and Charter High Schools From: David Abrams,...
View ArticleLucky Albany, So Far
What does the snow pattern this year mean regarding global warming? The Washington Times is calling it "pseudoscience...fraught with fraud."
View ArticleGiving Up On Winter
The city of Albany, perhaps because of budget restraints, didn't have a snow emergency after the 9 inches that fell on Friday, February 25, when the traditional threshold has been 6 inches.
View ArticleDoes Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
The electricity saving only applied to the four additional weeks of daylight saving -- three in March and one in November. Over the full eight-month period, daylight saving was likely a net loser...
View ArticleWas Irene Overhyped?
Will people be less likely to heed bad weather warnings next time in NYC? Probably yes.
View ArticleI used to stop watching the news
There is so much in the world one can't control that they feel it necessary to try to control this.
View ArticleDoes Albany Have a Snowball’s Chance?
Albany is in fifth place for The Golden Snowball Award, which is “a contest between 5 cities in CNY – Upstate New York. The contest is based on which city receives the most snowfall for the snow...
View ArticleTimes Union: Please Sign Up for SNN
Could the school alert been sent in error? I called the school; yes, no programs after dismissal.
View ArticleAnd speaking of weird weather…
We probably would have pulled off to the side of the road, if there were somewhere to go. Or if one could actually SEE the road.
View ArticleGood news from bad #2
I’m going to try again to show how bad news can be seen as good news. The first is a historical piece in honor of the day. The bad news: After [Martin Luther] King’s house was bombed in 1956, the...
View ArticleCOLD cartoon
With more snow in the forecast, this seemed appropriate. From xkcd, which you should consider reading thrice weekly. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.
View ArticleWhy it’s so cold (spoiler alert: it’s global warming)
We are getting the Arctic temps that should remain in the Arctic to stop the ice sheet melting.
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