Thoughts On New Year Day
A month from now, Gerard’s work will be gone forever. Enjoy the Archives while you may.
And bless Neo for her work in keeping his spirit and works alive as long as she did.
I still miss Ol’ Remus’ works; soon American Digest goes on the list as well.
Damn! Can’t get through a celebration without some crazy going crazy. Not going to be able to say anything even close to pleasant or family-friendly other than may God rest the souls of those wanting nothing more than to celebrate in NO.
We hadn’t had any significant snow since last winter. A light dusting a month or so ago but that was gone shortly after falling. Set a new record for latest snowfall. But it started last night just past midnight and is still coming down as I write this. Weather site says it will continue until tomorrow morning.
May you all have a happy 2025 and may America rise once again from the flames of “them”.
Regarding that New Orleans incident, it’s a good thing we fought them over there so we wouldn’t have to fight them here, eh?
And, the NO police chief is an elderly woman.
How many dots must be drawn before the picture is clear?
You are on your own.
I don’t have much to say about these coupled attacks, except to say that I’m doubtful the truth will ever be known. We live in an empire of lies. Winston Churchill is reputed to have said: “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” Well then, who is it that thinks they are at war against whom?
Have a look at BCE’s take on it.
He seems a little wacky at times but he’s pretty accurate on his info.
https://bigcountryexpat.com/index.php/2025/01/01/a-carbon-neutral-terrorist-attack/
I have a question for you. Why is it that you post your disdain for elderly women?
Do you have some kind of problem with them?
Regarding snowfall in the western United States:
It’s unimportant how much snow and rain falls in the cities. The precipitation in the watersheds is what keeps us alive. For instance, several years ago I did a deep dive on water usage in California. 83% of all the yearly water in California is used for agriculture. And all that water, not including the pumped groundwater of just a few percent, comes from snow in the mountains of CA, WY, CO.
Here are some interactive maps and graphs that I monitor weekly and you can use to monitor the “snow water equivalent” in our western mountains winter water bank.
NWCC Interactive Map of Stations Conditions
NWCC Interactive Map of Basin Conditions, colored by percent of long-term average
From the Basin Conditions, you can navigate via the “Basin Plots” drop-down menu to extract current-year progress of the basins’ snow bank, plotted relative to the long-term averages, and shows the long-term variability. For instance, here a link to the Idaho Basin plots. And here’s an example of the Boise basin:
The lack of snow at my location is a very localized event. Snowfalls where it counts is at or above average so far. The present storm system is still active so new totals will be coming out soon. If you know the area, Hwy21 north of Idaho City is/was closed due to heavy snow and the section above Lowman is/was closed due to avalanche danger.
Just checked; looks like those sections are still closed. 20 years ago, I was on emergency crews working the IC region. Interesting times.
To me, “Boise Basin” means the gold-mining districts around Placerville/Centerville. I’ll look into what river basins the snowfall graphs include; could be the same area.
One of my first engineering jobs back when was developing instrumentation to measure snowfall depth and moisture content in the Lake Tahoe region. Not as simple as it first appears. ’82 was a significant year; I think there’s been one or two of similar magnitude since.
Interesting info. Thanks.