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Discussion: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY (The Rain, Wind, and Maybe Snow Thread)

Friday, Feb 7th

An active period ahead. Winter Storm Watch for Saturday night

The next week has multiple fronts moving through. The temperature profile has us several times right on the rain/snow line, so accurate forecasting of accumulation will be difficult from day to day

First up is tomorrow night. Snow should develop around 4 or 5pm, briefly becoming moderate to heavy, then beginning to transition through sleet to rain before ending as light snow/flurries around 4am. The result could be anywhere from 0" - 4" of snow accumulation in the morning. Temperatures throughout will be right around freezing and a couple of degrees in either direction will make a big difference in the final result. Accumulation and the presence of ice in the morning will also vary greatly from place to place so if you decide to travel Sunday morning check local conditions at your destination before setting out. These are very much in-the-moment conditions, so the forecast is unlikely to get much clearer than this

Sunday breezy, gusts in the 20mph range, highs in the mid 30⁰s

Next week, a series of lows should move through starting with a likely accumulation snow event Tuesday into Wednesday that could bring 6 - 8 inches if it stays as cold as the current modeling. We'll keep a close eye on it, but for the last day or so the models have been fairly consistent on this event. We are seeing another signal for Thursday, unclear at this time if snow or rain, and rain possibly on Sunday the 16th. A messy week altogether.

On another note, I try to keep this page politics free, and also free to use for you. However, I depend on resources from the National Weather Service. The current federal adminitration has the stated goal of eliminating most sevices of the agency, NOAA, that provides the NWS and other climate science so that private weather companies like Weather Channel or Weather dot Com would be tthe only source, and likely behind a paywall. If you have a moment to reach out to Cory Booker, Andy Kim, and Mikie Sherrill to let them know that climate science belongs to the people, not the billionaires, I would appreciate it.

On a related note, if you are leaving Facebook, these hyper local forecasts are also available on Maplewood Online (maplewood.worldwebs.com)

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Discussion: Keeping track of the evolving Trumpocracy.

nan said:

I read the constitution.. I really like the part about free speech.  You should re-read that section. 

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

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Discussion: Musk is criming. Where's the DOJ? Oh. Right.

GL2 said:

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What's the average age of an MOLer? What personal effects will this administration have on you?

Pushing 70 here.

Besides the ever increasing rage eating me away, I'll otherwise suffer nothing, unless PM Musk or his college-dropout, Thiel-funded borg of geeks manage to cut off my SS checks.

But my son is 31, and I feel so badly about what he will face, even though he also is not likely to suffer directly.

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Discussion: The Rose Garden and White House happenings: American voters decided

nohero said:

mtierney said:

Whether it is a family’s budget which needs review, or a vast budget of governmental spending, it should be obvious that reviews and/or reevaluations of where the country spends its citizens tax dollars should be done — especially when a new administration takes over. Budgetary housekeeping on a grand scale.

So, I find nothing “evil” about looking into what we are supporting around the world. I do believe that taking care of America First with American largesse is a no-brainer and not selfish. There are still many charitable organizations in the USA and there are other countries who can contribute.

After a study of where and to whom U.S.A.I.D. dollars go, we should be relieved that due diligence was done and any money well spent. It should be considered “good housekeeping” on a grand scale.

They just eliminated everything, there was no "review", "reevaluation" or "due diligence". Don't add to the disinformation that's already being spread.

When Jimmy Carter called for zero-based budgeting in every department, that was "review," "reevaluation," or in the words of one of the cartoons "house cleaning."  Simply tearing the house down is not the same as house cleaning.  Yes, programs need to be reviewed and reevaluated regularly, but that's not what's happening here.

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Discussion: Trump's war against immigrants

Gracias Jesus 

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Discussion: Keeping track of the evolving Trumpocracy.

Auditing USAID and ending inappropriate programs in an orderly way - yes! count me in!

Throwing out the (very literal) babies with the (figurative) bath water, with never a backward look, no thanks.

(i'll pass over slander against long-term, devoted, knowledgeable staff both in US and abroad, but it's hard)

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Discussion: Keeping track of the evolving Trumpocracy.

nan said:

drummerboy said:

nan just doesn't give a ****.

we're being couped and she thinks it's just dandy.

It's not a coup.  It's revolutionary. 

Trump is a reactionary.  He wants to take us back to a time when the U.S. was unabashedly imperialist - around 1900.  A time when business was unburdened by regulations and labor unions.  A time when the ultrarich were not really taxed.  Maybe he can get a Brown Peoples Exclusion Act passed as well in tribute to the good old days.

Ah, the Gilded Age.

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Discussion: Inconsequential Chat

 

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Discussion: The Rose Garden and White House happenings: American voters decided

An on the job education...

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Discussion: Make Imperialism Great Again

 

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