I'm an unplugger too, but my partner argued that unplugging and replugging electronics daily shortens the life of said electronic because of the small surge in power that occurs each time it's plugged back in, and that this life shortening and extra energy flow is more wasteful than just leaving the item plugged in when not in use. I haven't put much effort into determining if this is true or not.

Lakers are fun. And they are incredibly easy to catch on Champlain. It’s a bad thing for them honestly. Popularity of fishing them there has skyrocketed, and with it average size has dropped.

The inland lakes are more challenging for catching lakers. Much more rewarding getting a 20lb laker on a small lake than 100 10lb champ fish. It’s incredible seeing a 40 inch trout come out of a pond under 100 acres.

take 105 over Jay Peak in a storm, good times........

Bennington has a Taco Bell/KFC that shares the same building. I think that's Mexican/Southern? Almost Mexican/Asian fusion?

Not safe to build a fire to heat them up.

Right where I live, of course. There's a bus that comes here on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

Yes, that really is the schedule.

Bachelor of the Arts degree?

Adds to the challenge

Yes, 14.2%:

https://www.washingtonelectric.coop/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Rate-Increase-NOTICE-TO-WASHINGTON-ELECTRIC-CO.final_.2022.9.16.pdf

This will make my monthly charge $30.25 and my per kWh charge around $0.212 (Assuming ~500 kWh a month). And the marginal kWh (which is what is important for thinking about climate-aiding electrification) is $0.24150

WEC offers no electric vehicle rates, no climate friendly time of use rates, no powerwall incentives, and has had trouble recently keeping the lights on.

Oh, and if you want to get an electric car or heat pump right now? WEC says you can't because they cut corners on transformers and most of their customers are undersized.

Let's not even get into the weird/concerning details about how they actually sell their renewable energy credits from their coventry methane burning plant and buy shitty RECs that most other states wouldn't consider renewable... It's bordering on a scam.

When I first moved into WEC territory, I loved the idea of being part of a Cooperative. But the honest reality is that my neighbors 1/4 mile down the road get a much better deal and service from investor owned GMP.

I'd be in favor of the PUC forcing GMP to assume WEC. WEC has very little interest in doing the actual work needed to aid the fight against climate change. Instead preferring performative 70's style environmentalism. (they were enthusiastic campaigners against vermont yankee)

It is really sad, because it has never been a better time to be a progressive and creative electric utility. Electrification of home heating and transportation is an enormous opportunity to fight climate change and build a healthy demand for their product. But WEC is stuck in the past, and the PUC will let them get away with it time and time again.

Ask me how I really feel!

Check out the west river weather guy

Googling the idea after I posited it, I do see apps for aviation and the visually impaired.

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I saw a short sided goat thing on the west side of mt. Mansfield. It was stumbling in a circle…

It's like that, but it reroutes based on weather that will likely be encountered on a pre-defined haul/rest schedule.

I'm not actually a long haul trucker, I just saw a lot of them that got twisted recently.

It's not just appropriate, it's required.

This could change. A long range forecast like this is uncertain. But, it would be more unlikely.

While I’m not sure if this routes you around trips, this app seems to give you weather along a route. I’ve been looking for an app like this for years. I have no affiliation here, just curious like yourself.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather-on-the-way/id1471394318

Thank you. Bummer - I want snow

I like this idea...

If you want to get truly weather nerdy and the most detail possible, you have to read the National Weather Service Burlington office’s Area Forecast Discussion: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BTV&issuedby=BTV&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off

Here is what they have to say:

> As of 330 PM EST Monday...One of the troughs set to impact the West Coast is expected to traverse eastward toward the Northeast to bring some precip to end the workweek. Models are starting to agree in some aspects, but overall have different placements/timing of surface low pressure and precip, and the ECMWF ensembles show a deeper trough than the GFS ensembles. While precip could start as snow Thursday morning, rain will likely mix in across the wider valleys as temperatures across the forecast area rise to the mid- to upper 30s. Some model soundings are showing the potential for ice, but at this time, it`s a low one and just something to keep in the back of mind. Ensembles show a good cluster of low pressure locations moving across the Ohio Valley and into the Great Lakes at this time, indicating the storm could pass to our west, providing a warmer (rainy) event. PoPs rising from 30-40% Thursday morning to 70-80% Thursday afternoon with highest values in the Northeast Kingdom, and surface winds will continue from the southeast.

> Rain continues to become the more likely precip type Thursday night as 925mb temperatures rise. Any snow would be isolated to terrain and the Northeast Kingdom. Overnight, ECMWF ensembles are showing low pressure locations track anywhere from Lake Ontario to northeastern Pennsylvania, while GFS ensembles are centered more from Lake Ontario northwest. This could be the best time of agreement on precip, so we have PoPs in the 80s and 90s % late in the night. Thursday night could also feature the highest winds of the event as a low level jet of 50-60 knots at 850mb passes overhead.

> By Friday morning, only the highest mountaintops have much of a chance for snow to fall with highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s, and models do indicate the storm passes to our west. A secondary low, however, could develop along the Atlantic Coast and speed northwards to our east, allowing for some snow on the back end of the system as/after a cold front cross the region. This could depend greatly on how slow/fast the system moves, but we have all snow chances by Saturday in our forecast for now as the trough moves overhead, highs reach only the upper 20s to mid-30s, and winds turn westerly. The 12Z GFS came in with heavier snow than previously modeled, so this is certainly something we`ll be keeping an eye on. This late-storm forecast period has much less agreement among models and therefore less confidence in exact timing/placement of precip, so PoPs decrease. Hydro concerns are currently low with this event.

> The mid-upper trough could linger snow showers on Sunday, with highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s as well and a chilly northwesterly wind, but then ridging will be a dominant force for dry weather the rest of the long term period. Highs Monday will rise slightly into the lower 30s.

Only if you wear an upside down sombrero and it can only be done on tuesdays

If someone tries telling me what I could or couldn't eat, or for that matter when or where I'd probably tell them to walk away before I react, because people trying to control my behavior in a free country run the risk of assault possibly even being thrown from said public transport. No I don't think that's too harsh, bothering someone else with your problems especially in public and on a transport is a recipe to catch a whooping. I've been on a bus with people enjoying durian, I didn't bother them about it, I've been on a train/ Boston T when someone shit themselves, also didn't bother them. If you feel the need to observe someone doing something not at all pertaining to you and then tell them what they can and can't do, it's your problem not their problem.