RE: (erielack) May calendar photo

[nemd27_@_speedpost.net]

Even though Binghamton is the 6th snowiest place in the US, the sun does
shine in Binghamton [if it's between June 1st until September 30th]!  

When I finished my new house in 1995, it was the hottest and driest
summer in many years.  I actually purchased a window A/C for that hot
sunny summer, and used it only a few times after that until moving
farther south in 1998.  With it being so hot and dry I couldn't use the
well to water the new grass seed, so it stayed super hot with all the
barren dirt and reflected light.  

I think the following year it did nothing but rain...


Henry



 
  


On Thu, 03 May 2007 08:27:20 -0400, "Walter Smith"
<wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com> said:
> 
>    The sun NEVER shines in Binghamton............. I KNOW!!!
> When I first worked there in the early 60s, I used to think what a 
> difference it made in the 60 miles between Scranton & Binghamton. Later
> when 
> I had a small house in Conklin just about a mile south of the DL&W yard,
> I 
> found that you had to be careful about putting in a garden. The elderly 
> farmer who lived just down the hill form me told me there'd 'always be a 
> frost on memorial day & that labor day would  see one too. What I finally 
> resorted to was starting tomato plants & others on windowsills then
> setting 
> them out on June1st. I had a great garden, but u had to be careful.
>    After I started school at SUNY Binghamton I took a couple semesters of 
> Geology and the instructor remarked on the area being a 'boundary zone'
> with 
> side effects from the confluence of the chenango & Susquehanna rivers
> that 
> resulted in less than 50 or 60 days of full sunshine and major
> differences 
> just a few miles south in Pennsylvania - other days had precipitation as 
> rain or snow.  My house didn't have a garage (much desired up there) and 
> some mornings my F-150 simply wouldn't start - even with a new battery & 
> clean light oil. I would therefore start coffee perking and go out with a
> 20 
> minute fusee and put it under the oil pan. After a cup of coffee, i could
> go 
> out & start the truck. I worked with a German guy at Amtrak who told me
> that 
> in Russia in 1944, they had to build fires under the trucks BUT if set
> the 
> truck on fire, "YOU VOULD BE SHOT!!"
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Walt Smith
> 
> 
> >From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
> >Reply-To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
> >To: "EL Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>,        "Schuyler 
> >Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
> >Subject: RE: (erielack) May calendar photo
> >Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 06:07:50 -0400
> >
> >Hmmm, I've heard the sun almost never shines in Binghamton  ;-)  Sunny 
> >mid-day photography is always dicey, and not just bacause of the heat. The 
> >glare you refer to is UVL which bleaches color and tends to cause blah 
> >photos. Also bright overhead sun creates harsh shadows. The best times for 
> >outdoor photography are early or late, when the sun's lower angle gives 
> >more atmosphere to filter out the UVL. Colors are richer, and the 
> >photographer is more comfortable!
> >
> >Paul B
> >
> >From: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
> >Subject: RE: (erielack) May calendar photo
> >
> >
> >I was finally in the office long enough and with enough time today to turn 
> >the page to show this
> >picture.  Oddly, to me, it is evocative, but not necessarily in a positive 
> >way.  As a Binghamton
> >native, I well recall those HOT, humid days where the sun is high, like in 
> >this photo, and there's
> >no breeze, and the glare is a killer.
> >
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  Henry J.
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