I don’t think it’s been legal here for a long time, And honestly it’s probably better that way, I rather not get creamed by a panicked kid at 100 running from the cops, or the cop in pursuit for that matter.

I drove from an elevation of 900 feet down to Bradley airport at 4am, it was really shitty. It was predicted to be still rain at the lower elevations at that time, but its heavy wet snow. Not excited for the drive home today

Yeah that sounds about right. That’s a big as jet though, I think it’s 3600 gallons per hour. A 757 burns about a third of that per hour in cruise. A dash 8 burns about maybe 175 to 200 gallons per hour. Which looks like what this plane is based on.

Yeah bobcats have a vastly different appearance than mountain lions. People get excited when they see movement of something larger than normal and tend to have trouble interpreting what they see. I feel like the black panther /mountain lion thing is some Granby folklore. I’m not familiar with the video from Colorado you are talking about, anybody that’s so freaked out by an animal in their yard in Colorado is probably not going to be able to reliably identify it. When I used Nextdoor in our neighborhood their would regularly be phots of a mangy fox that people were freaked by, it happened to be the same one that built a den under my barn… It’s interesting here, I live close by to Granby in North Canton. I have had the opportunity to observe more animals here than anywhere I have lived. Had a family of foxes last summer and the local bobcat appears to be pregnant, but those guys will be impossible to see.

Not for nothing, but maybe they have? I mean a black mountain lion would be pretty surprising. I’ve spent a lot of time in the woods in New England, I have seen one mountain lion, 23 years ago, in southern Vermont. We were driving home from the first fast and furious movie in the theaters lol. But yeah, people are constantly mistaking foxes here for almost anything they could imagine.

Yeah, it was still actively snowing this morning when I work and for most the morning. They aren’t going to be perfect…

Almost everything on your list is things I actively avoid…

I drove back roads to work at 5am, they had all been plowed. Still snow covered but fine. These were town roads mostly though, but the state road was also cleared.

What insects are you concerned about?

Mt. Tom in Holyoke is easy to drive to and up, has multiple pull offs looking to the west. Go west to the mountain/hills. The Hueblin tower would probably be a good spot as well. That would require hiking. I’ve seen some nice sunsets from Case street in Canton as well.

Depends on what you fly. Flying GA has been shown to be somewhat comparable to riding a motorcycle. But, statistics, numbers only tell a piece of the story.

You sited a safety record for aviation that is built in the backs of Part 121 airline flying. In an article about King Air crashing, flying under probably part 135, which is much different and much less risk adverse than part 121 airline flying. You might as well cited the risk of being bitten by an ant in the arctic.

That’s all well and good but it’s not applicable to General Aviation like the King Air that crashed here. Most people in America will never fly in lighter aircraft. King Airs are pretty decent though. But it’s not the same as flying in Delta.

I can’t really tell, but it sounds like he is bragging about living alone and working all the time so his electric bill is lower.

A rapidly developing thunderstorm sure can climb quickly.