The aftermath blues

Air temperature 43 F, wind south about 10 mph, mostly cloudy. Storm pretty much past now, with Venus peeking through a gap early. Damage assessment walks later.

Morning release

Dvořák

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llB7NaWLUc4

Damage assessment

A few limbs down on my morning walk route, most in the inch to two inch range. Plus one backyard maple about 12" dbh, broken off a few feet up, looked like it fell without collateral damage.

(no subject)

One way in which the statistics come up short . . .

https://bangordailynews.com/2020/12/02/news/bangor/she-got-covid-19-recovered-then-died-shes-among-the-victims-but-not-in-the-official-tally/

(no subject)

And, in the day's list of entertainment, the NFL offers us another noncompetitive competition. As the autocrats bull forward through plague, pestilence, war, and famine . . .

(no subject)

Giant Inflatable Santa rises again, kaiju out of the neighbor's swamp.