Aaron Adams’s Blowhard Blog

I said:

Energy savings my ass.

Reuters says:

But other than forcing millions of drowsy American workers and school children into the dark, wintry weather three weeks early, the move appears to have had little impact on power usage.

“We haven’t seen any measurable impact,” said Jason Cuevas, spokesman for Southern Co., one of the nation’s largest power companies, echoing comments from several large utilities.

If DST doesn’t change energy usage when it’s implemented a month early, it also has no effect when it’s implemented at its usual arbitrary date. It’s time for DST to go away permanently.

Tonight, as of the publishing time of this post:

It’s interesting how each outlet chooses to represent the same story thorough the headline.

Also, Radar O’Reilly is alive and well.

Dayton, Ohio, is about to get a winter storm. It happens this time most years. Moisture from the gulf meets a cold front from the north, and we get enough snow to paralyze the city for a day or two. So how much snow are we supposed to get this time around?

Well, it depends who you believe. Let’s check out the biggest local television weather department, WHIO:

WHIO says 3-6″ along I-70 & Dayton. I suppose my house could be considered to be in that area.

What does the Weather Channel have to say? I find them to be wrong more than half the time, but their maps are usually pretty good so I keep going back to their site.

1-3″ tonight, and less than an inch tomorrow, so a storm total of 1-4″. That’s somewhat different than what their precipitation forecast map says:

I’ve marked Dayton with a red x for your convenience. We’re bordering the 3-6″ and 6-12″ region. Do the map people and the forecast people not coordinate?

Maybe Intellicast has their act together.

1-3″ tonight, less than an inch tomorrow, same as the local weather people.

AccuWeather tends to be the worst. They’re usually way off, but let’s see what they have to say.

Holy crap! 3-6″ tonight, 2-4″ tomorrow, 1-3″ tomorrow night. That’s a grand total of 6-13″! At least AccuWeather’s forecast matches up with the Weather Channel’s map.

Last, but certainly not least, is the trusty National Weather Service. I’ve found them to be the most accurate in the past, and they are also the most frequent updaters. Here’s what they say:

1-3″ tonight, 5-9″ tomorrow for a grand total of 6-12″. That also matches up with the Weather Channel’s map.

To summarize, here’s a handy table. As someone who once linked to my site said, you can’t argue with little tables.

My prediction: I’ll stick with NWS and say 6-12″.

Draconian sex offender laws are becoming somewhat of a theme to my blog here recently. I found this article at Fox News, which led me to a site with a very frightening story.

Justice4Matt

If this doesn’t send a chill down your spine, you’re inhuman.

I was stunned, literally stunned, to read this article from the Toledo Blade. Among the other very disturbing things written there, is this:

A recently enacted law allows county prosecutors, the state attorney general, or, as a last resort, alleged victims to ask judges to civilly declare someone to be a sex offender even when there has been no criminal verdict or successful lawsuit.

That’s right… alleged victims can convince a judge to declare other citizens sex offenders, apparently without any evidence or the due process of law to examine said evidence. Do you not like the gay people that just moved in down the street? No problem, accuse them of molesting your child, and when the lack of evidence fails to get them convicted of a crime, you and your lawyer can talk a judge into enrolling them as sex offenders anyway. That’ll really fuck up those nasty gay people for life (or at least 6 miserable years). After all, the state constitution (via referendum) has already declared gay people as something less than citizens with full rights. Who cares if they’re (mis)treated like violent or mentally disturbed criminals?

Terrifying.