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☆ These groups help people of color and the LGBTQ+ community find a ‘radically inclusive space’ in the outdoors
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Participants during the snowboarding activity with the Hoods to Woods Foundation at Big Snow American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 13, 2024. "It keeps me out of the house," Gibson told CNBC from a lounge room in the Big Snow complex. Participants during the snowboarding activity with the Hoods to Woods Foundation at Big Snow American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 13, 2024. The group also accepts donations of gear or gifts, while Big Snow has lent its facilities at no charge to the nonprofit for years. Through Hoods to Woods, Diaz, Paupaw and their volunteers have built many relationships with their participants.

Persons: Danielle DeVries, Gibson, Woods, Omar Diaz, Diaz, Brian Paupaw, Sebastian, Veronica Vogelman, Paupaw, Big Snow, Annette Diggs, Ciera Young, Zyshawn Gibson, Tah'gee Van Dunk, Abby Crisostomo, Crisostomo Organizations: Foundation, Big, CNBC EAST RUTHERFORD, Woods Foundation, CNBC, Snowsports Industries, National Ski Areas, Edge, Unlikely Riders Locations: East Rutherford , New Jersey, N.J, New York, New Jersey, United States, Paupaw, Woods, Washington, , Vermont

☆ 10 Years, 100 Stories: The Work That Defines the Upshot
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( The Upshot Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

Ten years ago this week, The New York Times introduced the Upshot, a section devoted to explaining “politics, policy and everyday life.” That’s a wide scope, by design. As a result, more than 5,000 articles later, the Upshot has been many things to many readers. To mark our 10th birthday, we’ve collected 100 stories that embody the Upshot. WordleBot Eden Weingart/The New York Times When Wordle first became popular, several people on the internet claimed, plausibly, that they had come up with the “best” opening word. Force of Ship Impact Was on the Scale of a Rocket Launch Erin Schaff/The New York Times We think of the Upshot as a place where back-of-the-envelope calculations can be both helpful and welcome.

Persons: ”, Nate Cohn’s, we’ve, Kevin Quealy, John Branch, John, Patrick Thomas, tut, Trump, pollsters, Obamacare, Leif Parsons, We’re, Jason Henry, Tony Luong, Jordan, ‘, Ruth Fremson, Laurel, ’ Rodrigo Corral, Alex Welsh, Paul Romer, Tim Enthoven, Barack Obama, epidemiologists, It’s, you’re, WordleBot Eden, Wordle, Lila Barth, McCabe, Tom Brady, ChatGPT, —, Erin Schaff Organizations: New York Times, Facebook, Yankees, Red, State Newspaper, ESPN, The Athletic, The Times, You’re, Voters, Trump, Mr, Times, Siena College, Walmart, The New York Times, Jordan Siemens, Health, New, Nike, Democratic, Twitter, America, Iowa, Iowa Democratic, Cancer, Hit, Biden, Insurance, Roe America, Disorders, Republican, Republican Party of, U.S, Budget, NASA, National, Traffic, Administration, Yorkers, Force Locations: It’s, Red Sox, State, America, Dakota, Ireland, Chipotle, Japan, U.S, United States, Siena, New Pennsylvania, District, Iowa, Covid, York City, New York, Pennsylvania, Roe, Tonga, Arizona, York, Holland

☆ A 79-year-old and her 86-year-old husband moved from New York to a retirement community in North Carolina. They're more social, but services in the area are lacking.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It’s allowed them to be more social and take life easier, though it has taken some time to adjust to North Carolina. The cost of living was not a major consideration, though they figured North Carolina would be comparably cheaper. They paid about $600,000 for the 2,400-square-foot home in North Carolina with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. She’s noticed the food in North Carolina is not as fresh, with smaller produce sections and lots more frozen and pre-prepared foods. She added that there’s also a tax on grocery food in North Carolina and none in New York, and she estimates she’s paying more in North Carolina on groceries.

Persons: —, Linda Beyer, It’s, “, ” Beyer, there’s, ”, York Beyer, Beyer, “ It’s, we’re, hasn’t, we’ve, it’s Organizations: Service, Raleigh, Business, Bureau, Survey, New York, York, IBM, Rotary Club, Duke University Hospital Locations: New York, Hudson, Durham, North Carolina, New York State, Poughkeepsie, Ohio, Washington, Carolina, “, Virginia

☆ 2023 El Niño winter: New maps reveal who could see more snowfall
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

NOAA Climate.govThe map above depicts how much snow differs from average across all El Niño winters, regardless of El Niño’s strength. Snowfall during all stronger El Niño winters (January-March) compared to the 1991-2020 average (after the long-term trend has been removed). The number of years with below-average snowfall during the 13 moderate-to-strong El Niño winters (January-March average) since 1959. Red shows locations where more than half the years had below-average snowfall; gray shows locations where below-average snowfall happened in less than half the years studied. On the map above, darker reds indicate areas that have experienced more years of below-average snowfall during moderate-to-strong El Niño winters.

Persons: Niño, There’s, “ El Niño, ” Michelle L’Heureux, Jon Gottschalck, Snow, El Niño Organizations: CNN, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, El, Northeast Locations: El, California, Texas, Southwest, Washington, Baltimore, Northwest, Midwest, Northeast

☆ New Mexico rivers rage, fields dry after slow federal fire aid
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Andrew HayACEQUIA DE LA SIERRA, New Mexico, May 2 (Reuters) - Rivers are roaring in northern New Mexico after a big snowpack. The problem is blocking water flowing from a 12,000-foot (3,660-meter) Sangre de Cristo mountain peak into the Mora Valley through earthen channels known as acequias. Sanchez, a mayordomo or water caretaker, had hoped to have Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to clear the ditches after the agency was given $3.95 billion to compensate communities for the 40-mile-long blaze. FEMA and other federal support has reached only a handful of the dozens of acequias that requested aid in November, said local irrigation leader Paula Garcia. "I don't think they're up to the job," said Roybal-Mack, a Mora Valley native.

☆ Record Western Snow Leaves Trail of Collapsed Buildings
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Jim Carlton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.—Charlene Crandall’s mobile home has taken a beating from all the snow this year: broken window, leaks in three rooms, a bent carport. She said she prevented even more damage by climbing atop the roof after every big snowfall and spending hours shoveling.

☆ A software CEO ditched Chicago for a Midwestern college town and said the move was 'huge upgrade' for his whole family
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Software firm CEO Ravi Bhatt moved his family from Chicago to Bloomington, Indiana, in 2021. In the spring of 2021, my family and I moved to Bloomington, Indiana, a Midwestern city of 85,000 people, home to Indiana University Bloomington. What made the area attractive to us was that Indiana University Bloomington is a major research university. Bloomington, Indiana. A lot of people are stressed out about work and think life will become easier once they get out of the big city.

☆ Ex-Apple engineer says Siri is way too clunky to ever be like ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ex-Apple engineer John Burkey told NYT that voice assistant Siri may never be as robust as ChatGPT. Generative AI tools like ChatGPT threaten to make voice assistant tech obsolete. John Burkey, an ex-Apple engineer who was tasked to improve Siri in 2014 and left the company in 2016, said that Siri's clunky design makes it difficult to add new features. Burkey's views on Siri come as the wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT — which now runs on GPT-4, its most advanced language model yet — threatens to make voice assistant tech obsolete with its impressive capabilities. Siri users have even taken notice, expressing their frustrations on Reddit with questions like "Why is Siri so stupid" and "is Siri getting dumber each year."

☆ New York City, New England hit with first big snowstorm of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNew York City, New England hit with first big snowstorm of 2023A big winter storm caused a number of travel disruptions across the country. The storm moved steadily across the U.S., dropping snow in 35 states. Overnight, the storm hit New York City and New England, and delivered this winter's first significant snowfall in the Northeast.

☆ You Call That Snow?! See How This Winter Stacks Up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Francesca Paris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

If so, you’re not alone: It has been a dreary winter for children hoping for snow days and grown-up snow enthusiasts alike on the East Coast. More than 50 years of snowfall in … Interactive line chart showing cumulative snowfall for each winter season over 50 years, as well as the median snowfall for all seasons. Line chart showing Philadelphia’s cumulative snowfall for each winter season over 50 years. Loading dataLine chart showing Boston’s cumulative snowfall for each winter season over 50 years. Milwaukee Pittsburgh Providence, R.I. Pueblo, Colo. Richmond, Va. Rockford, Ill. St. Louis Topeka, Kan. About normal snow Anchorage Boise, Idaho Colorado Springs Columbia, Mo.

☆ Storms in California have led to high snowpack and great skiing conditions — but the deluge still may not be enough to fill the state's empty reservoirs after years of drought
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

California has faced heavy precipitation in recent weeks, leading to a high snowpack. The snowpack provides a third of California's water needs, but it's too soon to assess the impact on the drought. The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, the mountain range that runs along the eastern part of the state, is often called California's "frozen reservoirs." Though the high snowpack this early in the season is promising, if the precipitation doesn't continue, it may not be enough to significantly address the drought. "It's great for the state of California to get out of this drought, and it's great for skiing."

Actor Jeremy Renner was run over by his own snow plow while moving snow near his home near Reno, Nevada. The incident happened while the actor was trying clear his own car, driven by a family member, from the snow. "There was about three feet that we just received on top of whatever else they'd received prior to this big snowstorm, but three feet of fresh snow," Balaam said. Renner used his own plow, described as a PistenBully that weighs more than 14,000 pounds, to extract the car from the snow. Balaam described Renner as a "great neighbor" who often cleared the roads for others after snowstorms and was a beloved member of the community.

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