Recent content by Boyd

Have been hearing thunder here for awhile, but the rain just started about 5 minutes ago. Looks like it won't last too long. I was watching that huge storm make its way towards us all afternoon yesterday. Went to bed a bit early and it was almost here, with a tornado watch still in effect...

Just got this text. Fascinating how the DMV is sending text messages from the Phillipines and using the domain nj.gov-crko.win for official business now. :D I wonder what "transfer to a toll booth" means? Seems like they probably wanted to say "collection agency" maybe? Well, nice try anyway...

As you can see in the second picture, I dump it out after each storm. Here comes the next one...

Have checked multiple times but the njdep rain website has been broken, with 0 rain showing for all locations. I won't give any more "wheelbarrow estimates" but we certainly had a lot of rain here over the last 24 hours and the forecast is calling for around one more inch on Friday through Saturday.

Just a footnote here, I'm expanding this map to cover the entire US Northeast region. Since it's getting harder to find these DRG's, now's the time to grab them before they completely vanish. Just found an obscure archive of DRG's at the USDA NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) for...

Continuing on my current nostalgia trip, I have just published a new map of the vintage USGS DRG Topo's we used twenty years ago. These were the first digital versions of the 24k topo maps available from the USGS. They were also used by terraserver and topozone and I have updated my link...

Sorry, never heard of them. I agree it's nice to see a local family succeed with a business. But their website is horrible, with giant "chopped up" images, you have to do a lot of scrolling just to find prices on the menu (which seem high to me, but "I don't get out much" anymore). I wondered...

After browsing old threads recently, I got the idea of fixing all the broken links to terraserver. And today, with Guy's help, it's done! I wrote a translator that "ingests" the original link and opens a new link to the boydsmaps 1990's B/W aerials. These aerials are from the National Aerial...

Got some significant rain in the Pines and more is on the way.

https://www.inquirer.com/weather/tornado-franklinville-south-jersey-storm-20250517.html#:~:text=A%20tornado%20did%20land%20in,no%20details%20were%20immediately%20available.

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/tornado-in-new-jersey-today-buena-vista/

https://6abc.com/post/storms-trigger-tornado-warning-damage-south-jersey-including-camden-atlantic-counties/16440079/

Yeah, the shape of each of those Atlantic County vintage aerials is different and they all have overlaps into other counties.