Category: Transportation

Thursday (02-September-2021) — New Jersey

Hurricane Ida Aftermath.

Yesterday afternoon and night the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through New Jersey. My weather station recorded nearly 7 inches (175 mm) of rain. There were several tornado warnings, and I spent some time down in the basement. The rain stopped around midnight. As soon as the sun came up this morning, I went for a walkabout down Grandview Road to the single lane bridge over Rock Brook. There was a pickup truck with a very long trailer having problems trying to turn around. Also, a dump truck that needed to back out. Once I got close to the bridge, the asphalt roadway had been washed off of the road. Water was running across the roadway, and the bridge was blocked with several fallen trees. It will be some time before the bridge and roadway can be repaired. I can’t complain as I still have power, and no flooding.


Damage from the Remnants of Hurricane Ida. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Damage from the Remnants of Hurricane Ida. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Damage from the Remnants of Hurricane Ida. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Damage from the Remnants of Hurricane Ida. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Damage from the Remnants of Hurricane Ida. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (63.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (64.0 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. The sun returned. A surplus of 0.3 kWh.

Five-Years Ago (05-April-2016) — Atlantic Ocean

Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey: Northern Gannet, Royal Tern, and Eurasian Collared-Dove. The Dove was a stowaway that we probably picked up while docked in Ghana. My eBird Checklist. My eBird Checklist. My eBird Checklist.


Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey. Images taken with a Nikon N1V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Five-Years Ago (16-March-2016) — Zambia, Zimbabwe

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 71: Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Zimbabwe

Field trip on the Zambezi River: Egyptian Goose, White-headed Lapwing, African Openbill, African Darter, Long-tailed Cormorant, Little Egret, Squacco Heron, Striated Heron, Glossy Ibis, African Sacred Ibis, Hadada Ibis, Wire-tailed Swallow. My eBird Checklist


Afternoon voyage on the Zambezi River. Images taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Five-Years Ago (06-March-2016) — Indian Ocean

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 61: Neptune Day while crossing the Indian Ocean.

Neptune Day celebration. Time-lapse video of the shellback initiation for those crossing the equator their first time. Over 50 of the students and life-long learners had their heads shaved.

Shellbacks. (David J Mathre)
Shellbacks. MV World Odyssey At Sea Indian Ocean. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and a Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)

I hope that Semester at Sea is able to run voyages in the future post COVID-19.

Five-Years Ago (24-February-2016) — Bay of Bengal

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 50: At Sea, Bay of Bengal.


Dawn and Sunrise over the Bay of Bengal. Breakfast Sunrise Club. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Food Art — Fruit and Vegetable Carving. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Sunset over the Bay of Bengal. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Moon rise over the Bay of Bengal. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Fritz (Faculity & Life Long Learner Bar. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.