Applause reopening rescheduled to April 26

"Rain rain go away! 

 

We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of spring but she is seemingly in no rush. 

 

Applause reopening rescheduled to April 26

Due to the cold temps and heavy rains expected this weekend, we have decided to delay our opening till April 26th to coincide with the @franklindowntownpartnership ladybug trail spring walk! Join us from 12-7 pm on April 26th for our seasonal grand opening where we will be offering ladybug themed sprinkles to commemorate the day!"

 

 

Shared from -> https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIRHLaKxyOR/

 

 

Recovering after weather emergencies from the South to the Great Lakes

Recovering after weather emergencies from the South to the Great Lakes By BCP Staff Recovering from the storms that brought deadly tornados and severe flooding from the South to the Midwest will take time and patience.  If you've been displaced by a weather emergency, or your home or business was damaged, you're probably trying to figure out what to do next.  Here are some ideas to help you get started. Read more ->  https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/04/recovering-after-weather-emergencies-south-great-lakes

Recovering after weather emergencies from the South to the Great Lakes

How much is $38T? Yes, T = trillion. That's a big number and we talk about it in this episode of Making Sense of Climate (audio)

FM #1195 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1195 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Ted McIntyre, Franklin resident and climate activist. We met to record in the Franklin TV & Public Radio studio on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.  

We continued making sense of climate by working through a listing of article links accumulated since we had last talked. The links are included in one PDF shared below.

This discussion continues our journey understanding the MA roadmap toward net zero and while it helps me “make sense of climate”, we hope it helps with your understanding as well. 

If you have climate questions or Franklin specific climate questions, send them in and we’ll try to answer them in a future session.  

The conversation runs about 44 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Ted. Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1195-making-sense-of-climate-43-04-30-24

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** See the page that collects all the “Making Sense of Climate” episodes -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/02/making-sense-of-climate-collection.html 

Links for our discussion in one PDF doc -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GNwjgXLcm3N3nmkjgApehEq0nITcRvz-/view?usp=drive_link

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

• If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors

• If you don't like something here, please let me know

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit www.franklin.news/ or  www.Franklinmatters.org/ 

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

How much is $38T? Yes, T = trillion. That's a big number and we talk about it in this episode of Making Sense of Climate (audio)

Earth day, earth month, conversation with Breeki Li, Ryan, Amy & Jamie leads to songs about weather (audio)

FM #1184 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1184 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen, Deputy Town Administrator Amy Frigulietti, Conservation Agent Breeki Li Goodlander and Recreation Director Ryan Jette on Monday, April 29, 2024.    

We get a very brief recap of current events (it’s all about the budget) and jump right into Earth Day and the other activities of the Conservation and Recreation departments

Conservation

• Projects more this year than last
• Friends of Conservation group forming

Recreation 

• Growth in participation 
• Field upgrades at Fletcher & King St
• Beaver Pond has a new kayak launch

We close out with discussion and laughter around the Top 35 songs about weather

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Eu2npqGS0fH9N0Uc0iB5WCitoawIMFdJ/view?usp=drive_link 

Our conversation runs about 41 minutes.    Audio link -> https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letstalkfranklin/episodes/Talk-Franklin--A-Podcast-from-the-Town-Administrators-Office---April-29--2024-e2j2h3e/a-ab7j5t3

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Contact info: for Jamie & Amy -> https://www.franklinma.gov/administrator 

Conservation page ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/conservation 

Recreation page ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/recreation-department 

Fact checking update:

• In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be observed on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later, United States Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea to hold a nationwide environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970. He hired a young activist, Denis Hayes, to be the National Coordinator. Nelson and Hayes renamed the event "Earth Day"  https://www.earthday.org/history/   

• The group garnered worldwide attention with 1987 album Diesel and Dust. Its singles "The Dead Heart" and "Beds Are Burning" illuminated the plight of indigenous Australians  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Oil 

YouTube playlist of the "weather songs" ->

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL2XKlvMgLAnp1WMUR3vAtWNuAJ6ziK1d&si=tNTGfeWOCn7JAKPw

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

• If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors

• If you don't like something here, please let me know

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit www.franklin.news/ or  www.Franklinmatters.org/ 

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

Earth day, earth month, conversation with Breeki Li, Ryan, Amy & Jamie leads to songs about weather (audio)

NOAA Climate.gov: "Climate change rule of thumb: cold "things" warming faster than warm things"

NOAA Climate.gov (@NOAAClimate) posted  Wed, Jan 10, 2024:

Climate change rule of thumb: cold "things" warming faster than warm things.
- Colder places are warming faster than warmer places.
- Colder seasons are warming faster than warmer seasons.
- Colder times of day are warming more than warmer times of day.
https://t.co/S28VYdqpLY 

Shared from -> https://twitter.com/NOAAClimate/status/1745190344751485141

Climate change rule of thumb: cold "things" warming faster than warm things

Franklin Health Dept: January is Winter Safety Awareness Month

"January is Winter Safety Awareness Month! Hypothermia kills on average 25,000 people in the U.S. a year. 

Avoid the risk of frostbite and hypothermia by dressing in layers, covering exposed skin, and limiting time outdoors. 

If someone might be experiencing either condition, seek medical attention immediately — and know your actions.  "

weather.gov/safety/cold-during

Franklin Health Dept: January is Winter Safety Awareness Month

 

El Nino could be super

"A fast-forming and strengthening El Niño climate pattern could peak this winter as one of the most intense ever observed, according to an experimental forecast released Tuesday. The new prediction system suggested it could reach top-tier “super” El Niño strength, a level that in the past has unleashed deadly fires, drought, heat waves, floods and mudslides around the world.

This time, El Niño is developing alongside an unprecedented surge in global temperatures that scientists say have increased the likelihood of brutal heat waves and deadly floods of the kind seen in recent weeks."

Continue reading the article (subscription may be required)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/09/26/super-el-nino-forecast-winter/

For more about El Nino visit the NOAA page ->    https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html

El Niño causes the Pacific jet stream to move south and spread further east. During winter, this leads to wetter conditions than usual in the Southern U.S. and warmer and drier conditions in the North

Hurricane preparations from the NWS Boston

NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) tweeted on Mon, Jul 10, 2023:

"Hurricanes never happen in New England, right? WRONG! 

Today (Monday) is the kickoff to Hurricane Preparedness Week! Now is the time to prepare. 

Check out this video to learn more!" 🌀https://t.co/zSmMdMZdkn

Shared from -> https://twitter.com/NWSBoston/status/1678403701818667008

video link -> https://youtu.be/V73YZbg9HrQ

graphic adapted from @SafeClimate shows temperature change

Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) tweeted on Thu, Jul 06, 2023:

Communicating climate requires eye catching and simple visuals. This graphic adapted from @SafeClimate is one of the best I've seen showing the stark recent rise in temperature. Today's warming rate is >50X the rate after the last ice age  

More info: https://t.co/o0DH4NyO3s 

Shared from -> https://twitter.com/WeatherProf/status/1677031140476026883

graphic adapted from @SafeClimate shows temperature change

National Weather Service Boston - Register for one of these public webinars!

"Check out our schedule of upcoming webinars including Winter Weather Forecasting, the Northern Lights, and Remembering the December 1992 Nor'easter! " 

To register go to https://t.co/4HejDIVMUe   or this link ->   https://www.weather.gov/box/webinars

Shared from Twitter -> https://t.co/cqCl8yoFNi

National Weather Service Boston - Register for one of these public webinars!

The Guardian: "Virtually all children on Earth will face more frequent heatwaves by 2050"

"The climate crisis is also a children’s rights crisis: one in four children globally are already affected by the climate emergency and by 2050 virtually every child in every region will face more frequent heatwaves, according to a new Unicef report.

For hundreds of millions of children, heatwaves will also last longer and be more extreme, increasing the threat of death, disease, hunger and forced migration.

The findings come less than a fortnight before the Cop27 UN climate talks get underway in Egypt, and after a catastrophic year of extreme weather events – heatwaves, storms, floods, fires and droughts – have demonstrated the speed and magnitude of the climate breakdown facing the planet.

According to Unicef, 559 million children currently endure at least four to five dangerous heatwaves annually, but the number will quadruple to 2 billion by 2050 – even if global heating is curtailed to 1.7 degrees, currently the best-case scenario on the table."

Continue reading The Guardian article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/25/global-heatwaves-2050-unicef-report

   

A Palestinian mother showers her child during a heatwave in the southern Gaza Strip in August 2022. Photograph: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

FHS fall sports games/matches postponed Tuesday due to weather

HockomockSports.com posted the results of Hockomock League competition on Tuesday, Sep 13, 2022. We share the FHS results here and provide the link to the full set below. 

Girls Soccer

King Philip @ Franklin – Postponed to Friday, 9/16 at 3:30

Boys Cross Country

Franklin @ Attleboro – Postponed to Wednesday, 9/14 at 3:45

Girls Cross Country

Franklin @ Attleboro – Postponed to Wednesday, 9/14 at 3:45

Golf

Franklin vs. St. John’s Shrewsbury – Postponed to Tuesday, 9/20 at 3:15

For the other results around the league

https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-09-13-22/

FHS Panthers

Current drought conditions for Franklin, update scheduled for Town Council meeting Sep 7

"The different categories of drought actually increased across the Northeast this week with the exception of the extreme drought area which did shrink thanks to those heavy rain showers south of Boston. #Drought2022"

One of the presentations scheduled for the Town Council meeting on Weds Sep 7 is an update on the Franklin water status per the drought. The presentation is not yet posted. The Town Council agenda can be found online ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/september_7_2022_town_council_agenda.pdf

Meteorologist Dave Epstein tweet shared from Twitter ->    https://twitter.com/growingwisdom/status/1565352398339465217

Additional maps and info can be found at Drought.gov/

The Franklin specific info can be found ->   https://www.drought.gov/location/02038%2C%20Franklin%2C%20Massachusetts

historical info for Norfolk County

Current drought conditions for Franklin, update scheduled for Town Council meeting Sep 7

Governor Baker Proclaims July 10-16 as “Hurricane Preparedness Week”

Hurricane Preparedness Week, as proclaimed by Governor Charlie Baker, runs from July 10 – 16. All week, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) will engage local communities across Massachusetts to highlight the risk of tropical storms and hurricanes, and encourage residents to take steps to prepare. As part of MEMA’s commitment to diversity and equity in emergency planning, this year’s campaign will include information to equip those living with disabilities and specific medical needs.  

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency

“Hurricane Preparedness Week is an annual reminder of the hazards that the Commonwealth faces and how residents can prepare during hurricane season,” said Public Safety and Security Secretary Terrence Reidy. "While it’s been 31 years since Hurricane Bob made landfall in New England, hurricanes and tropical storms remain a threat to Massachusetts and we ask residents to learn if they live in a hurricane evacuation zone, develop an emergency plan, build an emergency kit, and stay informed.”

Continue reading about how to prepare for hurricanes

https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-baker-proclaims-july-10-16-as-hurricane-preparedness-week

You can sign up for tropical weather outlooks from the National Hurricane Center

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php

Stay tuned for word on Fireworks for Saturday

With the forecast currently for thunderstorms on Saturday, if that holds up, it is possible the fireworks will be canceled. The decision needs to be made by 2 PM on Friday.  Stay tuned to the Celebration page for an update.

The good weather Thursday got the 4th of July Celebration off to a good start. Hopefully, that will hold for Friday and then after the storms pass on Saturday, allow for good weather on Sunday and Monday.

Stay tuned for word on Fireworks for Saturday

4th of July Coalition home page   https://www.franklin4th.com/

• Schedule -> https://www.franklin4th.com/carnival-hours

• Music line up -> https://www.franklin4th.com/schedule-of-events

• Food -> https://www.franklin4th.com/food 

• Donation info -> https://dashboard.atpay.com/giving_portal/org_hSjdZIXVngDI7KDJ_AeUeQ 

• Mail to    

Franklin July 4th Coalition

c/o Dean Bank

P.O. Box 307

Franklin, MA 02038

Download a copy of the recent Franklin 4th July mailer with the complete schedule of events  ->   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sALIW_iu5PT84eQ_p3kUCncZaUnJB0NM/view?usp=sharing

How to prepare for hurricane season 2022 and avoid storm-related scams

How to prepare for hurricane season 2022 and avoid storm-related scams By Colleen Tressler Threats from hurricanes don't come just from wind and rain, storm surges, flooding and rip currents, or tornadoes and landslides. Hurricane-related threats also come in the form of scammers who use those weather emergencies to cheat people. Some of the most common weather-related frauds and scams include people who promise to help you with clean-up or repairs, but disappear with your money; those who pretend to be FEMA or other government agencies; people who promise you a job – if only you pay to get it; and those who promise you a place to rent – if only you wire them the money to get the place sight unseen. Read More ->  https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2022/05/how-prepare-hurricane-season-2022-and-avoid-storm-related-scams

How to prepare for hurricane season 2022 and avoid storm-related scams

Senior Center CLOSED Friday, February 4 2022, due to inclement weather

Senior Center CLOSED Friday, February 4 2022, 

due to inclement weather.

Due to the inclement ice storm and weather, the Franklin Senior Center will be closed to all programming and activities tomorrow, Friday, February 4, 2022. 

Stay Safe!

Danielle Hopkins and Christina LaRose

Shared from Town of Franklin page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/franklin-senior-center/news/senior-center-closed-friday-february-4th-2022-due-inclement-weather

Senior Center CLOSED Friday, February 4 2022, due to inclement weather.