{"id":126,"date":"2014-02-20T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.169.38.31\/?p=126"},"modified":"2014-04-06T17:17:50","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T17:17:50","slug":"mailbag-old-new-york-was-once-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/mailbag-old-new-york-was-once-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailbag – old New York was once New Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Retired Spook writes:<\/p>\n

Dear Dr. J; I don\u2019t suppose I could prevail upon your inherent good nature to have Mandy target the Anti-Snow Ray about 100 miles further south, could I? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s nothing personal, but growing up in Alabama, and being marooned in the Midwest for many years, I\u2019ve already seen all the snow I EVER want to see. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Temps here should be in the mid-60s by Monday. It could be like that all winter, then get nice in the spring, and I\u2019d be just fine with that. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Best wishes, Retired Spook<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dear Spook,<\/p>\n

We would love to set the Eye of Warm-on on Alabama, but we’re still working the bugs out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mandy wanted to call it the Butterfly Effect, but that was taken, so he’s calling it the Moth Effect. New Atlantis is getting a nice little line of storms tonight after our #snowdome created a 78\u02daF bubble around us that burst today. Wait for primetime, seriously.<\/p>\n

Dear Dr. J: <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Your map<\/a> is very interesting, but we have seen maps like this before. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apart from the straight-historical<\/a>: <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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There is the much more interesting map<\/a> of the alternate-history Republik* van Nieuw Nederland: <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This looks like a high school homework project, but it is cool nonetheless.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A fuller account of the history of the country is found here<\/a>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 — <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mark Spahn (West Seneca, Erie Province, Republik van Nieuw Nederland) <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*The “correct” spelling is “Republiek<\/a>“, but spellings differ slightly between North America and Europe in both the Dutch and English languages. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dear Mark,<\/p>\n

Thanks for writing in with these interesting maps of Mrs. Dr. J.’s homeland. It is a truly beautiful area, top to bottom, unfortunately, Albany is running everyone with a lick of sense to neighboring states, assuming the New York cache will keep folks there. It can only do so for so long.<\/p>\n

Dr. J.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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