DST Poll, Yo

[BeerandWXTogether]

https://twitter.com/phillywx/status/708265403064164352

 

Twitter, of course...but with DST kicking in this weekend it's time to grudgingly complain about losing an hour of sleep.

[dryslotted]

Reality is distorted enough already, can we just stop monkeying with the clocks? Somehow we made it this far as a species without intentionally jacking our circadian rhythm every six months. Also, sleep...

[SalemCountyNJ]

I like it, tells you winter is gone, spring is here.  You can get so much more done outside when its light out until 8 pm.

[Rainshadow]

I'd prefer the first weekend after the first day of spring. 

[BeerandWXTogether]

If we're going to do "full hour", I'd vote for how Europe does it (end of March to end of October).

 

I'd prefer we don't have to move clocks any more but we go 30 minutes ahead year round. That way sunset's no earlier than 5 PM in Philly and sunrises don't get outrageously late with year round DST.

[Coltsfan1217]

Keep it forward. 

[snowwors2]

I say we constantly adjust it so the sun always sets at 9 pm and rises at 6 am!

[Rainshadow]

I say we constantly adjust it so the sun always sets at 9 pm and rises at 6 am!

 

If you can find a way for this to happen on December 21st, you have my vote for president.

[famartin]

I liked it better when it was in April.

[colonel_kurtz]

I liked it better when it was in April.

 

agree, now we go back to the late JAN sunrise times

[Rainshadow]

I liked it better when it was in April.

I am old enough to remember when it was the last Sunday in April.

[tombo82685]

I think it's dumb, end of story lol

[Rainshadow]

I think it's dumb, end of story lol

I could never figure out why farmers are (allegedly?) opposed to it.

[tombo82685]

I could never figure out why farmers are (allegedly?) opposed to it.

I think it would be cool to have the sun come up at 4am in the summer and set at 8pm. Winter would be 8am in the morning but it would be lighter a little later.

[mshaffer526]

Unabashed fan.  Except for the weekend with one less hour, of course

[Qtown Snow]

its dumb.

trump will change it

[CameronCat]

 

 Except for the weekend with one less hour,

 

If you ever want to mess with someone's head, ask them where that hour goes when we're not using it and how we get it back in the Fall.

 

When they're not quite stumped, tell 'em you heard it's loaned to the Southern Hemisphere for their summer during our winter, then we get it back every year. We knock the dust off it and put it back in the clock. It's all coordinated through the U.N.

[talonsmith]

End it, its making all of us insomniacs twice a year.

[greg ralls]

I like DST, but would prefer we use it year round.

[dankil13]

If we're going to do "full hour", I'd vote for how Europe does it (end of March to end of October).

 

I'd prefer we don't have to move clocks any more but we go 30 minutes ahead year round. That way sunset's no earlier than 5 PM in Philly and sunrises don't get outrageously late with year round DST.

 

I generally agree with you, but as a coach of youth softball the earlier switch really helps us get a few practices in during the last few weeks of March, otherwise we are stuck to having any outside practices on weekends which ultimately competes with spring soccer and basketball playoffs.  We share our fields with the elementary school so the earliest we can begin practice is 5:45PM and we are not allowed to play/practice under lights due to insurance reasons.   

[stenbolt]

I like it, tells you winter is gone, spring is here.  You can get so much more done outside when its light out until 8 pm.

 

I agree. But I have to rise at 5:20 to get my son up to get ready for school. When he left the house this morning it was pitch black and rainy.

[JamieO]

I don't mind it. Back when it was in April, and this might be something you guys don't see as much, it always felt sort of strange/disconcerting/cool/neat when it snowed after the time change (this was mainly when I lived in Pittsburgh, since this was pre-2005). As in, it's snowing and it's almost 8 pm and still sort of light out. Felt so strange. It still feels sort of odd but not as much.

 

Things only a weather nerd would notice...

[JamieO]

Hey, does anyone remember the classic dopey AmWx moment a while ago, when a guy said that a March snow event wouldn't amount to much because snow doesn't accumulate during the day in March, and since the clock was just moved ahead, now there's an hour more daylight in March so it's even less likely to accumulate?

 

Might not be quite as bad but the guy argued with people about it for several posts before he finally gave it up...I never will forget it. My wife asked me why I was laughing so hard.