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Special Weather Statement issued April 18 at 6:12AM EDT by NWS Albany NY

Published: 18 April 2025
Categories: National Weather Service

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The combination of low relative humidity values between 25 and 35 percent and wind gusts up to 30 mph this afternoon will create an elevated risk for fire spread. Exercise caution handling any potential ignition sources, including machinery, cigarettes, and matches. Any fires that ignite will have the potential to spread quickly. This forecast considers meteorological, fuel, and land conditions and has been developed in coordination with state fire and land management officials.

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Special Weather Statement issued April 18 at 6:01AM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA

Published: 18 April 2025
Categories: National Weather Service

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The combination of low relative humidity values between 25 and 30 percent and wind gusts up to 30 mph this afternoon will create an elevated risk for fire spread. Exercise caution handling any potential ignition sources, including machinery, cigarettes, and matches. Any fires that ignite will have the potential to spread quickly. This forecast considers meteorological, fuel, and land conditions and has been developed in coordination with state fire and land management officials.

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This spa’s water is heated by bitcoin mining

Published: 18 April 2025
Categories: MIT Tech Review

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At first glance, the Bathhouse spa in Brooklyn looks not so different from other high-end spas. What sets it apart is out of sight: a closet full of cryptocurrency-­mining computers that not only generate bitcoins but also heat the spa’s pools, marble hammams, and showers. 

When cofounder Jason Goodman opened Bathhouse’s first location in Williamsburg in 2019, he used conventional pool heaters. But after diving deep into the world of bitcoin, he realized he could fit cryptocurrency mining seamlessly into his business. That’s because the process, where special computers (called miners) make trillions of guesses per second to try to land on the string of numbers that will earn a bitcoin, consumes tremendous amounts of electricity—which in turn produces plenty of heat that usually goes to waste. 

 “I thought, ‘That’s interesting—we need heat,’” Goodman says of Bathhouse. Mining facilities typically use fans or water

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Special Weather Statement issued April 18 at 5:58AM EDT by NWS Upton NY

Published: 18 April 2025
Categories: National Weather Service

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The combination of low relative humidity values of 30 to 35 percent and southerly winds of 15 mph with gusts of 20 to 30 mph late this morning through this afternoon will create an elevated risk for fire spread. Exercise caution handling any potential ignition sources, including machinery, cigarettes, and matches. Any fires that ignite will have the potential to spread quickly. This forecast considers meteorological, fuel, and land conditions and has been developed in coordination with state fire and land management officials.

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