YellowPot_97 said:
91AggieLawyer said:
Chad Cunningham said:
If there is a permanent time it must be standard time... If you made DST permanent you would have the sun not rising til 9 in the winter.
I don't know where you live, but the latest the sun rose in the DFW area was 7:30am in mid January.
In Cleveland, the latest is 7:53am around the same time. In NYC, its around 7:20am the first week of January.
Where in the hell is it anywhere near 9:00?
DFW sunrise in Jan at 7:30 is on standard time. Go to permanent DST and sunrise is at 8:30. In fact most of Texas would have 8:30-9:00 sunrise in winter.
No thanks.
This is ONLY for a VERY SHORT TIME, not the entire winter.
Amarillo is probably one of the later times in Texas for sunrise in the DEEP winter, and that is late in the 7:00 hour, but only for about 40-ish days from around the 18th to 20th of December until the last week or so of January. Until almost December and from mid-February on, Amarillo's sunrise (standard time) is no later than around 7:30, so it would average at worst 8:30. Hell, it is around 8:12 when DST cuts off in early November, so what is the real difference?
No thanks? Even if you're right (and you aren't), why?? The VAST majority of everyone would much rather have daylight at the end of the day. I advise you to take a trip to Arizona during the summer months and see what it is like to have the sun wake you up at 5:40, and have your outdoor activities cease around 7:20 because it is getting dark. Unless we can all adjust the times we do things (i.e. our jobs, 8-5 type work day, etc.), that would suck for most people.
We're only affected by a shortage of daylight hours 3.5-4 months or so out of the year. The argument is whether the shortage of hours should be at the beginning or end of that time. The vast majority believes it should be the beginning. And they couldn't be any more correct. You can't have athletic or outdoor activities (sports leagues, youth and adult) in the morning prior to school/work. Not enough time and way too disruptive. Plus, it is almost always warmer in the evening than in the morning, even in the winter. You also can't have events that are now traditionally in the evening (school events, parties, etc.) in the morning not only for the same reason but also for the fact that many center around the evening meal. Traffic is a wash. As I've shown, there are several weeks (at least) and possibly a month or more that kids catch the bus and/or walk to school in the dark. To say this is something that would be NEW with a change to full time DST is not misleading, it is a LIE. There are many schools, even elementary schools, that start as early as 7:30am. By your own admission, sunrise is later than that currently on standard time in some areas during certain times of the year.
Essentially, there is NO good reason to have more daylight in the early morning than there is in the early evening. Obviously, we're stuck with the amount, so we have to adjust wisely. Current standard time is not a wise adjustment.
