I hate getting up in the dark at 6 in the morning but it lightens up fairly soon . Waiting until close to 9 a.m. for light sounds like a more likely recipe for depression than darkness earlier in the afternoon.. School children waiting for buses or walking to school in the dark???
Let's keep our current schedule and everybody wins.
RE time change. I am okay with either way. But if you haven't done so, check out the story of Bangor's change to Standard Time in the Godfrey Chronicles. There were large protests in town and the religious community was in a dither because the City had maintained at City expense 5(?) clocks and they were set to noon when the sun is overhead directly as the Bible says. But the railroads needed it to be the same in general areas.
In Maine we would be better off with DST without it in late spring/early summer the sunlight would enter our bedrooms at 3 AM and the latest sunset would be at 7:30 PM, which would be upsetting on both fronts. I read the New York Times article and understand that most of the country would be better off with SDT. If this should happen Maine should switch to the Atlantic time zone.
I hate getting up in the dark at 6 in the morning but it lightens up fairly soon . Waiting until close to 9 a.m. for light sounds like a more likely recipe for depression than darkness earlier in the afternoon.. School children waiting for buses or walking to school in the dark???
Let's keep our current schedule and everybody wins.
RE time change. I am okay with either way. But if you haven't done so, check out the story of Bangor's change to Standard Time in the Godfrey Chronicles. There were large protests in town and the religious community was in a dither because the City had maintained at City expense 5(?) clocks and they were set to noon when the sun is overhead directly as the Bible says. But the railroads needed it to be the same in general areas.
In Maine we would be better off with DST without it in late spring/early summer the sunlight would enter our bedrooms at 3 AM and the latest sunset would be at 7:30 PM, which would be upsetting on both fronts. I read the New York Times article and understand that most of the country would be better off with SDT. If this should happen Maine should switch to the Atlantic time zone.