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Disaster -- data for towns 142 thru 160 LOST

7/20/2013

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Oh, man!! I had had a very successful long weekend -- surveying over a dozen southern Vermont towns in 4 days -- and yesterday I discovered that the last town in my iPhone's NOTES app was #132 Groton. NOOOOO!!!

Glastenbury, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Pownal; Ludlow, Chester, Andover, Londonderry, Jamaica, Townshend, Windham, Weston, and Wardsboro; Rupert and Dorset, Proctor; Montpelier, Waterbury, and Williamstown.  All lost, and all full-day birding expeditions.  I averaged 150-200 miles a day that weekend.

Apple suggests trying to restore my last backup from iTunes, but I'm not optimistic.  I know that the map I keep, the photos I took, and the memories I still have will give me some recall, but the scientific value of that weekend is mostly lost.  Many of these towns will have to be re-surveyed, I'm sure.  Glastenbury, Weston, and Windham have strong memories, but the others... not so much.

What a loss!
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