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Typhoon Tip replied to donsutherland1's topic in Climate Change
Plus... if fossil fuel really is that impossible to get away from then we are assured of two world destinies: an ontological death an actual die-off I suspect though that folks just enjoy the sport of the argument...? fine. But while that ball-game is being played, those overarching ultimatums are objectively looming. In other words, do it! tough shit. But of course, the problem with that is that people do not believe that the proverbial pistol is actually pointed at the head. For the rest, look ... no one is insinuating any of this is going to be easy. It is going to be hard, very hard. In fact, so much so that it is of higher likelihood that humanity won't be able to get off the oil-heroin without transferring violent withdraw frustrations, unilaterally. That's rhetorical euphemism for destructive conflicts. I just wanna point out couple aspects for muse/thought: The first is ... the problem with Global Warming is not warming of the globe. That was a mistake of the early science ambit when this issue of humanity's industrial flatulence become abundantly clear to the very small population that is really even capable of understanding the future peril. When that become obvious to those that know, the 99.9999999% of the world that finds all this "math" as mentally untenable, simply were ill-equipped so... denial was going to be inevitable after sociological forces worked it over. The way GW should have been exposed was to say - it's species adaptation rate, more importantly .... being slower than the changes to the environments within which they were evolved prior to the arrival anthropomorphic forcing. Resources become challenged ? But that's a separate issue... We are inexorably dependent upon the interconnected species of the global "Gaia" - for lack of better word. The 2nd is that innovation in our species as tool makers has outpaced the normal checks-n-balances that intertwine use with the surrounding ecology. There are probably better ways to formulate that sentence/phrase out that sentiment, relative to the reader's comprehension, in hopes that they really understand what is trying to be conveyed. Look at it this way... in the Darwinian machinery, all other species mutate enough to survive, and those mutations thus live on so that the next generation has that ability built in. Human have a unique power, to innovate beyond the species requirement. I've been saying for years that the moment in antiquity that a early hominid picked up the burning stick, we were doomed. It was just a matter thousands of years... a time span - by the way - that is an instant cataclysm relative to the geological ages. At a minimum, that same mutation, innovation, will have to become our savior. -
Certainly would be an epic disaster but the shore between surge and wind would take down substations and large transmission lines.
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I met a guy yesterday who was living on Tindell base in Florida who was at ground zero for Hurricane Michael. His stories would make any fool who thinks they want a major Hurricane to hit them directly, think twice. . Sure the vicarious thrill is awesome for us weather geeks but with no home yea that lasts a day then reality hits like a ton of bricks. Folks talk big until they actually have to deal with all the shit.
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Extended Ensemble outlook (not a forecast) shows a cooler trend than normal for last week of October and into the first couple weeks of November.
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E PA/NJ/DE Autumn 2026 Obs/Discussion
ChescoWx replied to PhiEaglesfan712's topic in Philadelphia Region
Extended Ensemble outlook (not a forecast) shows a cooler trend than normal for last week of October and into the first couple weeks of November. -
I’d even argue that amount of time power loss inland too…38 was the real deal.
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The hobbyist wants it desperately but the home owner says “Are you nuts?” I’m about six miles from the ocean fwiw
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I’m heading out to Sedona for the week. If I wanted boring unchanging weather I could have stayed home lol. The summer monsoon season is over by a couple weeks
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Hit 80 earlier, thunderstorm here at the boat. So much for mostly sunny.
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Last 3 storms with large outages Mass blew Ct away lol. 38 would be a month or 2 power loss for anyone within 5 miles of the ocean
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Yes, very muggy warm feel…but no blazing sun to irritate. That’s what’s great about mid October warmth…sun(even when out lol) lost a lot of its punch. But we are overcast…but with the warmth.
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That sounds great.
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The only thing I can see that would prevent that would be if this cloud cover building in more.
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I see what you did there…
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That’s only if you’re lucky…if you’re not, it will be mid to upper 30’s with mist.
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77 degrees…and cloudy. Feels real nice though. Enjoying.
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E PA/NJ/DE Autumn 2026 Obs/Discussion
pl0k00n111 replied to PhiEaglesfan712's topic in Philadelphia Region
Yes thunder in pennsauken nj, a short burst of heavy rain. -
85 at DCA and 86 at IAD at noon... both will probably hit 90
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Seems like we are approaching peak color in this area. Color really took off over the past few days.
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Yeah we summer today. Would be a good pool or beach day.
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The CFS weeklies agree on the timeframe of the shift to a wetter than normal period. The long range GEFS is showing more near normal
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Yep. Not liking this at all. Have been dealing with being sick since coming back from NM. And this weather is not helping.
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we already hit 80 for the last a week or 2 ago until next spring we will not hit 80 in central park with the rain coming
