rclab

45 minutes ago, jfklganyc said:

Now it is animals grazing. The latest reason. 

That is the least of our problems.

Humanity needs to fundamentally switch transportation modes and stop emitting fossil fuels.

That can easily be done with electric cars. 

Planes are a problem. And trucks. And machinery. And electrical generation and on and on.

 

What has become apparent to me, is that none of this is going to happen . There will be incremental cuts to emissions that are reasonable with new technology. And these will be offset by population growth.

Despite a looming threat, humanity will not suffer one day of convenience or comfort or necessity for the sake of cutting emissions.

That is just the reality of humanity.

 

If the earth explodes tomorrow, it isnt cow poop. It is the two SUVs in the garage, your year round HVAC system and YOUR carbon footprint.

Enjoy a guilt-free burger on me tonight.

 

And for the record, the Impossible Whopper tastes very much like a veggie burger.

Now I understand why the lady on the commercial screams “LIES”. As always ....

46 minutes ago, NYCweatherNOW said:

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. There really isn’t a way to predict the winter. It’s just matter of guessing and going with your gut. I have a feeling we’re going to get bombarded with snow and feet of it. I just want a 36 hour blizzard that drops 40 inches in the city itself and I’ll be happy on a Friday night into Sunday morning

It should be interesting to see how the CPK measure crew deal with Ragnarok. As always .....

3 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

looks like a fast PAC jet based on that map.  If that happens and we get no Atlantic blocking, it's a redux of last year essentially.

If the previous Fast PAC Jet recurs, I hope the North East, Mid Atlantic zones and the continental shelf waters are on the pill. as always ....

6 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

days like today make me love climate change

“Love means you never have to say your sorry”. As always .....

9 hours ago, jm1220 said:

Pray for major blocking to keep the storms south of us, or there will be endless cutters like last winter. Big Pacific Jet is all I need to know. 

Cross country sledding via Pennsylvania Avenue? As always..... 

21 minutes ago, Gravity Wave said:

It would be really nice to get some record breaking heights over British Columbia in, say, mid-January.  

The Pac jet slowing down would be a welcome change as well.

I’m with you, it certainly would be nice. Sadly I can also see myself wish-casting the warning area north of the Delmarva. As always ....

33 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

He always adds a K to coc, must be starving for the real deal.

The ‘r’ must be missing. As always ....

2 hours ago, TriPol said:

If this trend continues, we'll have 36" snowstorms hitting central park this winter!

Not to worry, that’s way beyond the CPK measure limit. As always ....

16 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Third time is the charm, right fellas?!  Ahahahaha, that’s a long story but this time I’m doing it right. One of my sons is ordained and will marry us in a short quick ceremony and then it’s party time.  Nothing fancy this go around, just a good time. 

You kept doing it until you got it right. Along the way you kept stock of and kept close, all of your blessings. One of your blessings will join, in marriage, you and your beloved. A wonderful outcome. As always ....

10 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

I’m loving this weekends weather, I have an outdoor wedding  tomorrow...mine!  The air will be perfect for partying!  

Your first dance, tomorrow, will be repeated and remembered at your silver and golden anniversary celebrations.

An bhfeadfadh  sonas a bheith  ag do phosadh agus 100 bliain anuas.

As always ....

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

It looks like it will make it difficult for the August temperature departure to beat July. Our warmer summers since 2015 all had a greater August temperature departure than July. 

2015 LGA....JUL...+1.8.....AUG...+3.0

2016 LGA....JUL...+3.7....AUG....+5.3

2018 LGA....JUL...+2.4....AUG....+4.7

2019 LGA....JUL...+4.1

Plenty of unknowns concerning next winter at this time. 

Will the raging Pacific jet relax?

Will the record summer -NAO extend into winter?

What will happen with ENSO?

Will the amped up MJO continue for another winter?

How will the extreme Arctic summer warmth and low sea ice  impact the fall and winter circulation?

Those excellent questions with impossible, at this time, to get answers, represent a working definition of a crapshoot. As always ..... 

23 hours ago, IntenseBlizzard2014 said:

One ran on my bare leg and then scooted off my chair. 

My house cats think their a delicacy. As always...

3 hours ago, gravitylover said:

^^ Bump that thing out for a few more days. The wife and I are spending the weekend on Fire Island without our kids next weekend, first we've done without since my heart attack last December, so cool is ok but wet is no good. 

No greater medicinal joy that time spent with a good and loving partner. No greater sadness than once filled but now empty arms. Yours will remain happily filled for many decades to come. As always....

1 hour ago, JerseyWx said:

Heard a lot of Katydids last night.

For me it’s been a lot more nights than I care to think about. As always. ......

1 hour ago, gravitylover said:

Got wet enough that things were still wet this morning but not enough to not water the garden this morning. 

In my postage stamp back yard, if I miss watering my very few vegetables, even once, I get a visit from Social Services. As always .....

21 minutes ago, uncle W said:

three words for the future...warm, warmer, warmest...

The way things are trending, it’s like saying, tonight there is a 100% chance of darkness.

38 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

I think we had this discussion but high humidity sucks especially in the summer when capped. Bad AQ is a by product , can't imagine living in a city on these days

From over 45 years of inner city UHI living experience, it’s sorta like a steam bath without the benefits. As always ......

58 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Most of the current research seems to be focused on the wavier jet stream and stuck weather patterns with continued warming. There was an interesting paper out right before the big -NAO drop in 2009. It linked bigger NAO swings to warmer conditions. The paper has done very well last 10 years with the periods of all-time record  negative and positive phases.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/whoi-sls011309.php

As you sow, so shall you reap, as always ........

13 minutes ago, Will - Rutgers said:

Hey if anyone would like to give me a reason not to be panicking about the environment, that'd be hugely appreciated, thanks.

It will take quite a finger or number of to plug this dyke. I guess it’s time we retired the middle one. As always ......

18 minutes ago, Rjay said:

 

Congrats dude lol

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OKX&product=LSR&format=CI&version=2&glossary=1&highlight=off

I thought it was an actual flood stage stream/river at first glance. Well at least the poor fellow got 45 seconds out of his 15 minutes of fame, in the bucket. Judging from the comments, infamy would be a better word. As always ....

46 minutes ago, hudsonvalley21 said:

The earthworms are spitting out dust. They will be jumping on tumbleweeds and heading out of town this weekend. 

After last nights deluge all of mine are singing “ What do you do with a drunken sailor”. As always ....

6 hours ago, uncle W said:

Tarantula was one of my favorite horror movies of the 50's...

 

Definitely great for its time. Another insect favorite of mine was the movie Them. That little girl in shock and then screaming Them them over and over. Fess Parker had a break in role as a bush pilot. They were ready to put him away because of his description of the mating flight of the queen ants. That small part got him the role of Davy Crockett after James Aries’s turned it down. Apparently Walt Disney saw the movie and Mr Parker’s acting made an impression on him. Was there another one called The Beginning Of The End, with giant grasshoppers? A great decade for fright flicks. As always ....

18 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

The first time I saw one was in college and one darted across the floor and up on to my roommate's bed. He screamed and ran out of the room 

It was 1968 and I was in the midst of a study all nighter in my Arkansas college dorm. I was heading for the Loo to get rid of some of the coffee ( that and no doze is all that we used then). When what greets me, ambling down th hall toward me was an Arkansas Brown Tarantula. I believe one of the local rebels kept it as a pet and figured it would be fun to see a yankee run out of his drawers. I was a Brooklyn kid well used to two, four and multi legged wild life. I went back to my room, got my two buddies, one from New Jersey, the other Minnesota and collected the tarantula which we christened Androcles. Didn’t know if it we had a male or female and we weren’t about to investigate.  We kept Androcles on exhibit for a day and then released him/her to the wilderness behind the dorm. We disappointed our grey brethren and no one ever owned up to Androcles the Tarantula. Thank you Stormlover for jogging that memory. As always ...

23 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

My summer squash are at the stage now where I need to harvest twice a day. Picked 15 this morning that were just pollinated 24 hours prior, and were already a little bigger than I like

God bless you Julian. At my age, whatever I have that needs it better be self pollinating. As always ....

3 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

Ticks mosquitos and roaches ( not that I have them) - immediate death

Anything else I dont mind but if it's a big scary looking hairy spider I'll try to let it outside 

We in the UHI inner city really can’t say “ we don’t have them” we just train them to stay hidden while the lights are on. As always ....