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16 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I'm no Hydrologist, but 35 to 50" of rain in 90 days seems like it should have observed more flood than just these sporadic townships with washed out roads and yard ponds dumping into cellars.

I wonder if the region is at a 'hydrostatic balance'?    The amount of water coming into the system is evenly matched ...more than less, by the amount leaving.  It's like a ton of rain just perfectly balanced right below the threshold of a regional flood concern.   I'm not talking about VT's thing, or this recent event in the Leominster area - as impressive and historic as they were, they were related more so to large amounts in shorter duration.  Short duration flooding is certainly augmented by preexisting wet conditions, but if the rain rate is sufficiently large it doesn't matter.   Leominster and VT would have happened either way.

Anyway, not trying to declare anything. This is really thinking out loud.  In the end, this is like staging SNE with a primed wick for flooding, and holding it there in perpetuity - like a highly unusual static length of time.  Such that we go so long without actually having a more regional flood take place.   If this continues into the autumn, then we buck CC with a brick earth winter (say...), that stage might be interesting later next March

Observed this as well. Property with a seasonal stream in Rhode Island that just cannot seem to flow despite all of this rain. Typically it will flow steady from Feb-March through July 4th, then pick back up October to December. With all the rain this summer its been primed but just cannot get it self moving. Quite puzzling actually, I have checked some of the detention ponds that feed it to see if there are any blockages and some of the other natural flows. Evidence of localized stream action but not enough organized, steady flow to feed the stream.

5 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

China pledged to being carbon neutral by 2060. So coal should be going away anyways.

I highly doubt China is enduring rolling blackouts and factory closures to meet their carbon limits. Maybe you missed the latest headline? I would presume that anything mentioned meeting climate protocols was merely a cover story.

"Bloomberg reports that China’s central government officials "ordered the country’s top state-owned energy companies to secure supplies for this winter at all costs.""

And what exactly will China be replacing coal with to meet their energy needs?