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the good news is that when it does break, that's when you get the big event. in other news, it hit 80 in DC today! is 80 in DC in January the all time January record for them?

this is actually good news

CRAZY EDDIE IS THAT YOU??

Yes, it looks like we are getting screwed from multiple directions. I'd like the laser powered herbicides to be used more, since that is a great nonchemical solution that has no side effects.

He already did and doesn't believe it WOW

But why were the sensors moved and not kept in that area where they were in the 90s? And is this also why NYC doesn't see long sustained heatwaves anymore? Heatwaves of 7 days and longer have become very rare, compared to the 90s when we had our most 90 degree summers.

Pretty much lol But I think he means the sensors in Central Park don't follow the official rules and regulations for sensor placement.

Yeah but we got a foot of snow in the storm 2 years ago lol This reminds me more of February 6, 2010

I mean, you're famous or infamous, take your pick lol

Yes exactly. I remember back in the late 80s and early 90s when they said 5-10" of snow there, I was like WHAT?! Hadn't even seen a 5" snowstorm in several years at that point.

I was just thinking that lmao...there was another storm like that (but even worse) in February 1989

People do get tired of hearing "North and West" on the news all the time lol.

Thanks Tony-- looks like it was too far south and east for us though I do see a narrow stripe of 10"+ on the south fork of Long Island... it reminds me of Feb 6, 2010 however that storm did not make it up to eastern LI or Cape Cod and the Islands.

the pesticide issue is particularly sensitive to me since we have recently found yet another carcinogenic pesticide in the Long Island water supply. It's 1,4-Dioxane and Long Island has the highest amount in the country, there is a new federally funded study being conducted by Yale to find its source, most likely it comes from all this excessive rainfall draining toxic pesticides from farms =\ into the underground aquifers from where our water comes from.

wow LGA was colder than NYC in 1994? that has to be a first (and last)

1987 - A winter storm spread heavy snow across the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast States, with 18 inches reported at Vineland NJ, and wind gusts to 65 mph at Chatham MA. Snow cover in Virginia ranged up to thirty inches following this second major storm in just one week. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) This is wild-- how much snow up here in this?

This all started in June, it had to have been one of the cloudiest falls on record too

ugh, I think 2001-02 needs to be included in that second stretch. what's the running average if both 2000-01 and 2001-02 are included?

I totally agree about chemical toxicity in the environment and pesticides overshadow even the ones you mention, especially since we have an EPA that is captured by the chemical lobby and we need class action lawsuits like the one the Michael J Fox foundation filed to get pesticides banned here that are already banned in the rest of the world. It's positively criminal that something as poisonous as this isn't banned here yet, especially with these pesticides found to cause brain damage, and circulating in our blood.

are you familiar with the experiments done in the New Mexico desert with SO2 and the supercomputer simulations that show a 1C - 2C drop in temperature (but also a change in rainfall patterns.) The scientific community is divided on it, but the push to end fossil fuels really began a few decades too late and too slow to stave off the worst solutions without some human interference in the other direction. From what I've read, it's not an extremely expensive solution either and even nations like Indonesia will be participating (especially since island based nations have the most to lose with sea level rise.)

next year being a la nina after an el nino is probably out best chance to crack the 30" snowfall mark

how close were the late 80s/early 90s and late 90s/early 00s?

Yes, the temperature sensors should be properly located and I never understood why they were moved or whatever change that happened-- the only thing that makes sense is the article that was posted last year about them being worried about the equipment being stolen because it happened before. Is it about proper maintenance or did they actually relocate the equipment to where they think it's less likely to be stolen? And I wonder why maintenance would stop-- the Parks Service seems to be lax in its duties?

in a way tree growth is a really good thing, we need to greenify the city and get rid of this excess concrete (it's good to filter out air pollution too)

yesss January 2016 made up for EVERYTHING