LibertyBell

So basically in the Foundationverse, a group of people, unassuming when you look at them, would gain an audience with the heads of fossil fuel companies by mentally "influencing" a few politicians here and there. Once they had these people in the same room, they would tinker with their brains to make them slowly but surely end their deceitful and damaging businesses and give way to the future.

Asimov and psychohistory would have a lot to say about this. The truly enlightened knew this was coming back in the 80s and even the 70s and prior. In psychohistory, history is predictable if humans are treated as gas particles which follow the gas laws. The more humans, the easier it is to predict their behavior en masse. At the same time, changes to a select few people whether it be by providing them with relevant information, or by more nefarious means (Asimov's Foundation series used mental techniques to change powerful people), caused a cascade reaction that changed all of human society. And that was across an entire galaxy, it should be even easier to do it in a time when humanity only lives on one planet. Even if nefarious means are necessary, in these existential cases the ends do justify the means.

It would be interesting to learn about a typhoon that hit Hokkaido and produced a blizzard lol. I suppose the same has happened on the Atlantic side in Maine or farther north.

Good info right there Will! What's the farthest north a hurricane has ever made landfall?

Saturday looks like it will be amazing and Saturday night will be nice and cool, but back to the heat again after that.

Hey John what's your sci fi book about? Does it have potential as a series? Anything about long distance interstellar travel in it?

wow October 2019 blows everything else away for latest 90+ But 1983 hit 98 there in September 1983

is Boise really close to first though? I know they were just a couple days away from it

Don didn't Denver have a snowfall a few days after it hit 100 there back in September 2020? I remember that..... Also did either they or Boise set their new record for most 100 degree days in a season this year?

Oh wow was that September the latest record of a 95+ temp? I know they almost hit 100 on 9/11/83, that had to be the latest it ever hit 99, no?

Yeah but I meant that as a general statement how come we don't get 7+ day heatwaves anymore? Even in our intense bouts of heat I notice they dont last more than 5 days at most. I think July 1993 was the last time we had a string of 7+ 90 degree days? Or maybe it was July 1999.

1983 has to be on this list, it was the Nolan Ryan of summers, it's longevity was simply outstanding.

I need to find a wall to punch

Did we have that in 1983? No one has given me an explanation of how in the world JFK had 5 days of 90+ in September in 1983 when I could not find another September with more than 2. And the entire summer had been hot too. How does 1983 not come up more often as one of the hottest summers of all time?

What has higher chances of happening, a 90 degree day at either NYC or JFK in September or Gallo hitting above .220 by the end of the season lol.

Yeah but Chris haven't you noticed that we dont get those endlessly long summer heatwaves anymore? I mean 7-10 days or longer.

why must there be a backdoor front at all? I remember when our hot airmasses were much stronger and we'd have 7-10 day heatwaves or even longer. How come we don't have those anymore?

I'm very nervous about plastic bottles not just because of the impact on the environment but also because of plastic microparticles being found in the bloodstream. Dont want that.

Wow that would be fun. I see forecasts have been ticking upwards for Monday, slowly but surely.

I use water filters they work to remove the high metal content crap in my water thats causing my pipes to corrode. The 6 stage filter is right where the water comes inside on the main pipe. Before that the water was so bad that I was replacing my boiler every 5 years because of corrosion. Also water from paper containers is far better than plastic bottles ugh.

it's supposed to rain all day and part of tonight

But we didn't hit 90 last year after August either. I remain highly skeptical of reaching 90 again where I live or for NYC for that matter. EWR and even LGA may do it....I would put EWR at 90% and LGA at 50% while 30% for NYC and 20% for JFK.

Say what? In October 2019 we had two days of 90+? I thought it was just 1?

How is it possible to get 3-5 inches of rain from just a typical late summer frontal passage?

But if we had 10 inches of rain in 2 hours a lot of basements would be be flooded (including mine, because I've had water in there with less rain than that- fortunately I have a drain in the floor of the basement)