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LibertyBell

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  1. is the 99 record high for today from 1983 the latest any of the NYC reporting stations (NYC, EWR, JFK, LGA) have recorded 99+ and did any of them record triple digits?
  2. meh if thats the reason then it wont stop us from having another mild winter. I remember a few years in the late 80s and early 90s were like this (cold falls, mild winters).....
  3. I was wondering about the winter implications of this sudden switch
  4. well apparently Brian disagrees lol.
  5. skiier gets it both from the left and the right, I feel bad for him (sometimes). but seriously, he was actually not being mean to you, if you want to see mean you should see him on the political forums lol
  6. the rapid increase in rainfall and dewpoints is very apparent here on the east coast too. and it has had detrimental effects on my health in a very noticeable way (much longer allergy season, more biting pests, etc.)
  7. Yes, all of the above...it's the only way to eradicate food deserts. I avoid fast food and processed food like the plague it is and causes.
  8. You know your history well! I was recently watching a series on PBS that talked about the undue influence of both the British and Dutch East India Companies, the very first multinational corporations. Yet another excuse for colonialism. Colonialism still happens today just differently.
  9. thats why my main arguments are based on air pollution and health, it is much easier to prove and generally agreed upon. If any disagreed they stopped doing so when the pandemic hit and air quality greatly improved. The climate connection has to be based on many decades of data and while many see it, it is harder to prove.
  10. the old record wasn't that long ago- 2018! I saw a contour map that brought the 2" line through about Lynbrook/Oceanside/East Rockaway- would you say that's accurate? The heaviest seemed to be around Pt Look Out and the western part of Jones Beach.
  11. renewable energy is well on its way to being cheaper and more cost effective. Also, I dont know about you, but I'd rather not live in a country like India where the smog from dirty fuel powered cars is so bad that you need to wear an oxygen mask, and that was well before the pandemic hit. People were suffering from breathing problems and headaches and even burning eyes. It took the pandemic to hit to make air quality better. Also the high asthma rates in urban areas have been clearly linked to higher pollution levels and lower air quality because of vehicles. That's why Amazon and Uber are now switching to electric vehicles and why the MTA has switched to hybrid buses. what you said about renewable energy being much more expensive may have been true maybe 20 years ago but is no longer the case and will be much cheaper than fossil fuels by 2030. which is another reason many large corporations are making the switch. it's a win/win for them and for us.
  12. life expectancy is being shortened because of dirty fossil fuels and air pollution, they are worse for health than tobacco smoking
  13. it's good that the fossil fuel cartel is already being sued by 20 states to allocate funds to combat climate induced sea level rise and forest fires.....hopefully the outcome will be as good as it was when we sued the opioid drug cartel.
  14. some studies have shown that offshore wind farms could weaken an oncoming TC by some amount (20% I think?) We now have them in NY.....
  15. how much energy would we need to simulate the kind of shear that you need to keep a TC from strengthening? Simulating natural processes that already do these things would be a way.
  16. I've been reading about climate engineering on Mars, we even have a CO2->O2 conversion device on the way over there. With accelerated climate induced sea level rise as well as climate induced forest fires, sooner or later we're going to take a stab at climate engineering on Earth again. I dont believe we'll meet the IPCC limits set (especially by 2030) so something additional will need to be done to offset the damage we've already caused to the planet and are continuing to cause.
  17. sort of like a lesser version of October 2005 and August 2011, those went on your days and weeks.
  18. football with thousands of fans allowed in the stadium- what a dumb idea
  19. that was a 5.8 and the only earthquake I've ever experienced- it was intense! didn't feel this one at all. Interesting that in 1944 NY also had a 5.8 and a week later a hurricane hit lol
  20. also being sued by NJ and NY and 19 other states to allocate funds to combat climate change induced sea level rise and forest fires.
  21. Decades from now, should humanity survive, this period will represent a great case study for historians and psychologists on how society can be influenced by a few very powerful people.
  22. particularly when the models have been more conservative vs whats actually happening via sea level rise
  23. and he doesn't address WHY we've had stronger el ninos more recently, the fact is that studies have connected that to AGW also.
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