LibertyBell

they were near triple digits in Maine....that aint anywhere near normal either for Maine or NYC

no 90 and no rain here lol

the higher humidity and rainfall plus the warmer winters have made my allergies much worse. I was hoping for at least a two year dry pattern because next summer is the peak of the 11 yr cycle of hot summers.

it lasted for less than 5 min...I dont think it was even a tenth of an inch

from what I saw, it probably wont reach 90 any time this week on Long Island and peak heat (if you can call it that) will be upper 80s on Friday. Saturday will be cooler.

in the long term it will likely be a positive (for the entire planet.) I expect a fully sustainable green planet within 2 decades and universal healthcare, with the people of the future looking back and mocking people who didn't have the foresight to do it sooner. Looks like Darwin and Nature are in the process of taking care of them. On another topic that class action bayer/monsanto lost, people think that giving up 10 billion dollars is a lot, but it isn't, it gets divided among 100,000 people who got cancer from round up, so it's only 100,000 per person and thats before the govt takes its cut....it should have been 100 billion which is the price for which bayer paid to buy monsanto, at least the cancer victims would have gotten 1 million each before govt took its cut

the necessary reckoning is actually coming from nature. Take care of the environment or it will not take care of you.

dont worry that will likely come to an end when we get hit by multiple hurricanes this fall.

the pandemic is a referendum on places that dont take care of their environment and are ignorant of science....like Brazil, the American South, etc. It's also a referendum on areas with a high population density being bad, like NY, but at least NY learned its lesson quickly.

NY is a lot better off than antiscience states like Florida, which is getting screwed over on both fronts....from the pandemic and from sea level rise. Within a few decades I wouldn't be surprised if Miami no longer exists, even if they continue their water pumping practices-- they cant keep up with sea level rise. I expect a big population rise for Orlando, people are already talking about it.

it doesnt rain here on the south shore, which I'm usually fine with as long as the humidity is low....but nope, cant have low humidity here!

Chris, I wonder if we're entering a multiyear dry pattern like we had in the 60s? If so, next summer may be our hottest summer EVER!

I'd like hot and low humidity weather interspersed with rain once a week, not hot and humid and no rain .

would it get rid of this horrible saharan dust?

there's that Saharan dust that has been causing me horrible allergy problems the last few days

Yes, and it's enough to talk on the political forum, no need to replicate the same stuff here.

existential threats top the list. also, the economy isn't a monolith, there is "long term" vs "short term"- and I generally go for long term sustainability over anything short term. Thats why I advocate for green energy, universal healthcare, a better diet (no processed or sugary foods, etc.)

Don what has been the hottest temp in the northeast so far this year? US or Canada? Thanks!

I love them in my fruit salad, along with pears, peaches and pineapples (as well as bananas and tangerines lol.) Excellent relief from the heat served ice cold!

but without good healthcare and a better environment the rest doesn't really matter. I believe we can find creative ways to deal with our new reality because we need to face facts....the old reality isnt ever coming back. I would have 4 day work weeks (this may be coming based on what companies are now doing) and more shifts, for starters. I've wanted a 4 day work week for almost 3 decades lol. A less stressed society does come from a better economy but it also comes from more time for relaxation and being able to enjoy life rather than working oneself to death. If that means we need to place a cap on how expensive living is...so be it. I'd rather have cost controls in place than see costs increase ad infinitum without a concomitant rise in salaries.

wow further down in that thread they show this was almost 5x bigger than their next most significant warming period

it would've hit 90 without that darned sea breeze lol. It was 88.7 in my bedroom when I got home at 11 PM with a RH of 52% lol.

indeed, even with massive fossil fuel reductions which I believe we will see in this decade, it simply will not be enough and people will be migrating away from the coasts....with the melt offs occurring over both poles.

Benchmark heat at Verkhoyansk! The first place north of the arctic circle to hit 100 degrees and forest fires to boot!

it's not just a northeastern Siberia town, it's the coldest town in the northern hemisphere, also has the greatest extremes of any place on the planet, and this is definitely alarming. Siberia has been 20 degrees above normal for six months already.