LibertyBell

Reminds me of 2010 here!

Don what were the highs across the region yesterday? Did anyone make it to 70? The highest I saw was 68 on Long Island

on the other hand, some of our strongest el ninos have been snowless a la 1997-98

I have a small pond that froze on Wednesday and a cat was licking ice off the top of it lol.

yes same thing happened in the late 80s/early 90s...enso didnt matter we got cutter/hugger regardless. If it wasnt that the storms missed us out to sea or to our south lol. It sounds like the last few years....

not Jan 2016?

it also hit 32 at JFK and the temp was exactly 0.0 C in my urbanized part of SW Nassau County a few miles SE of JFK on Oct 31.

I concur with you guys, it would be amazing if they could replant it. I also gained some more empathy for trees after watching Cosmos s 3 e 7, where it was mentioned that trees reach out with their roots to sustain one of their own that just got cut off at the trunk and how a "mother" tree controls the growth of her offspring. All very eye-opening.

Are there any that you are putting more weight in above the rest, Ray? I have them listed as follows: 1) 2007 2) 1970 3) 1999 and 2010 a very distant fourth lol. Also wondering if you considered 2005-06?

He was indeed. Cosmos and Contact were two of my favorite books

did any part of our area get into the teens? FOK or MJX perhaps?

it even goes beyond this, the wildfire particles are going high up and causing the formation of another hole in the ozone layer

You guys really need to watch Cosmos: Possible Worlds. Excellent narration by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Season 3 Episode 7- The Four Kingdoms of Life- was particularly memorable. He mentioned the intelligence and empathy of trees and bees (and the mathematical and astronomical knowledge that bees possess) and how humans first need to realize the sentience that exists on earth itself before they go looking for it elsewhere. Talks about empathy, sentience and intelligence among nonhumans (including trees!) And how human-centricism may prevent us from recognizing it elsewhere.

I've never agreed with this policy of hacking down a tree and putting it in the middle of Rockefeller Center.

1999 and 2007 are reappearing analogs. I've seen some extreme temp records in the SW (Phoenix, for example) that were previously held on the same dates in 1999.

byeee to my allergies! although there still seem to be some around today.....

what would make you think January would be any good? and I thought March is usually the coldest month in a La Nina?

lol I know. I was just commenting that it's an extremely windy with a lot of volatile weather going on.

Thanks Walt! I remember 1998 was prolific for them, in May 1998 and again in September 1998 when an F2 tornado passed about 2 miles from my house!

I wonder if they measure snow there too and how long that equipment has been there?

The Coldenham Elementary School tragedy that happened in Nov 1989 happened without a tornado warning? I do remember there were tornado watches in effect, but no warning as far as I remember. Do you have any maps from what happened that day? All I remember is that day was extremely windy and we couldn't get the doors open.

No tornado Walt.....or at least no one investigated to see if there was one.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're right. History has taught us that pessimism is usually correct. With so many factors interconnected it's not a surprise there would be a feedback mechanism to amplify the outcome. I put the odds that we avoid a runaway greenhouse effect at around 10%. I've always believed that we should've started to cut greenhouse consumption back in the 80s-90s and should never have turned to fracking, but humankind has a history of making dumb shortsighted decisions (one of many reasons why I favor artificial intelligence and scientists running govt over politicians.)

from SciAm https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-green-new-deal-is-more-relevant-than-ever/

Wow Iota is now a 160 mph / 917 mb Cat 5 forecast to strengthen even more. It's still extremely windy out here too!