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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!

Looks like 1.3 from the first event and 0.4 (but accompanied by intense 60-70 mph winds) for the second event. Do you think that was a derecho Walt? Widespread extreme wind event from Ohio, across PA and into the North East including a 15 ft seiche on Lake Erie! Also are late season events like these more common during a La Nina (especially a moderate-strong one) just like they are during the spring?

Excellent papers guys! Going to read them now as the big severe weather outbreak is now behind us. One question I have emanating from this research is will it lead to Nina/Nino like events being defined for the other ocean basins, not just the Pacific? It could also help with TC forecasting in other parts of the world and the interconnected relationships with global weather patterns!

Are very late season severe outbreaks / derechos like we experienced yesterday more likely during a la nina especially a strong one? I know there's a correlation to them during the spring but didn't know there was also one in the fall.

Also heard that this was the first time ever a part of NYC has had a tornado warning in November? Overall there were three tornado warnings, one for parts of NYC (Manhattan, Bronx) another one in the Lower Hudson Valley and one in Suffolk County. These records go back to 1984.

Thanks for this! Will these values be accepted? The highest official wind speeds I've seen quoted this morning is the 70 mph at Brooklyn College. It's been reported that 60 mph gusts were widespread throughout the area. My other question is- was this a derecho? We had a long line of extremely strong winds going from Ohio, across PA and right into the Northeast. There was even a 15 ft seiche on Lake Erie!

Winds are high up here too, 10K power outages so far Lots of trees and power lines down

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