LibertyBell

did you see this Chris?

Do you think Phoenix can have half their days reach 100 degrees this year, Don? They have to get to 183. What's the latest they've hit it?

This is worse than 2012 was.

Some illuminating posts from Climate Ben about climate change and the perils of industrial agriculture and the role it plays in the current mass extinction: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1287482989639880706 https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1317414094010486788

Pumping up the ridge for the second TC, Walt?

Euro looks like it's also moving to a two TC scenario so it may be playing catch up here. GFS has had it like this for awhile.

The comparison to 12-13 with Sandy that year is a good catch too, latest GFS shows a track to Cape Cod at 950mb, but Euro Ensembles favor a more offshore track (maybe a la Matthew?)

2007-08 and 2016-17 were very different here, the latter was a really good backloaded winter with heavy snow in March and April. 2007-08 was pretty much a noshow winter here outside of one 6-8 inch event in February (a SWFE that didn't changeover.)

that was an extreme latitude based winter with the quick transition in extreme SNE. I remember your predictions for that winter were spot on, going with similar for this winter? 10/07 had the latest 90 I have ever seen on the south shore of Long Island.

That's a shockingly LP....would it be extratropical at this point?

What are you going to buy? Some Mets gear? How about a Bobby Bonilla jersey, considering they still pay him? ;-)

Top 7 warmest Septembers were all in the last 7 years!

we also need to do something about birds that get killed in collisions with airplanes.

The GND is very thorough in addressing the many problems we face as a society, from the antiquated land use policy that is driving the current mass extinction to the unhealthy high meat/processed food diet that is driving the high rates of diabetes and obesity and the worst BMI in the world, to the problems of plastic pollution that are ubiquitous worldwide. The IPCC has stated we must cut fossil fuel usage by half by 2030 to avoid irreversible consequences and even that may be too conservative, as the damage we've already caused is expected to stick with us for thousands of years.

Humanity has a horrible history of driving species to extinction throughout their history. What a tragic legacy. https://www.livescience.com/first-human-caused-animal-extinction.html https://www.livescience.com/53822-dodo-birds-were-smart.html https://www.livescience.com/earth-without-people.html#xenforo-comments-3341 They even lied and tried to blame the species themselves for their own extinction by saying they were stupid when they clearly weren't. I liked the last piece the most, how long it will take for the planet to recover from the mess we've caused when humanity finally goes extinct.

I hope they hinder sales in regions vulnerable to wild fires too. How long until we get some legislation preventing people from buying property in these climate vulnerable areas?

a well funded EPA that doesn't employ people who are part of the industries they are supposed to be regulating (we could also say that about the FDA and other regulatory agencies.)

More advanced wind turbines have built in computers that shut down individual units when birds approach. This problem is going to lessen with new tech.

Yes, I never understood the idea that we should bear the responsibilities of what they do, while they also take our money.

anniversary of Sandy event?

My favorite was actually the snowstorm in April! That was a historic cold pattern in March and April that year.

you're not aware of the mass extinction we're in right now? One third of all bird species and even 40% of plant species will be extinct by 2100

I always come back to Max Planck..... Planck experienced the truth of his own earlier observation from his struggle with the older views in his younger years: "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."

I thought Colorado was a progressive state but Hickenlooper basically let the cartel run his state and they got away with causing so much property damage from fracking induced earthquakes.