LibertyBell

wow, it's a rare day to see NYC exceed EWR! also on the day before, 7/5, did you record LGA's high temp as 96.8?!

Looks like Antarctic ice melt is accelerating too, based on latest research around 3x faster over the past decade than the decade before. Interesting times are ahead ;-)

China is a cesspool of pollution and corruption. I have good examples of how a government should work- like New Zealand, Norway, Finland, and a few others. What they all have in common is no dirty money in politics and swift responses to emergencies.

it's about being scientifically literate. and it's the future, and although there is push back from the older generation, these changes are absolutely necessary. The history of humanity is that it is very late in making necessary changes and that has dire consequences. Either we make the changes or nature will make the changes for us, and her way will be MUCH harsher. On the positive side, the greatest reforms often happen after pandemics and other great tragedies like this....and this wont be any different.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

Did you read about this incredible heat and forest fires in Siberia? They've been +20 F in heat for like six months now and just hit 100 F- first time ever north of the arctic circle! Unprecedented heat in Siberia which the media isn't really talking about. I've noticed hotter temps occurring farther north this year, seems like the attic fire that started in the high Arctic has spread farther south and has now reached northern VT and Maine with temps approaching 100 there, all time records. https://twitter.com/weatherdak/status/1274880733052469249 https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/1274757559216476160 https://twitter.com/weatherdak/status/1 ... 3052469249 that has videos of the fires in northern Siberia here is the official record of the 100.4 temp at Verhoyansk https://twitter.com/capitalweather/stat ... 9216476160 We've already seen the negative effects of a snowless winter here......nasty explosion of bugs this year, with a horde of gnats near my Poconos home that makes working in my garden impossible. I thought it was just this community but when I went down the mountain to a nearby town, they were mobbing people there too! I've also had to spray bug barrier throughout my other home on Long Island, where I now have wolf spiders along with their eggs (eek), I saw one in my bedroom and could not sleep there for a week! They are hairy, with warning stripes on their legs, black and grey (to warn others of being poisonous) and I haven't had these in a decade or so. I sprayed so much bug barrier to get rid of them that my throat and nose were burning! I just hope I dont get any centipedes later on, because I haven't had them in a long time either.....it's the combo of a warm wet winter followed by a warm wet spring and now this hot humid weather that has caused this population explosion of bugs. I wish all the birds I get in both gardens would eat them all up, but they seem to be content singing and taking baths in my pond! We also have a 50% reduction in monarch butterflies (an important pollinator) because of pesticides killing their favorite food, milkweed, as well as the changing climate. But now everyone is planting milkweed along the roads and highways, so maybe they will have a comeback?

we'll probably have a S flow with cooler weather at the coast, that has been the theme so far.

I dont know, the 100.4 at Verkhoyansk was pretty exciting.....if they ever have a really cold winter again they could become the only place in the world that has seen -100 and +100 (current cold record is -90).

I decided my blueberries are for the birds it's fun to see them get hyper after they eat them lol. Especially the robins.

how do you keep deer away from your flowers? I put up a large fence but they just jump over it. None of the repellent stuff is working either.

grapes are FAR better and healthier too

I have a huge list of things that are more important than the economy. also 50% capacity can work well if you change work hours and employ a different kind of work week schedule....time to get creative....

hopefully it will result in universal healthcare, needed reforms happen after terrible events....