LibertyBell

It's unusual in that usually December is the mildest month of the winter. Especially in an el nino. Could it actually be January this time? Sounds a bit like 1989-90 minus the extreme cold in December.

too dry for me lol. I was in the Poconos for the holidays and even there I was sneezing nonstop. So it isn't a regional thing; I was shocked that I was having allergies in the middle of winter at 2,000 ft asl.

Yes the climate was very different back then, most of Australia wasn't burning.

we've lately seen stagnant patterns develop across both oceans, the ridiculously resilient pacific ridge has become the ridiculously resilient atlantic ridge!

I'm not complaining about the lack of snow as much as all the damn rain we've been having, it's kicking up my allergies already. I want snow or dry sunny weather, nothing else. I wouldn't mind no rain for like 3 months lol.

but then Orion would be missing a shoulder :-(

the rain really sets off my allergies, I'd rather have dry and sunny weather or snow..... rain is the last thing I want. We've already had way too much rain this month and this year. I saw the weed pollen numbers were already high- for that to happen in early January must be pretty rare.

Yes but Staten Island and Brooklyn had similar totals to Manhattan and most of Long Island.

I think it's accelerating and will continue to accelerate as we will see the Antarctic ice start to melt at a faster pace too- there are hints that might already be underway. Australia might be uninhabitable within a few decades.

when did the change downwards begin? the 1980s? our crewed space program been stagnant since the 1970s too.

it's only a matter of time until we see a rapid loss of ice in the Antarctic, like we've been seeing in the Arctic

18 people dead, half a billion animals dead, worst forest fires and poorest air quality in their recorded history, 15 million acres burnt- no where to go but the beaches.....

what happened to all the cold January forecasts? Forky seemed like he was agreeing with them before.

Some of the long range forecasts had a cold/snowy February. How do you feel about that?

I like early April snowfalls, so bring it on!

JFK undermeasured even back then!

well right now one third of all fuel being used is renewable, the projections are by 2030 it'll be two thirds and net zero will be attained by 2050. Wind and solar are the fastest areas of growth in the job market and they are also the cheapest sources of fuel. The wind farms being built are hundreds of miles offshore where the winds are much stronger than they are on land.

the fourth 4"+ storm that month!

we'll have a huge problem if the entire ice sheet up there melts. Don did you see the new projections for NJ of 1 ft sea level rise by 2030 (over 2000 levels) and a 6 ft rise over those levels by 2100?

No, the way it works is all new housing will be heated by renewables. Good riddance to both oil and gas and their ridiculous prices anyway and their health issues. Going all EV will dramatically improve air quality. Fossil fuels are called dirty for a reason. Dont need to worry about gas leaks or pipeline explosions or fracking quakes anymore either, which seem to be rampant in other parts of the nation. I like that we're building a few hundred miles of wind farms off the coast of Long Island, not only are they good for energy but they should also lessen the impact of hurricanes hitting the coast.

It doesn't actually feed 8 billion people, it just feeds those in power and it's highly addictive. Most of the planet is in abject poverty.

Yes nuclear is better than gas or any other fossil fuel. Hopefully a lot safer than it was back in the 80s.... looking back on what was going on back then makes me realize why it has such a stain on it.

They undermeasured/estimated most of the 2009-10 storms too, aside from the big snowicane.

is that in April?

Ugh, I just tuned in and it's that Kelly chick on there who says "as well" at the end of every sentence. I feel like sending a nasty tweet asking her if she ever passed grade school or does she have an addiction to saying "as well" at the end of every sentence? It's just as nauseating as saying "like" all the time. Just stop talking and end the sentence with whatever was said before "as well." I consciously refuse to watch or listen to anyone who uses that phrase.