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This is an upslope view after the tree removal. The shrubbery was trashed, but not removed. There was no other clearing, so only the east side of the enclosure was affected.

News flash: The vegetation around that site has been extensively cleared in order to remove a large tree next to the enclosure. This may reduce the apparent discrepancy in temperature trends relative to other NY area sites.

Happy to hear that. AllSnow had a distinctive voice in these forums, it is missed.

Don, More than anyone, you are the voice of reason on this forum. Thank you for your work. A very Merry Christmas as well as a Happy New Year to you and all of yours!

That measurement must be very localized. Walking through the northern parts of the Park at 9 AM, there was at least 3" on the ground,with snow continuing.

The Vogtle costs reflect the super long construction time, punctuated by the bankruptcy of Westinghouse, the reactor designer. Vogtle is the only nuclear power plant built in the US in the past two decades, so a good part of the workforce was not nuclear experienced, which resulted in mistakes. Imho, the work force issue is the primary road block to any nuclear renaissance in the US. Perhaps we could import the workers from China, as we did for building the railroad through the rockies.

Would that be because of the government shutdown? I'm frankly impressed that so many services are still functioning, the Weather Service in particular.

Guess they like to play long shots. Does anyone think there is a better than 5% chance even for the OBX?

Maybe the Park guys have a little side bet going on the summer temperatures?

Be grateful. It means you're going through a healthy ecosystem, rather than one destroyed by various insecticides. Drive from New York to New Haven or to Albany, you won't have that problem.

It would be service to the community if someone would put some numbers on the table so we could assess the plausibility of geothermal ocean warming. Iirc, water has a much higher heat capacity than rock does, so even some cubic miles of lava are rounding errors relative to ocean heat content. The Kuroshio current carries about 100 cubic kilometers of water at about 3 kilometers per hour, so the daily flow is about 7500 cubic kilometers. Can a thousand seismic events free up enough heat to materially raise the temperature of 7500 cubic kilometers of water daily? While I don't think so, it would be helpful to have a well founded analysis to either verify or debunk this theory.

Congratulations! You're both blessed either way.

Watched Accuweather swing from an UWS Manhattan forecast of 1" to 0.08" back to 0.1" in less than an hour. Meranwhile, things remain very dry. Not confidence inspiring.

Please add the link, if possible.

What do you do next year is the question. A one time fix does not help, we need a permanent (say 1000 years or more) solution.