JustinRP37
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As someone who works on this stuff and teaches environmental science and sustainability at the college level, we can always talk about the much warmer past. Problem is, is modern life is adapted to our current climate. We are warming at a far faster rate except for a few mass extinction events of the past. The big difference is we are the ones adding greenhouse gasses. Without fossil fuels though we wouldn’t be here in the numbers we are. However, while climate change is a huge issue, perhaps an even bigger issue is the biodiversity crisis. Further, we are bound by physics and chemistry laws. Hence, as CO2 increases in the atmosphere, some will go into solution in the oceans, acidifying it. This is on-going. At around and atmospheric level of 700-750ppm of CO2, most corals would no longer be able to grow, leading to catastrophic collapse. Humans are very adaptable, but we have to continue to develop the future technology. So yes, we are warming faster than we would sans fossil fuels, but we also need fossil fuels to power out life and lifestyle until better alternatives come (which is happening at a rapid rate). But we cannot ignore issues and just say oh well it is warmer in the past.
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I know many are reducing the number of expected named storms for hurricane season, but I am thinking those numbers have to come down even more. I just don’t see things changing all that much in the two and a half months left in the season. We have many of the key ingredients, but the baker did not show up for his shift to combine the ingredients.
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No we really do not. Most of the area is above normal and parts of CT are still disaster zones from the rain last week. We need to dry out some.
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Water will be frigid!! It gets cold so fast!
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I’ll admit this was an impressively cool week. I don’t think I have experienced nights quite so cold with low humidity in quite some years in August. Going to suck at the water park tomorrow but I promised my son at least one more outing before they close on Labor Day.
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I’ll admit this was an impressively cool week. I don’t think I have experienced nights quite so cold with low humidity in quite some years in August. Going to suck at the water park tomorrow but I promised my son at least one more outing before they close on Labor Day.
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Insurance is always a joke. The biggest joke is that for some reason we are all taught that our eyes and teeth are not part of our overall health and thus we need separate "insurance" for them. Nevermind that a tooth infection can cause issues with the heart, etc or that vision problems can be linked to other major health issues. Just insane. Anyways, fall preview today. Wish it was next week as I'd like to hit up the beach and waterpark this week. The water will be icy at the waterpark now.
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Absolutely shocked 880 AM is signing off the air at the end of the month. Traffic and weather together on the eights will forever be remembered. To me this is short sighted. Whenever communications networks go down there was always good old 880AM.
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Backside of Debby as she finally pulls away bringing in refreshing air for a few days.
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Of course, the heat will never be done in early August, especially southern New England/New York. We also can’t have back to school without a few heat cancellations to start the year in late August/early September.
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Looks cool for the time of year temps wise. Humidity still prevalent. No 80s except for maybe Saturday and Sunday for southern New England. Then afterwards about Wednesday or Thursday next week we may begin warming again. Getting out of the solar maximum now though.
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Wave pool at Splash Down Beach. Full sun. Warmest I have ever felt it!
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Was tough to leave the pool today. Water temp was in the 90s. After this week that certainly won’t be the case. All this rain will have that water feeling frigid. Last 90s for awhile it looks like. Likely not for the season except for far north.
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Was tough to leave the pool today. Water temp was in the 90s. After this week that certainly won’t be the case. Last 90s for awhile it looks like. Likely not for the season except for far north.
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What’s falling faster this week rain or stocks? Tough call.
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August isn’t looking hot as it was modeled a few weeks ago. Still very humid but also very wet. Starting to think we have passed the point of sustained heat. Could be a torch to end the month. Never bet against heat. Still looks above normal overall.
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August isn’t looking hot as it was modeled a few weeks ago. Still very humid but also very wet. Starting to think we have passed the point of sustained heat. Could be a torch to end the month. Never bet against heat. Still looks above normal overall.
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Which will be eliminated by next Sunday. As others have said we really haven’t had a true drought since the early 2000s. I remember golfing in the 90s and every course was basically torched from July to late August. Our lawns too are cool season grasses. Doesn’t take much for them to dry out. Rain this time of year always tends to be highly localized downpours. And a good chunk of the forum is above average.
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Even year to date central NJ is still normal to just above normal. The dry period has only been a few weeks. But lawns are no a good indicator.
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Some parts of the forum are dry but nobody was ever at risk of drought this year. You don’t get drought with dewpoints in the 70s. All this talk of missing out on rain has been a bit crazy. The Hudson Valley, southern CT, and many other areas have been pretty wet. If we had low dews with high temps and drying out over weeks then we could discuss drought. Also for the year almost the entire forum is above average for precipitation, even the current “dry” areas. So while lawns may brown up, it hasn’t been bad. Plus grass lawns are exactly native to the region.
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Also that we would only see 6-10 90+ days was something I saw a lot of. And that most of the heat would be over the top. I guess the heat is over the top as in insanely hot and humid.
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People over estimate the number of 90 degree days we get on average across the area.
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So the Euro won’t end summer in about 10 days? I figured even if we got a brief mild down we would be gearing up for the back half to be as extreme as the first half. It is almost expected at this point that the AC will be on while I’m teaching in October.
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I’d say 25 years is a good run! We got pummeled last night and this morning. Well over 2 inches. Probably pushing closer to 4 with this morning’s storm. Some tremendous amounts of rain. I’m going to have to figure out the basement over the next few days as we are traveling next week. This has been a week for us. A leaking toilet, the basement, and the washing machine decided to end its life. Fixed the toilet and have new washer and dryer coming early this week. Only the basement is left to fix!
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Well the good news is I found where the water is coming into my basement. The bad news is water is coming into my basement. Huge storm here dropped a ton of water in just twenty minutes. How do we all feel about Dryloc on a basement cinder block wall? Good idea or must this be tackled outside via digging? It is a small seepage.
