Torch Tiger

Better luck next time, folks

I'll take excessive wind over rain.

Close, probably a little higher iirc. We gusted 120 in E Fal.

no chasing?

Let me rephrase....skin cancers that are more dangerous, melanomas, etc...tend to have worse outcomes in darker complexions. That's what I have read. It has been years since reading so my memory is probably off.. Multiple studies have demonstrated that 5-year melanoma survival rates of Blacks and Hispanics are consistently lower than those of Caucasians (Reintgen et al, 1982; Rahman and Taylor, 2001; Byrd et al, 2004;). Compared with Caucasians, Hispanics and Blacks tend to present with more advanced, thicker tumors and thus tend to have a poorer prognosis, with higher mortality. In a review of California melanoma cases, tumors thicker than 1.5 mm at presentation increased at 11.6% per year and 8.9% per year among Hispanic males and females, respectively (Cockburn et al, 2006). In a retrospective analysis of case reports to the Florida Cancer Data system, late stage (regional and distant) was more common among Hispanic (26%) and Black patients (52%) compared with caucasians (16%) (Hu et al, 2006). Interestingly, in a review of California melanoma cases, it was shown that even after adjustments for age, sex, histology, stage, anatomic site, treatment, and socioeconomic status, a statistically significant increased risk of death was observed for Blacks compared with Caucasians (Zell et al, 2008). Hence, the poor survival for Black patients with melanoma is not fully explained by differences in treatment or socioeconomic status. All of these results indicated that more primary and secondary prevention efforts are warranted for the control of melanoma in all races/ethnicities, even for those persons who are at a lower risk of developing the disease (Friedman et al, 1994).

People with dark complexion are actually more likely to develop serious skin cancers.

I had a bad sunburn in my 20s, cancerous and precancerous growths pretty regular now. Unfortunately on my face, lip, etc

Where are you looking? It looks good actually. Dare I say

Looks fine

well past that stage!

93.3 up we go

92.3 high at 4:20

have a nice stay!

Sitting outside with a hot cup of coffee, directly in the sun. Summer at its finest

It's a beaut

BOX It looks like the more active of the two days appears to be on Thursday, as a fairly strong trough in prevailing quasi-zonal flow moves across the Great Lakes into northwest NY. This will spread a cold front across much of New England, with at least scattered thunderstorms to develop along and ahead of the front. The better upper support mostly passes to our north. However noted the still fairly strong unidirectional wind fields with related speed shear contributing to effective bulk shear values around 40 kt, with LI`s - 4 to -7C and most-unstable CAPEs ranging from 1500 to 2500 J/kg. A few stronger storms certainly possible and severe is not out of the question given the above favorable shear-instability parameter space. Potential for localized torrential downpours as well, but fairly fast storm motions could limit the duration of torrential rain. There are the mesoscale details that need to be narrowed down a bit more, but from a synoptic standpoint Thursday will need to be watched. Leftover thunder should move off the coast of SE MA before midnight on Thursday night, with cooler and increasingly drier air filtering in by early Friday.

it's what we all crave.

90.1 nearing 7pm. Glad I dont live near the ocean

cravings

Not sure where memorable came into the equation. Not me

temp talk excitement

Most summers. Just like most winters have a brutal cold shot, but you dont hear mehs

drunk?

Meh'ing upper 90s is like meh'ing 10F highs in January