It is July 5th and I haven’t had a close thunderstorm yet this year. And I know this because this weekend’s fireworks was the first time we had to comfort our dog this year due to loud noises. I’d love to see a ytd lightning strike map.
I haven’t hit 100 either. Rounded, I’ll go 99, 99, 98 for the heat wave. My station struggles when it is humid. 2024 in the dry heat I had several 100s.
I’d be more tolerant of opposing opinions if the question was “what should we do about it?” There are serious policy questions about the impacts on society (including costs) of transitioning to low-carbon energy. If the debate was cost vs benefit, that is an extremely healthy and useful discussion.
Just drove up to the Fredrick MD area. Car thermometer noticeably tracked the mesonet, with lower temps in the slightly higher elevations of MoCo, and then back up over 100 going down towards Frederick.