Dark Star

Happy Meteorological Fall...

Good to see you back. Any volcanic activity worth noting?

540 line still in Canada...

Not sure if it is "set in" quite just yet?

Wow! One of the TEN best days, fer sure...

I'm 66, and still waiting...

Is there a way to link a response to something on this thread to the banter thread? I hate responding to non-topic "discussions", and further clogging up the thread, but I can't help myself...

0.86" of rain recorded in the Tremley Point section of Linden NJ yesterday, 0.87" for the month of August, so far...

It Just Doesn't Matter...

Decent lightning and wind driven downpour in Garwood NJ, central Union County...

Lifeguards, although certified, are not "full time" employees. They would have to have several shifts, meaning hiring even more to extend the hours. I am surprised in NJ that they even allow paying to get onto the beaches, since any land directly affected by the daily tides is considered public property, meaning you can't prevent anybody from being on it. I had a bayfront house on Barnegat Bay, until Sandy took it away. While not affected by riptides, I always tried to keep an eye on my kids, being right on the water. Signs are posted. If you live down near the ocean beaches, you would have to keep your young children from going to the beach without guardianship. Easier said than done. Should people be prevented from walking near the surf in the evening? I can't say. When I was 18, I went into the ocean and there was an extremely strong under tow. My friend had to escort me out of the ocean even though I was only waist deep. Gotta respect the ocean...

With Rip current warnings during the last 10 days, why hasn't NJ declared a state of emergency?

I think it is actually in Bayville. I can attest that is a natural hotspot. Once you are a few blocks away from Barnegat Bay, the heat just collects.

Not according to the models, perhaps, but the system to our south was close enough to be a possible "player". Future radar was showing that a few showers would be able to penetrate the blocking high.

Unfortunately it is. Although, as you might have guessed, I am far right, but I believe that the global warming is a result of the burning of fossil fuels. I differ in the approach of how to solve it.

How so? I could say that my singing keeps tigers away, knowing that there are no tigers living in the wild in the United States.

I think most people were still heating and cooking with coal (and probably not the "good" Anthracite)?

I just stop breathing...

Global warming?

I'll assume the two experienced QBs get the start and try to have a winning season. If they fail, then we may see Dart, eventually, this season...

Fishing yes, boating, not so much...

I guess the season is even shorter for the sea-faring lads. Those cold ocean breezes can make a day that is nice inland, miserable on the water?

Time to retire...

Your reply echoes my comment...

There are weather variations, regardless of global warming. I do know that California used to manage their forests by clearing underbrush and taking down deadwood. They have stopped all forest management and focused state funds elsewhere. Unfortunately, some activists have set wildfires in the west, hoping to publicize the ill effects of global warming. I realize Canada is a vast forested wilderness, but I wonder if they ever invested in forest management?