It's all about confusing weather with climate...
You had mentioned in an earlier post about the possibility of a coming ice age. I went looking for that and found a scientific discussion on PBS "Is an Ice Age Coming". I won't attempt to summarize the video but found that the eccentric nature of the Earth's path around the Sun and change in the axis of the earth over hundreds or thousands of years does lead to an Ice Age being the norm versus the exception for the planet. The ultimate question the narrator leaves us with... Have we injected enough greenhouse gases into the atmosphere superheating the earth to delay indefinitely the next ice age? As many of us here I am doubtful as to whether the human race will survive global warming in order to make it to the next cooling of the northern hemisphere.It's all about confusing weather with climate...
And we've been below. HSV's high on 7/2 (raining) was 78F, almost beating the record and coming in second...High temps beginning today:
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We’ve been 10-15 degrees above normal highs for most of July so far.
It's been warmish this week in Memphis, probably about normal. Brutally humid this AM, but then a front passed through and its currently 75° outside.And we've been below. HSV's high on 7/2 (raining) was 78F, almost beating the record and coming in second...
74 in the valley here and 72 up here. Still more rain to the north, though...It's been warmish this week in Memphis, probably about normal. Brutally humid this AM, but then a front passed through and its currently 75° outside.
I'll take it.
Man, that's criminal.Interesting article. I did not know this was even a thing.
'We've been disrespected'
How the European Union's drive to curb carbon emissions led to pollution and community disruption in the American Southwww.cnn.com
Man, that's criminal.
But yeah, keep clapping yourselves on the back, Eurobozos... SMH
Town in Arctic Circle matches Miami's highest temperature this yearExceptional warmth has seeped well into the Arctic Circle in the northernmost parts of Norway and Finland this week -- areas that are typically locked in ice and snow for a large portion of the year.
Banak, Norway, reached a high of 94 F (34.3 C) on Monday which was a record for the site, according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. This was flanked by highs of 93 F (33.7 C) on Sunday and 89 F (31.7 C) on Tuesday.
The Norwegian city climbed to 90 degrees F (32 degrees C) on Wednesday. The normal high temperature in Banak during the beginning of July is around 62 F (17 C).
Temperatures of this level are more typically seen in lower (more southern) latitudes. In fact, the high of 94 F (34.3 C) on Monday matched the highest temperature recorded in Miami, Florida, so far this year.
I cruised the Rhine and Main Rivers from Budapest to Amsterdam...went through many of these places. That is really sad...they told us that when the river flooded they would open their water taps and flood their downstairs with clean water. The pressure would keep the muddy water out.
At least 58 dead in Germany as heavy rains bring catastrophic flooding
Parts of Belgium, France and Netherlands also badly affected as unprecedented rainfall wreaks havocwww.theguardian.com
Flood waters are more like sewage than just "muddy." That is the only type of cruise I find appealing. An ocean cruise into over-crowded tourist ports doesn't appeal at all...I cruised the Rhine and Main Rivers from Budapest to Amsterdam...went through many of these places. That is really sad...they told us that when the river flooded they would open their water taps and flood their downstairs with clean water. The pressure would keep the muddy water out.
FifyI cruised the Danube, Rhine and Main Rivers from Budapest to Amsterdam...
Viking River cruises only have 180 people on board...and are really nice. They have educational tours and even lectures by professors at different stops along the way. Yes, it is tourism...but was much more enjoyable than I thought. (I was forced to go on the first one!!)Flood waters are more like sewage than just "muddy." That is the only type of cruise I find appealing. An ocean cruise into over-crowded tourist ports doesn't appeal at all...