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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Well thank God there's no Global Warming or anything!
But to the RWNJ idiots (fueled by big coal, among others), the climatologists don't have a clue. It's just a "natural cycle" if they acknowledge it at all. Peawits and those with sociopathic agendas (largely peawits) will kill us all.
Too bad it doesn't have the same effect on the Wasilla Witch and her Repub friends. By the way, if the first female Speaker of the House (jealous much, Sarah?) is a 'dingbat,' just what does that make a quitter governor who lost a national election too? Dumbass comes to mind.
Remember that it's not the heat (or cold) of a given day or days that is global warming. It's the increase in overall average temp all over the world.
Weather temps have a jagged up-and-down line over time. Another characteristic of global warming (the average increase in world-wide temp) is the greater variability of that jagged line. That is, next we might see unseasonably cold temps in summer, and that can be as much due to global warming as this horrible heat and storm.
So, the variability increases, and the severity increases (of wind, rain/drought, temps).
Global-warming deniers notice a too-cool period and say "see? no global warming!" But that is a misunderstanding of how it works.
Greater variability, changing patterns, and melting of polar caps (= rise in sea level). And we ain't seen nothing yet.
This is a good time to reduce fire/police/medical services if you want the more vulnerable of us to die off. A seemingly hands-off way to reduce some financial problems, like caring for those in distress, whether that distress is due to weather, economy, poverty, etc.
What you have written is also a good reason why it is better to use the term "climate change" instead of "global warming".
Another reason is that one of the big effects is that the water will be distributed differently. The dry areas are going to get drier, and the wet areas are going to get wetter. We will probably see some wars for water soon.
Another symptom is rising water along the coast. In the northeast the water is rising faster than earlier predicted. That is not a good sign. If the ocean levels rise over three feet off Virginia and farther north by 2100, that's a lot of expensive real estate that is lost. Thought should be given now to moving communities right along the coast more inland.
I live on long island. At its absolute widest (from north to south) its only 15 miles, surrounded by the Atlantic ocean, the long island sound, and the east river.
I live on the south shore on the great south bay, the fire island barrier islands separating us from the atlantic. Every year, I watch my local beaches shrink due to storm erosion and rising water levels.
Yes re rising sea level. But I think people will ignore it until some giant storm floods them. (Overwhelms the 50- and 100-year dikes we have, as in New Orleans. The Dutch have 500-year dikes.) Surely there will continue to be lots of denial. Like in the periodic storm-related sludge dumps into S Cal canyons with houses: studies show that after a few years, someone will rebuild in the same spots.
Yes re water wars, which I've read are imminent right now in the Denver and Atlanta areas.
Plus the temp changes will kill off some species of trees and become hospitable to other species -- so in wilderness areas, huge amounts of dead trees can serve as fuel in any wildfire.
Plus the things we have not figured out yet. When all these overwhelming effects start to manifest themselves more, we can expect the Palins of that era to scream about the "need to return to traditional values, to decrease the gov't role."
I do love our summers but winters are wearing a little thin. I find that I leave more frequently in winter than I used to but I guess that just means that soon I'll be a "snowbird". I used to be able to get thru a winter without leaving but more recently I have to go somewhere at least for a weekend each month or so in order to remain sane. This summer has been really great so far, I hope it stays on track thru September.
It's 111 degrees here in SW AZ. It will"cool" off to 82 tonight. I have a small pool which is a life saver for me and the dogs. I am so acclimatized now that I get chilled if the temp drops below 70. Just another desert rat...
Upper 60's is a warm day here in Great PNW :) Have hardly broken 70 so far this year. I still have hope and with all the people sweltering in the heat around the country, I am happy where I am.
1smartcanerican: Good for YOU! You may be on the better end of global warming. Yuma certainly isn't! I bet you are happy to be in Canada for lots of reasons.... I know I would be.
A balmy heat index of 106 here in NW Florida! And 140% humidity of course. I just got back from taking a dip in the Gulf...very refreshing! Clear, teal, salty...not too warm water. I can live with it. :) If I lived more than 1/2 mile from the water I would wither away though.
hahaha....who the hell are you? Do you not understand a silly comment about the weather? It's hot and sticky today. Like it usually is. Florida's a big state. And it's not DRY where I'm at "nutso". 140% humidity is a joke. I'm KIDDING. 106 heat index was a FACT today. Temp was somewhere around 95-97...should I go check that for you on accu-weather? And why in the hell would someone LIE about the friggin' weather you freak? ROFLMAO!!!! Oh wait...slap my forehead moment!!! You're a Palin Troll!!!! :) Who else would start a fight about joking about the weather! hahahahahahaha. Loser.
PS: to make you feel better "nutzo person"...as I am certain you are stressing out in anger, I just checked the weather today in my community. INLAND NW FL. was much warmer and humid 96 and 82% humidity. I was at 94 and 78%. (coastal) Feel better dear? Can you relax now chigger? Are you from Milton? LOL! Only us "LA" (lower Alabama) people will get that one...
Not only has it been dry and in the triple digits here in and around Lawrence, KS for days and day, the extended forecast has no rain and 100° or over for the whole dang time. I am watering my shrubs, perennials and vegetable garden way more than normal, and I even had to revive a chicken the other day (they have a big yard, lots of shade, plenty of fresh water and a kiddy pool). Had to half submerge the poor, old girl in water to bring her temp down before she got back on her feet.
We were at Bracker's Good Earth Clays there in Lawrence this past week, and suffered in the heat yesterday shut up in their warehouse with no A/C and little fan action for hours attending workshops. Avoided the outdoor raku firing in the parking lot on Thursday, though, when the temp was 104 (regular temp, not heat index). We live in Overland Park and on the way over to Lawrence noticed the land drying up as it would normally in late August. I dread thinking what August will be like.
I almost passed out during the workshops.
The KC Zoo is having hard times. Metro-wide events are being canceled due to the heat. I wonder how many city July 4th fireworks displays will be canceled or postponed due to both the heat and the drought now hitting us.
This is why we invested in rain barrels: to try to keep our plants alive during the worst of the summer, although that only works if we can get enough rain in them in the first place! M from Md
I live in snow country; used to live in the south. I don't much like winter, but I'd rather be where I can add on layers for warmth, than where even bare nekkid is too hot.
I agree. Just wish I lived in a cooler - not cold - part of the country.
Read a study that if the coastlines start getting flooded due to polar ice melt, people will be migrating Northward. Could start happening in our lifetime. Enjoy your space and the coolness now.
Yep, it's pretty friggin hot here in the St. Louis area. At least for the first few days we had low humidity, but it is inching up now and it is pretty unbearable out there. It's an old saying about St. Louis "It's not the heat - it's the humidity" however today we are blessed with both. Thinking about planting cactus next year instead of flowers!
It was 90 today where I live in California. Beautiful weather. Perfect. Actually it has been teetering around the lower 80's and upper 90's are week. Love it.
It's 65 right now where I am in AK and the skeeters are a bit more tame than they were a month ago. Granted, I'm sitting in between a propane skeeter eater and have my firepit going so it's kind of a skeeter "no man's land".
Those that deny climate change and global warming obviously never go outside . Here in the DC area we are in a state of emergency due to a massive wind and lightning storm called a derecho, which was magnified by the 99 degree temps. We are lucky to have only been without power for about 18 hours. No damage, just some branches down. 8 people in the area have been killed by downed trees....cars and houses literally cut in half.
Many gas stations and stores are still not opened....we were lucky.
Our summer home in NJ lost shingles, siding , fence and the rowboat got blown off the concrete blocks we use to store it. Luckily no fatalities in our town but lots of damage and we saw 12 car accidents from non working traffic lights. People need to calm down!
The A/C cools the inside of your house but heats its surroundings. A/C contributes to changing the climate for the worse.
Not saying that you should die of heat for the sake of Nature, but building more sensible houses in hot climates, that stay naturally fresh even though it's hot outside, should be given a thought by rich investors.
Southwestern Virginia reporting in--we not only have skankin' hot temps (101 when normal is 86), but had the Derecho winds yesterday as well. Apparently, West Virginia got really slammed. One of our nurses was stuck in Charleston, and said there were NO gas stations open between Charleston & Princeton because there was no power anywhere. Appalachian & Dominion power companies reporting more than half their customers without power & could be for more than another week. But no, no such thing as climate change.
Hot and dry on the eastern slope/front range with some clouds forming. Hope no more thunderstorms! Can you imagine fight those forest fires in triple digit temps and wearing all that heavy, hot gear and climbing steep slopes! Looks like we will have these hot temps into next week. We broke all records for high temps for June this week. Yes we get some hot or very cold weather, but have never seen this much change last for so long before. Climate change and all of us suffer.
So in Juneau we're getting the other end of this radical spectrum...rain and cold for weeks on end. All the vegetables, flowers and other plants are way late this year, and everybody is getting grumpy. We had four sunny days about a week ago (Was that our summer?), and hardly any good weather other than that since April...or was it March? It all seems so long ago.
In PA today at least it was better than yesterday--99 degrees in Lancaster County on Friday. You could have fired a clay pot on the driveway. Brooklyn was even hotter before we left and it's usually cooled down by the water. We got the edge of that violent storm last night, nothing like south of us. Sending good thoughts to all IM posters in that area.
I remember summers where I could lie out on good old Rockaway Beach for hours. Now if I'm in the sun for more than 20 minutes I'm frying and kvetching. But there's no climate change or anything...no sir! *cough*
I love lancaster! It's like a postcard. Where they got the names for their towns is beyond me. We were there last weekend, the outlets have great stuff, and we discovered "Shady Maple", it's the best and cleanest buffet!
http://www.shady-maple.com/
The amish are hard workers, and they don't treat their women well at all.
They're ahead of us in Philadelphia, already have fresh veggies at the farm stands, but the corn isn't doing well with this heat.
SW Florida. cant complain today. in the 80s and a breeze. gulf is 86 degrees and a dip before the drum circle reminds me why i live in paradise. of course i wasnt sayin that last week when debby blew thru. esp since the dogs wouldnt go out and poo. spoiled rotten great danes. they held it though.
since i cant complain about the weather, can i bitch about our governor who now has gone back on his word that he will opt in to the ACA for expanded medicaid. i have been writing angry emails for 2 days. and it was just reported he has seen a loss in his personal wealth and is only has $83 million now. buttfucker.
Having grown up in humid Virginia I can remember quite a few days above 100 degrees. It was terrible! The only place to be in the summer, in the South is at the pool or at the beach, or hiding inside in the A/C! My brother and I used to ride our bikes when it was really hot and we'd come inside and put a towel over our heads over the forced air AC vents in order to cool down. Sometimes we'd open the fridge and sit in front of it until we were cool!
Tell me again why I agreed to take my son down to S. MI next month to visit his Grandparents? My poor little AK boy is going to melt. That is if sunburn and ticks don't get him first!
Maybe you should consider a September visit instead, even though he would need to be excused from school - but you could take work with you for him to do while gone. Nice time of year everywhere I believe. Just a thought, so that neither of you expire of the heat!
Several years ago my husband and I noticed a change in our summer weather. In the past - for as far as we can remember - the summers were very different. We live in the central part of Calif. - just east of Modesto. Our summers were smoggy to the point you would need sunglasses just to deal with the glare. Many, many stretches of 100 plus days. Plants cooking from the unrelenting heat - night and day. Now - it is different. The sky is clear. The 100 plus days are less and the heat stretches have also lessened. I am not complaining - it is much more livable - but what is happening?? The less smoggy skies could be due to more strict enforcement of pollution creators. The obvious drop in temperature??? I don't know. All we know is our valley here is changing. Anyone else out there who lives in the central valley? What are your observations? Pat Padrnos
I understand what you are saying about it changing. I live in Toronto, Ontario. We've had the humidex over 100 for a number of days in June. Was wearing shorts earlier than that. This past winter -- I shovelled snow twice and within a short time, the snow had disappeared. I normally have a pile of snow on my front lawn 5 to 6 feet high that doesn't completely melt until March/April. This year -- I watched the grass.
Decades ago when I was a kid, we would have snow starting in October. Winter felt like it was 6 months long.
The outerwear, sweater and boot industries took a major hit here this year as no one really needed them.
Anon in Modesto: It is my understanding that the middle of CA is projected to be subject to way less severe implications of climate change than So CA and Northern CA, because of the specific characteristics of the El Nino types of air currents. So big storms/effects to the north and south but not so much in the middle. Not sure if this good info, got it from credible-sounding bloggers, so you never know.
See that 104 right there in the center of the country? That's where I am, and it's been that hot for two weeks now. I think it may have been more like 107 today. We are being slowly roasted.
We sit around and sweat and eat popsicles. Tonight I have made an orange/basil sorbet for later. What is the temperature in Alaska?
62 and breezy with partly cloudy conditions in Wasilla at the moment. Lows of 45, high tomorrow of 73 with a possible chance of thunderstorms due to the "heat". T-shirt and light fleece weather. Sorry for your heat prostration; sounds like it's time for a vacation to a cooler place, heat/kitchen leave if it's too hot...that old adage. Why don't you head to the Northwest for a getaway???
Orange Basil Sorbet? Oh my! Do tell! :) I just made some Gazpacho last night because of the heat, seemed like a refreshing meal. Alaska must be wonderful in the summer, beautiful as well. Ahh....dream on for that "reverse snowbird" lifestyle. What a great place to be this time of year.
It has been FUCKING HOT here for well over a week. Last week it was 104° when I stopped at San Felipe Pueblo. It was 101° in Albuquerque today.
While New Mexico is mostly desert, it rarely gets over 100°. This year we've had many places that saw temps as high as 108°. At those temperatures, small animals explode.
Last year, we watched wildfires encircle our community and come damn close to burning down homes. My community knows that feeling well - in 2000 Los Alamos lost 247 homes in the Cerro Grande fire. Last year scared the shit out of us, but no homes burned. Last year's Los Conchas fire was the biggest in state history to date, but did not burn anything in town.
This year, we've got a fire down South that is more than double last year's record fire. We are also watching with the sickening knots in our stomachs as our neighbors to the North in Colorado are losing their homes to wildfires in enormous numbers. I can tell you from experience that NOTHING makes you feel more powerless and scared shitless than a wildfire.
Show me any asshole who STILL denies global warming, I will grab them by their fucking ears and drag them to the burn scars all around New Mexico and haul their sorry ass up to Colorado Springs were they can watch the city burn. The weatherman just said that we've had the hottest June ever here.
I grew up south of there in Alamogordo and we used to play outside constantly even in the heart of summer, with only a couple of hour or so breaks in the middle of the day for lunch or so. I don't remember summers then being anything like they are now and I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER! I miss the reasonable, bearable summers of my childhood. The summers we have now make me long for January! M from Md
I don't deny climate change at all, but part of the blame for all the wildfires for the last few decades are due to the federal land management agencies (yes, I have worked for one) zero tolerance policies of fire suppression.
Lightning caused fires have been a part of the natural landscape for thousands of years. It is actually beneficial for the flora and fauna in the western states where fire plays a significant role in the environment. But, since the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the state agencies have meddled in the natural course of things things have gotten worse due to build up of the underbrush in the forests of the west. That is why these wildfires are so very devastating when they occur.
Now for the last decade or so, these federal agencies realize their mistakes of the past and prescribe "controlled burns" to help mitigate the damage that they caused by putting out every single little fire that occurred in the forest.
I'm not sure what the policies are now in regards to rural areas where no property or life is threatened. But, I remember being dispatched to a small lightning caused fire, in the middle of nowhere in central NV, to knock it down. Smoke jumpers were even called in. It was just such a waste of time for a fire that was natural and would eventually burn itself out.
Hey, I know about the fire management policies of the past, BUT we are in the midst of a multiyear drought, the bark beetles have been finishing off the drought weakened trees, AND we've got about a century of full that has been building up as we've reflexively put out every fire over the last 100 years.
The fact that we've got an abundance of fuel in no way mitigates the reality of manmade global warming, it just makes it that much worse.
You can bet that folks here out West are doing the best we can at getting rid of anything that might fuel a catastrophic wildfire.
But there is no way you can deny the reality and impact of global warming. The record temperatures are very real and totally independent of historical fire management practices.
Oh, I forgot - current fire management practices dictate that if property or lives are not threatened, they let the fires burn. Our lone NM Republican in Congress, Steve Pierce, a.k.a., Dickhead Pierce, is complaining because they don't instantly put out all the fires.
It's dumbasses like him that created our present trouble in the first place.
Agree totally with your summary of fire mgmt practices history. The species of trees that will die as it gets inhospitable for them will also add to the fuel load (in wilderness areas).
High 80's with afternoon showers here in E. Washington..we never get the humidity, thank God..We have been getting an unusual amount of rain this summer, my lawn loves it and so does my water bill! I'm sure July and Aug will bring some high 90's but I can handle a little bit of hot dry weather and we usually get a little breeze with it so it's not bad...70 seems chilly to me and I'm formerly from Alaska..
South Central PA actually had beautiful weather today. Low 90's, low humidity and a stray shower this afternoon. We had a bad storm and heavy winds last night near our capital of Harrisburg but, luckily, 15 miles away , we just had heavy rain.
OT: This is the same country that recently donated ~$600k so an overwhelmed elderly bus monitor could take a nice vacation...
Anti-abortion protesters set up their signs outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization and regularly preach their beliefs to anyone who will listen. They pray the clinic will close. Their prayers may soon be answered.
Clinic owners are in a fight to save the only abortion clinic operating in the state of Mississippi. New state requirements may close their doors forever, making Mississippi the first abortion-free state.
"I want to say over my dead body, but I'm afraid," said clinic owner and president Diane Derzis.
It doesnt mention in the full article that, thanks to a god who clearly favors the well-to-do'd and the lighter hued, rich white Mississississippians can simply travel to another state to secure safe, medical abortions. Poor and black? Fug'm!
Under the banner of American freedom the RWNJs are stripping away our freedoms. Under the banner of religious tolerance they are enforcing narrow-minded fundamentalist doctrine. The South may very well rise again. This is madness.
That's truly scary stuff. There are people who are too poor to afford bus or taxi fare out of state. And where can they go for other health care needs?
I've been a gardener for over 30 years. If there's no climate change, why am I able to plant species of perennials up here in New England, that would not have survived north of the Maryland 15 years ago? Really? Gardeners and others who are close to the Earth and have their hands IN IT, notice the changes most. The change was subtle at first but, in my experience, has begun to accelerate at a most alarming rate. The notion of gaining 2 or 3 planting zones in such a short span of time spells emergency! We are also seeing insects on the move northward. Makes me wonder if these folks are only 'on the planet' rather than involved in the cycles of life in any way. The only other explanation is that they are purely evil and have no regard for mankind or the other creatures on this earth.
just take a look at how the plant catalogs have changed what they sell to which zones. the problem with the heat is the ability of the crops to survive. folks can find ways to cool off - soil has a hard time holding on to moisture and the plants suffer for it. this is the underlying problem. we need heat tolerant crops and methods of retaining moisture.
Gardeners are great people! They enjoy playing in their beds all day and know where their food came from and what went into their growth. Avid Gardener and Canner here, Thanks for your comment!
That monster of a storm yesterday evening knocked out our power and FORTUNATELY it came back on 15 minutes after I got home from work today: that's 18 hours without power for anything. We're having this horrific heatwave and then had to deal with it without electricity. My Mom basically hunkered down with the dogs in our house with all the curtains drawn and doors closed and managed to do okay - for this one day. I'd hate to think what it would have been like having to do this more than one day. I had only four hours of sleep last night because it was so warm. There are still so many people without electricity coping as best they can though. I used to look forward to summer as a kid and enjoyed it. I grew up in the desert southwest over 40 years ago and I don't remember summers being this horrible. Now I dread the advent of summer because it means that I have to hide away in a mostly dark house to conserve energy and keep the house cool. I hate to rush time, but once summer arrives I'm counting the days till September brings more moderate weather to Maryland. M from MD
I just talked to my folks in NoVa and some of my relatives lost power and they had to go stay in hotels but had to travel about 70 miles to find one that wasn't booked solid. Good to hear power is coming back.
Much of Annapolis, MD, and west of Baltimore are still without power after Friday evening's crazy storm. It was like being in a spinning dryer with 4th of July fireworks going on inside. It's been nearly 24 hours since many people had power, and it's currently 88 degrees at 10:30 pm.
yep it's 105 here today... this kind of shit gives me big anxiety about the food plot... glad to say everything is making it. with a little help of super amounts of water at the end of the day. lol.
We got hit by some powerful storms, a lot of people lost their power and still don't have it. It's been close to a hundred with heat indexes eight degrees higher.
Stay safe, hydrated, and keep your fans and ac's working, check on your neighbors.
I have a pretty good tolerance for heat, so it's a minor inconvenience to me, But my husband and kids are constantly complaining.
I work outdoors in a garden department of a store. Yesterday the heat index was 127. I've lived in GA all my life and never remember it being quite this bad. I've always loved the outdoors, but wish I didn't have to set foot outdoors. I lost 2 chickens to the heat yesterday despite them having plenty of water, shade and I had fans blowing on them.
That map's wrong for the afternoon time frame - must have been for around 10am EDT (hit 90 before 11 am here today).
Atlanta hit 106 today, for the 2nd day in a row, and now some areas have up to 2" of hail on the ground (not nearly as bad as those folks up along the eastern seaboard) due to our own nasty storms.
Weather is whacked out again...only this time in terms of heat, not cold!
Here in North Carolina and the Temp yesterday was 106,
ReplyDeleteTodays been kind of mild at 104 So I have a big "FU" to those denying Climate change!
But to the RWNJ idiots (fueled by big coal, among others), the climatologists don't have a clue. It's just a "natural cycle" if they acknowledge it at all. Peawits and those with sociopathic agendas (largely peawits) will kill us all.
ReplyDeleteOf course, weather and climate aren't the same thing but lucky for us concerned about climate change, the idiots don't know that.
ReplyDeleteToo bad it doesn't have the same effect on the Wasilla Witch and her Repub friends. By the way, if the first female Speaker of the House (jealous much, Sarah?) is a 'dingbat,' just what does that make a quitter governor who lost a national election too? Dumbass comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteMcCan't was the dumbass.
DeleteI can think of many other words for idiot Sarah, but cannot print them here! One evil broad though - that is for sure!!!
DeleteRemember that it's not the heat (or cold) of a given day or days that is global warming. It's the increase in overall average temp all over the world.
ReplyDeleteWeather temps have a jagged up-and-down line over time. Another characteristic of global warming (the average increase in world-wide temp) is the greater variability of that jagged line. That is, next we might see unseasonably cold temps in summer, and that can be as much due to global warming as this horrible heat and storm.
So, the variability increases, and the severity increases (of wind, rain/drought, temps).
Global-warming deniers notice a too-cool period and say "see? no global warming!" But that is a misunderstanding of how it works.
Greater variability, changing patterns, and melting of polar caps (= rise in sea level). And we ain't seen nothing yet.
This is a good time to reduce fire/police/medical services if you want the more vulnerable of us to die off. A seemingly hands-off way to reduce some financial problems, like caring for those in distress, whether that distress is due to weather, economy, poverty, etc.
What you have written is also a good reason why it is better to use the term "climate change" instead of "global warming".
DeleteAnother reason is that one of the big effects is that the water will be distributed differently. The dry areas are going to get drier, and the wet areas are going to get wetter. We will probably see some wars for water soon.
Another symptom is rising water along the coast. In the northeast the water is rising faster than earlier predicted. That is not a good sign. If the ocean levels rise over three feet off Virginia and farther north by 2100, that's a lot of expensive real estate that is lost. Thought should be given now to moving communities right along the coast more inland.
DeleteI live on long island. At its absolute widest (from north to south) its only 15 miles, surrounded by the Atlantic ocean, the long island sound, and the east river.
DeleteI live on the south shore on the great south bay, the fire island barrier islands separating us from the atlantic. Every year, I watch my local beaches shrink due to storm erosion and rising water levels.
Yes re rising sea level. But I think people will ignore it until some giant storm floods them. (Overwhelms the 50- and 100-year dikes we have, as in New Orleans. The Dutch have 500-year dikes.) Surely there will continue to be lots of denial. Like in the periodic storm-related sludge dumps into S Cal canyons with houses: studies show that after a few years, someone will rebuild in the same spots.
DeleteYes re water wars, which I've read are imminent right now in the Denver and Atlanta areas.
Plus the temp changes will kill off some species of trees and become hospitable to other species -- so in wilderness areas, huge amounts of dead trees can serve as fuel in any wildfire.
Plus the things we have not figured out yet. When all these overwhelming effects start to manifest themselves more, we can expect the Palins of that era to scream about the "need to return to traditional values, to decrease the gov't role."
Chella,
DeleteHmmm, sounds like you are near Islip. Ex-Lindenhurst/Giglo Beach'er here!
And yes, I miss my beaches!
PMom_GA
I do love our summers but winters are wearing a little thin. I find that I leave more frequently in winter than I used to but I guess that just means that soon I'll be a "snowbird". I used to be able to get thru a winter without leaving but more recently I have to go somewhere at least for a weekend each month or so in order to remain sane. This summer has been really great so far, I hope it stays on track thru September.
ReplyDeleteI love all 4 seasons and we had too mild a winter IMO. No snow to speak of. Bad skiing :(
DeleteIt was 112 in my car, 98 outside yesterday.
It's 111 degrees here in SW AZ. It will"cool" off to 82 tonight. I have a small pool which is a life saver for me and the dogs. I am so acclimatized now that I get chilled if the temp drops below 70. Just another desert rat...
ReplyDeleteThat sounds about right: I remember what that was like. And anything in the 60's was downright chilly!
DeleteM from Md
Upper 60's is a warm day here in Great PNW :) Have hardly broken 70 so far this year. I still have hope and with all the people sweltering in the heat around the country, I am happy where I am.
Delete1smartcanerican: Good for YOU! You may be on the better end of global warming. Yuma certainly isn't! I bet you are happy to be in Canada for lots of reasons.... I know I would be.
DeleteA balmy heat index of 106 here in NW Florida! And 140% humidity of course. I just got back from taking a dip in the Gulf...very refreshing! Clear, teal, salty...not too warm water. I can live with it. :)
ReplyDeleteIf I lived more than 1/2 mile from the water I would wither away though.
Nutzo, I live in FL too and we are experiencing
Deleteunusually DRY air for this time of year this week. Don't lie for jeebus sake.
WTF was that post about... the heat index was NOTHING close to your lie.
hahaha....who the hell are you? Do you not understand a silly comment about the weather? It's hot and sticky today. Like it usually is. Florida's a big state. And it's not DRY where I'm at "nutso". 140% humidity is a joke. I'm KIDDING. 106 heat index was a FACT today. Temp was somewhere around 95-97...should I go check that for you on accu-weather? And why in the hell would someone LIE about the friggin' weather you freak? ROFLMAO!!!! Oh wait...slap my forehead moment!!! You're a Palin Troll!!!! :) Who else would start a fight about joking about the weather! hahahahahahaha. Loser.
DeletePS: to make you feel better "nutzo person"...as I am certain you are stressing out in anger, I just checked the weather today in my community. INLAND NW FL. was much warmer and humid 96 and 82% humidity. I was at 94 and 78%. (coastal) Feel better dear? Can you relax now chigger? Are you from Milton? LOL! Only us "LA" (lower Alabama) people will get that one...
DeleteHey Toes -- you sound like the moron here.
DeleteYou may think you're funny -- you're not. You're a freakin' a**hole. Go back and play in the water & drown. You won't be missed.
LOL! :)
DeleteDid you step on someone's toes, Toes?
DeleteNot only has it been dry and in the triple digits here in and around Lawrence, KS for days and day, the extended forecast has no rain and 100° or over for the whole dang time. I am watering my shrubs, perennials and vegetable garden way more than normal, and I even had to revive a chicken the other day (they have a big yard, lots of shade, plenty of fresh water and a kiddy pool). Had to half submerge the poor, old girl in water to bring her temp down before she got back on her feet.
ReplyDeleteOh, that poor chicken.
DeleteRock Chalk, Lawrence! Hot enough for ya?
DeleteWe were at Bracker's Good Earth Clays there in Lawrence this past week, and suffered in the heat yesterday shut up in their warehouse with no A/C and little fan action for hours attending workshops. Avoided the outdoor raku firing in the parking lot on Thursday, though, when the temp was 104 (regular temp, not heat index). We live in Overland Park and on the way over to Lawrence noticed the land drying up as it would normally in late August. I dread thinking what August will be like.
DeleteI almost passed out during the workshops.
The KC Zoo is having hard times. Metro-wide events are being canceled due to the heat. I wonder how many city July 4th fireworks displays will be canceled or postponed due to both the heat and the drought now hitting us.
This is why we invested in rain barrels: to try to keep our plants alive during the worst of the summer, although that only works if we can get enough rain in them in the first place!
DeleteM from Md
M from Md, we did the same thing- the best investment! We use it for the garden and to wash the cars.
DeleteI even got a "solar dryer" (clothes rack), every bit helps.
Anita,
DeleteAgree about the "solar dryer". I've been using a clothing rack for years now and I always feel so dang Earthy/thrifty/Pioneer-y!
Well it's just so DAMN hot - WHY PAY to dry your clothes??
(Only thing is I have given in to hubby about is towels - they dry like cardboard outside... )
I live in snow country; used to live in the south. I don't much like winter, but I'd rather be where I can add on layers for warmth, than where even bare nekkid is too hot.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Just wish I lived in a cooler - not cold - part of the country.
DeleteRead a study that if the coastlines start getting flooded due to polar ice melt, people will be migrating Northward. Could start happening in our lifetime. Enjoy your space and the coolness now.
I HEAR YA! I would so much rather add on layers than have to deal with the reverse extreme in temperatures.
DeleteM from MD
Sweating under your boobs is miserable...
DeleteYep, it's pretty friggin hot here in the St. Louis area. At least for the first few days we had low humidity, but it is inching up now and it is pretty unbearable out there. It's an old saying about St. Louis "It's not the heat - it's the humidity" however today we are blessed with both. Thinking about planting cactus next year instead of flowers!
ReplyDelete2:11, I'm also here in St. Louis . . . didn't know there were other St. Louis IMers!
DeleteI've always bought into that "not the heat but the humidity" thing but after the last couple of days, I'm thinkin' it actually is the damn heat!
See that 107 in lower CA? That's where I'm cookin'. But it's a dry heat. LOL At least our mosquitoes can't carry the livestock away like in AK.
ReplyDeleteHere in NW Louisiana we get the mosquitoes carrying livestock plus 3 months of 100 degree weather.
DeleteIt was 90 today where I live in California. Beautiful weather. Perfect.
DeleteActually it has been teetering around the lower 80's and upper 90's are week. Love it.
My oven is dry heat but I wouldn't want to live in it.
DeleteHere is my California city, it was 89 degrees with 25 humidity.
DeleteIt's 65 right now where I am in AK and the skeeters are a bit more tame than they were a month ago. Granted, I'm sitting in between a propane skeeter eater and have my firepit going so it's kind of a skeeter "no man's land".
DeleteThose that deny climate change and global warming obviously never go outside . Here in the DC area we are in a state of emergency due to a massive wind and lightning storm called a derecho, which was magnified by the 99 degree temps. We are lucky to have only been without power for about 18 hours. No damage, just some branches down. 8 people in the area have been killed by downed trees....cars and houses literally cut in half.
ReplyDeleteMany gas stations and stores are still not opened....we were lucky.
Our summer home in NJ lost shingles, siding , fence and the rowboat got blown off the concrete blocks we use to store it. Luckily no fatalities in our town but lots of damage and we saw 12 car accidents from non working traffic lights. People need to calm down!
DeleteAirconditioning!
ReplyDeleteI often find myself giving thanks to whomever invented and perfect air conditioning, fans, indoor plumbing, flush toilets, showers and such.
DeleteHaving had to do without them at some points in my life, I do not take them for granted.
Right now, am thankful I can still afford to run the A/C.
The A/C cools the inside of your house but heats its surroundings. A/C contributes to changing the climate for the worse.
DeleteNot saying that you should die of heat for the sake of Nature, but building more sensible houses in hot climates, that stay naturally fresh even though it's hot outside, should be given a thought by rich investors.
Southwestern Virginia reporting in--we not only have skankin' hot temps (101 when normal is 86), but had the Derecho winds yesterday as well. Apparently, West Virginia got really slammed. One of our nurses was stuck in Charleston, and said there were NO gas stations open between Charleston & Princeton because there was no power anywhere. Appalachian & Dominion power companies reporting more than half their customers without power & could be for more than another week. But no, no such thing as climate change.
ReplyDeleteHot and dry in the mountains of SW. Colorado. Bone dry. Cloudy now and hoping for rain.
ReplyDeleteHot and dry on the eastern slope/front range with some clouds forming. Hope no more thunderstorms! Can you imagine fight those forest fires in triple digit temps and wearing all that heavy, hot gear and climbing steep slopes! Looks like we will have these hot temps into next week. We broke all records for high temps for June this week. Yes we get some hot or very cold weather, but have never seen this much change last for so long before. Climate change and all of us suffer.
DeleteIt's 6:54 PM here in Middle GA, and it's 107 degrees. Everyone, even kids, is staying inside.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I live in Alaska too! My cousin's live in Ohio and I feel for them!
ReplyDeleteSo in Juneau we're getting the other end of this radical spectrum...rain and cold for weeks on end. All the vegetables, flowers and other plants are way late this year, and everybody is getting grumpy. We had four sunny days about a week ago (Was that our summer?), and hardly any good weather other than that since April...or was it March? It all seems so long ago.
ReplyDeleteIn PA today at least it was better than yesterday--99 degrees in Lancaster County on Friday. You could have fired a clay pot on the driveway. Brooklyn was even hotter before we left and it's usually cooled down by the water. We got the edge of that violent storm last night, nothing like south of us. Sending good thoughts to all IM posters in that area.
ReplyDeleteI remember summers where I could lie out on good old Rockaway Beach for hours. Now if I'm in the sun for more than 20 minutes I'm frying and kvetching. But there's no climate change or anything...no sir! *cough*
I love lancaster! It's like a postcard. Where they got the names for their towns is beyond me. We were there last weekend, the outlets have great stuff, and we discovered "Shady Maple", it's the best and cleanest buffet!
Deletehttp://www.shady-maple.com/
The amish are hard workers, and they don't treat their women well at all.
They're ahead of us in Philadelphia, already have fresh veggies at the farm stands, but the corn isn't doing well with this heat.
SW Florida. cant complain today. in the 80s and a breeze. gulf is 86 degrees and a dip before the drum circle reminds me why i live in paradise. of course i wasnt sayin that last week when debby blew thru. esp since the dogs wouldnt go out and poo. spoiled rotten great danes. they held it though.
ReplyDeletesince i cant complain about the weather, can i bitch about our governor who now has gone back on his word that he will opt in to the ACA for expanded medicaid. i have been writing angry emails for 2 days. and it was just reported he has seen a loss in his personal wealth and is only has $83 million now. buttfucker.
Having grown up in humid Virginia I can remember quite a few days above 100 degrees. It was terrible! The only place to be in the summer, in the South is at the pool or at the beach, or hiding inside in the A/C! My brother and I used to ride our bikes when it was really hot and we'd come inside and put a towel over our heads over the forced air AC vents in order to cool down. Sometimes we'd open the fridge and sit in front of it until we were cool!
ReplyDeleteTell me again why I agreed to take my son down to S. MI next month to visit his Grandparents? My poor little AK boy is going to melt. That is if sunburn and ticks don't get him first!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should consider a September visit instead, even though he would need to be excused from school - but you could take work with you for him to do while gone. Nice time of year everywhere I believe. Just a thought, so that neither of you expire of the heat!
DeleteSeveral years ago my husband and I noticed a change in our summer weather.
ReplyDeleteIn the past - for as far as we can remember - the summers were very different. We live in the central part of Calif. - just east of Modesto. Our summers were smoggy to the point you would need sunglasses just to deal with the glare. Many, many stretches of 100 plus days. Plants cooking from the unrelenting heat - night and day.
Now - it is different. The sky is clear. The 100 plus days are less and the heat stretches have also lessened.
I am not complaining - it is much more livable - but what is happening??
The less smoggy skies could be due to more strict enforcement of pollution creators.
The obvious drop in temperature??? I don't know. All we know is our valley here is changing.
Anyone else out there who lives in the central valley? What are your observations?
Pat Padrnos
I understand what you are saying about it changing. I live in Toronto, Ontario. We've had the humidex over 100 for a number of days in June. Was wearing shorts earlier than that. This past winter -- I shovelled snow twice and within a short time, the snow had disappeared. I normally have a pile of snow on my front lawn 5 to 6 feet high that doesn't completely melt until March/April. This year -- I watched the grass.
DeleteDecades ago when I was a kid, we would have snow starting in October. Winter felt like it was 6 months long.
The outerwear, sweater and boot industries took a major hit here this year as no one really needed them.
Anon in Modesto: It is my understanding that the middle of CA is projected to be subject to way less severe implications of climate change than So CA and Northern CA, because of the specific characteristics of the El Nino types of air currents. So big storms/effects to the north and south but not so much in the middle. Not sure if this good info, got it from credible-sounding bloggers, so you never know.
DeleteSee that 104 right there in the center of the country? That's where I am, and it's been that hot for two weeks now. I think it may have been more like 107 today. We are being slowly roasted.
ReplyDeleteWe sit around and sweat and eat popsicles. Tonight I have made an orange/basil sorbet for later. What is the temperature in Alaska?
62 and breezy with partly cloudy conditions in Wasilla at the moment. Lows of 45, high tomorrow of 73 with a possible chance of thunderstorms due to the "heat". T-shirt and light fleece weather. Sorry for your heat prostration; sounds like it's time for a vacation to a cooler place, heat/kitchen leave if it's too hot...that old adage. Why don't you head to the Northwest for a getaway???
DeleteOrange Basil Sorbet? Oh my! Do tell! :) I just made some Gazpacho last night because of the heat, seemed like a refreshing meal. Alaska must be wonderful in the summer, beautiful as well. Ahh....dream on for that "reverse snowbird" lifestyle. What a great place to be this time of year.
DeleteCan't stand a little heat, Gryphen? Must be Sebacean.
ReplyDeleteFrellin right!
DeleteIt has been FUCKING HOT here for well over a week. Last week it was 104° when I stopped at San Felipe Pueblo. It was 101° in Albuquerque today.
ReplyDeleteWhile New Mexico is mostly desert, it rarely gets over 100°. This year we've had many places that saw temps as high as 108°. At those temperatures, small animals explode.
Last year, we watched wildfires encircle our community and come damn close to burning down homes. My community knows that feeling well - in 2000 Los Alamos lost 247 homes in the Cerro Grande fire. Last year scared the shit out of us, but no homes burned. Last year's Los Conchas fire was the biggest in state history to date, but did not burn anything in town.
This year, we've got a fire down South that is more than double last year's record fire. We are also watching with the sickening knots in our stomachs as our neighbors to the North in Colorado are losing their homes to wildfires in enormous numbers. I can tell you from experience that NOTHING makes you feel more powerless and scared shitless than a wildfire.
Show me any asshole who STILL denies global warming, I will grab them by their fucking ears and drag them to the burn scars all around New Mexico and haul their sorry ass up to Colorado Springs were they can watch the city burn. The weatherman just said that we've had the hottest June ever here.
No global warming? BULLSHIT!
I grew up south of there in Alamogordo and we used to play outside constantly even in the heart of summer, with only a couple of hour or so breaks in the middle of the day for lunch or so. I don't remember summers then being anything like they are now and I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER! I miss the reasonable, bearable summers of my childhood. The summers we have now make me long for January!
DeleteM from Md
I don't deny climate change at all, but part of the blame for all the wildfires for the last few decades are due to the federal land management agencies (yes, I have worked for one) zero tolerance policies of fire suppression.
DeleteLightning caused fires have been a part of the natural landscape for thousands of years. It is actually beneficial for the flora and fauna in the western states where fire plays a significant role in the environment. But, since the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the state agencies have meddled in the natural course of things things have gotten worse due to build up of the underbrush in the forests of the west. That is why these wildfires are so very devastating when they occur.
Now for the last decade or so, these federal agencies realize their mistakes of the past and prescribe "controlled burns" to help mitigate the damage that they caused by putting out every single little fire that occurred in the forest.
I'm not sure what the policies are now in regards to rural areas where no property or life is threatened. But, I remember being dispatched to a small lightning caused fire, in the middle of nowhere in central NV, to knock it down. Smoke jumpers were even called in. It was just such a waste of time for a fire that was natural and would eventually burn itself out.
Just my two cents....
Hey, I know about the fire management policies of the past, BUT we are in the midst of a multiyear drought, the bark beetles have been finishing off the drought weakened trees, AND we've got about a century of full that has been building up as we've reflexively put out every fire over the last 100 years.
DeleteThe fact that we've got an abundance of fuel in no way mitigates the reality of manmade global warming, it just makes it that much worse.
You can bet that folks here out West are doing the best we can at getting rid of anything that might fuel a catastrophic wildfire.
But there is no way you can deny the reality and impact of global warming. The record temperatures are very real and totally independent of historical fire management practices.
Oh, I forgot - current fire management practices dictate that if property or lives are not threatened, they let the fires burn. Our lone NM Republican in Congress, Steve Pierce, a.k.a., Dickhead Pierce, is complaining because they don't instantly put out all the fires.
DeleteIt's dumbasses like him that created our present trouble in the first place.
And he spells his name "Pearce," not "Pierce."
DeleteGoddamn autocorrect.
. . . but "Dickhead" is spelled correctly, right?
DeleteAgree totally with your summary of fire mgmt practices history. The species of trees that will die as it gets inhospitable for them will also add to the fuel load (in wilderness areas).
High 80's with afternoon showers here in E. Washington..we never get the humidity, thank God..We have been getting an unusual amount of rain this summer, my lawn loves it and so does my water bill! I'm sure July and Aug will bring some high 90's but I can handle a little bit of hot dry weather and we usually get a little breeze with it so it's not bad...70 seems chilly to me and I'm formerly from Alaska..
ReplyDeleteSouth Central PA actually had beautiful weather today. Low 90's, low humidity and a stray shower this afternoon. We had a bad storm and heavy winds last night near our capital of Harrisburg but, luckily, 15 miles away , we just had heavy rain.
ReplyDeleteOT: This is the same country that recently donated ~$600k so an overwhelmed elderly bus monitor could take a nice vacation...
ReplyDeleteAnti-abortion protesters set up their signs outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization and regularly preach their beliefs to anyone who will listen. They pray the clinic will close. Their prayers may soon be answered.
Clinic owners are in a fight to save the only abortion clinic operating in the state of Mississippi. New state requirements may close their doors forever, making Mississippi the first abortion-free state.
"I want to say over my dead body, but I'm afraid," said clinic owner and president Diane Derzis.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/30/us/mississippi-abortion-clinic/index.html
It doesnt mention in the full article that, thanks to a god who clearly favors the well-to-do'd and the lighter hued, rich white Mississississippians can simply travel to another state to secure safe, medical abortions. Poor and black? Fug'm!
Under the banner of American freedom the RWNJs are stripping away our freedoms. Under the banner of religious tolerance they are enforcing narrow-minded fundamentalist doctrine. The South may very well rise again. This is madness.
That's truly scary stuff. There are people who are too poor to afford bus or taxi fare out of state. And where can they go for other health care needs?
DeleteThese rwnj's are heartless.
I've been a gardener for over 30 years. If there's no climate change, why am I able to plant species of perennials up here in New England, that would not have survived north of the Maryland 15 years ago? Really? Gardeners and others who are close to the Earth and have their hands IN IT, notice the changes most. The change was subtle at first but, in my experience, has begun to accelerate at a most alarming rate. The notion of gaining 2 or 3 planting zones in such a short span of time spells emergency! We are also seeing insects on the move northward. Makes me wonder if these folks are only 'on the planet' rather than involved in the cycles of life in any way. The only other explanation is that they are purely evil and have no regard for mankind or the other creatures on this earth.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers in my garden have been blooming a month earlier than usual in East Tennessee.
DeleteMy Jonquils bloomed in January and the Poker plants bloomed in May!
I'm thinking a tropical Palm tree could make it here if i wrapped it in burlap through the Winter!
Thank you for your comment - another gardener.
Deletejust take a look at how the plant catalogs have changed what they sell to which zones. the problem with the heat is the ability of the crops to survive. folks can find ways to cool off - soil has a hard time holding on to moisture and the plants suffer for it. this is the underlying problem. we need heat tolerant crops and methods of retaining moisture.
DeleteGardeners are great people! They enjoy playing in their beds all day and know where their food came from and what went into their growth. Avid Gardener and Canner here, Thanks for your comment!
DeleteThat monster of a storm yesterday evening knocked out our power and FORTUNATELY it came back on 15 minutes after I got home from work today: that's 18 hours without power for anything. We're having this horrific heatwave and then had to deal with it without electricity. My Mom basically hunkered down with the dogs in our house with all the curtains drawn and doors closed and managed to do okay - for this one day. I'd hate to think what it would have been like having to do this more than one day. I had only four hours of sleep last night because it was so warm. There are still so many people without electricity coping as best they can though.
ReplyDeleteI used to look forward to summer as a kid and enjoyed it. I grew up in the desert southwest over 40 years ago and I don't remember summers being this horrible. Now I dread the advent of summer because it means that I have to hide away in a mostly dark house to conserve energy and keep the house cool.
I hate to rush time, but once summer arrives I'm counting the days till September brings more moderate weather to Maryland.
M from MD
I just talked to my folks in NoVa and some of my relatives lost power and they had to go stay in hotels but had to travel about 70 miles to find one that wasn't booked solid. Good to hear power is coming back.
DeleteMuch of Annapolis, MD, and west of Baltimore are still without power after Friday evening's crazy storm. It was like being in a spinning dryer with 4th of July fireworks going on inside. It's been nearly 24 hours since many people had power, and it's currently 88 degrees at 10:30 pm.
ReplyDeleteHusband & I just had long conversation about how when we got central air con, 20 years ago, our neighbors in central PA thought we were crazy.
ReplyDeleteOnly been last couple of years when AC was imperative.
We believe in climate change/ global warming.
yep it's 105 here today... this kind of shit gives me big anxiety about the food plot... glad to say everything is making it. with a little help of super amounts of water at the end of the day. lol.
ReplyDelete112° in rural Tennessee today and our home AC can't keep up. 114° yesterday and the grass is dead, no fireworks this year for the 4th =(
ReplyDeleteGypsy
Wow Tennessee...that sounds brutal. Here in AZ we are more prepared for intense heat. Couldn't live here without AC, and it costs me a lot!
DeleteWe got hit by some powerful storms, a lot of people lost their power and still don't have it. It's been close to a hundred with heat indexes eight degrees higher.
DeleteStay safe, hydrated, and keep your fans and ac's working, check on your neighbors.
I have a pretty good tolerance for heat, so it's a minor inconvenience to me, But my husband and kids are constantly complaining.
Two words : global warming.
ReplyDeleteI work outdoors in a garden department of a store. Yesterday the heat index was 127. I've lived in GA all my life and never remember it being quite this bad. I've always loved the outdoors, but wish I didn't have to set foot outdoors. I lost 2 chickens to the heat yesterday despite them having plenty of water, shade and I had fans blowing on them.
ReplyDeleteThat map's wrong for the afternoon time frame - must have been for around 10am EDT (hit 90 before 11 am here today).
ReplyDeleteAtlanta hit 106 today, for the 2nd day in a row, and now some areas have up to 2" of hail on the ground (not nearly as bad as those folks up along the eastern seaboard) due to our own nasty storms.
Weather is whacked out again...only this time in terms of heat, not cold!
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