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Is it possible to quantify that in terms of tons of ice melted?
Yeah, a shit ton.Quote:
Originally Posted by pureantigravity
Yes: We're the black line this year, falling off the cliff. At least we were above normal snowfall before the heat wave.
https://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/snow/plot_SWE.php?id=AFSW1
https://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/snow/snowplot.cgi?AFSW1
Uh huh.Quote:
Originally Posted by KQ
;-)
Most of the streams and lakes in our area are on hoot-owl restrictions due to low flows and hot weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by east or bust
Spring Creeks are not restricted however - around here the flows are consistent and cold (40-45*) all the time. Spend an hour standing in waders in the Metolius and you can feel your toes again after about 15 minutes
Oops - posting on my phone. Fixed now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
That’s what I’m normally used to regarding spring creeks. Although, this one that I was going to fish on Friday has a USGS gage that is reading into the mid 70s during the day and only dropping to mid 60s at night.. WeirdQuote:
Originally Posted by TBS
The Conversation District made this announcement:
“Silver Creek
The Idaho Nature Conservancy has closed access to fishing at the Silver Creek Preserve until conditions improve. The low flows and high water temperatures the Creek is currently experiencing has resulted in fallen oxygen levels placing great stress on the trout. In short, along with water temperature, dissolved oxygen (DO) is a key factor in the health of Silver Creek’s trout. During the daytime, DO is introduced into the water mostly by aquatic plants photosynthesizing. At night, those same plants will respirate; consuming oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide into the water. On the Creek, although water temperatures will seem ideal early in the morning, this period has some of the lowest DO concentrations. This is just as stressful on the fish as the 70-degree water temperatures which have been occurring later in the day. In addition, as of July 1st, the Idaho Department of Water Resources has issued a curtailment order in the Bellevue triangle cutting off ground water to farmers resulting in millions of dollars in losses. This includes the cold, ground-water well the Double R Ranch has been pumping directly into the lower Pond. Cutting off ground-water users could increase the discharge from the many springs that make up Silver Creek. Theoretically, this could result in a small increase in flow and decrease in water temperature, but we will have to wait and see.”
A metric shit ton.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
Still in MissoulaQuote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
GotchyaQuote:
Originally Posted by Hott Butt Mud
Apparently Atlanta averages 47 days at or above 90 degrees by this date each year.
So far we've had 7.
Outsourcing heat to the PNW?
Still mid to higher 70's in my hood which is nice, but I know it is coming. Just delaying the inevitable.
We've not dropped below 90 for a daytime high since the end of June when this whole mess started. Highs averaging about 97 popping into the triple digits every couple of days.
Tomorrow is our BIG COOLDOWN with a high of only 90 then we start to climb back up.
We had our first day below 90 today in I don’t know how long. It felt glorious. Windows open and 69 out right now.
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June 24th. That was the last one below 90. Average of 95 so far this month.
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Now we have to track surface-level ozone. We had a pocket in my hood yesterday until late into the night <sigh>.Quote:
Originally Posted by neufox47
I’m just thinking about the next few months and wildfires. If the air quality in the west plummets like last season, it’s gonna be a lot of work on the grid keeping all those houses cool and locked up.
And still the GOP is not at all keen on tamping down on emissions and dealing with climate changes. What the hell does it take?
Even Santa Cruz has been hot recently. My garden is loving it tho.
I think it is to late for any reductions by man to matter. We need to put sun screens up in space to block sunlight or get the Yellowstone Caldera to blow.
Yeah that’s a real cynical way to look at it. We most definitely could reduce the human impact by doing bold climate action.Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
He's old.
What are you? European?Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
Oh man. I wish!Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
It's weird how America went from being a world leader in technology in the 60s from semiconductors and aerospace to today.
Here's this great opportunity to be a leader, to create new businesses and economies and yet we're blowing it.
WTF 103 degrees (down from 107) heat reading pulling into Cherry Hill, NJ Mid Atlantic 12 U baseball regionals. Holy F'ing hotter and more humid than one could take. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...52b6353dd6.jpg
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I wrote a longer response earlier but I decided it didn't fit with the first bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
I don't know who's not blowing this at the moment. I've been trying to wrap my head around the scope of the problem, potential solutions and what it might mean for the semi near future (50-150 years). Carbon extraction from the air or the ocean has a lot of issues with scale and what to do with it to be as effective as possible at a suitably low cost. At the same time large scale geo engineering to reduce sun reaching the earth seems both ethically questionable and like a significant gamble with a test subject of 1.
And anyone who thinks we as a species can live on Mars or the moon, as a backup to earth in the near future, either isn't serious or is being willfully disingenuous.
Look at what the EU just proposed, mostly focused on encouraging environmentally sustainable energy.. Point being the US is proposing nada.Quote:
Originally Posted by abraham
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57833807
an interesting read:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate...on-11626297240
(paywall)
It's bound to engender loads of bickering, but at least the EU is making a move.
i found the Japanese pension system dropping ESG very interesting. push came to shove there.
Did they really drop ESG investments, or are just reviewing?Quote:
Originally Posted by ntblanks
“The GPIF needs to go back to its roots, and think about how to analyze if ESG is really profitable, as well as how to evaluate and standardize ESG,” he said in an interview. “It’s a little like an ESG bubble right now, and we should evaluate both the good and the bad.”
https://fortune.com/2021/06/29/esg-b...on-fund-japan/
yeah, "dropping" simplifies and may overstate what i read. the Bloomburg piece has plenty of quotes that point to prioritizing fiduciary responsibility over ESG. doesn't sound like it's black and white but Sternberg is just pointing out what he sees as a global trend, even among leaders of global environmental initiatives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
It has become very political here because more than 100 people died in the worst rain floods since ww2 at least ( we had a bad storm flood in 1962 at the coast).Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
The last 3 years we had a drought in the summer with up to 50% of the trees dying and now this. We have elections this fall.
It's going to be interesting.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vFaTsX4-8pY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fwEP6XnqsN8
Interesting. We started cool and dry, had a short spell of rain that brought the heat, and then the rain disappeared leaving just the heat. Typical mid 90s summer heat right now with maybe a tic less humidity than normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
No real rain all summer, and other than the short spell late Spring, it’s been dry since winter ended. Nice for dry trails and no mowing, but swimming holes are shrinking and the pool is a week or two away from being unpleasant.
so much rain in the upstates right now they hadda close the damn canals.
I hope you're correct. I often would love to be wrong on some of my beliefs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZzqSOOkLu4
Global warming may have already passed irreversible tipping point
After the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic, scientists warn point of no return on global warming may have already been reached. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/...-tipping-point
Stop burning the Amazon rain forest, plant more trees and healthier oceans with more algae and phytoplankton will benefit everyone
we're at 86 right now in Stevens and it's glorious in the shade. first day under 92-95 in 3-4 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by KQ
go away heat dome.
Quote:
Originally Posted by m2711c
Betcha the smallie fishing is on fire w all the moving water.
Whoo hoo! High of 83 today! First time in a month the AC hasn't been on. This feel so civilized.