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Post by hydrophilic on Jul 9, 2015 8:19:57 GMT
Strangely (IMHO), many US states have/are suffering from severe drought and forest fires (like Alaska, California, and Texas), yet where I live (Kentucky) we are "suffering" from excess rain and floods.
Hah, we are not REALLY suffering... occasional floods are actually typical, and a good rainy season means a bumper crop for all the farmers! Hey, I ain't a farmer so don't trust me on this... but if I had to predict the economic impact, I would guess the extra income of a robust harvest would/will offset losses from flooding.
What about you guys? A drought? A flood? Rain as usual?
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Post by VDC 8x2 on Jul 9, 2015 22:51:41 GMT
rain and flood in texas earlier this month.
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Post by gsteemso on Jul 9, 2015 23:20:25 GMT
Abnormally warm in western WA state. Exceeded our usual quota of 90 F days for the whole year back in the middle of June, IIRC. Most of them were consecutive too. Has been 5–10 F hotter than usual all summer.
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Post by hydrophilic on Jul 11, 2015 5:38:50 GMT
Hmm, sounds like the entire Pacific coast is having above average temperatures this year!
VDC8x2, if you don't mind posting on a public forum, what part of Texas are you in? The reason I ask is just the other day I was speaking with a lady from North Texas (between Dallas and Oklahoma) who gave me conflicting information: For one she said it is quite dry (now?) but the all the lakes are now full (they were extremely low in previous years).
I used to live in South-East Texas (imagine a 200 mile radius around Houston), and we usually had lots of rain and occassionally flooding (yeah, hurricanes!)
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Post by VDC 8x2 on Jul 11, 2015 14:40:54 GMT
I live near Fort Hood. It is about 120 miles south of Dallas.
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Post by hydrophilic on Jul 12, 2015 5:33:28 GMT
Hmm, I guess that makes you safe from Hurricane-force winds, but still vulnerable to flooding. Considering I am about 1000 miles north of you, I am still suprised by all the rain we are getting this year! Don't get me wrong, I like rain [my screen name ain't Hydrophilic for nuthin']
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Post by VDC 8x2 on Jul 12, 2015 14:34:20 GMT
lol! I enjoy the rain too.
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Post by motrucker on Aug 22, 2015 17:22:26 GMT
Strangely (IMHO), many US states have/are suffering from severe drought and forest fires (like Alaska, California, and Texas), yet where I live (Kentucky) we are "suffering" from excess rain and floods. Hah, we are not REALLY suffering... occasional floods are actually typical, and a good rainy season means a bumper crop for all the farmers! Hey, I ain't a farmer so don't trust me on this... but if I had to predict the economic impact, I would guess the extra income of a robust harvest would/will offset losses from flooding. What about you guys? A drought? A flood? Rain as usual? It is now the middle of August (22nd to be exact) and we are having pretty nice weather here. I can offer another thread on this subject to help give you all an indea of what's going on: www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57606Yahoo news seems to think we are all in serious trouble with the Global Warming problem: news.yahoo.com/feeling-heat-earth-july-hottest-month-record-150129081.html#But we haven't seen this problem around the Washington D.C., Baltimore Maryland area. There is a member of Lemon 64 who lives up in Baltimore MD, and he confirms their weather is much like mine here in Annapolis, MD. This morning at 9:00 am it was sunny, Partly cloudy, and 73 F. Right now it is 1:30 pm and it is 78 F and sunny. The last week has been like this. Damn nice weather.
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Post by hydrophilic on Aug 23, 2015 12:29:08 GMT
Nice weather here in the midwest (at least, recently). Alternation between hot sunny days and periodic (err, chaotic) thunderstorms. Definitely not a drought. In fact, I have seen more frogs/toads this year than ever (as long as I can recall).
Well, I think global climate change is something NOT to ignore, I have read (research/verify for yourself) that average ocean temperature has increased by about (slightly less than) 1 degree centigrade in the past century. So we (humans) need to consider this (and modify human activity), I also think it is not a "death nail" on planet Earth.
Err, I guess human understanding is only now/recently capable of understanding the effects on our global climate... as such, I anticipate many errors (initially), but in time think we can understand and adapt...
I guess the only REAL issue is: can humanity adapt fast enough to avoid a global climatic "apocalypse" ?
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Post by VDC 8x2 on Aug 26, 2015 15:39:16 GMT
The climate has been changing as long as there has been a climate. It is cyclic in nature. We have to roll with the "punches" so to say.
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