England has the most tornadoes per square mile of any country in the world, iirc, and is about third on the list by country!!
The tend to be relatively minor though.
The tend to be relatively minor though.
I think they got their start when the "peat harvesting" got a bit aggressive in the late middle ages, resulting in floating "peat islands" and an entirely new hydrology!
The history of technology in this period is a source of endless amazement to me.
Getting back to today's weather -- it appears that Ida won't make it as forcefully into the Midwest as had been forecast two days ago. We are keeping our fingers crossed for the Cleveland Air Show, but a possibility of T-boomers looms.
A few years back a coworker went to New Orleans for an elevator refresher school.
The guy was originally from New Orleans. While he was there he took up with his old High School girlfriend and never came back to California or his wife.
Thanks DT
No, but lots of water over our heads ;-) About 2/3rds of the country is below sea level.
With the climate changes and everybody and their grandmother being flooded one way or another, our water security/flood protection business has really picked up lately.
Like they say, one man's disaster is another mans boon!
Jan
It might be my last (and first!) chance to opine that
"In Hartford Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen"
OK, Ill get my coat ....
"In Hartford Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen"
OK, Ill get my coat ....
Several weeks ago I mentioned use of a Starret nail punch/center as a good device to break the window of your car if you plunged into a river in a flood situation. Well, sad to say that a person died yesterday as they couldn't open the windows of their vehicle.
Flooding in Newark NJ was the worst in recorded history.
Flooding in Newark NJ was the worst in recorded history.
That record will not stand very long I'm afraid.
Record heat, wind speed, rainfall, hurricane density etc seem to be broken on a weekly basis almost.
Edit: comment to your previous up post Jack.
Jan
Record heat, wind speed, rainfall, hurricane density etc seem to be broken on a weekly basis almost.
Edit: comment to your previous up post Jack.
Jan
The latest narative seems to be it's already to late, may as well carry on will probably be the next.
I read an article some time ago that said that part of the desert in the middle east was getting rainfall that was making all the mud brick houses fall down. It must have started greening over.
There was then another article saying that a desert was expanding elseware.
My conclusion is that the desert is moving as opposed to expanding.
There was then another article saying that a desert was expanding elseware.
My conclusion is that the desert is moving as opposed to expanding.
CO2 can persist in the atmosphere for 20+ years.
Death toll in NY/NJ now up to 43. Many in trapped basements trying to avoid tornadoes, a half dozen in flooded cars.
That depends on the type of record. Decade, century, millennia or longer. It's all about the scale.
80% of emitted CO2 will take c. 80 years to be removed through biological processes. The remaining excess 20% will take about half a million yrs because it’s removed through the weathering process which is geological.
Came across a collision on my way to work today, one car with a trailer was outside the road up a grass slope bum first, the other car had flipped and ruined the steel railing. Invisible ice on the road, happy I put my studded tires on yesterday.
Been a few degrees minus almost every morning for some time now.
Been a few degrees minus almost every morning for some time now.
La Nina is coming to N. America this winter -- means wetter weather in the Great Lakes area, colder weather in western Canada and dry and hot in the southern US (and California is still suffering from drought.)
With respect to studded tires -- a rarity now in the US. As we travel about 1,000 miles every few weeks between New Jersey and Ohio they would be very helpful in the hilly parts of Pennsylvania. As soon as the temperature nears the freezing point you've got to switch the transmission into 4WD. My snow-tires are Blizzaks from Bridgestone.
With respect to studded tires -- a rarity now in the US. As we travel about 1,000 miles every few weeks between New Jersey and Ohio they would be very helpful in the hilly parts of Pennsylvania. As soon as the temperature nears the freezing point you've got to switch the transmission into 4WD. My snow-tires are Blizzaks from Bridgestone.
We had our first ‘cold front’ of fall come through yesterday, was a frigid 59F in the morning………I think I’ve fully acclimated as a Floridian because it felt like (to me) it was gonna snow! 😀