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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| It's not climate change that's causing heat waves this summer but no one wants to explain why |
| 2023-07-28 |
| [FoxNews] In the 1930s, the government's Heat Wave Index was four times higher Every summer, heat waves inevitably hit the U.S. and other parts of the world, causing climate alarmists and left-leaning media outlets to demand dramatic, disastrous changes to the global energy system. Unfortunately, this summer is no different. On Tuesday, U.S. media outlets published a wave of stories about supposedly "historic" heat waves in Europe and North America. For example, The Washington Post published an article titled "Heat waves in U.S., Europe ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, study finds." Similarly, Axios published a story titled "Historic and enduring U.S. heat wave, by the numbers." Although certain parts of the U.S. have undoubtedly experienced strong heat waves this summer, there’s no reason to believe these weather events are evidence that the world is hurtling toward a climate change catastrophe. In fact, the best available evidence suggests that heat waves recorded a century ago were more problematic than anything we’re seeing today. Government researchers have been tracking heat waves for more than 100 years. According to data from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, which is made available by the Environmental Protection Agency, the annual heat wave index for the contiguous 48 states was substantially higher in the 1930s than at any point in recent years. In some years in the 1930s, it was four times greater or even more. Additionally, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a large database of daily temperatures that goes back to 1948. NOAA used 1,066 weather stations located across the U.S. to collect this data. According to NOAA, huge swaths of the U.S. have experienced a significant decrease in abnormally hot days recorded since 1948, especially in the Midwest and northern and eastern Texas. Although it’s true that some parts of the U.S. have seen the number of hotter-than-usual days increase over the past 70 years — including in California and the New York metropolitan area, both of which happen to be areas where a large number of media outlets are located — most weather stations have shown no meaningful changes or even declines. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #9 One good thing about La Nina, if you like fresh sushi and live on the west coast, the cold waters bring the deep fish - the sushi fishes - closer to shore. La Nina = Good Sushi (west coast): During La Niña, waters off the Pacific coast are colder and contain more nutrients than usual. This environment supports more marine life and attracts more cold-water species, like squid and salmon, to places like the California coast. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-07-28 13:04 |
| #8 When you reboot your data set, that may result in new highs. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-07-28 13:01 |
| #7 It seems Solar Cycle 25 is still beating the "expert" and historical data predictions, in numbers and strength. The Earth (climate included) has had an increasing number of Class M and X solar flares? So, 2025 should be interesting. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-07-28 08:39 |
| #6 A crucial system of ocean currents is heading for a collapse that ‘would affect every person on the planet’ |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-28 08:15 |
| #5 The movement of currents north and south of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone accounts for the movement and strength of the El Nino and La Nina phases. Their movements have a direct impact on climate and have been recognized for more than a century. (In one important case it was cause for the elimination of the sardine fishing and canning industry in Peru.) |
| Posted by: Chaiger Henbane8193 2023-07-28 08:07 |
| #4 High Sunspot counts for the last few months over previous years. 2023 has broken a 21-year record for the highest number of sunspots, and this year is only half way through. This almost always results in higher than normal temperatures here on Earth. Not only more heat received from the Sun, but increased magnetic flux which affects our weather patterns significantly. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-07-28 08:06 |
| #3 Government researchers have been tracking heat waves for more than 100 years. And have been caught 'adjusting' number in recent years. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-07-28 07:37 |
| #1 America's biggest electrical grid operator PJM, with 65M customers warns its network could suffer blackouts during this week's heatwave |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-27 12:03 |
