Whistling wind
The heat wave continues here in the Pacific Northwest. Hovering around 100 for the last ten days, it has caused the suspected death of many older citizens, two just yesterday. A man in his 50s found dead in his apartment, which had no AC, and a 55 year old woman was found dead as a result of extreme heat.
And more hot temperatures are on the way for the foreseeable future.
Millions of homes and apartments in the PNW have never had ac as heat was never a big problem for the cool temps of yesteryears. Hot summer spells never lasted as long before.
Now, they are not only lasting longer, but are higher temperatures, and more often, happen in earlier months, and extend late into the fall.
Much like California, which used to have an actual "fire season", but now is a season that lasts year round, we are experiencing an increase in events.
My garden at home is doing fine as I'm able to water it daily. My choice to not plant a garden at the farm this year is directly the result of not being able to tend to it properly with watering.
Of the 70 pine tree saplings I have planted, nearly half have died, probably from irregular watering.
An automatic irrigation system is my next priority.
Add to this the multiple fires burning up and down all three western states, smoke is in the air everywhere.
But climate change is a hoax doncha know?
Whistling past the graveyard.
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weather weirding is real...
While y'all are burning up, we're having highs in the 70's...in August in Alabama. Tomorrow AM is supposed to be 52F.
As the arctic warms there's less differential between the temperature at the equator and arctic. That provides less drive to the jet stream and it creates big loops...
Shifting Winds: How a wavier polar jet stream causes extreme weather events
I fully expect to see the weirding increase as I age. Now it can be argued if CO2 and human activity is the cause, but it is a fact that change is happening.
Arctic sea ice extent timelapse 1978-2024
Over the last 40 years, annual Arctic sea ice measurements show ice shrinking by 12.6 percent each decade, a pace of decline that’s unmatched by any point in at least the last 1,500 years.
https://climate.copernicus.eu/climate-indicators/sea-ice
In the Arctic, sea ice extent has declined markedly since 1979, although the trend has levelled off since 2007. The decline has occurred in all months of the year, but has been largest in September, when the ice extent reaches its annual minimum.
In March, the long-term reduction in sea ice cover is greatest in the Barents Sea. In September, the reduction is much more widespread across the Arctic and is greatest in a band stretching from the Kara Sea to the Beaufort Sea.
Alongside the decline in Arctic sea ice extent, the proportion of multiyear (‘old’) ice has decreased, while the proportion of first-year (‘young’) ice has increased.
In the Antarctic, despite successive record minima reached in February 2022 and 2023, sea ice extent as a whole shows large year-to-year variability and no clear long-term trend since 1979.
However, perhaps the changes are not all bad...
Research: Global warming contributed to decline in tropical cyclones in the 20th century
Stay cool, and thanks for the OT!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Thanks for the links, Lookout
I'd like to think there is a silver lining here, like, as one door closes, another opens. Perhaps the northern reaches of Canada and Russia will lose all their ice and snow and reveal a lush and fertile landscape ideal for cultivation and habitation. And with a renewed appreciation for soil health and general love for the Earth.
Just think of all those shiny new Russian icebreakers going on the auction block.
Beyond my time though.
Have a great day.
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