TheWatShot Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: I just want the heat to end. About ready to apply for a job as a janitor in Antarctica. Not looking like that will happen until early next week. Rain chances are spotty as well. I'm old enough to remember when a heatwave like this would almost always be broken by powerful thunderstorms. Doesn't seem to happen too often anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, TheWatShot said: Not looking like that will happen until early next week. Rain chances are spotty as well. I'm old enough to remember when a heatwave like this would almost always be broken by powerful thunderstorms. Doesn't seem to happen too often anymore. I'm with you on the storms. I love thunderstorms. Been years since I remember having a day of rolling thunderstorms. Really miss it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted August 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 Enjoying some nice thunder and lightning now here. Quite the light show. Grass is going to be growing good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Here comes Ida... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 22 hours ago, IUFLA said: Here comes Ida... Hitting landfall on anniversary of Katrina as a stronger storm. Hopefully more evacuated this go around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 15 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Hitting landfall on anniversary of Katrina as a stronger storm. Hopefully more evacuated this go around. I hope so too...and I hope the levees hold up... I don't think my area will get anything except possible bands of rain...praying for people in the path... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 Not going to lie, I'm looking forward to the rain and cooler weather Ida will bring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 Early winter? My shoe… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 Pretty wild hurricane Ida made landfall on the same day and almost the same spot as hurricane katrina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatShot Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) On 8/25/2021 at 8:41 PM, mrflynn03 said: I'm with you on the storms. I love thunderstorms. Been years since I remember having a day of rolling thunderstorms. Really miss it. The best kinds of storms are the ones in early spring, when it's still a bit chilly out but you just want to be outside listening to the sound of thunder after a long, hard winter. We totally missed out on that this past spring. April and May were devoid of thunderstorms. I'm old enough to remember when storms could actually break a heatwave. We had some nice little garden-variety storms roll through last night and it's still humid as sh*t today. Edited August 30, 2021 by TheWatShot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 We got a wicked one here in Washington earlier this evening. I should have taken before pics as it was an impressive squall line. Just got power and internet back a few minutes ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 minute ago, FKIM01 said: We got a wicked one here in Washington earlier this evening. I should have taken before pics as it was an impressive squall line. Just got power and internet back a few minutes ago. Yet nothing here, 14 miles east. What gives🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 minute ago, mrflynn03 said: Yet nothing here, 14 miles east. What gives🤷♂️ Came from the north. Don't worry...I think you're gonna get all you want this week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted August 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Its going to take awhile to get the lights back on in New Orleans.... Energy provider Entergy Corp has been surveying the damage since Monday and has found 207 transmission lines spanning more than 2,000 miles have been knocked out by the storm, according to WSJ. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/25/2021 at 6:28 PM, TheWatShot said: Not looking like that will happen until early next week. Rain chances are spotty as well. I'm old enough to remember when a heatwave like this would almost always be broken by powerful thunderstorms. Doesn't seem to happen too often anymore. If you guys hate the heat enjoy the cool summer we are having, it's only going to keep getting hotter in the years moving forward! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 ...until it doesn't. In the '70's, experts were predicting another ice age. Nothing funnier than seeing a "climatologist" talk about the polar ice caps shrinking and then flip and argue that when polar ice caps grow, that's also proof of global warming, so now we just call it "climate change". I got news for you, peeps...the climate has been changing since the dawn of time. I've lived through a lot of incorrect forecasts so you'll have to forgive me if I'm a little skeptical that the "scientists" have got it right this time. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 15 hours ago, FKIM01 said: ...until it doesn't. In the '70's, experts were predicting another ice age. Nothing funnier than seeing a "climatologist" talk about the polar ice caps shrinking and then flip and argue that when polar ice caps grow, that's also proof of global warming, so now we just call it "climate change". I got news for you, peeps...the climate has been changing since the dawn of time. I've lived through a lot of incorrect forecasts so you'll have to forgive me if I'm a little skeptical that the "scientists" have got it right this time. "Wake up, Uh-merica!"....."Pitts off." 😋 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, FKIM01 said: ...until it doesn't. In the '70's, experts were predicting another ice age. Nothing funnier than seeing a "climatologist" talk about the polar ice caps shrinking and then flip and argue that when polar ice caps grow, that's also proof of global warming, so now we just call it "climate change". I got news for you, peeps...the climate has been changing since the dawn of time. I've lived through a lot of incorrect forecasts so you'll have to forgive me if I'm a little skeptical that the "scientists" have got it right this time. I agree...science might indicate our world is warming up but they told me years ago that Pluto was a planet, too...and if you think meteorologist are right all the time, watch your weather report tonight and gauge how accurate that is... So I agree with this statement by @FKIM01... "the climate has been changing since the dawn of time" I think the two things in this argument that bother me most are, we have congresspeople that in my estimation who cannot grasp even the most cursory scientific concept, telling me that if we don't ditch our current energy production ideas, which would cripple our current economy, and spend trillions of dollars on new "green" technology, much of it that couldn't come close to shouldering the load we currently require, and would cripple the economy even more, telling us that if we don't do all these things right now our world will melt like a Snickers in a hot car in 12 years...even sadder is the fact that some people listen to them. The other concern is that we get roped into climate agreements that make the US comply much earlier with these accords than other First World countries, putting us at a financial and possibly a military disadvantage. Show me an accord where all First World countries start at the same time with the same requirements and I'd have no problem with it. Edited September 1, 2021 by IUFLA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatShot Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 23 minutes ago, IUFLA said: I agree...science might indicate our world is warming up but they told me years ago that Pluto was a planet, too...and if you think meteorologist are right all the time, watch your weather report tonight and gauge how accurate that is... This is silly. Weather forecasters are right a lot more than they're wrong. People just selectively remember the times they were wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, TheWatShot said: This is silly. Weather forecasters are right a lot more than they're wrong. People just selectively remember the times they were wrong. Not "silly" at all...they do get "tomorrow" right about 80% of the time, but extended forecast are less reliable...and 10 years from now is impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 This is a no win conversation. You believe what you believe. Going deeper only leads to politics. Everyone has their opinion. That's great. As for me...Pluto is a dog. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, jv1972iu said: This is a no win conversation. You believe what you believe. Going deeper only leads to politics. Everyone has their opinion. That's great. As for me...Pluto is a dog. 😊 It's really not about politics or opinions at all...it's about using undeniable facts to substantiate a position rather than basing the transition (and there will be a transition eventually...not all the way in my opinion, but there will come a time where renewables account for a majority of our needs) on supposition or scare language... Edited September 1, 2021 by IUFLA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted September 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: It's really not about politics or opinions at all...it's about using undeniable facts to substantiate a position rather than basing the transition (and there will be a transition eventually...not all the way in my opinion, but there will come a time where renewables account for a majority of our needs) on supposition or scare language... It used to be simple. Science had a scientific method we all learned. Now science is used and manipulated to provide a rationale for ones beliefs. Scientists are recruited to sign on to paper that can be used as evidence and dissenting voices are squashed. What good is science when a scientist cannot propose a hypothesis? I know some people have their head stuck in the sand and believe this couldn't happen, or isn't happening. But it is. As "science" changed, that meant weather was sure to follow. Much easier to blame the weather for a forest fire than admit to forest mismanagement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted September 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: Not "silly" at all...they do get "tomorrow" right about 80% of the time, but extended forecast are less reliable...and 10 years from now is impossible. I've seen many instances where the Weather Channel cannot predict rain 2 hours in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 Climate and weather aren’t the same thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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