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the usage of pesticides also has a large impact on pollinator populations. Bayer is a major villain in this. Also read this: New movie coming out about DuPont, PFOA/PFOS contamination, etc., on November 22nd, based on some of the things I've already mentioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Waters_(2019_film) The movie is reportedly based on the 2016 article "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare" by Nathaniel Rich, published in The New York Times Magazine.[3][4] Much of the underlying story was first reported in-depth by two other journalists, Mariah Blake, whose 2015 article, "Welcome to Beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia," ran in HuffPost Highline[5] and was a National Magazine Award finalist,[6] and Sharon Lerner, whose series, Bad Chemistry, ran in the Intercept.[7][8][9] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.html https://deadline.com/2019/01/anne-hathaway-tim-robbins-mark-ruffalo-todd-haynes-dupont-pollution-scandal-1202532048/ https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/welcome-to-beautiful-parkersburg/ https://theintercept.com/2015/08/17/teflon-toxin-case-against-dupont/ https://theintercept.com/2015/08/11/dupont-chemistry-deception/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Waters_(2019_film)#cite_note-9 Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney (Ruffalo) uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations, DuPont. In the process, he risks everything – his future, his family, and his own life – to expose the truth.

it doesn't have to be sentient to be self-regulating. It's logical that for life in general to survive for billions of years, the planet must have some sort of self-regulation in place. Otherwise life wouldn't have made it this far. Ironically, it may mean the end of any species that decides to dominate the rest of the planet- because that's not good for sustainability. We may have or be in the process of pulling the kill-switch on ourselves.

Gaia isn't science fiction, the idea of the planet self-regulating has merit.

and they already had their hottest summer ever just a couple years ago

wow that was a long time ago and during a snow drought

Part of the reason for that is the higher elevation in the West. Look at the wildfires in California, which now happen year-round rather than seasonally.

It did? As far as I'm aware the coldest temp ever recorded in the lower 48 is still -70 at Wolf Creek Pass.

I loved tracking that thing! It was like tracking a summer severe tstorm threat! Didn't we have advance warning that it was coming like a day in advance? Is there anything you would compare this event to? Not significant enough to compare it to March 2005 either, I would think?

We're getting one last shot next weekend. FYI I dont mind this arctic blast, it killed off all the weeds and bugs, which made it well worth it.

Don it looks like we'll get one more arctic shot heading into the weekend, and that will be the end of the cold weather for a long time? Any early thoughts on what Thanksgiving weekend might be like (temps/precip)?

Didn't something like this happen last winter during the day too? I remember it- but it was later in the winter. I think we had a snow squall warning?

Most of the public doesn't think of weather people as scientists and probably doesn't even take them seriously. The ones we see on TV seem to fit this profile.

If that happened this would be the only winter in this decade that NYC received near normal snowfall, Don!

It was treacherous driving here in SW Nassau, lots of large branches broken and lying on the roads! 6-8 inches out here, but nothing like the 14" in Freehold NJ! Being away from the sound helped us the previous year in the Octosnowstorm too.

I dont think you mean November 1995 do you? That event was a nice surprise!

Why dont they just use sand? It's much more ecofriendly.

Wow I thought we missed the chance at a record since we didn't get to 25. On Wednesday what are the chances that our high will be 32 or less and the low will be 19 or less? Would either be the earliest ever? I wonder if we'll follow the pattern of 2017-18 and last year of having a snowy February or March?

I want this shot of cold to permanently rid us of allergies for this year anyway.

Might get there next week. Chris, what's the earliest that NYC has had a max at or under 32 degrees?

We were sandwiched with more snow both south and north of us. The April 1982 and February 1983 blizzards were the two major storms that decade, with a few moderate storms like January 1987.

I think NYC averaged under 20" of snow during the 80s.

What about April 2002, Chris?

Looks like we're in a period where that will be difficult to do, because the timing between the Arctic shots and storms is bad- another reminder of the 80s.

This is exactly what I found back in the early 90s. Cold Novembers result in winters that are either much delayed or denied (the majority of the time.)

lol it would be Boxing Day x 3. Remember how hectic it was after that monumental event?