LibertyBell

the subsidization of the fossil fuel industry needs to come to an end and (in a larger issue that also covers the chemical industry and the dangerous additives and pesticides we are exposed to and in our food that are banned by the EU), we need to get dark money out of politics altogether.

The problem is unregulated capitalism which results in oligarchs. The fossil fuel industry is a cartel run by oligarchs. This excellent book by Rachel Maddow outlines the connections between Putin and the fossil fuel industry. You might find this book interesting in how it ties everything together. I'm considering making it the subject of a future podcast. An eye-opening book (Blow Out) was written by Rachel Maddow which shows some of these connections as well as the connection between Russia and the fossil fuel industry. It all makes sense when you consider how lenient Trump has been with the fossil fuel industry and his cozy relationship with Trump. It also makes sense when you think of Russian interference and how Facebook looked the other way when they were being paid in rubles for ads on their site. Companies like Facebook and Google greatly contribute to the problems of dark money in politics- that's why they are allowed to get away with so much invasive behavior (for which they get fined for in the billions by the EU.) https://www.npr.org/2019/10/02/766374077/it-all-ties-rachel-maddow-says-of-oil-and-gas-russia-and-democracy-in-blowout https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/magazine/rachel-maddow-trump.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-root-of-all-evils-the-fossil-fuel-industry-says-rachel-maddow/2019/10/03/14273cd6-de1a-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html And since this ties in with Russian oligarchs, this is a worthy read too. https://bulletin.represent.us/u-s-oligarchy-explain-research/ https://bulletin.represent.us/american-government-isnt-democracy/

driest since Aug 1995?

well astronauts can definitely see the effects of climate change, Mark Kelly talked about how he's seen the planet turning brown because of deforestation, and where is all that burning carbon going? the sky

MSNBC has a great series on the climate catastrophe. They interviewed a scientist who used to work for the USDA, who has since left to work for Columbia university because the administration wouldn't let him publish his research. He showed that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere actually changes plant metabolism and makes our crops less nutritious, with lower levels of zinc and iron. They also sent people down to Guatemala to show how climate change is causing the mass migration of people from Central America, because they cant grow their crops down there anymore and are starving. The administration's own people told them this a year ago but they chose not to disclose it.

sounds like what a fossil fuel industry person would say. I can guarantee you that other industries, including the automobile industry, see the light and are getting out of the dirty fossil fuel business. The fossil fuel industry has cost us trillions of dollars and killed millions of people.

exactly- we're seeing the rise of tropical diseases already as well as much higher asthma rates and air pollution from fossil fuel emissions. The central of the country is getting hit with much more flooding and loses numbering billions of dollars per year and trillions per decade. corporations are now divesting themselves from the fossil fuel industry- they all know the cost of not doing anything is far greater.

Even John Kerry said that the Paris accord didn't go far enough- we need to reach net Carbon zero by 2050. I think the car companies may get there, they are making far more electric vehicles now and may well reach the goal of two thirds by 2030. The red states are suffering from climate change too, with farms in the nations heartland underwater. We've ceased all new gas and oil installations in NY and I see they've done the same in FL, which is a red state.

Don was that 36 the lowest you could find for our area? I couldn't find anywhere on Long Island that dipped into the 30s. Or Mt Pocono or Toms River for that matter, which are usual cold spots for our region. Don, if we have a warm and dry fall, isn't that a strong indicator for a mild winter with little snowfall? I'm thinking along the lines of 2001-02. I dont see any similarities here with either 2002-03 or 2010-11, which were both big blocking winters, although one was an el nino and the other a la nina.

Wow that beat the 37 at Newburgh! That's frost weather. Do you think Marthas Vineyard, Westhampton Beach, Toms River or Mt Pocono got lower than this?

What was the lowest temp in our area? I saw a 37 at Newburgh (frost?) and a 38 at Monticello. I wonder if Toms River or Westhampton Beach got lower?

Think we beat August 1995 for dryness? That was a perfectly dry month right until the last day..... and notable for its heat and widespread forest fires!

Thats weird- thats the first time I've seen the 1988 heatwave mentioned on a list like this! We didn't hit 100 in 1988 though did we? I remember that the strongest heat in 1988 was off to our west. edit- I saw that was for Newark- I bet the city and long island didn't have that long a streak in 1988.

great for star gazing!

definitely looks very 1983 esque

its amazing that it was the longest heat wave and yet occurred so late in the season!

thanks, Chris, was 1983 their latest 90 and 100 degree days?

Dec 1992 caused a lot more damage because it lasted for 3 days. March 2010 had stronger winds here, but was of much shorter duration.

and we haven't since, that thing lasted for 3 days!

On this solemn day, one of my early weather memories was the extreme heat on 9/11/83..... I think JFK hit 100 that day? Was that their latest 100 on record? NYC hit 99, and I think that was their latest 99?

central park lagging behind, I dont think JFK even got out of the low-mid 80s, but it was really humid and uncomfortable here, I had the a/c on

we probably wont have another historically hot summer until 2021 (you know why), what I mean is dry heat with rainfall under 3" for each summer month, like 2010.

I love these storms, it's just like having a noreaster! This is a lot better than what happened (or didn't happen) on Wednesday!

it was below zero last Thanksgiving in the Poconos!

The storm lasted like 15 min here and then we got a rainbow and it's bright, sunny and hot again. What's all this talk of hail and waterspouts?