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Good point. On that same data site it shows, for the US, a 75% (of total) use of inpatient beds (587k of 780k) and only a 9% use for Covid (70k of 780k). I'm sure there are another 150k beds not reported (not all hospitals are reporting), but to say the US hospitals are being overrun by Covid right now isn't factual, at least not in general - there may be some hotspot areas, of course.

Global 7-day new case averages have dropped 33% since the Delta spike (7-day average max of 661k) and are now approaching the levels pre-Delta. A good sign.

That's not what the data shows. Out of the 77% of total US ICU beds in use, only 23% (of total) are for COVID. Only 11% (of total) for COVID in New York. Currently RSV appears to be overrunning the ICUs in many states. RSV has proven to be significantly worse for children than Covid, especially in the neonatal period. It's also very rough on the elderly. Moderna has received a fast-track for their RSV mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1345). They are currently recruiting for Phase 1 trials: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04528719 We SHOULD be tracking RSV ICU usage as it's a simple 5 minute test, but I don't think that fits the narrative. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33225779/ https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/hospital-utilization

Just south of Naples.

Yes, apparently the EC won as it was showing the boundary hanging around. Dang, I was gonna go solo camping for a few days Sat-Wed. Might have to hold off.

THIS!!

For that UHI effect, maybe check the wind direction. Was it pushing that warmer air from over the parking lot to the sensor?

Not the hardware, but the surrounding area. How many official stations have new pavement near them that could impact their readings, for example?

I know it would be a good amount of work, but I wonder if this is a potential systemic issue throughout the US?

Surfer's delight.

Covid rules fatigue, it's a real thing.

Where? I'd like to understand this perspective more.

Yes. Only thing I can think of is Erie keeping higher low temps in BUF. Or maybe the giant parking lot next the the station...

At 5pm here, the pressure started to rise and DPs dropped sharply.

My Tempest is showing falling pressure, south winds and rising DPs. Interesting. I guess the winds backed from SE to S/SW post-frontal and the pressure did briefly rise and then start to fall again as the LP approaches. DPs rising is a bit of a mystery.

I'm not sure as it hasn't gone through here yet. Maybe the SE to NW orientation?

Just listened to it. Very interesting and I can see how this is/has been accelerating over the past 5 years. I don't see how meritocracy turns out well for the Left as the black communities (especially men) are at the bottom of the 'credentialed' ladder.

Tempest shows 1.45" for the event here. Was really dry so we needed it. Now I'm ready for the warm, dry, colorful Fall.

I don't think we ever outgrow bullying, ridicule or mockery - especially coming from adults. Just read some of OUR posts and others in this relatively calm weather forum - and most of us aren't trying to be mean.

Being a people manager is not as bad as it seems. I've taken a more 'servant leadership' role with my people - being an enabler through encouragement and removing obstacles in their way - with the purpose of advancing their career objectives; all the while, getting the necessary daily work done well because they are motivated by feeling supported, heard, and important.

That article is pretty, um, not professional, but there is one part that rings true: And why is that a perfectly human response? Because no one ever wants to feel like they are being bullied or ridiculed or mocked or pushed into doing anything. This is why many people I know aren't getting the vaccine that already had Covid (also they likely have natural immunity and aren't too concerned).

We would hate this storm track in the winter, glad it's only Sept.

Makes me wonder how many new parking lots have been built near official stations. That could easily be a contributing factor as to why temps (especially in the winter) are warmer over the past 20 years.

I thought a strong SSW event in Jan contributed to this. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/sudden-stratospheric-warming-and-polar-vortex-early-2021 And here's a paper related to the 2015 Feb cold (again SSW): https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015GL065864 I know they want to blame GW (it seems to be popular these days), but I don't necessarily buy it.

There's a tornado warning in that area right now... Lol