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uncle W

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  1. and it was before cow farts polluted the atmosphere...
  2. last years storm did have impact on us but not as bad as a Sandy or 1893 and 1821...Donna did more damage than Isis... 1821 from the Long Island star newspaper... 06 Sep 1821, Page 2 - The Long-Island Star at Newspapers.com 06 Sep 1821, Page 3 - The Long-Island Star at Newspapers.com
  3. I was 5 months old in Aug 49 and the headlines in that paper shows how bad things were 70 years ago...
  4. the only nstorms I can think of that NYC was on the eastern flank was the Jersey shore 1903 hurricane and Sandy that made landfall from the southeast...one or two came from the south right over us...those are the worst scenarios...
  5. also Aug 1949 storm... 1949 hurricane... http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52998805 http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52998811/
  6. the wind was recorded on top of the roof on 17 Battery place...
  7. JFK before it was JFK was directly hit in August 1893...
  8. Donna in 1960 was remarkable because of the dmage it caused from Florida to Maine...I believe Central Park had a 70mph sustained wind but I could be wrong about that...
  9. the heat will return...90's for everyone...
  10. if the earth warms enough we can grow coffee in our back yards so no need to worry if you like coffee...
  11. we can use a brush fire near the Central Park asos...it would be a few days off line but worth it...
  12. I don't remember ever riding on a trolly...I was seven in 56...they did have them on 69 ST which was close to my block...I lived in Wellsville NY in 1953...I have some faint memories of then especially the snow...
  13. the air is polluted...it would be worse back in the day...we have come a long way since the days of air pollution warnings...
  14. it probably will...that's the pattern for now...
  15. I can't believe this is happening in August...oh the humanity...
  16. JMA is another place to measure enso... JMA SST ENSO Index - Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) (fsu.edu)
  17. NYC averages almost 9" of snow in Dec when the ao was neg for la nina...it averages less than 2" with a pos ao...
  18. la nina dec with a neg nao...1975 and 1984 were o.o...
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