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That is going away starting tomorrow, in to mid next week right?

My deepest sympathies to you and your entire family.

Isn't this more of a landspout, than a tornado, since it is not associated with convective activity?

Brief spritz here in Riverdale, NJ. This AM was gorgeous. Spent time by the pool for a couple of hours. Was hoping to get more time this afternoon, but the weather did not cooperate. Tomorrow will be poolside for sure.

Gorgeous cloud free day in Riverdale, NJ.

Dew point today around 55, makes it feel a lot more comfortable outside today. Temps right now around 77. Still holding out hope that the weather for tomorrow during the day, and Sunday day time is nice enough that I can sit pool side.

Only 76 here right now, but the sun is breaking out from the previously cloudy skies. I expect to see a pop in temps soon, between the sun, and the WSW winds.

91 by me, 83dp. So gross out.

I got a dwarf tomato plant, as I no longer have a back yard, just a balcony. Not too many tomatoes/flowers on the plant. Also there were some that looked ripe on the outside, a nice deep red, but when I sliced them open, they were still green on the inside. Very frustrating.

Are cow nose rays common at point pleasant beach?

89 degrees, 57% RH. that is about a 72 dp. So gross out.

Got some thunder, brief downpour in Riverdale, NJ.

84 degrees. DP 75, making it feel so gross outside. Partially sunny skies. I feel like I had to chew the air before I could breath it due to it feeling so heavy, thick.

I mean it is summer, it pretty much always is wet/active in Florida in July.

Thorium, molten salt, lead cooled. sodium cooled, gas cooled, Gen IV reactors all are supposed to produce the more energy with the same amount of fuel as existing reactors. Some can even be re-fueled while still online. Waste products decay in centuries, rather than thousands of years. So far only China has brought 1 Gen IV reactor online.

I feel like we are getting close to plasma and fusion energy. In the mean time we should be investing in the next generation nuclear fission plants, especially with What are Small Modular Reactors. Lower in cost. Can be built off site in a factory/assembly line type setting, lowering costs greatly. If the US, China, and India get on board with SMRs, and get them built out to replace fossil fuel plants, we can take a big chunk out of what is causing CO2 levels to rise. https://interestingengineering.com/energy/iter-nuclear-fusion-boron-plasma https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-are-small-modular-reactors-smrs

Gen Alpha are entering HS in the fall. I was hoping we would have this fixed by now, but here we are.

I am looking forward to the next in this series of podcasts that they are putting out this summer. Very informative.

I saw this article, listened to the 12 min podcast about ocean currents fading, due to climate change, decreases in salinity, etc. What are your thoughts on it? https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/1255296716/oceans-temperature-currents-climate-change

Abnormally dry just means you are below normal rainfall levels to date. We have gotten rain recently, it doesn't mean we have recovered from a rainfall deficit.

ConEd made 1.8 billion after taxes, dividends, etc last year. That money is supposed to go in to R&D, system upgrades etc. Instead they just bank it for stockbuy backs, dividends in the future.

When is this stationary front supposed to finally move out of the way? Temps are down, but dew points are thru the roof.

But the transmission costs are a separate fee from the electric/gas costs.

Big thing I miss about living on Long Island, or even in Astoria, ease of access to the south shore beaches, in particular Jones Beach Field 6.