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Summer Banter 2021


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2 hours ago, Rjay said:

Well personally, I think we're all lizard people and humans don't actually exist.   And...nah nvm

 

Good evening, Rjay. That means that the best of us were wiped out by an errant rock 65 million years ago. As ye sow ….. as always ….

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6 hours ago, bluewave said:

Hard to keep track of all the record flash flooding around the world. Luckily, the driver survived. 

 

whats the bigger problem, the record flooding or the scorching droughts?  and do you think all the cloud seeding going on is going to be enough to be enough to curb the worst of the droughts?  I read that the most it can do is add back 20-25 pct of normal precip for a given region that's in drought conditions.

 

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14 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

My inlaws in cottonwood AZ have had 7.9" in the past 7 days. Unfortunately someone was swept away by the floodwaters last night

Yeah, these rainfall extremes are occurring all across the world. This is officially the wettest monsoon on record to date in Tucson. Also notice how the intensity of the monsoon produced the record  cool temperatures in Phoenix.

 

 

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32 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, these rainfall extremes are occurring all across the world. This is officially the wettest monsoon on record to date in Tucson. Also notice how the intensity of the monsoon produced the record  cool temperatures in Phoenix.

 

 

Whats the cause of this sudden global rainfall increase all across the world, even in areas experiencing a super drought?  It's almost like we have a monster storm circulating across the entire planet, our own version of the Great Red Spot.

 

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14 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Whats the cause of this sudden global rainfall increase all across the world, even in areas experiencing a super drought?  It's almost like we have a monster storm circulating across the entire planet, our own version of the Great Red Spot.

 

A combination of a warmer atmosphere holding more moisture and slower moving systems. 

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Both JB and SD warning of hurricane action affecting the n.e. in late August.

Imagine a storm that has the tidal flooding of Sandy,  the flooding rains of the Connie/Diane  and wind gusts of Hurricane Hazel.

Goodbye Cruel World!       Take Covid Delta, Delta+, Lambda and the coming Epsilon variant off the front page.

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4 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

weird it's also happening in areas that are in megadroughts.  It is the monsoon season though!  Any reports of excessive reports out of the Asian monsoons?

 

Yeah, more record rainfall and flooding.

 

 

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10 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Whats the cause of this sudden global rainfall increase all across the world, even in areas experiencing a super drought?  It's almost like we have a monster storm circulating across the entire planet, our own version of the Great Red Spot.

 

 

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9 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

well the cicadas have been here for a few days now.  Not a lot of them, seems like the normal amount and around the time when they arrive (they used to get here in early July but it's been late July the past few years.)

 

Interesting to hear, they have likewise just really begun to be heard here in NYC Central Park. I've only seen one thus far on my daily walks, but there are scattered individuals audible as well.

There is nothing like the 'brood of the century' hype that was widely posted in the media. In fact, thus far it is a pretty spotty performance, even compared to last year.

 

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5 minutes ago, etudiant said:

Interesting to hear, they have likewise just really begun to be heard here in NYC Central Park. I've only seen one thus far on my daily walks, but there are scattered individuals audible as well.

There is nothing like the 'brood of the century' hype that was widely posted in the media. In fact, thus far it is a pretty spotty performance, even compared to last year.

 

Down in Central NJ and the mid Atlantic that Brood was massive

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21 minutes ago, jfklganyc said:

that bridge was due to collapse anyway…

That was just a temporary bridge put in place after the original bridge got washed away. 
 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/suspension-bridge-collapses-flooded-russian-051203234.html

 

The bridge, mainly made out of wood, was located in Uryum village, over 4,500 kilometres away from Moscow.As the truck reached the middle of the bridge, it started failing under the load, eventually falling into the swollen river along with the vehicle.The driver was later reported to have survived, but the truck could not be recovered from the water.The suspension bridge was constructed in place of a road bridge that was destroyed during one of the previous floods in the area. Currently, the residents of Uryum village do not have a way to cross the river after the accident.Bridge in Uryum is not the only one in the region that got damaged by extreme rainfall. Flooding has also damaged a bridge on Russia's Trans-Siberian railway, suspending traffic in the area.A also bridge gave way in Zabaikalsk region, some 300 km (190 miles) north of the border with China and Mongolia, The emergencies ministry said that no casualties were reported.TASS news agency said around 650 houses were reported flooded and five road bridges washed away in the flooding in the Zabaikalsk region on Thursday after heavy rain.

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3 minutes ago, bluewave said:

That was just a temporary bridge put in place after the original bridge got washed away. 
 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/suspension-bridge-collapses-flooded-russian-051203234.html

 

The bridge, mainly made out of wood, was located in Uryum village, over 4,500 kilometres away from Moscow.As the truck reached the middle of the bridge, it started failing under the load, eventually falling into the swollen river along with the vehicle.The driver was later reported to have survived, but the truck could not be recovered from the water.The suspension bridge was constructed in place of a road bridge that was destroyed during one of the previous floods in the area. Currently, the residents of Uryum village do not have a way to cross the river after the accident.Bridge in Uryum is not the only one in the region that got damaged by extreme rainfall. Flooding has also damaged a bridge on Russia's Trans-Siberian railway, suspending traffic in the area.A also bridge gave way in Zabaikalsk region, some 300 km (190 miles) north of the border with China and Mongolia, The emergencies ministry said that no casualties were reported.TASS news agency said around 650 houses were reported flooded and five road bridges washed away in the flooding in the Zabaikalsk region on Thursday after heavy rain.

Wow. On so many levels

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5 minutes ago, etudiant said:

Interesting to hear, they have likewise just really begun to be heard here in NYC Central Park. I've only seen one thus far on my daily walks, but there are scattered individuals audible as well.

There is nothing like the 'brood of the century' hype that was widely posted in the media. In fact, thus far it is a pretty spotty performance, even compared to last year.

 

I only heard what sounded like a mournful lonely one in the sycamores, this past Tuesday. For that little ones sad song, cicada and celibacy will have to rhyme. As always …

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