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Sorry.
(the air is crystal clear, well, at least smoke free here in Newfoundland)Stay calm, be brave....wait for the signs. Possibly precariously prevaricating.
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My county is under an air quality alert for ground level smoke through the day Friday. The prevailing winds are from the north. We have had a haze in the sky the last couple of days but I smell no smoke. The greater amount of smoke has been to our east into Cleveland and beyond. But come Friday morning my county is predicted to experience New York City levels of smoke. Currently the air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Come Friday the air quality will be at a hazardous level. I guess Buddy and I will stay indoors Friday as if it were a rainout. Saturday the wind shifts to southerly. And Sunday we are expected to have up to 1/2 inch of rain.Last edited by Tom Montgomery; 06-07-2023, 04:59 PM."They have a lot of stupid people that vote in their primaries. They really do. I'm not really supposed to say that but it's an obvious fact. But when stupid people vote, you know who they nominate? Other stupid people." -- James Carville on the plethora of low-quality GQP candidates in the mid-term election.Comment
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My wealthy friend in New York City is asking me if it is time to open up his most coveted bottle of Baroltos since the party is almost over.
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vintage-bottle-of-marchesi-di-barolo-1024x576.jpgWithout friends none of this is possible.Comment
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Like nowhere else on Earth I've been told.
I was there once, for a few hours until I caught a train out of town. That was four decades ago.
No compelling reason to dally, or ever return.
Hope it's not 'corked' after so long a wait! (Isn't stuff supposed to be kept cork down so it doesn't dry out in storage? Always willing to learn....)Comment
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I remember the first time i experienced that orange world. 2001 i had just arrived in Australia maybe six weeeks before. Sydney was surrounded on all sides by fire. The wind was westerly.
It wasn't just the orange light and being able to look straight at the sun. It was also the heat, and the ash came down like snow flakes and covered everything in a black layer.
Honestly, it was like the end of days. Beelzebub was coming.It's all fun and games until Darth Vader comes.Comment
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Welcome to my world, every year from mid-August to October.
Again, we are having the first El Niño since the global temperature surge began in the mid-2010s. It has started with unprecedented strength and is expected to be long and deep. This is only the beginning.Comment
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“Fire isn’t going away,” Vaillant recently told The Guardian. “We’re going to be burning for this entire century.” The Alberta fires had only just begun to rage, but he saw the course of change quite clearly. “This is a global shift. It’s an epochal shift, and we happen to be alive for it.”Comment
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Are the Canadians fighting these fires or just hoping they will burn out?I was born on a wooden boat that I built myself.
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This article on the growing El Niño contains the following quote:
"This is a very unique situation, with abnormally warm North Pacific, North Atlantic, and the rest of the globe running warmer on average. Usually, there is a larger contrast with an El Niño, but this year, the oceans are already running record warmest, without the El Niño properly developed yet."
"We are entering uncharted waters with such a global configuration, so this El Niño might be something we have not seen before yet."
Lots of warm, wet air over the North Atlantic? Our European Autumn could be interesting.
Andy
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If I use the word "God," I sure don't mean an old man in the sky who just loves the occasional goat sacrifice. - Anne Lamott
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resources are limited, and the number and scope of fires rather less so. Ahem.
The objective is always to try to first protect communities, then other major assets. Triage. Doubtless, some fires are being let burn because they're not posing the dire threat others are.
It's June. The fire season shouldn't really be much started yet, but the forests are dangerously dry. This is going to be a very long, nasty summer. Spare some thoughts for the animals, not merely for the humans. To say nothing of the hundreds of years of growth in the older trees.If I use the word "God," I sure don't mean an old man in the sky who just loves the occasional goat sacrifice. - Anne Lamott
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