Ellene's avatar

Thanks for your well informed news roundup tonight. An early night for you and me here in Oregon. We are seeing our first summer fires and fire activity growing with the high temperatures. I am wondering about flooding in Vermont and elsewhere in NE we only get snippets of it out here. A good reminder that change like weather is about what is happening locally.

Bryan Sean McKown's avatar

I have a decades long friend in Vermnot who reports heavy rains with more on the way. In Montepelier, the Capitol the streets are flooded & VT Governor warns of more on the way. Southern Texas, (all my X's roast in Texas) New Mexico, Arizona & SoCal are experiencing extreme heat. SoCal peaks this Weekend.

The first El Nino since 2019 may generate upper level eastern winds from the Pacific into the Gulf which could act as a counteracting force to cyclonic lows.

Make sure a "pressure drop doesn't f…

Irenie's avatar

Yes, it’s long past time for elected official climate change deniers to shut up and for our tax dollars to continue to fund policies and fast track new solutions to mitigate and possibly reduce losses. And subsidize insurance. The flooding and storms, fires and extreme drought and heat are continuing to cost individual homeowners and residents. In my Northern California mountain community we routinely experience fires up hill and we are all paying steep prices for mandatory insurance and inspec…

progwoman's avatar

Is it too late? is not a useful question, I think. We are here, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in dire circumstances. That alone should motivate us without all the angst over the ultimate fate of our planet. For all the good President Biden has done, and it's quite impressive, giving Joe Manchin's pipeline and the Alaskan project the green light are on the other side of the scales. I'm in New York City where the air is only supposed to be dangerous to children, the elderly and th…

There are multiple fires 🔥 in western Riverside County, California this Weekend. The "Rabbit Fire" has burned over 7000 acres. The "Heat Dome" is still in place. Many consecutive 100+ Days in El Paso, Texas. Take care All.

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