Media Myth Debunked: Almost No Temperature Records Broken in Last Week's 'Record-Breaking Heat'
All last week, global warming-obsessed media were rife with reports about record-breaking heat.
Problem is, according to the National Climatic Data Center, and marvelously reported by the Hockey Schtick Sunday, almost no temperature records were actually broken:
[T]he NOAA database of all-time Max Temperature...shows that there were no records broken on July 17, July 18, July 19, or July 20th. A total of 4 stations broke records on July 21, 20 on July 22, and 10 on July 23, 2011.
That's right. There were only 34 new all-time daily temperature records set during last week's "record-breaking heat."
This is out of over 6000 records previously set for each day since such things have been reported.
For instance, the four set Thursday were out of 6,219 historically for that day. This represented only 0.06 percent.
On Friday, 20 records were set out of 6,108, or 0.3 percent.
As you can see, the actual records broken were statistically insignificant.
Yet a Google search of "record-breaking heat July 2011" produced almost 35 million results.
That's more than a million stories per new record set.
Seems the exaggeration at play is even greater than the number of Americans now claiming they attended Woodstock.
Makes you wonder if all these so-called journalists were smoking something last week as if they were still at Max Yasgur's farm.
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Comments
It's July for crying out loud!
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:17pm.
As a gardener and a cyclist I am attuned to weather conditions on a daily basis. I have ridden hundred milers in near 100 degree heat and the heat wasn't that much of a factor with me. However, this past week I really toned down my riding and other outdoor activities because the HUMIDITY pushed the conditions into a dangerous zone. If your sweat can't evaporate you can become dangerously overheated.. So I'm not so much waiting for the temperature to fall as I am the humidity.
Careful
Submitted by Dave81 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:15pm.
Now they're going to start talking about Global Humidity Change!
yeah
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:43pm.
I was thinking that. The temperatures we've experienced in the Midwest and East are just an ordinary day in Phoenix. BUT... it's the humidity that makes it a killer. So I guess there needs to be a new class of alarmism... RISING HUMIDITY! The crusade can be led by humidisists who fund scientists who will find after receiving funding for a few million dollars that yes indeed we are in a period of unprecedented rising humidity and if action isn't taken right away then the whole world is going to be covered in mold! Not only that but instead of just that green stuff growing on the north side of your house, algae will be all over your house. The cost for power washing the worlds houses will be in the billions so it will better to pay higher taxes now so the government can regulate humidity sources.
Actually, people have argued
Submitted by cathartic1 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:51pm.
Actually, people have argued about rising humidity and moisture in the air due to global warming, but alas, even they were disparaged when they tried to explain it:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2011/02/02/cbs-early-show-blames-winter-storms-global-warming
Same old tired arguments
Submitted by dbo on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:30pm.
They have probably been disparaged because it's not true. Water vapor in the atmosphere is lower now than it was 23 years ago when the IPCC was created. The whole AGW theory is based upon the premise of a positive water vapor feedback. Without a positive water vapor feedback there is no scare. Why do you continue to embarrass yourself by propagating myths?
Just think Mid*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:01pm.
Grants for Gunk Removal
Awards for Algae
Government sponsored assistance programs for the needy to hep remove the mold, algae, and mildew that will accumulate around your house due to the catastrophic and unexpected global rise of humidity.
****( If you are an independent operator and entrepreneur with expertise in mold and mildew removal, you may qualify immediately for Federal Government Stimulus Funds and may be included in "shovel ready jobs count".
**** Though experts, ordinary house wives need not apply unless enrolled in a recognized and Licensed Domestic Worker's Union.
well you know...
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:18pm.
I hate to be critical but this awful humidity actually has it's main source comin' from down where you are. I mean, if I wanted to live in the South and put up with that oppressive humidity I would move down there.
And while I'm bitchin' I might as well get it off my chest that you guys North of me torment us fine folks in the central Midwest with your horrific winter storms and it's just not funny so cut it out.
Here in the central Midwest we have a very pleasant temperate climate with a nice easy changes of seasons but the people outside of this area send us stuff that can just make life miserable.
cajun
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:25pm.
What will they do if people find out that ordinary bleach will kill mold, mildew, and algea? And do those people realize that the assistance does NOT mean someone will come and do the work for them? They still have to do it themselves?!
But But But Ms Rad*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:33pm.
That is what the Unionized Domestic Workers supported by Government Grants and Stimulus Funds is intended. For those who are unable to do anything for themselves..Government at its best, subsidized activities for those incapable or too snobby to do for themselves. Liberals are compassionate as long as it includes throwing tax payer money to get others to the hard stuff for them.
thanks Noel
Submitted by botg on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:17pm.
it's hard to keep track here in SanDiego where its been in the 70s all week
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
sounds nice in San
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:38pm.
sounds nice in San Diego......I lived in Florida for years, 70 degrees was only seen in January...lol. That's not completely true but not too far from the truth either. Summer nights in Fl might get to 75, so the weatherman said, but I've been up all 24 hours a day and 75 must have been those 3 seconds I napped.
I live now in Georgia after 50 years of Northern Indiana and 10 of Florida, and it has nice combination, cool nights, damn hot days but it lasts only June, July and August.. I used to measure Florida heat by stepping into the swimming pool.. if I stopped sweating when the water was at my knees, the day was so so, but if it stopped at my chest (usual July 4th) then it was hot.
I do believe Newark, NJ set a record.
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:40pm.
DEFINITELY for the date-Friday the 22nd-but I think it broke the ALL-TIME record for ANY day in Newarks history--108 IS PRETTY DAMN HOT! It still doesnt warrant any global warming BS-"Were just having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave.."
still ,there is the undeniable urban heat island effect
Submitted by merly1 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:52pm.
in major metro areas -->with their ever expanding rooftops, black roadways, and tall buildings should be harnassing the sun's energy/blocking breezes. How are records not falling like crazy , in June and July, in our big metro areas each year?
That is what I dont understand. I would bet if you put the same weather day in Newark in 1911, it would be at least 5 degrees cooler than a century later (as any kid stepping from a green lawn to an asphalt driveway would attest).
Rule of thumb: The truth is
Submitted by celator on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:44pm.
Rule of thumb: The truth is typically the exact opposite of whatever the MSM claims is the truth. Good example here.
Never mind....I reposted to
Submitted by Jarhead68 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:30pm.
Never mind....I reposted to another user....
Rule of thumb #2: If it's a
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:27pm.
Rule of thumb #2: If it's a 'media myth'..........then it's always going to be 'de-bunked'!!! And I'm wondering - what does it mean to be 'bunked'??? I know what 'de-bunked' means?? Kind of like 'disgruntled' is a word, but 'gruntled' isn't???
debunked
Submitted by WestHoustonGeo on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:28pm.
I think it comes from military barracks humor. Stay with me!
The perpetrator of some offence that had the whole unit punished (for example) was unceremoniously ejected from his sleeping accommodations.
"De-Bunked"
So, I reckon he was "bunked" by the corporal who assigned him to the spot.
It came to mean throwing out a comfortably ensconced (crack-pot) theory from its place of repose.
...............Or not! ;-)
Thanks for the explanation,
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:41pm.
Thanks for the explanation, Houston - even though you nailed me hard on the other post!!! Now.........can you explain the origins of 'disgruntled'...........and why I've never known anyone who's been 'gruntled'????
Hot air, lamestream media style
Submitted by deadeyedan on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:48pm.
High profile weather events which would seem to point toward global warming/climate change/climate disruption/whatever's next will never be overlooked by whichever of the combination "scientists", journalists, politicians or agenda-driven grant foundation moguls who are crying wolf.
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina and the record setting Atlantic Basin tropical storm season made headlines galore while the tornado season that same year, while perhaps more unprecedented, received nary a second glance. In 2005:
No fatalities from tornadoes anywhere in the U.S. in April and May - except for 1992 that hadn't happened since 1875. None in June or July either, no precedent since 1854 for May-July no fatalities anywhere in U.S. No Fujita Force Scale five events for six years, and it would take another two years for another.
Hurricanes
Submitted by WestHoustonGeo on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:38pm.
You might add that the most deadly hurricane in US history was the 1900 Storm in Galveston, Texas. Six to eight thousand dead on the island and two thousand more on the mainland. What was then the largest city and most active port in Texas was devastated. My Greatgrandfather barely survived being washed across Galveston Bay in the middle of the night. His brother and family were all lost.
Wow, so 34 records being
Submitted by cathartic1 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:51pm.
Wow, so 34 records being broken does not mean record-breaking heat?
I think you missed the point....
Submitted by Jarhead68 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:28pm.
34 records out of over 6,000 is less that 1% of all the recorded records. Hardly a record-breaking stretch of temps. Last summer was relatively mild. This is all anecdotal to the AGW "debate." The real science doesn't support the Climate Hysterics.
But that would be including
Submitted by cathartic1 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:10pm.
But that would be including those that were outside the "dome" of record heat, like Edmonton, and Calgary, Canada. That's the equivalent of something getting burned by sunlight under a magnifying glass, but then argue that it's really not bad because of the places not burned around the magnifying glass.
it's about GLOBAL temps
Submitted by botg on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:20pm.
not local, by definition of the true-believers the entire globe is under the magnifying glass.
i think you've made Noel's point
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
1) according to the data on
Submitted by cathartic1 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:30pm.
1) according to the data on the NOAA page, eight states broke records on one day; not sure if that's really considered "local". I live in MA, I wouldn't consider VA or PA "local" to me.
2) the point of this post is a disingenuous argument that a heatwave must also be reviewed in light of areas unaffected by the heatwave to be considered record breaking. i think i do have the point, it's just an absurd one.
what part
Submitted by botg on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:39pm.
of GLOBAL don't you understand?
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
I understand it perfectly.
Submitted by cathartic1 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:56pm.
I understand it perfectly. That may help explain the droughts seen in Texas, China, Somalia, Australia, and a few other places. But a heatwave is a localized phenomena. So on the one hand, while one heatwave itself is not proof of global warming, arguing that it was not record-breaking due to places unaffected is a stretch. Unless the argument is that a heatwave MUST affect every state in the union in order for it to be considered record breaking (which it would be), that's a very high standard to set.
perspective
Submitted by botg on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:17pm.
from a global perspective en regards global warming
it would seem you lack it
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
Okay I have no idea what that
Submitted by cathartic1 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:24pm.
Okay I have no idea what that means. How bout this for a little global perspective:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110714_globalstats.html
but but but but
Submitted by botg on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:36pm.
according to the mythology we are doomed in a self-substaining loop of warming with temps warming every year? Seventh warmest? Is it really cooler now than the 1930s? And what of the late medievel period? oh right no data for then. Sampling size is too small.
Perspective, you don't understand perspective?
well then i'll not waste any more time with you then
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
Drought and heat
Submitted by WestHoustonGeo on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:57pm.
Drought is no stranger to Texas. There was a far worse drought half a century ago when your humble narrator was but a child.
The playing fields at my school had to be closed 'cause great cracks in the ground had appeared that would break ankles. My Grandpa’s 8 mm movies showed men with skinny neckties and short sleeve shirts with huge sweat-pits and sultry women in summer dresses - ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
Yes, it’s been hotter. Yes, it’s been drier.
cath1, Even those 34 missed the all time high...
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:00pm.
If it's really getting warmer, the 1930's would have disappeared from this list.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001416.html
You Didn't Build That.
Those numbers are
Submitted by stratman on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:11pm.
Those numbers are artificially low, UCW. They forgot to factor in the humidity.
(Sarc/off)
Let's not forget about Realfeel ® Kuz the Heat Index ain't cool
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:04pm.
Great liberal term "realfeel"
And what ya wanna bet the "number" is larger than the old fashioned heat index!
You Didn't Build That.
Good Grief!
Submitted by stratman on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:09pm.
There's never enough for these nutjobs.
Exactly Stratman*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:58pm.
Thanks to this Global Warming Heat Wave, us down here in south La have been enjoying temps in the 80's with 80% humidity. Been sitting on the porch swing enjoying our burst of AGW!
Several posters have tried to explain to these nutjobs that certain data cannot be included in the "scientific computer models" since that data does not fit in the model. As I have posted a number of times, having lived through 6 decades of "climate change", the factor that is never included in any of these "models" is the one where the effects of increasing technology, like A/C, has changed our lifestyles. Much of the fear mongering about AGW is from simple spoiled brats.
Spoiled Brats
Submitted by stratman on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:21am.
Had not thought of this angle. Now that I have, there is truth in what you say.
We did not have air-conditioning growing up. Don't recall how we managed but we did. Now I am spoiled by technology.
A neighbor has a nice front porch with a swing and chairs. No one else on the block has anything like it and many people stop by and chat with the elder homeowners. I sit out with the mister and chew the fat most months of the year warm or cold. It is very enjoyable time watching the grass grow and talking about anything and everything.
:30
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:29pm.
The 30 second mark is key.
"If each generation will develop a clear understanding of our American system of Capitalism.......then neither Socialism nor Communism ever will become established in America."
.......and by design, that clear understanding is harder and harder to develop.
Interesting in 1955 he mentions "state capitalism." ..........Communist China.
Bing.......9:36
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:03pm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kZMqMb9Lgkc#t=577s
Greg, I just heard that his teachings must be taught in CA.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:40pm.
Some new law, or some such. ohh wait nevermind.
A "Propaganda film" not allowed on yt
So many good videos so little time.. L@@K the low friction petroleum gang strikes again.
In other news San Francisco just tied it's low temperature.
You Didn't Build That.
Forget the 6000
Submitted by Jimme on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 10:16pm.
What you have to take into account is not the 6000 stations around the country, its the many stations locally reporting in your area. Mass. alone has around 20+ NWS stations, all of New England at least 70. This heat wave covered like what 30 states? so out of over 1000 stations only 34 records is not a whole lot.
I think what's more important
Submitted by bkeyser on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:13pm.
I think what's more important for us all to recognize is that at few stations was the high temperature the same as it was last year --clear evidence of climate change.
How disappointing for the
Submitted by tcm14 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:28pm.
How disappointing for the global warming zealots. You know they have been waiting all winter and spring for the summer when they can fear monger the most.
This ain't nothing
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:31pm.
Around here we get our hottest temps the last of August and the first of September. i haven't looked at the Framer's Almanac in years. This is the usual time of the year for the Dog Days.
At one quaint time, headlines
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:36pm.
At one quaint time, headlines like "record breaking temperatures" could be chalked up to just media sensationalism. Now, it's part of the media's "man-made Global Warming" - er - "Climate Change" - agenda.
Over the past 4 days, 34
Submitted by stratman on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:38pm.
Over the past 4 days, 34 stations out over slightly more than 6000 total stations nationwide recorded new record high temperatures. For 4 days prior to that there were no record high temperatures. Yet the MSM hyped the heat as if records were shattering across most of the country. There has been precious little cogent balance to the reporting, mostly just reminding us ad nauseum of how hot things are.
This morning I tuned to CBS's morning show where they had a "skit" about the weather, making sure to frighten people not only with the humidity factored in "feels like" temperature, but also that all the humidity - representing a column of 1200 gallons of water over every single home in the city (or was it the USA?) - was directly caused by GLOBAL WARMING! They explained that all the carbon in the air led to increased retention of water which we call humidity.
I recall that the MSM used to push the concept of El Nino / La Nina for a number of years but have stopped now that Global Warming is their Progressive cause. Also, no mention that it is summer and that high humidity and high temperatures have happened in other decades besides now and 1995 (the Left's convenient tunnel vision talking point to further the AGW myth).
As I understand it, the false
Submitted by robert108 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 6:48pm.
As I understand it, the false claims were based on giving the combined heat and humidity number, AKA the "heat index", instead of the actual thermometer reading. Changing the context is a typical leftie disinformation trick.
Absolutely.
Submitted by HockeyKid on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:04pm.
In fact, I fully expect them to start switching the numbers for Obysmal's approval and disapproval ratings.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Odd--it's hot in the middle of July.
Submitted by HockeyKid on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:01pm.
And yet the reenactors still went out in their woolen uniforms and engaged in the 150th anniversary commemorative reenactment of the First Battle of Manassas here in Northern Virginia. There were a few cases of heat-related maladies, as I'm sure there were 150 years ago.
Life must really suck if you're a liberal--imagine worrying every day about that 1200 gallons of water hovering over your house. That's 9600 pounds just waiting to crush you, after all!
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
"Life must really suck if
Submitted by stratman on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:24pm.
Excellent!
Do we now need to recalculate the weight of a gallon of water since there is now more carbon in the water holding it all together? (Stupid Lefty-speak/off)
quote
Submitted by WestHoustonGeo on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:16pm.
Quoting:
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Commenting:
Good one! If I read your intent correctly the better phrase might br to replace "beauty" with "ugly".
Just a thought.
Well, boys and girls, it's in
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:40pm.
Well, boys and girls, it's in the mid-80's here, with the trade winds blowing, on an outer island in Hawaii...................the only problem is there isn't any surf right now!!! Boo-hoo!!!!! I'll just have to take a nice refreshing swim later on when it 'cools down'.
Killa
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:00pm.
That was probably once of the meanest low-down things you've ever posted. When you die you're going to be reborn in the Northeast where you get the worst of winter and the worst of summer weather.
I envy you soooo much.
Jeez, Rad......'there are
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:46pm.
Jeez, Rad......'there are some' who have accused me of some 'mean, low-down' posts before........so I must've hit a new low!!!
When I die, my sons and my friends are going to spread my ashes outside Hanalei Bay, where I surf all the time. My son spent 4 years at the Coast Guard Acadamy in Connecticut.......and another 2 years in NYC.....and he was born and raised here, so he's told me about the weather.
You can always take a vacation - I try to go somewhere else when I can save up enough money for a 'vacation', just to get away from here!!!
Weather
Submitted by WestHoustonGeo on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:26pm.
Y'know, you remind me of those guys I met in San Diego. They were so glad to tell me that their weather was so nice all the time. Except just then when they were clouded in long into the usual mild summer sunny season.
Squealed like little French School Girls, did they.
It was 101 F in the shade here today and humid as all get-out. I mowed the lawn and sweated like a pig. I got better, though.
When fall comes there will be three weeks of achingly blue skies with cool dry weather and I will appreciate it all the more by remembering the Little French School Girls squealing.
OK............next time I go
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:48pm.
OK............next time I go to town, I'll see about buying a little French Schoolgirl Squealing outfit!!!
Ohhhhhhhhhh jeeeeeeeez
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:39pm.
Ohhhhhhhhhh jeeeeeeeez guys!!!! SORRY!!!! SORRY!!!! SORRY!!!! I should've kept my big piehole shut!!! But, hey, I'll post again sometime when it's been raining (real rain - not California or Oregon rain) for 25 days straight and the brideges are closed!!
But...........that probably won't assuage you....I know, I know!!!
Hell...............I"m sorry guys.............really I am. I'll make it up to you somehow............OK???
Allright..........gotta go have a swim - the beach is 2 minutes from my house..........
Oh god............there I go again!!!!
PS - I worked LONG and HARD to be here..........and it's still a never ending struggle to STAY here!!!
Records broken in February, 2011 (partial list)
Submitted by ThisnThat on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:15pm.
Bartlesville, OK: Feb 10 (-11) and Feb 11 (-27)
Oklahoma City: Feb 10 (-5)
Enid, OK: Feb 10 (-18)
Tulsa, OK: Feb 10 (-12)
Ardmore, OK: Feb 5 (1), Feb 9 (12), Feb 10 (5), and Feb 11 (14)
Muskogee, OK: Feb 5 (10), Feb 9 (5), Feb 10 (-6), and Feb 11 (7)
Dallas, TX: Feb 9 (15), Feb 10 (16), and Feb 11 (23)
Austin, TX: Feb 10 (19)
Amarillo, TX: Feb 3 (-5) and Feb 10 (-6)
San Francisco, CA: Feb 26 (35)
San Jose, CA: Feb 26 (33)
Oakland, CA: Feb 26 (32)
Springfield, MO: Feb 3 (-9) and Feb 10 (-10)
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
FWIW...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:08pm.
I achieved a personal best last week for remaining submerged in a tub of ice water--albeit with some uninvited assistance from my wife and mother-in-law.
Jer
Jer
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:12pm.
Were they assisting you by submerging your head? If so you need to re-consider your marital situation. No record is worth the consequences.
;-)
Rad...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:23pm.
It was hard to tell while choking and thrashing about under water, but that seemed to be the point where most of the pressure was being applied. BTW, her mother has an amazingly strong grip.
Jer
Whoa Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:23pm.
Cajun likes the women in your life....;-) Envious too
Jer
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 11:08pm.
Do you and yours often re-enact the drowning scene in "Diabolique"? Sounds - er - entertaining...
What do you consider "often", Chris? But, the original--
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 1:12am.
not the Sharon Stone remake.
BTW...I highly recommend "Leave Her to Heaven"--little known but a very entertaining and occasionally disturbing thriller starring Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain and Gene Tierney as a ravishing, seductive psychopath involved in one of the more chilling drowning scenes in cinematic history. It was released in 1945, brilliant technicolor, TCM airs it every two or three years.
Jer,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 2:16am.
I don't agree with you much on politics or media bias, but I'm with you on movies. "Leave Her to Heaven" is great. I watched it about six months ago for I think the third time. The lush color palette alone makes it worth watching. It has a lot of style. The evil juxtaposed against the prettiness made it even more disturbing (especially for it's time) than it would have been without it.
News media lies about climate change!
Submitted by Emil on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:12pm.
See that, real science, very few heat records broken! Is that what you thought happened last week? Did you think it was the hottest summer ever? Did you believe it because the News Media is CONSPIRING with the warmists fraudsters to make you believe in global warming? Think for yourself! We must demand our news media tells us the truth!
45 Miles
Submitted by compguytracy on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 10:43am.
From where i live to this little lake on the eastern shores of wisconsin call michigan, also, i actually live in a city named after a body of water, you might have heard of it, we just won a super bowl, green bay. so i am used to humidity, as we live in the wettest part of the midwest!
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?" Orwell, 1984
Ceteris paribus
Mr. Needs a Catharsis
Submitted by deadeyedan on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 12:25pm.
So you're all "hot & bothered" by the 34 heat records, and the hysterics are pounding Senator Inhofe about the heat in his home state Oklahoma.
Just five months ago, on February 10, 2011 (that's right, that's THIS year), an Oklahoma station's thermometer dipped to 31 below, an ALL TIME state record. Several other Oklahoma stations beat the old record that day, just not by as much.
Liberalism - government of the people by the theories and for the ideologists - deadeyedan
ClimateGate - the revelation that the pseudo-scientists of East Anglia University know just as much about the atmosphere as Harvard law professors know about the Constitution - deadeyedan
Oklahoma may have had its
Submitted by Giygas on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 1:39pm.
Oklahoma may have had its all-time lowest temperature of -31 degrees Fahrenheit in February 2011. But the monthly average temperature for Oklahoma in February was near-normal. This summer, in contrast, is much more anomalous than last winter in Oklahoma. Last june was Oklahoma's 2nd hottest on record. And this July may turn out to be the hottest July on record for the state.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2011/2
?
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 10:59am.
And your point is?
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Record daily highs are
Submitted by Giygas on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 1:28pm.
Record daily highs are different from all-time highs. A record daily high is the highest temperture recorded on a specific date at a locality. An all-time high is the highest temperature ever recorded at a locality. 2,100 daily record high maximum temperatures and 4,734 daily record high mininum temperatures were broken so far this month. 55% of these records were set in the past week, showing that the heat wave was exceptional. Exceptionally high overnight lows are part of trend that began in the 1970s when the average temperature started to rise. This July is shaping up to being one of the top-five hottest Julys in U.S. history.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
Gg,1970's Here is the reason for higher night time temps..
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 1:30pm.
http://www.norcalblogs.com/watts/images/Detroit_lakes_USHCN.jpg
Los Angeles had an all time high record last year, why, because they moved the thermometer.
There are many, many ,many more stations, l with added heat issues.
http://gallery.surfacestations.org/UCAR-slides/index.html
You Didn't Build That.
Exactly Upcountry*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 4:31pm.
If you are going to only talk about locality then let me throw in these numbers. At the Baton Rouge station, the average high for July is 91. So far this July, the average temperature has been 89. We have had 17 days below average temperature and we have another week to go.
We are enjoying one of the coolest Julys in my memory.
As I posted on another thread, numbers can be used to skew any argument.
Why that's downright frigid, cajun...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:07pm.
We have plenty of extra blankets in case you need one to chase away those nightly chills.
Jer
Go ahead laugh Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:13pm.
It has been raining off and on since yesterday. When I have to go outside, I wear a long sleeved shirt because the temperatures are below 75. That is just too weird.
I wasn't laughing, cajun...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:17pm.
I am very concerned. [Actually, I am extremely envious.]
Jer
See Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:34pm.
This too needs watching. At least until Nov
Jer, I'd gladly trade our 95s for c2's 75s any day of the week
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:39pm.
:-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
LOL Dave*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:42pm.
Oh what a price we pay. That 75 came with 6" of rain...;-(
cajun
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:45pm.
Send that rain up north. We've been dry for quite awhile, with the exception of yesterday, and no rain in the forecast.
My grass is crunchy. Ouch
Well Ms Rad*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:55pm.
Even though it has rained 20 of 26 days in July, we are still 12-14" below normal rainfall. With this tropical wave of moisture, which may last though August, we may have enough rain to send a little your way. Note, not til the end of August. Sorry, we need our mud ya' know...;-)
I tell you what Deuce
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:59pm.
I hope we dont catch up anytime soon. Gettin to be a mud hole around here
Hey Boudin*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 9:45pm.
I posted a link earlier. There is a tropical storm brewing in the gulf. Models are showing it will go to Brownsville but thats still not far enough south. We will get more rain. Those that live around the Atchafalaya Basin are flooding again and its supposed to rain until the weekend.
And poor Cocodrie. Cant help him cut his grass, hubby overworked the mower, its in the shop....;-(
Excuses excuses
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:03pm.
Excuses excuses
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Good evening Cajun
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:53pm.
What a price. Would you come cut my grass?
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
cajun, the average temperature here. A bit of makua rain today.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 9:37pm.
http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/96790
Kula, HI (96790) Weather Facts
On average, the warmest month is August.
The highest recorded temperature was 86°F in 1981.
On average, the coolest month is February.
The lowest recorded temperature was 35°F in 1981.
January is the average wettest month.
30 years of living here went by in a Flash...Oh yea no Trade Winds.
You Didn't Build That.
How to deal with hot weather
Submitted by Unsane on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:16pm.
The cause of the hot weather, which broke records at 0.4% of weather stations nationwide, is a phenomenon called July. You couldn't hack TX, that's for damn sure.
And IF this July is one of the top-five hottest ones in recorded history - so what?
Crank the A/C, grab some cold water, dress lightly. And for Shahinshah's sake, quit whining.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Unsane
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:18pm.
Crank that AC while you can. In 10, maybe even 5 years the government will be controlling our energy use outright or through regs that don't allow enough electricity for us to use our AC.
Crank it while you can.
Radical1979
Submitted by well99 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:26pm.
You will be given energy saving cooling devices.
http://netdna.goodthingsweddingfavors.com/images/P/heart-traditional-bam...
well99
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:38pm.
Good to know the government will be taking care of the situation. I can rest easy now.
LOL!
edit I assume this is a twofer, part of Moochelle's anti obesity initiative. Gotta exercise those arms.
Radical
Submitted by well99 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:55pm.
It is even though she will be sitting in the WH with top notch AC's blasting and her pigging out on fries.