Lots of thunder-boomers happening this summer. The last one featured loud cracks of thunder and horizontal rain coming down in sheets. I thought for sure my neighbor’s oak trees would land in my living room.
Yes, this summer has definitely been the Summer of Thunder and Lightning. To date, I have not lost electricity. NOVEC customers rarely lose their service. Part of my good fortune is because of underground cables. However, Westgate still has above ground wires and they rarely lose power either. NOVEC just gets things right.
I did notice that my electric bill was higher by about 30 bucks than it was for this time a year ago. I guess the weather was hotter in June, other than on the weekends. I am looking forward to the polar vortex that is due to arrive next Wednesday. Bring on the cool!!
@Rick Bentley
I don’t know whether the Earth is getting warmer, but the
atmosphere around it seems to be warming.
“Rick, no, the Arctic sea ice has not been increasing – it actually has been melting at an alarming large rate. The Antarctic sea ice has been increasing this year so far, although the icing season has been decreasing as the melting season has been increasing. This is part of the disinformation that has been spread.”
It’s more complicated than that. I haven’t got time to get too deeply into it right now. But right hnow, for at least 5-6 years the amount of ice has been increasing. And it may be longer than that. depending on how we choose to normalize and interpret the data that’s been collected.
But if we’re talking ses ice, please read this – http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-satellite-antarctic-sea-ice-20140724-story.html
Oh, sorry, you said Arctic, i was talking about Antarctic .. anyway, the article is worth reading. Wish that more articles were plainly written like that and not full of political spin.
@Pat.Herve
According to your link, the sea ice has increased since 2012 and is within norms…albeit the low side.
It shows high melting…but is still greater than it was.
If everything is warming up….where did the increase come from?
@Rick Bentley
The problems with the algorithms concerning ice growth in the Antarctic have been fixed.
The ice IS growing that much and that fast.
Moon,
Happy August and 7 day countdown to the F-word!!! :p
I reviewed the line up. NO diving donkey. 🙁 However, they do have a “Big Cat Encounter”. I can only imagine.
Just wanted to heat your August up a bit.
@Lafayette
ARRRGGGHHHHH The F word!!!!
Reagan’s press secreterare James Brady dies.