Daily Archives: July 20, 2011

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  Oklahoma was over 100 degrees at least 36 days in a row. http://trove.nla.gov.au/

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99-DEGREE HEAT IN CITY; 12 DEAD HERE, 50 IN NATION; COOLING RAIN IS DUE TODAY; 38 PROSTRATION CASES Temperature of 137 Is Recorded in Sun in Central Park. PARKS OPENED FOR SLEEP Walker Makes an Emergency Ruling–Orders Sprinklers for Tenement … Continue reading →

According to Weather Underground, DC hasn’t gotten over 97 degrees this month. Also note that Washington and Oregon had their coldest June on record. http://www.wunderground.com/

Yet another sign of extreme weather – an extreme shortage of hurricanes. Ryan N. Maue Center for Ocean and Atmosphere Studies, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA Tropical cyclone accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) … Continue reading →

Regarding “Texas is vulnerable to warming climate” (Page B8, July 10), some opinions are just too over-the-top to resist responding. Professor Andrew Dessler’s essay falls in that category. He makes the point that we had better begin to accept that … Continue reading →

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I gave seven rocks names this week. During the 1930s, I never named any rocks. It was predicted by the UN that named rocks would increase during the 21st century, but this may be due to better detection of rocks.