[ExI] i got friends in low places

[BillK]

On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 at 22:09, spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Ah so if we do have a hurricane BillK, you mighta caused it?  The nerve of you!  Unacceptable!
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> If you look at the current outlook, there is nothing in the Atlantic that is very likely to develop into even a tropical depression in the next 5 days.  We are 7 days from moving into second place for the longest span between named storms and only 9 days from setting a record in satellite times (all years since 1966.)
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> A new correlation is becoming compelling: the quiet Atlantic with droughts.  I understand it has been a bit dry in Europe this summer.  This makes a sense to me because Atlantic hurricanes would hurl a lotta water into the atmosphere, where it blows generally east and would fall over there somewhere.
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> BillK, is Jolly Olde having a dry year please?
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> spike
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Oh, yes!  Same as Europe.  Grass lawns have disappeared, all dried up.
Water restrictions and droughts declared.
Fire risk very high. Record heat temperatures hit this summer.
My suntan is the best for years!  :)


BillK