Monthly Archives: July 2011

Monbiot Laments Efforts To Keep The UK Economy From Collapsing

Rejoice, the boom is back! After a drought of investment, last week BP announced that it was spending £3bn to redevelop fields in the deep waters to the west of Shetland. The government was delighted: this shows, it says, that … Continue reading

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British Press Hopes To Hold Murdoch To Their High Standards Of Information Gathering

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June 29, 1934 – 107 Degrees In DC

http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/062/mwr-062-06-0212.pdf

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August 1934 – Two Thirds Of The US Over 100 Degrees

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

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July 1936, Heat Killed Thousands In The US

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

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July 22, 1930 : 103 Degrees In Washington DC

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

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Drudge Says It Is 116 In DC

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/

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Tropical Cyclones At Lowest Level Since The 1970s

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

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Apollo Astronaut Responds To Aggie Joke

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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Antarctica Heat Index At -90F

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