Daily Archives: October 30, 2015

The devastation from the October 1871 fires is incomprehensible by modern standards. We live in exceptionally mild times.    14 Oct 1871, Page 2 – at Newspapers.com

We keep hearing reports about record forest fire seasons, like this wildly fraudulent story in USA today. Scorched earth: U.S. wildfires near record level Prior to 1960, fires burned far more acreage. In the late 1920’s ten times as much … Continue reading →

  21 Jul 1911, Page 1 – at Newspapers.com NASA says that 1911 was the coldest year on record, yet glaciers were melting at a phenomenal rate that year. This rapid melt continued until 1940 1 Sep 1918, Page 9 … Continue reading →

Barack Obama says that 250 years of Alaskan glacier melt is caused by automobile emissions. Here is a guide to help understand the difference between natural melt, and man-made melt glacierbaymap.gif (420×458)

Scientists need funding, and the easiest way to obtain it is to make up science fiction stories which scare people. Once they find a good story, the recycle it as often as they can get away with.  2 May 1932, … Continue reading →

In 1946, Washington DC cherry blossoms bloomed a record early March 15. Ludington Daily News – Google News Archive Search They bloomed again in November that year. 1 Nov 1946, Page 3 – at Newspapers.com This year (NOAA’s hottest year … Continue reading →

On Halloween 1950, almost two thirds of the US was over eighty degrees. The warmest location was Hartington, Nebraska which reached 94 degrees. The US average maximum temperature that day was 76 degrees. If this happened now, climate experts would say … Continue reading →

Climate whack jobs have been blaming every hot day for the last century on coal. They also predicted fifteen degrees warming. 24 Oct 1912, Page 8 – at Newspapers.com