Yearly Archives: 2019

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. Richard P. Feynman Last Monday in Los Alamos, I attended a lecture about black holes and gravity waves given by Nobel laureate … Continue reading →

Last night, the UK was generating 530,000 KW of wind and solar power, two percent of their needs. National Grid: Live Status Tesla fast chargers use 150KW, so all of the solar/wind power in Britain being generated last night would … Continue reading →

Taos Ski Valley

Three years ago today, the New York Times and Governor Jerry Brown announced the California Permanent Drought. California Braces for Unending Drought – The New York Times Thanks El Niño, But California’s Drought Is Probably Forever | WIRED The drought … Continue reading →

Last year, NOAA declared May to be the hottest ever. Contiguous U.S. had its warmest May on record | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Their claim isn’t true – May 1934 was much hotter. The frequency of hot days last … Continue reading →

  Steve Goddard on Twitter: “The potato famine occurred with CO2 below 300 PPM. Perhaps they want to go back to those days?… “ Ireland’s hottest year was 1921, when afternoon temperatures averaged a blistering 58F. And in 1995, Ireland … Continue reading →

These two cartoons effectively capture the climate change consensus.

Today will be one of the coldest May 9ths on record in the US.  The two hottest occurred in 1895 and 1896. Arizona had their record heatwave in 1896. Parker, Az had seven consecutive days over 120 degrees, a record … Continue reading →

On this date in 1895, three quarters of the US was above 80F. Ninety degree temperatures were recorded in Minnesota, Maine and much of the Midwest. One hundred degree temperatures were reported in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, and Arizona was … Continue reading →