The Heatwave Of March 27, 1910

The US experienced an incredible heatwave during this week in 1910. Temperatures of 70 degrees were recorded all the way up to Lake Superior, and Salem, Indiana reached 97 degrees.

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NASA says that 1910 was right at the bottom of the coldest years ever.

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Happy Easter To Mac Users

Look carefully at the post below. ?

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Pulling Back The Curtain Version 1.6

An exciting new release for Windows, and the first Mac version.

Version 1.6 allows you to do daily comparisons between two years, like the one below – which shows how incredibly hot the summer of 1936 was.Screenshot 2016-03-26 at 07.50.52 PM

If you select two years to plot, you get a graph like this, which shows the record hot months of March 1907 and 1910.

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If you select only one year, you get the average, minimum and maximum for the time period graphed..

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This plot shows how Wisconsin summer temperatures peaked in 1901, and bottomed out in 2009.

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Mac download :

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Windows download the zip file by clicking here.

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Or alternatively replace these two files in your current directory:

PullingBackTheCurtain.exe          us_stations.txt

As always, the software is completely free and contains nothing nefarious. Some people get warnings from their virus protection extortion software.

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March 1980 Republican Elite : #NeverReagan

In March of 1980, the Republican elite was very angry at the voters for favoring the unelectable Ronald Reagan, and held secret meetings considering a “stop-Reagan drive.” They wanted Bush in the White House.

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18 Mar 1980, Page 9 – at Newspapers.com

In May 1980, National Review was busy trashing him for his “inaccuracies” and was afraid he would be called “dumb.”

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8 May 1980, Page 6 – at Newspapers.com

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Drowned Cities Of Ancient Egypt

The British Museum has an exhibit going showing cities in ancient Egypt which drowned thousands of years ago. Only an ancient carbon tax could have prevented this.

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Arctic Meltdown Update

Greenland’s surface has gained almost 500 billion tons of ice since September 1.

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Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Budget: DMI

Arctic sea ice is very close to the 1981-2010 median.

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Experts say that the imaginary melting is both unprecedented and man-made.

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Bill McKibben’s Methane Terror

Bill McKibben is now terrified of Methane.Screenshot 2016-03-26 at 07.21.12 AMScreenshot 2016-03-26 at 07.21.28 AM

Global Warming’s Terrifying New Chemistry | The Nation

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Radiative transfer models show that Methane has almost no impact on downwelling longwave radiation, This is because it is very low concentration, and because it overlaps with the absorption/emission spectra of H2O.

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Indiana Burning On March 27, 1910

On March 27, 1910 temperatures were 70F (21C) all the way to the shores of Lake Superior. Salem Indiana reached 97F (36C.)  If this happened now, scientists would say they are 99% certain it was caused by humans.

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NASA says that global temperatures bottomed in 1910.

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Charles Butler Interview

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What Happens When You Build A Parking Lot Around A Thermometer?

This is what happens.

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