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A Southern California couple who scaled back watering their lawn amid the state’s drought received a warning from the suburb where they live that they might be fined for creating an eyesore – despite emergency statewide orders to conserve.

Michael Korte and Laura Whitney, who live near Los Angeles in Glendora, said on Thursday they received a letter from the city warning they had 60 days to green up their partially brown lawn or pay a fine ranging from $100 to $500.

California couple conserving water amid drought could face fine for brown lawn – Yahoo News

h/t to Dave G

President Obama promised to make energy prices skyrocket, and he has succeeded. Gasoline prices have more than doubled since he took office, despite the fact that unemployment has averaged more than 8% during his presidency.

Despite skyrocketing prices, the White House releases very low inflation numbers every month.

Barrow Sea Ice Webcam

At the peak of the melt season, there is almost nothing happening in the Arctic. Red shows ice loss since July 11, and green shows ice gain. The melt season will start to wind down in the next three weeks, as the sun gets low in the Arctic sky.

Burn acreage through July 18 is about one third of normal.

National Interagency Fire Center

One of the biggest lies being spread by the team is that the US is having an historic drought.

In fact, the US is wetter than normal

Climate at a Glance: Time Series | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

Compare vs. 80 years ago, when 80% of the US was experiencing drought.

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And July has been even wetter than June.

Intellicast – Weekly Precipitation in United States

It isn’t always cold in Tennessee in July. All but two of their July maximum temperature records were set prior to 1953

h/t to Andy DC

Many times people don’t see what it is right in front of their face

July 19, 2014 at 4:59 am

Scientists have discovered that thermometers read 1.5 degrees too high in the 1940s, and you have to make all those sick days now. You didn’t really have a fever.

Temperatures were typically taken in the afternoon, and are now taken in the morning. This causes a warming bias which requires an EPA approved anal probe.

The North Pole is almost two thirds of the way through its melt season, and temperatures have been below normal every day this summer. Last summer, temperatures were also below normal every day.

  COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut