Real Climate Science

Temperatures in Tucson, AZ today are forecast to be nineteen degrees below average for the date, and the third coldest February 15 since 1895. Their warmest February 15 occurred in 1971, when they reached 87F.

We met Wyoming’s new representative in Congress today.  Harriet Hageman is everything Liz Cheney wasn’t – sharp, knowledgeable, articulate, honest and lives in Wyoming – a couple of blocks away.

She is going to be a powerful force in Republican politics, and has been involved in energy/climate law for decades. I was impressed by her grasp and ability to articulate about many key issues without missing a beat.

Hageman: Congressional Approval Needed If Biden Further Attempts To End Fossil Fuels – Cowboy State Daily

“By Prof ?brahim Özdemir, UN advisor

On Monday, earthquakes in my country Turkey and neighbouring Syria left a trail of unprecedented devastation and a death toll surpassing 16,000 people at the last count.

We do not know for sure what triggered this horrific natural disaster, but we do know there is growing scientific evidence that climate change increases the risk of such tremors, together with tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.

Climate and weather-related disasters have surged five-fold over the past five decades, killing over two million people, with 91% of the casualties in developing countries.”

Climate change is triggering more earthquakes. Big Oil’s interests are a factor | Euronews

Death rates from natural disasters are down 97.5% over the past century, and 75% over the last five decades.

“Disasters include all geophysical, meteorological and climate events including earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, drought, wildfires, storms, and flooding”

Natural Disasters Data Explorer – Our World in Data

This week in 1898, one of the largest forest fires in US history occurred – during winter. If that happened now, climate scientists would say with great certainty that the fires were caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

“stupid beyond belief …. a wonderful degree of stupidity at the White House and the President”

Radio War Nerd EP #366 — Seymour Hersh on US Bombing Nord Stream Pipelines | Radio War Nerd on Patreon

Audio here :

–“HUGE C.I.A. OPERATION REPORTED IN U.S. AGAINST ANTIWAR FORCES, OTHER DISSIDENTS IN NIXON YEARS”, Hersh, New York Times

–“Torture at Abu Ghraib,” Hersh, New Yorker

–“The Killing of Osama Bin Laden,” Hersh, LRB

–“Seymour Hersh and the Dangers of Corporate Muckraking,” Mark Ames, Pando

–“LAPDOGS, REDUX: HOW THE PRESS TRIED TO DISCREDIT SEYMOUR HERSH’S BOMBSHELL REPORTING ON CIA DOMESTIC SPYING,”

According to climate expert Rhianna, CO2 is a racist molecule targeting people with darker skin.

5:04 PM · Feb 12, 2023

Feb 12, 2023, 7:02 PM

I have released a new version of the Unhiding The Decline climate graphing software. Download UNHIDING.zip from this link and unzip it.

Put the UNHIDING.zip file somewhere in your filesystem where you want to extract it.

After extracting, navigate to the ghcnd_hcn directory

Type cmd in the Windows Explorer address bar

That will open up a Windows command prompt in the current directory.

Type in ghcn.exe US.list states=ILIN summer

In a few minutes this graph should pop up, showing average summer maximum temperatures at all Illinois and Indiana United States Historical Climatology Network Stations.

There are a lot of features you can access, and I will probably make video showing some of them.  The source code is in the same directory in the file ghcn.py.  If you have a python3 environment on any platform, you might be able to run the command as :

python3 ghcn.py US.list states=ILIN summer

The US government says this is an existential threat.

And they say that this is perfectly safe.

“After the derailment, federal and local officials repeatedly told residents that the air quality was safe and that the water supply was untainted.”

East Palestine residents wonder whether it’s safe to return after derailment – The Washington Post

This week in 1898, the United States, Australia and New Zealand were all experiencing massive forest fires. Three million acres of the Carolinas burned in just a few hours – in the middle of winter. Later that year the northwest quadrant of Colorado was on fire.

12 Feb 1898 – TERRIBLE BUSH FIRES. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – NEW ZEALAND. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – THE TASMANIAN BUSH FIRES. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – A SCHOONER WRECKED. FLOOD AND FIRE. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – HEAVY RAINS. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. – Trove

Broken Hill Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Australia) – Weather Spark

12 Feb 1898 – VICTORIAN FIRES. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – TASMANIAN BUSH FIRES. – Trove

11 Feb 1898 – NEW ZEALAND. – Trove

San Francisco Call 27 August 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

25 Aug 1898 – FOREST FIRE IN FRANCE. – Trove

San Francisco Call 27 April 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

03 Oct 1898 – FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA. – Trove

Los Angeles Herald 14 August 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

08 Feb 1898 – THE FIRE FIEND. – Trove

San Francisco Call 27 April 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

The Aspen Daily Times June 30, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Los Angeles Herald 23 July 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

Los Angeles Herald 31 July 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

Feb 22, 1898, page 3 – The Semi-Weekly Messenger at Newspapers.com

Wildland Fire: History Timeline | U.S. National Park Service

22 Feb 1898, Page 3 – The Semi-Weekly Messenger at Newspapers.com

The massive fires of 1898 burned well into November, making the fire season at least nine months long.

“Reports from the western portion of Colorado continue to tell of the ravages of the forest fires which bid fair to devastate the greater part of the forests of the state.”

The Colorado Daily Chieftain October 1, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Fort Collins Courier October 6, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Herald Democrat October 2, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

TimesMachine: September 30, 1898 – NYTimes.com

TimesMachine: October 3, 1898 – NYTimes.com

The Colorado Transcript November 9, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Oregon recorded their record temperature of 119F twice during the summer of 1898. This years’s “record” heatwave topped out at 118F.

What is the hottest temperature ever recorded? | kgw.com

San Francisco Call 9 November 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

“THE DAILY MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1951

BIG BUSH, FIRES
Sheep Country Havoc

Twelve big -bush fires are raging over about one-eighth of Queensland’s 670,500 square miles.

“One, roaring along a 120-mile front, has already burned out more than 2,000,000 acres of the best  sheep country in South- West Queensland. It has travelled 70 miles in three weeks.

Police say that no towns are threatened yet by the fires, but stock losses are expected to be heavy.”

12 Feb 1951, 5 – Daily Mail at Newspapers.com

h/t Don Penim