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Much of the southwest has received almost a year’s worth of rainfall in the last nine weeks. The press insists the region is having the worst megadrought in the past 1,200 years.

President Biden has accomplished something no one as done before – brought us to the brink of nuclear war with more than one country at the same time.

On August 21, 1955 every US state was over 90F and fifteen were over 100F.

California 108, Kansas 105, Arizona 104, Nebraska 104, Utah 104, Wisconsin 103, Oklahoma 102, Arkansas 101, Illinois 101, Nevada 101, South Carolina 101, Georgia 100, Iowa 100, Missouri 100, South Dakota 100

Indiana 99, Kentucky 99, Michigan 99, Mississippi 99, Texas 99, Alabama 98, New York 98, Ohio 98, Colorado 97, Florida 97, Louisiana 97, Minnesota 97, New Jersey 97, Tennessee 97, Maryland 96, Massachusetts 96, North Carolina 96, Pennsylvania 96, Virginia 96, Wyoming 96, Delaware 95, Idaho 95, New Hampshire 95, North Dakota 95, Oregon 95, West Virginia 95, Maine 94, New Mexico 94, Rhode Island 94, Vermont 94, Connecticut 93, Montana 92, Washington 90

Ogdensburg Advance News, Aug 21, 1955, p. 39

22 Aug 1955, 1 – Tampa Bay Times at Newspapers.com

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin had nine consecutive days over 90F and five over 100F

By contrast, Prairie du Chien hasn’t been over 96F in the last ten years.

Prairie du Chien’s hottest day was 110F on July 22, 1901. The frequency and intensity of hot weather there has declined sharply since the 19th century.

Le Mars, Iowa had eleven consecutive days over 90F during the heatwave of 1955.

Beaver City, Nebraska had eighteen consecutive days over 90F.

Ashland, Kansas had twenty-four consecutive days over 90F.

North Carolina was hit by three hurricanes during August 1955.

Hurricane Diane – August 15-19, 1955

Kannapolis Daily Independent, Aug 15, 1955, p. 1

Greta loves Polar Bears and likes to hug them.

Arctic sea ice extent is highest for the date since Greta Thunberg was three years old.

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Ice extends all the way to the coast of Alaska and Siberia.

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In 1971 the ice was far offshore.

https://interactivity.partica.online/NatGeoMaps/mapviewer.html?mapName=1971_10_Arctic Ocean_side 1

With nothing but cold weather in the forecast, it is unlikely there will be a big melt over the remainder of the summer.

Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

10-Day Temperature Outlook

US facing ‘massive shortage’ of conspiracy theories as all of them have come true • Genesius Times

Fresh off her crushing defeat in the Wyoming Republican primary, Liz Cheney has turned her attention to driving other Republicans out of Congress. Hopefully she will do as well for Mitt Romney as she did for herself.

Liz Cheney vows to unseat Republicans who support Trump’s “big lie”

August burn acreage in the US is down 90% from ten years ago as the western US is having one of the wettest summers on record. As is normally the case, the press is reporting the exact opposite of reality.

Joe Biden has allowed almost five million unknown, undocumented and likely unvaccinated individuals to cross US borders illegally. At the same time Biden is keeping the world’s #1 tennis player out of the country because he hasn’t been vaccinated.

The press says we are having a very bad fire season in the US due to the use of low-cost reliable energy sources.

Forest Fire burn acreage in the US from August 1-20 is the lowest of the last ten years, and is down more than 90% from ten years ago.

This is the current data.

National Fire News | National Interagency Fire Center

This is the data from August 1.

National Fire News | National Interagency Fire Center

Burn acreage in the US so far this year 56th lowest since 1926.

Greta Thunberg says she is worried about Polar Bears. There is more Arctic sea ice now than there was when she was four years old.