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China’s suspension of bilateral climate talks with U.S. ‘punishes the world,’ Kerry says | Reuters

The UK government says they are reducing fuel poverty by changing the definition of fuel poverty. The people don’t have enough bread, so let them eat cake.

“Democrats also agreed to a request by Ms. Sinema to include billions of dollars to combat droughts, according to officials briefed on the emerging plan, something that is crucial to Arizona as it suffers from a devastating megadrought. “

Krysten Sinema Agrees to Climate and Tax Deal – The New York Times

Pinetop, AZ 10-Day Weather Forecast | Weather Underground

My neighbor Harriet Hageman is fed up with Liz Cheney and the Democrats she represents from her home in Virginia. The Wyoming Republican primary is the week after next.

3:35 PM · Aug 3, 2022

Rutgers University Climate Lab :: Global Snow Lab

California had their snowiest December on record last year.

9:58 AM · Dec 27, 2021

We had our snowiest day on record in Cheyenne, Wyoming on March 14, 2021.

Boulder, Colorado has had fifty-eight snowfalls over 12 inches since 1894. Thirteen of those snows occurred after the year 2005.

I took this picture on my front porch on November 26, 2019.

This was a few days earlier before the big snow came.

I took these pictures on the first day of summer 2019 west of Boulder.

Wolf Creek Ski Area in Southwest Colorado is at the headwaters of the Rio Grande.  They have had above normal snowfall for three of the last four years.

Wolf Creek Ski Area Snow History | OnTheSnow

Colorado had spectacular amounts of snow on the ground in March 2020, but the governor shut the ski areas down over fears about a virus.

Squaw Valley, California had their third snowiest ski season in 2019 and were skiing into July.

Third snowiest season in Squaw Valley history ends this weekend | TheUnion.com

It’s Official: Squaw Valley Received the Most Snowfall in the United States this Winter – Active NorCal

The three snowiest ski seasons at Squaw Valley occurred in 2011, 2017 and 2019.

2010-2014     2015-2019

The winter of 2016-2017 was the wettest on on record in California.

NWS: Northern California now on pace for ‘wettest water year on record’ – SFGate

In 1960, the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics almost had to be cancelled because of a lack of snow.

09 Feb 1960, Page 1 – The Berkshire Eagle at Newspapers.com

Droughts in California used to be much longer and much more severe.

Severe Ancient Droughts: A Warning to California – The New York Times

Duration and severity of Medieval drought in the Lake Tahoe Basin – ScienceDirect

EXCEPTIONAL YEARS: A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FLOODS AND DROUGHT

Graphic: California’s droughts in the past 1,200 years – The Mercury News

Ancient Trees Reflect Century-Long Droughts : Environment: Analysis of stumps’ rings shows that dry spells can last far longer than the state has estimated, expert says. – latimes

16 Jun 1994, 3 – The Fresno Bee at Newspapers.com

Bloomberg says most of the west gets little rain in summer, but the wettest months in the southwest are July and August.

3:35 PM · Aug 3, 2022

Even California is getting rain this summer, which is unusual.

Accumulated Precipitation (GFS 10-day Forecast)

Bloomberg appears to be competing with CNN, BBC, NPR, NY Times and the Washington Post for the fakest climate news.

EOSDIS Worldview

How climate change turned summer into a season of disaster – The Washington Post

Heat this summer has bene just about average in the US.

Burn acreage in the US has been about one-tenth of burn acreage in 1930.

Lots of rain the forecast for the next ten days.

Accumulated Precipitation (GFS 10-day Forecast)

There have been no hurricanes this year. Byt this date in 1886 the US had already been hit by four.

Weather Street: 2022 Atlantic Hurricanes and Tropical Storms