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The U.S. coast is in an unprecedented hurricane drought — why this is terrifying – The Washington Post

Prior to 60 years ago, September was frequently a hot month in the US. But temperatures have plummeted.

On this date in 1947, it was 114 degrees in Kansas and there was a massive heatwave across much of the US.

03 Sep 1947, 1 – The Manhattan Mercury at Newspapers.com

The heatwave last for two weeks, until September 10.

On this date in 1925, most of the eastern US was over 100 degrees.

It was the hottest September day on record in parts of Canada.

03 Sep 1925, 1 – Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com

The coolest September 3 was in 1974, but I didn’t know about it because it was over 100 degrees in Tempe.

all the vessels at Martinique were lost during the terrible hurricane there.

the mountain slopes were covered with forests; all the cultivation and all the forests in the path of the hurricane appear to have been swept away. The numerous sugar, coffee, cotton, and cocoa plantations, which have felt the force of the tornado, seem to have been utterly destroyed. Houses and barns, storehouses and stables, have been crushed out of existence

21 Aug 1891, Page 1 – Reading Times at Newspapers.com

On this date in 1925, most of the Eastern US was over 100 degrees.

04 Sep 1925, Page 1 – The St. Louis Star and Times at Newspapers.com

The heatwave peaked on September 7, and lasted for the entire month oi September.

“At Kingston only four or five houses are left; at West End only four or five out of 80 houses. Every church and chapel in the island has been unroofed ….. the islands have been swept clean”

23 Nov 1867, Page 10 – The Times at Newspapers.com

The following year brought an unprecedented flood to Ellicott City, Maryland – where I used to frequent the Assembly of God Church.

Historic Ellicott City, MD – Floods – Saturday, August 8, 1868

And the Guardian announced that all science was settled.

13 Aug 1868, 3 – The Guardian at Newspapers.com

One hundred degree weather was common in Illinois during September until about 60 years ago.  Now Illinois almost never gets above 100F during any month.  Their hottest September was 1925, and September daily maximum temperatures have been declining 1.3F/century since the 19th century.

The BBC says  Greenland saw record melt this year and we are all going to drown

Yet the graph in article shows ice loss decelerating, not accelerating, and they say Greenland gained ice last year. There are many things wrong with this graph, but the point is that it shows other claims in the article to be wrong.

Climate change: Greenland’s ice faces melting ‘death sentence’ – BBC News

Greenland contains 2,900,000,000,000,000 tons of ice.  Even if the graph was correct it would require over 12,000 years for the ice to melt.

This is essentially the same article as 80 years ago, when experts said Greenland glaciers faced “catastrophic collapse” and that seaports were going to drown. The difference being that in 1939 Greenland actually was melting down.

17 Dec 1939, Page 15 – Harrisburg Sunday Courier

18 Feb 1952 – POLAR ICE THAW INCREASING

Melt was nowhere near a record this year, and 170 billion tons more snow fell on the surface during the winter than melted during the summer.

The surface mass balance (surface gain minus surface melt) shows a 1.2 trillion ton increase in mass over the last three years.

2017      2018      2019

Tide gauges show no indication of an acceleration in sea level rise. Many show no sea level rise at all.

Sea Level Trends – NOAA Tides & Currents

In 2002, the BBC discussed a 9,000 year old city which is now 120 feet underwater. Apparently their SUV usage did them in.

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Lost city ‘could rewrite history’

Like essentially all climate journalism, the BBC completely disregards the truth with their junk science and propaganda.

30 Dec 1780, 2 – Jackson’s Oxford Journal at Newspapers.com

“On Monday Night last blew the most violent Hurricane that has ever been known”
– September 4, 1772

” a divine rebuke to human vanity and pomposity”
– Alexander Hamilton

29 Oct 1772, Page 1 – The Virginia Gazette at Newspapers.com

“every house almost at Christianstadt, and all the plantations and negro-houses leveled. Only three houses left standing at Frederickstadt, and numbers of people killed.”

Scots Magazine – Google Books

29 Oct 1772, Page 1 – The Virginia Gazette at Newspapers.com