San Diego County Is Burning
It started with the Bernardo fire, but today 5 more wildfires started in the county. They are having Santa Ana winds which translates to gusty winds, extremely low humidity, and very high temperatures.
I know the area where the Bernardo fire is burning very well as I had clients out there and did some minor work involving the Black Mountain Ranch. Like the rest of the county is has built up over the years.
This is the wrong time for Santa Ana winds. The normal weather forecast for this time of year used to be ‘night and morning low clouds, and a high of 72°. Triple digit temperatures, even in the desert areas just didn’t happen in May.
Santa Barbara county is also dealing with an early wildfire, the Miguelito fire, so Cookie Jill has another one to add to her list.
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Got to 98 here in Santa Clara. I was stuck at work until 9pm. Luckily. When I got home my air conditioners were working hard to get the inside temperature to 80 (what I had their thermostats set at). It’s still 77 here in my office at midnight (this air conditioner cools the entire front of my house, which I don’t care too much about the temperature as long as it’s under 85F, it’s when I sleep that I need cooleth).
And we are almost freezing here. I’ve had to get my heavy winter clothes out a month earlier than usual. The weather is crazy, as we all know and say often! I was watching John Oliver’s new show (ex TDS) “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” And he did a segment this week on climate change. He said the problem is that the *debate* is totally unbalanced in the (what he jokingly refers to as) the media. He said that the evidence for climate change is overwhelming (as we know). So, he got 3 climate deniers in, and 97 climate change related scientists (with Bill Nye the Science Guy). One of the deniers said he didn’t believe the evidence was in, and all 97 of the ‘pro’ group yelled at him! LOL Was funny, and accurate! The resolution was: The debate is over and settled. the question is: “What do we do about it?”
On MotherJones:
John Oliver and Bill Nye Show Why Cable News Climate “Debates” Are So Ridiculous
And further proof (that you will relate to Bryan) from ScienceDaily:
Dangerous storms: Hurricanes peaking further north, typhoons further south, than in past
Of course, we are crazy, and all the crazy bastards, aren’t! Right? *shrug*
I hope everyone in and around the fire zones are smart, and stay safe!
Badtux, the little heater in my computer room came on overnight because we were in the lower 50s after the latest cold front moved through yesterday. My younger brother flew home to read about the flooding just south of him in upstate New York. He had a much colder than normal winter with subzero temperatures.
Our irrigation pump has been on for two years. We have a pump because we used to have a dry season, but no more.
Yes, Kryten, the swings in the weather are much greater, and at the ‘wrong’ time of the year. Indeed, what are we going to do about it? It’s happening; it’s real.
The article on tropical storms reflects the changes I seen. The threat seems to have shifted from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Coast of the US. There may not be another hybrid like Sandy any time soon, but the Canadian Met had a busy year last season and the maritime provinces need to get prepared for more storms.
We have an El Niño building off Peru, so things are apt to be even weirder this year. Two weeks until the official start of the season, but there is no way of knowing what we might get. Only the newest models seem to be working at all.
One of the things we definitely need to do is to get more satellites in place to track things over the open ocean. The deniers are blocking improvements in the systems that are the difference between life and death for a lot of people.