News of the Warm

[doublejj]

This sucks. I see it was a C-130. I understand that many of those refitted for fire suppression duty did not get a wing spar upgrade that left them vulnerable to fatigue failure.

No, these low flights are extremely difficult and dangerous.
To be effective, the pilots must fly the large aircraft no higher than 200 feet above the treetops. Thirty-seven firefighters have died in aerial firefighting accidents in the last decade. According to the US Forest Service, if similar casualty rates prevailed on the ground, more than 200 ground firefighters would die every year.
On the other hand, these aircraft allow fire crews to work in areas that would be too hot and dangerous to work without them. Sometimes aircraft support is the only way firefighters are able to fight particular wildfires.
No signs of equipment failure, RIP to those brave firefighters...

 

[too larry]

4000 gallons @ 8 pounds per gallon.

 

[ttystikk]

No, these low flights are extremely difficult and dangerous.
To be effective, the pilots must fly the large aircraft no higher than 200 feet above the treetops. Thirty-seven firefighters have died in aerial firefighting accidents in the last decade. According to the US Forest Service, if similar casualty rates prevailed on the ground, more than 200 ground firefighters would die every year.
On the other hand, these aircraft allow fire crews to work in areas that would be too hot and dangerous to work without them. Sometimes aircraft support is the only way firefighters are able to fight particular wildfires.
No signs of equipment failure, RIP to those brave firefighters...

Maybe not in this case but a C-130 converted to firefighting duty did crash after the wing broke at the base. It happened here in Colorado during our last huge fire season, some 8 years ago. Someone caught it on video and they showed it on the evening news.

No matter what the cause, these guys are the best of us and for a variety of reasons, old airframes being just one of many, fighting fire from the air is very dangerous indeed.

 

[too larry]

Saw this on tonight's Newshour. There is hope.

 

[too larry]

I hadn't seen this on the news. But then there are other things going on atm.

Southeastern Brazil Reeling from Record Rains, Deadly Floods

The wet season went into overdrive across southeast Brazil last week, killing dozens and displacing more than 30,000 people.

www.wunderground.com

 

[ttystikk]

Saw this on tonight's Newshour. There is hope.

Solar is a part of the solution but can't handle all of society's energy needs alone. Nonetheless, I've said for decades that the most wasted real estate in America is rooftops.

 

[ttystikk]

I hadn't seen this on the news. But then there are other things going on atm.

Southeastern Brazil Reeling from Record Rains, Deadly Floods

The wet season went into overdrive across southeast Brazil last week, killing dozens and displacing more than 30,000 people.

www.wunderground.com

Serves them right for burning down the Amazon.

 

[too larry]

Warmest Winter in U.S. History So Far

The nation's first two months of winter were the warmest in more than a century of recordkeeping.

www.wunderground.com

The first two months of meteorological winter (December 2019 – January 2020) were the warmest on record for the contiguous U.S. in data going back to 1895. NOAA provided the January data and images on Thursday ahead of its monthly U.S. climate report.

 

[Grandpapy]

Warmest Winter in U.S. History So Far

The nation's first two months of winter were the warmest in more than a century of recordkeeping.

www.wunderground.com

The first two months of meteorological winter (December 2019 – January 2020) were the warmest on record for the contiguous U.S. in data going back to 1895. NOAA provided the January data and images on Thursday ahead of its monthly U.S. climate report.

Fake news, NOAA will soon be replaced.

 

[too larry]

Fake news, NOAA will soon be replaced.

There was a story on NPR earlier in the week about the effort to silence government scientists. They can't comment on blogs, write op-eds, etc, etc. Some long standing websites with daily air quality reports were taken off line. We live in crazy times.

 

[ttystikk]

There was a story on NPR earlier in the week about the effort to silence government scientists. They can't comment on blogs, write op-eds, etc, etc. Some long standing websites with daily air quality reports were taken off line. We live in crazy times.

It's our democracy- if we can keep it.

 

[TintEastwood]

Mr Sun might play a role. Nah!

NASA PREDICTS NEXT SOLAR CYCLE WILL BE LOWEST IN 200 YEARS (DALTON MINIMUM LEVELS) + THE IMPLICATIONS - Google Search

www.google.com

 

[ttystikk]

Mr Sun might play a role. Nah!

NASA PREDICTS NEXT SOLAR CYCLE WILL BE LOWEST IN 200 YEARS (DALTON MINIMUM LEVELS) + THE IMPLICATIONS - Google Search

www.google.com

If true, this would give humanity a break in the ongoing march of global warming, perhaps time to make the changes our scientists are clamoring for.

It would be nice to get lucky but the other side of the coin is that maybe the sunspot cycle just doesn't drive Earth's climate that much.

 

[too larry]

This was from a week ago. Just getting around to posting.

Warmest January on Record Globally

No other month in NOAA's 140-year database was this unusually warm without El Niño in place.

www.wunderground.com

 

[ttystikk]

This was from a week ago. Just getting around to posting.

Warmest January on Record Globally

No other month in NOAA's 140-year database was this unusually warm without El Niño in place.

www.wunderground.com

Faster Than Expected!

 

[Grandpapy]

Quick remove more regulations in order to save our self!

The U.S. president thinks the virus will clear up, but only once temperatures begin rising.

Thank for being there Exxon.

 

[thumper60]

This was from a week ago. Just getting around to posting.

Warmest January on Record Globally

No other month in NOAA's 140-year database was this unusually warm without El Niño in place.

www.wunderground.com

20 blow zero at my house this morning I wish global warming would hurry up!

 

[RetiredGuerilla]

Weather Channel just put up some fake CGI NASA photos of Antarctica and claims 20% of the continents ice has melted LMAO WTF EVER !!!

 

[spek9]

Weather Channel just put up some fake CGI NASA photos of Antarctica and claims 20% of the continents ice has melted LMAO WTF EVER !!!

Does that mean your Ice Wall has melted to the point you can get over it and check if there's an edge or not?

 

[Grandpapy]

Weather Channel just put up some fake CGI NASA photos of Antarctica and claims 20% of the continents ice has melted LMAO WTF EVER !!!

I know right! Show us yours and we'll shut them down!