This is day 31 since Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina. I'm sort of wanting to understand this continued dry spell following the storm which carried so much water. Is it all used up and we now will feel drought conditions? we actually were experiencing almost a drought before the 2 storms hit us, with Helene following a two day steady rain.
"It's curious that when WaPo, WSJ and NYT do articles on the relationship between recent hurricanes, such as Helene and Milton, and global warming, they cite and quote media personalities and politicians... but very rarely talk to or quote actual climate scientists who are specialized and published in this area. Just more evidence of the inability of most news editors to grapple with actual science scholarship. It's pathetic." Facebook post 10.24.24 by Robert Scott Horton
Comment by Elisha Lee: NOAA NWS Weather Prediction Center is a great resource as is U.S. National Weather Service (NWS)
Art by Akira Kusaka
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Quote for the day:
Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you. |
L.R. KNOST ---------- Skipping a photo of the devastation today...but there are so many more. |
We having drought conditions here too. Love the quotes and good wishes. May you week be filled with good thoughts and kind people. Take care, have a wonderful week ahead.
ReplyDeletewell we had a five minute sprinkle yesterday and now clouds have rolled in, but nothing is falling from them.
Delete...I wish that Buckminster Fuller was here today to instill a sense of reality.
ReplyDeletePeople didn't listen to him when he was alive...but they at least named a molecule after him, the Bucky Ball.
DeleteI liked the piece of art at the end.
ReplyDeleteI looked for myself on your satellite image, but I am just off the eastern edge.
We always do that, don't we? Look for our geographical home.
DeleteThose have been tragic storms.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I hear you about state and provincial boundaries. It's the same with our county, with lines drawn prior to knowing what was there!
DeleteYes, those self-imposed borders. We humans are good at that. Horton's quote is spot on.
ReplyDeleteAccording to my former father-in-law, his family once owned most of Grandfather Mountain. He grew up there. Such a nice man he was.
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