On Friday, July 28, 2023 at 2:23:17 PM UTC+10, AlleyCat wrote:
> It's Snowing Across Europe's Higher Elevations
& Bermuda ...
The lapse rate ensures its 10C cooler for
every 1 km you go up. GW doesnt change that much.
Hence the spate of dull as sitchwater troll stories about what is on the top of some mountain peak somewhere oneone lives.
Meanwhile, in the 21st century:
Soaring Temperatures in Alps Cause Summer Ski Resorts to Close
SnowBrains, 26 Jul 2023
Much like in the summer of 2022, 2023 temperatures in Europe have been
soaring to record levels. · The French Alps have seen...
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Reminder As Rainfall Leads To Street Flooding In Fort Lauderdale
Spot On Florida, 28 Jul 2023 09:46Z
Will government bureaucrats blame their incompetence or Mother Nature
(again) as more than six inches of rain falls on Broward?
[My s/w is warning of a fairly big hit to Alt Florida around Aug 4.
Today the NHC shows 3 LPA's in the Atlantic with one sitting over Jacksonville].
Record Rainfall at FLL, Flooding Throughout South Florida
NewsRadio WFLA, 28 Jul 2023 09:48Z
South Florida could be in store for some dangerously wet weather today.
The National Weather Service has a Flood Watch in effect until noon for
Miami-Dade,...
[Natural Gas!]
Australia's first commercial hydrogen refuelling station for trucks opens at
Port Kembla
ABC Illawarra, 28 Jul 2023 09:01Z
The nation's largest supplier of industrial gas, Coregas, opens a
first-of-its-kind commercial hydrogen refuelling station for heavy
vehicles in the Illawarra.
Biden announces new measures to protect Americans from extreme heat
The Guardian, 27 Jul 2023 20:19Z
Critics say steps positive but modest as US president stops short of
declaring climate emergency.
'ENI Sues Greenpeace Italy, ReCommon Over SLAPP Claims
Mirage News, 27 Jul 2023
Rome, Italy - While a devastating climate emergency ravages Italy this
summer, fossil fuel giant ENI has today filed a Strategic Lawsuit Against ...
[It's probably the wrong century for old polluting companies to sue
people protesting against endangering their lives].
Climate emergency: Record heatwave sparks wildfires in Europe
News.com.au, 26 Jul 2023
Wildfires have devastated large swaths of both Greek islands and the mainland.
Threat to sue climate activists for damages
ABC, 26 Jul 2023 22:48Z
Australia's largest oil and gas company, Woodside energy, has threatened to
sue individual activists for loss and financial damages it claims to have
suffered in a recent protest. Last month, climate ...
Oregon Youths' Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Can Proceed to Trial,
Judge Rules
Flathead Beacon, 02 Jun 2023 18:22Z
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit brought by young
Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years after they first
filed the lawsuit in an attempt to hold the nation's ...
Gas connection to be banned from new homes in Victoria
The Age, 27 Jul 2023 23:54Z
The Victorian government has this morning announced a ban on new homes being
connected to gas. Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio and Housing Minister Sonia
Kilkenny will address the media shortly where more details, including the
timeline for a moratorium, will be revealed.
[Now *that's* leadership!]
US senator Mitch McConnell freezes up and stares off vacantly for 20 seconds
during press conference
ABC News, 27 Jul 2023 01:25Z
The 81-year-old Kentucky senator is briefly led away from
the conference after trailing off mid-sentence.
Mitch McConnell's Senate Future Is in Doubt After Health Episode
NYT, 27 Jul 2023 21:50Z