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From Cliff Mass Weather Blog cliff mass The weather forecast for the Los Angeles area on Tuesday and Wednesday is nearly perfect. High-resolution models, such as the NWS HRRR model, predict very strong winds and low relative humidity, with wind speeds in excess of 60 mph predicted. The area has been very dry over the past few months, with almost no rain. NOAA's HRRR model forecast for wildfire potential Monday shows Very Values are higher in the Pacific Palisades region (see below). It's hard to imagine doing it better. The National Weather Service has an ominous forecast for wildfire dangers.…
NBC's Seth Meyers and Comedy Central's Desi Reddick both attacked President-elect Donald Trump on their respective Thursday editions late at night and daily show Politicizing the Los Angeles wildfires with attacks on President Joe Biden and Governor Gavin Newsom. [emphasis, links added] Both men believed the attack was not only unseemly but actually wrong. However, both blamed climate change for the fires, which is itself incorrect. Introducing his closer look section, Meyers exclaims: “I think it's also important at this moment to re-emphasize that climate change is real. It's an imminent existential threat to American life and safety, and we…
The new year started with one of the most horrific wildfires in history: a blaze in the Los Angeles metropolitan area that killed at least five people and reduced thousands of homes to ashes. Two fires exceeding 10,000 acres – the Palisades Fire to the west and the Eaton Fire to the north – were intensified by extreme drought and Santa Ana winds reaching 100 mph. Climatologist Daniel Swain told CNN that the Pacific Palisades Fire could become the costliest wildfire in history, saying he expects it to ravage the entire region. would exceed the economic losses caused by any…
Historic wildfires destroy thousands of homes and businesses in Los Angeles County. Many of the homes of the rich and famous in Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Pasadena were reduced to rubble and ash. The entire community was completely destroyed and the fire killed at least five people. The fire spread so quickly that firefighters and residents were caught off guard. Fueled by hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, embers appeared to be flying through the air with no sign of stopping. Climate alarmists blame man-made climate change, but this is not true. In Episode 140 of The Climate Realism Show, Heartland Institute's…
California has no shortage of water, but firefighters battling raging blazes across Los Angeles face scarce resources to respond to blazes that threaten thousands of lives, homes, land and wildlife. [emphasis, links added] Meanwhile, critics have questioned Governor Gavin Newsom's call to “not play politics,” arguing that political mismanagement is to blame. “This is all political,” Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy at the California Policy Center think tank, told Fox News Digital. “The whole reason is political, and the irony is that they politicize it by saying it's about climate change, which is the political wedge they've…
from climaterealism Author: Linny Luken Media organizations such as Introduction to Carbon and The Guardian Recently published articles claim that climate change is making tropical cyclones more severe, shortly after Cyclone Chito caused destruction and tragic loss of life in Mayotte and Mozambique last December. This is wrong. The tropical cyclone did not worsen. Data shows no increase in the severity or number of hurricanes and typhoons. In fact, recent research shows that cyclone frequency and power have actually declined slightly over the past 30 years. this Introduction to Carbon The post, “Chido hits; new peak for coal; Africa's energy…
Los Angeles is burning, and the East Coast and Midwest are being battered by cold and snow. [emphasis, links added] Of course, global warming alarmists talk a lot about humanity's dependence on fossil fuels. This is a crude and irresponsible assumption. Idiots are quick to snap, and Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders did not disappoint on Wednesday, tweeting: “80,000 people have been told to evacuate. Flame content is 0%. It has been eight months since it rained in the area. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable. Climate change is real, not a 'hoax'.” Donald Trump must treat this…
Transcript: As more people buy electric vehicles, charging could put a strain on the grid — especially if everyone charges at a time when electricity usage is already high. Cody: “Typically, power demand is highest when people are coming home from get off work, turning on lights, cooking, doing laundry.” Kendall Cody works for a startup called WeaveGrid. When demand is high, utilities sometimes need to turn on backup power plants, which often run on dirtier fossil fuels, she said. And it's expensive. So WeaveGrid developed software that utilities can offer to customers with electric vehicles to optimize their charging…
not many people know Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness We almost had rolling blackouts yesterday, something I didn't see reported in the media – (correct me, I could be wrong!!). The ever-alert Katherine Porter tells the full story here. This is her conclusion: By the way, the reference for Viking I/C is that it managed to deliver 700 MW on a dipole that was originally intended to be taken offline for maintenance. Here is an Elexon chart of yesterday's power generation and I/C supply: https://bmrs.elexon.co.uk/ Generation-by-fuel-type Annoyingly, they don't seem to have an option to show which fuel category! But…
Guest post by Kip Hansen – January 10, 2025 – 1400 words/5 minutes What are ultra-processed foods? The UPF literature provides lengthy and confusing definitions, but in almost all cases relies on the original work of Carlos A. Monteiro (and his colleagues Inês Castro, Renata Bertazzi-Levy, Rafael Claro, and Geoffrey Cannon) in 2009 The definition provided is on the topic: “Nutrition and health. The problem is not the food, nor the nutrients, but the processing”. [Note: The use of the word “muchas” is in the original, Monteiro is Brazilian.] I give it here diagrammatically, exactly the same as used in…