The USA needs to get serious about the climate crisis and the world needs to turn to alternative energies as soon as possible.
Clean energy and clean cars.
Now!
Until later...
Sunday, August 05, 2018
Economic damage would be extremely devastating and it is nothing this world wants to face.
The movie "Day After Tomorrow" was consulted and written by scientists. They chose real world events to wrote a story that was to help Americans realize the danger was real.
Nothing has scared me more about the Climate Crisis than the fire tornado.
August 3, 2018
By Doyle Rice
The devastating fire tornado (click here) that spun up during the Carr Fire last week had 143 mph winds, according to a preliminary report from the National Weather Service Thursday. This is equal to an EF-3 tornado on the five-level Enhanced Fujita Scale.
Dan Keeton, the meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service in Sacramento, said the fact that the weather service was able to see the rotation of the 35,000-foot-tall plume on its radar — well over 100 miles south of Redding — was significant....
Urban Heat Islands
Heat islands (click here) form as vegetation is replaced by asphalt and concrete for roads, buildings, and other structures necessary to accommodate growing populations. These surfaces absorb—rather than reflect—the sun's heat, causing surface temperatures and overall ambient temperatures to rise. Displacing trees and vegetation minimizes the natural cooling effects of shading and evaporation of water from soil and leaves (evapotranspiration). Tall buildings and narrow streets can heat air trapped between them and reduce air flow. Waste heat from vehicles, factories, and air conditioners may add warmth to their surroundings, further exacerbating the heat island effect. Heat islands can occur year-round during the day or night. Urban-rural temperature differences are often largest during calm, clear evenings. This is because rural areas cool off faster at night than cities, which retain much of the heat stored in roads, buildings, and other structures. As a result, the largest urban-rural temperature difference, or maximum heat island effect, is often three to five hours after sunset. Other contributing factors to the heat island effect include:...
By Doyle Rice
The devastating fire tornado (click here) that spun up during the Carr Fire last week had 143 mph winds, according to a preliminary report from the National Weather Service Thursday. This is equal to an EF-3 tornado on the five-level Enhanced Fujita Scale.
Dan Keeton, the meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service in Sacramento, said the fact that the weather service was able to see the rotation of the 35,000-foot-tall plume on its radar — well over 100 miles south of Redding — was significant....
Urban Heat Islands
Heat islands (click here) form as vegetation is replaced by asphalt and concrete for roads, buildings, and other structures necessary to accommodate growing populations. These surfaces absorb—rather than reflect—the sun's heat, causing surface temperatures and overall ambient temperatures to rise. Displacing trees and vegetation minimizes the natural cooling effects of shading and evaporation of water from soil and leaves (evapotranspiration). Tall buildings and narrow streets can heat air trapped between them and reduce air flow. Waste heat from vehicles, factories, and air conditioners may add warmth to their surroundings, further exacerbating the heat island effect. Heat islands can occur year-round during the day or night. Urban-rural temperature differences are often largest during calm, clear evenings. This is because rural areas cool off faster at night than cities, which retain much of the heat stored in roads, buildings, and other structures. As a result, the largest urban-rural temperature difference, or maximum heat island effect, is often three to five hours after sunset. Other contributing factors to the heat island effect include:...
I will return to Sunday night postings next week. That will give me a chance to see where I left off and then finish the Kyoto Protocol country list.
I love my country and I love the freedom it affords me, but, it is not perfect and perhaps the problems in the USA only goes to prove people are perfect. I have never been this worried about the USA democracy more than today. It is more than worry, it is fear there is a power outside my country's democracy that really wants to harm it. I can't and won't be a part of that.
For what it is worth, newspapers and media have been a part of my everyday life for most of my life. My family was somewhat political, some enjoyed being involved in local offices, but, never once did I ever believe the news media of the USA was evil and more interested in lies than the truth. That kind of talk needs to stop.
Other than the fear of losing my democracy, which is real. It has never been so real; but, the real fear I have today started with the 3 and a half mile high fire tornado.
It has been my experience since diligently pursuing the truth regarding Earth's climate that a dangerous phenomenon begins with an introduction and then over time becomes the norm. That has happened with hurricanes and especially true with tornadoes. There are more tornado outbreaks every year as each one passes. That brings me to the fire tornado within the last month.
Triple-digit heat is real. It spawned that enormously dangerous tornado. But, if my observations hold true this is the beginning of a greater trend. That tornado melted metal buildings.
Remember these guys?
Cities are heat islands. This fire tornado resulted because of high heat. We can't play with this. Every mayor needs to begin to appreciate the color white and reflect solar energy back into space. This is not just the USA. Every mayor in every city in the world needs to paint their city buildings white. No fancy silvery overlays of buildings that eventually burst into flames with the suns rays. Plain old ordinary white buildings. I never meant it more than I do today.
September 24, 2009
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (click here) and former Vice President and founder of the Alliance for Climate Protection Al Gore today launched an NYC Service initiative, “NYC Cool Roofs,” to mobilize volunteers to coat the rooftops of participating buildings with reflective, white coating to reduce cooling costs, energy usage and greenhouse emissions. The Mayor and former Vice President helped NYC Service volunteers coat the rooftop of the Long Island City YMCA in Queens. The program will begin with a pilot from September 24th to October 9th, with teams of volunteers working to coat 100,000 square feet of rooftop in Long Island City, a neighborhood that exhibits higher temperatures than the citywide average due to the amount of industrial rooftops in the area....
I love my country and I love the freedom it affords me, but, it is not perfect and perhaps the problems in the USA only goes to prove people are perfect. I have never been this worried about the USA democracy more than today. It is more than worry, it is fear there is a power outside my country's democracy that really wants to harm it. I can't and won't be a part of that.
For what it is worth, newspapers and media have been a part of my everyday life for most of my life. My family was somewhat political, some enjoyed being involved in local offices, but, never once did I ever believe the news media of the USA was evil and more interested in lies than the truth. That kind of talk needs to stop.
Other than the fear of losing my democracy, which is real. It has never been so real; but, the real fear I have today started with the 3 and a half mile high fire tornado.
It has been my experience since diligently pursuing the truth regarding Earth's climate that a dangerous phenomenon begins with an introduction and then over time becomes the norm. That has happened with hurricanes and especially true with tornadoes. There are more tornado outbreaks every year as each one passes. That brings me to the fire tornado within the last month.
Triple-digit heat is real. It spawned that enormously dangerous tornado. But, if my observations hold true this is the beginning of a greater trend. That tornado melted metal buildings.
Remember these guys?
Cities are heat islands. This fire tornado resulted because of high heat. We can't play with this. Every mayor needs to begin to appreciate the color white and reflect solar energy back into space. This is not just the USA. Every mayor in every city in the world needs to paint their city buildings white. No fancy silvery overlays of buildings that eventually burst into flames with the suns rays. Plain old ordinary white buildings. I never meant it more than I do today.
September 24, 2009
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (click here) and former Vice President and founder of the Alliance for Climate Protection Al Gore today launched an NYC Service initiative, “NYC Cool Roofs,” to mobilize volunteers to coat the rooftops of participating buildings with reflective, white coating to reduce cooling costs, energy usage and greenhouse emissions. The Mayor and former Vice President helped NYC Service volunteers coat the rooftop of the Long Island City YMCA in Queens. The program will begin with a pilot from September 24th to October 9th, with teams of volunteers working to coat 100,000 square feet of rooftop in Long Island City, a neighborhood that exhibits higher temperatures than the citywide average due to the amount of industrial rooftops in the area....
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