Windy. Weird-ass weather, 95 yesterday now it's 46 and the wind's blowing 20mph at 5am. https://tfswildfires.com/public/
In Minneapolis we went from a high of 65 on Monday(a record for February) to 4 now. We should be back in the 60’s this weekend.
I've been in the middle of those days down here "Do I have pants and an extra jacket in this pickup?"
The Panhandle, or most north area of Texas, is closer to Duluth than DFW, because, you know, it's north Texas.
Texas wildfires live updates: Massive blaze covers over 1 million acres, becoming largest in state history https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna141087
Just saw in the Sierras they could get 12' of snow. Crazy how CA was in a severe drought and the last two years have gotten a lot of moisture.
El Nino/La Nina. We're transitioning back to La Nina by the end of the year, which means a high likelihood of the drought pattern reestablishing. (That's the simple answer. The real one is more complex involving a bunch of stuff including ahistorical jet stream meanderings.)
I never heard of atmospheric river before until early this year. Thought it was a fancy medoa creation for Shitload of Rain Dump.
There are so many dead and near dead cows in the burn scars that the Texas state government just gave ranchers permission to dispose of carcasses without the customary notification and approval. It will take at least two non-drought weather years for the burned over grasslands to recover enough for cattle forage. That means anyone with cattle has to buy hay and have it delivered--a significant cost. And because the hay demand will go up, so will the prices. I'm not sure how much of an impact this will have on beef prices, but it sure won't help. This is another data point for the notion that the climate crisis is also a food crisis. In other words, between greedflation, a war going on in the third largest wheat producer, and the climate shocks that affect crops all around the world, it will be difficult to have stable food prices anytime soon. I fully expect we'll have less grocery store food choices in the coming years than we do now.
