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Severe Storms Threaten The Southeast Through Sunday

S​evere storms could produce damaging hail, high winds and a few tornadoes in parts of the Southeast this weekend.

The South has been hit by m​ultiple rounds of severe weather since the start of the week, including damaging hail in Texas and Florida. Now, a new system is on the way that will spark more severe weather in the region beginning later Friday.

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New York becomes the first state to ban natural gas stoves and furnaces in most new buildings

(CNN) — New York is the first state in the country to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings – a major win for climate advocates, but a move that could spark pushback from fossil fuel interests.

Facing mounting pressure from environmental advocates and climate-minded voters, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic lawmakers, who control the New York Senate and Assembly, approved the new $229 billion state budget containing the provision late Tuesday night.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/us/new-y ... index.html
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80% chance of an El Nino will happen beginning in take place between May and July and a 90% chance of it lasting through February 2024. El Nino is the weather condition that bring cold, wet weather in the South, rain in the Southwest and California, and warm, dry winter for the Pacific Northwest, Ohio Valley, northern Rockies and parts of the Midwest.
El Niño is likely to take over soon — and odds are it will be sticking around for a long time, national forecasters said in an update Thursday.

Once it takes hold, El Niño is likely to strengthen into the fall and winter, when it normally peaks. The odds of it lasting until February of 2024 are upwards of 90%, the Climate Prediction Center said.

While El Niño can strengthen hurricane season in the central and eastern Pacific, it tends to contribute to weaker hurricanes forming in the Atlantic basin.

Even a strong El Niño isn’t a guarantee those exact scenarios will play out, NOAA warns.
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Deadly tornado hits Texas coast amid statewide severe weather

Severe weather that led to torrential rainfall in Texas also spun up a tornado early Saturday morning, killing two people.

The deadly tornado touched down in Laguna Heights, on the eastern coastline of Texas, around 2 a.m. local time Saturday. Local emergency management officials reported multiple injuries and property damage. Officials from neighboring Port Isabel later confirmed the fatalities. At least 10 people were injured.

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What is a pneumonia front?

Cold fronts move through most of the United States on a regular basis, but there is one specific type of cold front that is unlike many others that sweep across the country, and it has a unique name as well.

A pneumonia front is a localism originating from the midwestern U.S. that describes when cold air over Lake Michigan rushes inland, causing templates to drop dramatically. The rapid decline in temperature can also be accompanied by clouds and rain showers.

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Catastrophic flood cancels Romagna Grand Prix

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BBC:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/65621373
The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has been called off this weekend because of major flooding in the region.

Discussions on Wednesday between local authorities and organisers of the race at Imola in Italy concluded that the event could not proceed safely.

At least eight people have died and 5,000 people have had to be evacuated following widespread flooding across the Emilia Romagna region.
Other news accounts describe truly catastrophic damage.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65632655
Italy floods leave 13 dead and force 13,000 from their homes

More than 20 rivers have burst their banks in Italy, leaving 13 people dead and forcing thousands from their homes after six months' rainfall fell in a day and a half.

More bodies were found on Thursday after almost every river flooded between Bologna and the north-east coast 115km (70 miles) away.

Some 280 landslides have taken place.
Classic El Nino, made worse by failure to curb C02 emissions.
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7.7-magnitude earthquake in South Pacific briefly sparks tsunami warning

May 19 (UPI) -- Earthquake officials called off tsunami warnings in the South Pacific Friday afternoon after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake sparked concerns huge waves could affect islands there.

The powerful, but remote, earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands, belonging to the French territory of New Caledonia, to the west of Fiji and Vanuatu, about 2 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center.

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Minor earthquake shakes residents near New York City

A small earthquake shook buildings across the New York metropolitan area Friday morning.

A 2.2 magnitude impacted the New York metropolitan area around 1:50 a.m., according to the United States Geological Service.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/minor-earthqu ... d=99450591
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ap215 wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 12:48 am Minor earthquake shakes residents near New York City

A small earthquake shook buildings across the New York metropolitan area Friday morning.

A 2.2 magnitude impacted the New York metropolitan area around 1:50 a.m., according to the United States Geological Service.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/minor-earthqu ... d=99450591
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2.2, we don't even throw those back in LA, they don't even get noticed. Was that an earthquake, or just a bus hitting the hole the city left in the street three construction projects ago?
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Number6 wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 10:08 am A 2.2 earthquake is so small that it feels like a large truck driving past your home.
Six, when I was in that earthquake in 2011 that hit the east coast and DC (I was 50 miles from DC at the time), that’s what it felt like at first - a big truck going by. Then the ground started moving side to side, and that’s when I realized it was an earthquake.
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People from LA in NYC get used to the shaking from trucks hitting bumps in the street. It really does feel like a magnitude 2 earthquake, then you remember that NYC doesn't have many of those.
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The radar and the reporter: The legendary broadcast that reshaped hurricane coverage

For more than 60 years, Hurricane Carla has been the benchmark for landfalling hurricanes in Texas -- even the devastating Hurricane Harvey in 2017 failed to match Carla's intensity. However, as Carla grew over the Gulf of Mexico back in September 1961 and strengthened into a major hurricane, people were slow to evacuate.

Hurricane Carla, which formed during the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, was the first tropical cyclone that forecasters could track all the way to the coast using weather radar. But, TV stations back then didn't yet have the technology currently available today to show the full path or strength of a storm. So while the United States Weather Bureau, the precursor to the National Weather Service, issued evacuation orders, many residents didn't have a sense of just how devastating the storm would be, so they remained in the path of the charging storm.

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ZoWie wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 11:54 am People from LA in NYC get used to the shaking from trucks hitting bumps in the street. It really does feel like a magnitude 2 earthquake, then you remember that NYC doesn't have many of those.
Those of us who have lived in California for a number of years can tell almost immediately how big an earthquake is. It's gotten to the point we ignore or don't notice small earthquakes while visitors to the state look confused or scared.
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Number6 wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 1:37 pm Those of us who have lived in California for a number of years can tell almost immediately how big an earthquake is. It's gotten to the point we ignore or don't notice small earthquakes while visitors to the state look confused or scared.
That is why I like this site. You reminded me of when I was working at a Ford dealership that caught on fire.
One guy had a husband and wife in his office closing a deal. Which they finalized about the time the fire truck showed up.
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Glennfs wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 2:23 pm That is why I like this site. You reminded me of when I was working at a Ford dealership that caught on fire.
One guy had a husband and wife in his office closing a deal. Which they finalized about the time the fire truck showed up.
In the mid-90s, I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath in England and I worked about five miles away on RAF Feltwell. About a half mile away from us was the small arms range and the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) and we were used to hearing fun fire and loud booms from EOD. Our hospital was having our Health Services Medical Inspection (HSMI) which was, for the AF, the most important inspection we'd undergo including the JACHO inspection from the civilian sector. The AF inspector reviewing our operations were meeting with us in our small conference room when all of a sudden a loud BOOM was heard and rattled our windows. You could see the surprise and concern on his face as he looked at the rest of use just sitting quietly as if nothing happened. Our Chief (E-9) told him about EOD and that it was something normally heard at RAF Feltwell and there was nothing to worry about. The rest of the inspection went well but I'm sure the inspector had an interesting story to tell the other inspectors.
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Huge fire emergency in Halifax..... HALIFAX? WTF???????????????

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ ... 023-05-29/
May 28 (Reuters) - The eastern Canadian city of Halifax declared a state of local emergency late on Sunday after a wildfire caused evacuations and power outages, with authorities shutting several schools in the affected area.
The photos are apocalyptic, looking like a bad day in the LA hills, only worse. Same red sky, even at noon, same missing sun, and smoke clouds replacing breathable air.

Halifax? Halifax NS???!?!?!????!?

I've been there. Nice town. Big harbor, forever associated with WWII convoy routes and cruise ships. Famous art school (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design). Old fort up on a hill with people in uniforms that look like they were designed by a studio costume department, dropping a time ball and (maybe) firing a cannon daily at noon.

Rains a lot. This is the Canadian Maritimes, after all.

Generally about the last place you'd expect one of those apocalyptic "urban interface" mountain fires like you get on the outskirts of LA.

WTF???!?!?!??? Have we really screwed up the planet bad enough for LA style fires in Halifax?
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More LA style weather in the east......

From NOAA weather forcast for New York:
Smoke from Canadian wildfires is projected to mix down into the
lower levels of the atmosphere Tuesday, and potentially near
the ground. The smoke may produce more hazy conditions aloft.
And with the chance of restrictions will have patchy smoke and
haze.
These fires have a real potential to influence the weather in the entire Northern Hemisphere.
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While this board bickers about the definitions of words in political speeches, the inhabited surfaces of the planet continue to burn, and nobody seems to care.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65755795
Nova Scotia is seeing an unusually active wildfire season this year, part of a wider trend in Canada where the fire season has had an earlier start than normal.

Officials say that the number of wildfires across the country is on par with the 10-year average, but the amount of land burned - around 2.7m hectares in total - is unprecedented.

[1 hectare = 2.471 acres. -Z]

The fires have had an impact as far as the US, where air quality warnings were issued in Rhode Island and Massachusetts on Wednesday.

Some people in Boston have reported smelling smoke outside, according to reports in local media, while photos have shown a hazy sky over New York City on Tuesday as a result of the fires.
There were also problems in the NW US, if I recall correctly. If you like having this shit in your lungs, keep ignoring what's happening to the planet.
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TD 2 to likely become TS Arlene Tonight. Find out Alabama Impacts Here

Tropical depression Two has formed in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Current winds are sustained at 35 mph. The eye of the storm is expected to become more organized tonight. There is a good possibility that Arlene will become our first topical storm the 2023 Hurricane season. However, this is our second storm of 2023, behind TD One in January.

https://www.cbs42.com/news/td-2-to-like ... acts-here/
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https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/M ... 1723.shtml
107
WTNT32 KNHC 021738 CCA
TCPAT2

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Arlene Special Advisory Number 5...Corrected
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL022023
100 PM CDT Fri Jun 02 2023

Corrected wording in Hazards Affecting Land section

...AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTERS INDICATE DEPRESSION HAS STRENGTHENED
INTO TROPICAL STORM ARLENE...


SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...26.7N 86.2W
ABOUT 265 MI...425 KM W OF FT. MYERS FLORIDA
ABOUT 340 MI...550 KM NNW OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...S OR 175 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.


DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 100 PM CDT (1800 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Arlene was
located near latitude 26.7 North, longitude 86.2 West. Arlene is
moving toward the south near 5 mph (7 km/h) and this motion is
expected to increase slightly through tonight.

Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 40 mph (65 km/h)
with higher gusts. Arlene is expected to weaken by tonight, and it
is forecast to degenerate into a remnant low on Saturday.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km)
northeast of the center.

The estimated minimum central pressure based on data from the Air
Force Hurricane Hunters is 1002 mb (29.59 inches).


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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RAINFALL: Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches with localized higher
amounts up to 5 inches are possible through Saturday across portions
of the central and southern Florida Peninsula. This rainfall is not
directly related to Tropical Storm Arlene. Regardless, the heavy
rainfall could lead to isolated flash, urban, and small stream
flooding impacts.
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Fire destroys First Congregational United Church in Spencer, Massachusetts

SPENCER, Mass. — A massive six-alarm fire ravaged a 160-year-old Massachusetts church, a blaze that the interim pastor believes may have been started by a lightning strike.

An automated alarm brought firefighters to the First Congregational United Church on Main Street around 3 p.m. on Friday.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/spencer-ma ... e/44079308
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Earthcam has several webcams atop tall buildings in Manhattan, not to mention on the Statue of Liberty. Usually they show huge inspiring vistas of endless urban skylines. This week they show vague outlines of a city hidden behind a mess of brown crud. It's all smoke from Canada.

LA gets this bad maybe for two days every couple of years, when the conditions trap smoke from the yearly vegetation fires under the inversion. New York has been this bad for a week now. My sister-in-law has been there the whole time, and she confirms the worst.

Meanwhile I hear that Arctic ice melt is exceeding all predictions, and the deadline for when we can't stop it keeps being moved forward. The process obviously self-accelerates, while we blither about the oil industry.
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I can come up with many analogies with this smoke issue war zone, volcanic ash, dust storm, scene from a movie it's the Low Pressure off the Atlantic that's causing the counterclockwise wind direction from the wildfires in Quebec to come down here in the Northeast this is something i've never seen ever those poor firefighters are really trying their hardest to put these fires out hopefully help comes their way this should clear out by the weekend.
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