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Well. The aforementioned frontal band of rain arrived; pissed down rain for a few minutes, and pissed off. Not even a puddle in an ant lion's hole. The temperature dropped, but it felt very humid. The could is moving to teh northeast, so I suppose the NSW Nortehrn Rivers area will cop thunderstorms tonight.

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Maybe you should send a stern letter to BOM?

Samuel L. Jackson for President!! 🙂

As I sit here at 4:30pm, my desktop weather meter says it's 40.5C and 17% RH. Wind is gusting to about 35 kts. The radar shows a frontal band of rain approaching, but I bet it will slip away to the southeast before a drop falls on me. This weather, especially the constant days of strong winds, is not normal. At this time of year the winds should be calm and the temperature in the low 30Cs.

Ah! The billygoat farting song! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer_is_icumen_in

BREAKING: T.r.u.m.p DEMANDS an IQ Test — 13 Seconds Later, Samuel L. Jackson Asks ONE Question That Leaves Him STUMPED!..-thaoo https://todayonus.com/posts/🔥-breaking-t-r-u-m-p-demands-an-iq-test-13-seconds-later-samuel-l-jackson-asks-one-question-that-leaves-him-stumped-thaoo

There seems to be some folk in Yew Hess Hay, who seem somewhat disenchanted with the incumbent *resident of the White House. One such kind soul recently suggested their next election preference thus:- "Once again, if a 'Flaming Bag of Dog Poo on my Doorstep, that Someone Left after Ringing my Doorbell and Ran off' is on my ballot, and the only other choice is Trump or some other bullshitter MAGA tool who sees Americans as his enemy, I’ll vote for the bag of shit that doesn’t pretend to be something else." (American eloquence par excellence)

Sumer is icumen in. Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweþ sed and bloweþ med And springþ þe wde nu, Sing cuccu! Awe bleteþ after lomb, Lhouþ after calue cu. Bulluc sterteþ, bucke uerteþ, Murie sing cuccu! Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes þu cuccu; Ne swik þu nauer nu. Pes: Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!

Aww, C'mon Marty - Stop the diplomatic descriptions, and tell us what you really think of Trump.

Maybe not today.... But let's see what tomorrow brings.

The Climate Change Debate.... I am pretty sure that there is no debate to be had about Climate Change. It is changing. - That debate is over - Further, it is pretty much universally agreed that anthropogenic climate change is real. - That Debate is over - There seems to still be some relatively minor uncertainty about how much of this climate change is caused by human activity suddenly adding significant amounts of greenhouse gasses. Is that really a debate? The media attention focuses on CO2, mostly from the burning of coal and oils. There is a big fuss over CO2. There is a negative side to that. I think this is distracting the public from noticing the other greenhouse gas emissions and the othe massive global pollution problems. The way I see it, the human animal has evolved to react when an immediate crisis threatens. In the case of the above complex poisoning of our environment, the threat, although ultimately catastrophic, is gradually occuring and seems distant. So we sit at home in a comfy armchair, doomscrolling & watching cat videos.

The new normal?

Hot two days ago, pleasantly mild yesterday, cold and constant rain today.

I think the two are "INSEPARABLE". The Climate Change Debate CONTINUES is a statement. A DEBATE is a Formatted verbal CONTEST Not a discussion, It's designed to be VERY combative with the outcome decided by rules, Time limits and a Panel of Judges. Nev

I think what we need in a balance mix of large scale renewables (solar/Wind/pumped hydro) large scale battery storage which includes pumped water, rooftop solar and home batteries, Industry solar & batteries, and neighbourhood batteries for local communities with rooftop solar with no battery. All these are happening to a degree but not fast enough. Government incentives for home batteries is getting a massive response from home owners with rooftop solar & this will inevitably reduce stress on the grid as will neighbourhood batteries & Industry batteries. That is not to say the existing grid is satisfactory, it is not, and growing demand means upgrades and maintenance is even more important. Now there are AI data centres planned that have a huge appetite for energy. There has to be some sort of limitation put on some new large energy consumers or we won't have the capacity in the timeframe it takes for the consumers to come on line. New Coal is simply too expensive and too polluting to even consider, though some idiot politicians think it is still OK. Nuclear is way to expensive to build and takes far too long to be a viable option in the medium 10 to 15 year timeframe, plus we have no experience or expertise. So far at just under 2 weeks since my new solar and battery was installed I have only exported power & used zero grid power even while charging my EV, running A/C & normal household stuff. I also have a fault in one string of panels so they are not producing power at all yet. Total on line is 5.7 kW max of solar.

THEY look cute.. Nev

This sidetrack into electricity generation and distribution is taking us away from the original theme of this thread. Perhaps there should be a specific thread for electricity generation and distribution to allow a return to climate change.

IT IS a Problem but making it free will help get rid of the Problem at those times. We have always adapted to new opportunities/situations. Nev

Then PRETEND you are the STRONG SILENT TYPE. Nev

I'll give you a couple of Hours to stop Praising me. What a Pathetic substitute for a Leader on show to all the World. Don't BUY it. Rubbish quality. Nev

When Old people give up their seat for You. Nev

How do you know when you are getting old? When the little old lady you help cross the road is your wife.

This is soooo nausiating. Watch the video from the 3:00 mark.

Statistics prove that people who live longer are more likely to say something stupid than people who don't.