OT: American National Academy of Science on Climate Change

It's 55F and raining here now. It almost never rains in June in San Francisco. Looks like we'll break the all-time (127 year) monthly rainfall record in just the first week of June. We got 74 feet of snow near Donner Summit this year. So much for "warm and dry."

John

Even the left-trending Sacramento Bee called it "Global Weirdness" this morning which I found surprising. The statewide snowpack is reported at

262% of average, low temperature records are falling all over the place. Our wood stove is cranking another full load right now. This season's wood consumption dwarfs anything we ever had, we are now well over five cords. 10 years ago two cord were plenty enough. Since we only had 4-1/2 this means we have dug deeply into next season's supply so we'll inevitably run out next season despite having ordered the record quantity of five cords instead of four :-(

What did we learn? Order six cords next time. At least. More is better.

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Bring on the cold... my electric bill is at 70% of typical for this date ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Yeah, you guys have an insatiable consumption when it gets hot. I cut that down to peanuts via an evap cooler. Except now I don't know why I installed it, the winter will simply not end. Even really old folks who've lived here almost since the time of the pilgrims can't recall ever having needed to heat in June.

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I did that at the old house, back when I was poor... now I'm a comfort seeker ;-)

Climate change is mostly due to poor memory. I can remember snow in BOSTON in June ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

But you get Hydro power, no? I'm watching Lake Powell's depth to see if it's going to recover to +90%. Looks like they have already passed the 7/8's of total required outflow for the year. I'm guessing Lake Mead would follow suite.

Cheers

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Eventually John may grasp the difference between climate and weather, but I'm not holding my breath.

-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

We just leave the heat on all year. Simplifies life.

John

I get a mix of natural gas (SRP) and nuclear (SRP buys from APS). ...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Yah..here in Portland OR we are having 3 daze of that bright funny round yellow thing in the sky..so unusual that we wonder if that means we might have Spring one of these days..

termite and carpenter ant food...

Keep it dry and there won't be any carpenter ants. If you're paranoid, leave a bunch of boric acid around.

It's almond and critters leave it alone. We get it either seasoned wood (like this time) or half-seasoned.

The only issue are some weird bees, black ones of about 1/2" diameter and roundish, that want to eat into the beams of a small wood deck here. Never into the firewood. Wish I'd find a way to get rid of those. I might put metal screen underneath. Hoping they don't have a HomeDepot gift card and come with a power drill ...

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Carpenter bees. They're horrible down here. Our house has exposed rafter-ends (they're fake, actually) and the bees love 'em. The first Spring we were here, I had an exterminator come out and spray for them and plug the holes. That seemed to help break the cycle and we haven't had too much trouble since. I'll have to get out the ladder and inspect closer but it'll have to wait until it's not quite so hot.

The only thing that will discourage them completely is aluminum. ;-) Seriously, you want to make the surface as hard as possible. A good coat of glossy paint is supposed to frustrate them so they go elsewhere. Maybe an Epoxy?

How many years of cold and wet weather do we need before we decide that the climate is cold and wet?

John

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The question is actually how much global warming is it going to take to shift the regular weather patterns. The predictions that you complain about not having come true seem to be for the period 2035 to

2060, when global warming will probably be twice what it is today.

-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

In other words, "always longer than it takes to verify the models."

John

I might just dab primer on the bottom sides of the beams, they don't seem to like anything painted. Spraying, not so good. We have a lizard on duty and he waits for them to stick their behinds back out ... snap ... ka-crunch. Don't want him to get sick. But he can eat only so many. Maybe we should provide some Maalox to him.

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Ha, thanks! We do have one of those.

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