re: It didn’t used to be this hot

I recently read an article about an underwater volcanic eruption last year the may have been the largest eruption in modern times. Evidently it vaporized 100 or 1,000 times more seawater than originally estimated and theoretically, that is what is driving the higher heat and humidity - the excess moisture in the air.

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Yes...hotter than hell and muggy as shite...

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The Summer in the Augusta area has been rather mild as far as the temperature goes. Muggy, sure, but hotter than hell it ain't.

June was 4.4° below Normal for the average high and 4.6° below Normal for the average temp.

July was 1.5° below Normal for average high and 0.9° below Normal for average temp.

August, to date, has been 1.4° below Normal for average high and 1.3° below Normal for average temp.

It has rained a lot in that area this Summer, which has kept the temperatures down, but has increased the humidity.

This is the problem with sensationalized headlines in weather coverage. Over time it alters one's perception and you start believing the hype. Some places are currently in a heatwave. Some places aren't. Media can and will convince you everywhere is burning hot, and they're good at it. They're so good at it that they will make you discredit objective data that says otherwise.

What's central Alabama? Doesn't seem any worse this summer compared to others.

Used to be?

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I’m 42 and I just don’t think it was this hot when I was growing up

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Well I'm old, really old and trust me I remember some really scorching heat. One summer (circa:1949 or 1950) it was so darned hot and dry all the grazing grass died. The only green plant available for the milk cows to eat - bitterweed. Yep, and I drank bittermilk for breakfast and happy to get it. I've always enjoyed my milk for breakfast.

But that was not the worst of it - the area was struck by an anthrax outbreak. The cow herds were decimated by the anthrax outbreak. So the farmers stacked their dead cows in piles with kindling, poured tractor fuel on the pile, and burned the carcasses. Yep, a devastating anthrax pandemic. All around us - farms with stacks of smoking cattle carcasses. Times was tuff but people pulled together and helped each other get through. Didn't matter your race - we pulled together.

During the depression nobody had any money, so the women in the neighborhood took to acting as midwives to help pregnant neighbors during childbirth. My Momma helped her black neighbor deliver her baby and in turn the black woman did the same for my Mom. People had lots of kids, so the women folk kept busy.

My hero was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. Married my distant cousin. One winter he was arrested for shooting geese out of season on my great uncle's land. He showed the Game Warden his ID - and some government document. Game Warden said, "Thank you sir, enjoy the hunting". It was then I learned that by treaty Cherokee Indians had unrestricted hunting rights anytime, anywhere in North America. I thought he was God. But I digress.

Don't worry bout the heat. You'll survive, We did and you will too. My suggestion, fix yourself a nice big glass of iced tea (I love sweet tea) or lemonade with some ice, sit on your back porch, and watch the sun go down with your bride. Invite your neighbors to join you. Then just visit. That's what we did. I miss that.

Oh, and one more thing.....

Global Warming - Climate Change is a population control gimmick



She's battered and torn
but she's still flying

I’m thinking, that if I detective this post correctly, you are 172 years old.

I kid. I kid. I remember one summer in the late 80s early 90s that was hit like this

12z gfs unrelenting heatwave seeing 110 air temp coming up

I really dont like you or your fancy posts.

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According to the national weather service since mid-june, as I wrote, the high and low temps in Augusta have averaged 1.1 degree higher than average

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Normal is what is Normal for that month per the historic climate record. Average is the average temp for that particular month. Every one of them, for every month is below Normal.

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Anyone who walks outdoors in the area right now, as we speak, would agree, it is hot as hell and muggy as shite

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Then they're pretty damn soft and should probably consider moving.

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It is hilarious to find so many otherwise semmingly normal people convinced that the media is hell bent on their destruction..

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They've convinced you that this Summer has been a whole lot hotter in your area than it actually is.

You're confusing Normal and Average temperature.