Record Heat in the East, Record Fires in the West
By Steve Kinsman, 1st Jul 2012 | Follow this author
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If you think global warming is a myth, don't tell that to the people along the Atlantic seaboard or the people of the mountain west.
Colorado
The Waldo Canyon Fire, near Colorado Springs, has now destroyed 346 homes and burned an area of over 200 square miles. It may take the entire summer before this fire is fully contained. Crews are much closer to full containment of the High Park Fire, which to date has consumed 136 square miles and destroyed 259 homes. In western Colorado, the 18 square mile Pine Ridge Fire is only 10 percent contained. Over 32,000 residents in Colorado were evacuated from their homes a week ago, and only now are some of them being allowed to return.
Utah
More than 50 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire in central Utah. By Saturday, June 30th, residents were finally being allowed to return home to Indianola, which sits along Utah's scenic Highway 89. As of today, July 1st, eight large wildfires are burning across the state.
Wyoming
In a single day this past week (June 27th), a wildfire that was wind-driven exploded from eight square miles to over 58 square miles. It is not known how many structures were burned, but over 200 are threatened.
Montana
In eastern Montana, authorities evacuated several communities on Saturday, June 30th, as the Ash Creek Complex Fires grew from 72 to 244 square miles overnight. The fire has burned over seventy homes and threatens many more. More than 70 homes have been destroyed by this fire.
Idaho
In eastern Idaho a fast moving 1000 acre wildfire is expected to be fully contained today, July 1st, after it destroyed 66 homes and 29 outbuildings. Over a thousand residents who were evacuated are now being allowed to return to their homes, if they still exist.
Heat in the east
In the past week alone over 1,600 city heat records have been broken from Indiana to South Carolina to New York. Due to a powerful thunderstorm that cut a swath through 500 miles, power went down all along the Atlantic seaboard, and millions of residents are sweltering without the availability of air conditioning. In many places power is not expected to be restored for at least another week, and weather forecasters are promising still more triple digit temperatures ahead. A spokesman for a power company said the damage to the grid all over the east is "catastrophic." In Tennessee, two boys, age three and five, died after playing outside in 105 degree heat. In West Virginia, two children died when they were struck by a falling tree. In Potomac, Maryland, professional golfers played the third round of a tournament to absent galleries, who were told not to come to the course because of the danger posed by branches which were expected to break and fall.
We can expect more climate events like these in the future as a result of the planet's continual warming, unless radical steps are taken to deal with global warming.
Link: Extreme Melting in the Arctic
Fire photos from Reuters
Heat in N.Y. photo from huffingtonpost.com
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1st Jul 2012 (#)
Very good article. The photos are great.
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1st Jul 2012 (#)
Thank you norlaw. I appreciate that.
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2nd Jul 2012 (#)
It was all true.
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1st Jul 2012 (#)
Outstanding report, Steve. Thanks for always giving updated informative articles on relevant issues and tying them in to the bigger issues and perspective.
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1st Jul 2012 (#)
And thank you so much for that nice comment, rama devi.
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1st Jul 2012 (#)
Ditto rama Steve...I wonder how many will say that these are made up facts and pics just like they say the world is flat!! thank God we have you bringing into the light of day some of the terrible sometimes man made calamities on our beloved planet..
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1st Jul 2012 (#)
Thank you cnwriter. I always appreciate your commenrs.
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1st Jul 2012 (#)
I just read this but I understand if you delete it Steve:
The Illuminati’s technology that enables them to originate earthquakes and intensify storms is being “jammed” by our universal family so that Mother Nature can carefully release negativity until all of that force is gone — and soon it shall be.
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2nd Jul 2012 (#)
Steve, this is a well researched and written article. These events are certainly of concern, but I am not convinced we can necessarily attribute them to "global warming". Firstly at least two of the ongoing fires are cases of arson.
One of the affects of this year is solar flare activity which may make the weather unseasonally hot and dry.
The other aspect is that we do not know enough about the weather patterns of this planet. The best measurements we have are 400 years for the United Kingdom. We know nothing about 4,000, 6,000, or other hot/cold cycles that may be occurring.
I agree we do have to consider the ecological impact of everything that we do, but this may not be global warming in effect.
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2nd Jul 2012 (#)
Even given solar flares, etc., the evidence seems overwhelming that man-made global warming is a fact. 9 of the 11 hottest years on record have occurred since the year 2000. Thanks for commenting Peter.
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2nd Jul 2012 (#)
Terrible, many sympathies for the people who lost their homes, this is tragic for them and terrible for the environment too.
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2nd Jul 2012 (#)
Indeed it is. Thanks for commenting Mark.
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7th Jul 2012 (#)
A very topical piece, thanks Steve. My sympathies are with those who suffer. We know what we have to do for sustainable living. But our generation seems to be pre-occupied with selfish pursuits, sadly. The story of the boy who cried wolf readily comes to mind! siva
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7th Jul 2012 (#)
Thank you Siva, for your always timely comments.
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