What? The Newt is still alive?? Argghh. And he thought that was a helpful message to put out there? He's as far gone as the Orange One.

Similar in size to the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, caused by a rockfall triggered by an earthquake. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Li...

Well, most of them are. First time for "Richardsonism" though, I suspect.

We are surrounded by them all summer long here in SE Michigan; my favorite is when two or three fly low overhead on our little farm, pterodactyl-like, with only the noise from their slow flapping wings. Magic. Thanks.

Clap! We have no pond. But we got all our garlic in the ground and mulched before 5” snow fell this weekend.

Thanks @climatecasino.net and @marcdissents.bsky.social.

oh wait, it might not even be quite the minimum for the year, I just took a closer look... it's close though.

Question! I can't tell from the graph, but you who have the data at hand... it looks like this is also the latest ever for a year to reach its minimum extent. Every other year reaches its minimum earlier in the autumn. Is this setting a new record late-in-the-year minimum?

Good job.

Thanks for the clarity, makes more sense re: overwintering. Michigan farmer here. We have had no fungus issues with young (new from cuttings) rosemary plants inside overwintering, sorry for your losses. Our rosemary came to us a decade ago as a cutting from a hedge-sized plant in Texas.

Wait, rosemary what? Our garlic is in too, but our rosemary had to come in a while ago, and does every year. We regrow new from cuttings every year inside. You overwinter some outside?? Does the Minas Basin moderate your cold that much?

Fabulous, couldn't agree more. Just shared this Python clip with our pre-teen a few weeks ago. Now I'll keep this one in my pocket for next time I teach about the societal response to climate risks.

Everyone should keep their best dad jokes in a dadabase.

I remember well having to travel down to the family's house a block off the intercoastal waterway up near Flagler, after Irma passed. Water rose higher than in the last sixty years and stopped one inch deep throughout the house. Good excuse to throw away some crappy old carpets. We were lucky ones.

Popularity isn't an issue here, nor is science. They claim to be doing "the right thing", so it's all about the so-called "freedom".