We had that virtually every day for a couple weeks. Weather this year has been very odd.

I hate summer, so I abolished it. October is my favorite month, so I just skipped us to the best part. :)

Only one of hundreds of trees that were blown over by a microburst about 2 weeks ago.

http://llnw.image.cbslocal.com/19/20...surancepic.jpg

It's been...um...chaotic:rolleyes: So much so that the storm damage is expected to pump $1 billion into our local economy. You can't find a roofing company that doesn't have dozens of jobs coming per day.

That wasn't a dead tree either. It doesn't have leaves because they were stripped off by the hail prior to being blown over:eek:

anyone remember the surfing movie "Endless Summer"? it's about some surfers who follow the sun and surf around the world for one year. someone should make a biking version.

We got it in the PNW. It was 104 at my house in the shade on Wed. and 99 yesterday. Only made it to 86 today. Thats crazy for here.

no complaints here about the Seattle weather. I'll live with triple digit temps a few days every 5-10 years. And rain... well, we don't get much in the summer. In fact, we set a record this year with about 27 days straight without rain back in June. July and August generally see very little rain - maybe less than 2 inches for that 60 day stretch. Summers are great here. 52 degrees - that's perfect in the mornings! Still just shorts and a jersey at that temp for my morning commute.

October and November - yes, it starts raining. That's what the fenders and mud flaps are for. The temps are still very comfortable with some light rain gear. I'll take the weather in this part of the country over most other places for riding (I think I would still prefer San Diego weather to anything!)

It has been over 100 almost every day for the past few weeks over here. This was taken during my ride home on Friday.

Oddly enough, the world didn't stop spinning and business as usual continued.

Gotta be George Bush's fault :mad:

It's been very wet in the Philly area. We had rain 26/30 days in June and we've had numerous thunderstorms throughout July even though the temps haven't been that hot!

No sense moving because it ain't much better where you live!

Twenty years ago we'd say "Hey, kind of a wet summer".

We did have a drought here in Colorado most of the years he was president. :innocent:

I remember summers like this when I was a kid living out east. I remember the resorts and tourist areas screaming and crying about lost revenues. I remember a summer where it rained 8 of the 10 weekends when school was out.

I also remember a midwest drought summer where it never, not even once, rained on any day, afternoon, or hour I had off from work, which was damn convenient considering how scarce that time was.

Global warming isn't the buzz word anymore, because there is a good chance all those computer simulations predicting dire results will be discredited. As a scientific theory, Global warming was heavy on assumption but rather light on empirical evidence. But like any political movement, you need to adapt, so now the buzz word is climate change. Very convenient, since the weather has been changing since before humans first got the idea to complain and worry about it.

But while I might not be an anthropomorphic global warmist, I can still agree with you on pollution and energy management, so don't alienate me.

edit: Oh- and I just finished my third week of vacation riding in southeastern Wisconsin. LOvely! Rolling hills, sunny cool days, the best!!!!!

Except for the fact that the total global average temperature has dropped over the lest 10 years. :roflmao2: In the last year our global avg temp is lower then it was in 1988. A .5 degree drop.

I am old enough to remember the "Global cooling scare of the 70's". Yes The temp changes and it is part of the normal process of this planet. Yes one ice cap is receding but guess what the other cap is growing much faster then the one that is receding.

Man has made little if any effect on the temperature.

Ever find a sea shell in a desert? That's from climate change from well before we discovered fire and our total man made CO2 emissions were literally from our A$$ and our decaying corpses.

Fixing pollution is a good thing so I do like policy that address pollution that but this whole "Global warming" mess is just hysteria that is being capitalized on at the detriment to western civilizations economy's.

I am so grateful for the cooler temps this summer in New England. I am very sensitive to heat, and would rather cycle in the rain than in 95-degree sunshine.

Global Weirding
 

Global Weirding, changes in weather patterns due to more energy in the biosphere.


Weather is not climate, climate is not weather.

It's supposed to get to 86 deg. F today, but I wore a wool sweater in this morning for half the ride. It was in the mid 50's. Coo coo!

The sun has gone into a calm period, reduced flares and all, there's talk of a mini ice age if it keeps up.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...l-cooling.html

But that doesn't fit into Al Gores plans.

Did anyone read that article? The whole point was to discredit talks of mild cooling to keep the concept of anthropomorphic global warming alive and well, no matter what happens to the global temps.

I didn't mind the fifties a couple of weeks ago. It was the long distance rain ride.
I was prepared but it was pretty cold.

That site says it's no biggy, other say we're good as pop sickles.
But TBH, I googled it and grabbed one of the first hits (that had a commonly known and trusted to be safe address.) If anyone was interested beyond a mild glance they'd do their own research, I'd hope.

Just saw our stats for July, 6th coldest on record, only 2 days above 80 (avg is 18).

I had to prop up the kids pool (one of those quick sets with metal supports) as one side was starting to sink because we have had so much freakin' rain.

I'd love to have lower temps here. Yesterday broke 100, and todays slightly cooler with a high of 94. Supposed to drop down to the 80s this weekend though.

I was a puddle of sweat yesterday by the time I got home!

Where'd you go? I was up in SW Wisconsin a few weeks ago and didn't get any riding in. I put a lot of miles on my motorcycles in southern Wisconsin over the years, and would have kept it if I lived north of the cheddar curtain.