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    John Hultquist

    Despite all the troubles in the world, big news in the USA is that Vanna White has endorsed Pat Sajak’s daughter Maggie as replacement letter-turner on Wheel of Fortune.
    Meanwhile, the oceans boil as your auto (and you) emit CO2.
    Coming – April news – Earth ends.

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      red edwards

      “Never bet on the end of the world. If you’re wrong, you lose, and if you’re right, you won’t be able to collect the winnings, anyways. . . “

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    Water from Honga-Hunga Ha’apai in the stratosphere spread over NH/SH from 150 Millionen Tons up to 30km hight.

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      John+in+NZ

      Krishna Gans.

      Thanks for posting that image. It is very impressive.

      Where did you get it from? I would like to keep track of how long it takes for things to return to normal.

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        It’s from the German “Wetter Online” site, Weather online, where they discuss the possible warming because of the effect The graphic is “© gsfc.nasa.gov”
        Subtext:
        The graph shows the water vapor content at about 30 kilometers altitude. The spread of dark green colors beginning in early 2022 marks the water vapor input of the Tonga eruption

        Climate impact because of the eruption

        Translated with deepl.com – free version

        The strongest volcanic eruption in recent history catapulted almost 150 million tons of water vapor into the stratosphere when the Tonga volcano erupted early last year. Verena Leyendecker shows possible consequences for our climate in the video.

        Water vapor as a potent greenhouse gas

        The water vapor input corresponds to more than 10 percent of the “normal” water vapor content of this atmospheric layer, which is located at an altitude of about 20 to 50 kilometers. Normally, the stratosphere is a very dry place with very little exchange, and only very high-altitude thunderstorms regularly add some water vapor to it.
        After the gigantic water vapor input caused by the Tonga eruption, it will therefore probably take years for the water vapor content there to return to normal.
        Water vapor is by far the most important greenhouse gas on Earth, ahead of CO2, which is more effective but is involved in much lower concentrations. Researchers therefore already pointed out last summer that an increase in global temperatures could possibly be expected as a result of the eruption.
        This is because, in contrast to “normal” eruptions, this eruption hardly released any cooling aerosols such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere, which could dampen the incoming sunlight. Instead, the input of water vapor gas has the opposite effect: temperatures rise.

        Does warming also affect the polar vortex?

        The extent of the water vapor injection from the Tonga volcano into the stratosphere is illustrated in the following graphic for the areas of the Earth near the equator between 45 degrees south and 45 degrees north latitude:
        In the meantime, this water vapor has spread further into the polar regions of the Earth, where its warming effects could possibly even influence the polar vortex. Whether and how this will affect the weather development in winter, however, is still completely open due to the uniqueness of the event.
        It is also not yet possible to quantify how large the contribution of the water vapor from the Tonga eruption is to the acceleration and intensification of global warming that has been observed worldwide since this year. The specifics of this eruption are simply still uncharted scientific territory, and there is a lack of empirical data.
        Nevertheless, in a study published earlier this year in the journal Nature Climate Change, scientists at the University of Oxford concluded that the eruption had increased the probability of global warming exceeding the 1.5-degree mark by seven percent.

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        This report is based on the following publications, among others:
        https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01568-2
        https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169111653.36341315/v1

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        Richard C (NZ)

        John >Where did [Krishna] get it from?

        Wherever he did it is out of date.

        Up to date via Cap Allon (Electroverse) here:

        https://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/met/qbo/mls_h2o_qbo_profile_45N.png

        NASA GFSC AURA MLS but I can’t find it on their website.

        FWIW: MLS Science Observations
        https://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/gallery-mls.html

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          Richard C (NZ)

          DDG search – Graphics produced by IDL – acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov

          https://duckduckgo.com/?q=+IDL+-+acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov&t=ffab&ia=web

          Search returns what seems to be an internal language and graphics App (IDL) at GSFC Data Services, results of some use ending up online (see search above)

          Generates graphs in a couple of seconds if you try some.

          Still no idea how to access IDL at NASA GSFC Data Services but here’s what IDL is:

          IDL® Software

          IDL (Interactive Data Language) software is the trusted scientific programming language used across disciplines to create meaningful visualizations out of complex numerical data. From small-scale analysis programs to widely deployed applications, IDL provides the comprehensive computing environment you need to effectively get information from your data.

          A key foundation of scientific discovery is complex numerical data. If making discoveries is a fundamental part of your work, you need a data visualization tool to help you understand what your data means, and how to apply that knowledge effectively; a visualization tool to help you discover what’s in your data. Using a powerful, modern programming language lets you transform numbers into dynamic visual representations so you can interpret your data, expedite discoveries, and deliver powerful applications to market.

          https://www.nv5geospatialsoftware.com/Products/IDL

          IDL is a commercial product requiring the purchase of a license from Harris Geospatial Solutions.

          Explains why it can’t be accessed at GSFC website.

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          I translated the complete source but because of the length it wad in moderation.
          2 papers are named as sources, I didn’t have a look into, but one must be the source of pic used in that article.

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          John+in+NZ

          Thanks Richard.

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      But you know the nutters will insist it is the result of AGW !🙄

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      MrGrimNasty

      At least it’ll sterilise the bedbug infestation.

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        David Maddison

        Bed bugs have apparently acquired immunity to pyrethrins and pyrethroids and even DDT.

        I wonder what they’ll do to solve Europe’s bed bug infestation problem, which will no doubt spread to Australia, North America and elsewhere?

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          Hanrahan

          Time to roll out the vitamin I, it seems to cure everything else. “Animal dewormer” is thought to cure cancer now.

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          Bruce

          The traditional and effective solution was to take the bedding outside into dirsct sunlight for a couple of hours.

          This may be a challenge in that part of the world.

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            Fran

            We got bedbugs when we returned from a train journey in the monsoon – couldn’t put bedding in the sun. However, lindane/gammexane (Benzene hexachloride (BHC), any of several stereoisomers of 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane formed by the light-induced addition of chlorine to benzene.)

            Powder spread liberally on beds and mosquito nets was very effective. 65 years later we are still active and enjoying grandchildren. The same stuff used to be in shampoo for head lice here in Canada and was very effective on my daughters – killed nits as well as adults. My mum used to spread the powder on village girls and my hair when I was little.

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    Vene

    a pipeline damage in Gulf of Finland. Natural gas pipelines seems to be fragile in Baltic see.

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    David Maddison

    It’s interesting that RFK is now running as an independent.

    I suppose he had to because the Dems would never support him. The White House resident wouldn’t even give him security, despite his family history of assassinations.

    RFK is an old-style Democrat, they are more like typical Republicans of today, while today’s DemocRATs have moved to the lunatic Left. (When I say old-style I mean 20th century ones, not the earlier ones that suppprted slavery and racism.)

    As a conservative, I don’t find him totally objectionable, especially with his pro-science attitude and his understanding of the covid vaccine disaster, something almost unheard of from the modern Left.

    It remains to be seen how many votes he will draw away from the Dems and even some of the more left Republican and how this will affect the election chances of Trump.

    Also, Trump will have to get huge numbers of votes because I think DemocRAT electoral fraud will be even greater than the last election.

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    MrGrimNasty

    In-between the breathless gasps about how exceptional it is, the weather lady said the last time this many successive days reached 25C somewhere in the UK during October was 1959.

    Oh, so not that unusual then!

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      Gee Aye

      not unusual if you are 70 years old and lived in the one place for all that time

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        Hanrahan

        That matters. I live in the town I was born in, mucked around in boats, went swimming, rode my bike miles, went to the GBR, survived a few cyclones and when I say that little to nothing has noticeably changed that isn’t deliberate man’s effort or crown of thorns’, why do you think my opinion must be dismissed?

        I can say for sure that the town beaches have never had so much sand before and the streets inches above high tides 80 yrs ago are still inches above high tides.

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    David Maddison

    If Australia ever did get a rational government that supported building power stations (which is just not going to happen with the Uniparty), I don’t think it would effect or lower power prices because the unreliables producers would still be able to sell their defective product at high prices and there would also be contracts to be paid out.

    Perhaps someone who has a deeper understanding than I of how the unreliables pricing works can comment further.

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      Ian

      ” I don’t think it would effect or lower power prices ”

      It is affect not effect

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        Gob

        At least our learned contributor eschewed using “impact”; soon enough ignorance bred of illiteracy and innumeracy shall submerge us and informed discussion will be a dim past memory or rumour.

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    David Maddison

    One reason for an upward bias in official temperatures in Australia, even after fraudulent “homogenisation” to eliminate temperatures that don’t suit the Official Narrative, is that no allowance was made for the shorter time constant and settling time of electronic thermometers vs mercury ones.

    The electronic ones will thus record a short blast of hot air from a vehicle, for example, and record that as a “high”, when such a transient phenomena would be ignored by a mercury thermometer.

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      Hanrahan

      A simple capacitor/resistor circuit can take out the “hot exhaust” effect by adding latency to mimic mercury. If it hasn’t been done that would be deliberate, not an oversight.

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    David Maddison

    Carl Sagan, noted astronomer, once remarked: “A fact is information minus emotion. An opinion is information plus experience. Ignorance is an opinion lacking information. Stupidity is an opinion that ignores fact.

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    MP

    JUST ANOTHER DAY IN MARSEILLE
    https://www.bitchute.com/video/Rdfq93TKd9cY/ (20 sec’s)
    Diversity is our strength

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    Australians should protest and shout,
    Leaving those in control in no doubt,
    Of the wrong that they did,
    In wrecking the grid,
    When the lights all start to go out.

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    Hanrahan

    Happy birthday Barry Jones. 91 today.

    Those of my generation remember him as the smartass quiz contestant who thought he knew it all. The problem was that HE DID.

    I wasn’t taking much notice of politics then but he seemed to be one of the saner labor members. Most were saner then.

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    el+gordo

    Russian oligarchs desert Putin, war will be over by Xmas.

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    MP

    The latest climate change fear porn for the masses.
    The Dead Wallabies make a statement.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q47atNPMi4

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      Hanrahan

      Maybe, in their dreams.

      The US casually sails the biggest, best aircraft carrier, one of nine, into the Mediterranean, they don’t seem cowed to me.

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    John Connor II

    MKUltra psyops are back – Ukraine ain’t cutting it

    Now they’re really bringing out the high level MKUltra psyop tactics with the murder of babies in the Israel and Gaza conflict to really get people behind the war machine. Where have we seen this before?

    OH RIGHT. Nayirah. She was a 15 year old Kuwaiti girl who testified to congress that she had witnessed the murder of infant children by Iraqi soldiers by pulling them from incubators to die. Her testimony was instantly believed at the time and widely used in the media to bang the drums of war and get us involved in the conflict in the Gulf.

    Years later, it was discovered here testimony was a complete fabrication and she was an actor. The public relations firm Hill and Knowlton, which was employed by the Citizens for Free Kuwait, arranged the testimony, helped her with the speech, and coached her on delivery. The CIA is who requested she take the acting lessons in the first place. She was also the niece of a major politician in Kuwait, and later disclosed to be Nayirah al-Sabah, daughter of Saud bin Nasir Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ambassador to the USA.

    You have to question everything. Every single narrative. Every story. Every picture. Every video.

    https://twitter.com/Inversionism/status/1711812087696048495

    The Ukraine war is a failure. The west is losing. Badly. The WEF is losing. The neocons are exposed and their plans failing. MSM caught repeatedly using video game clips claiming it was war footage.
    Funding is drying up. The public has seen Zelensky for what he is.
    Time is running out to start the war they want.
    What to do?
    You guessed it!
    A CIA orchestrated event like all the others for the past 50 years no doubt.
    Will they trot out those same 2 kids they’ve used in 3 countries so far in their fake journalism?

    They’re getting desperate now. You’d better be well set up.
    Most won’t be.

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    yarpos

    having a break in SA for a bit. Travelled through the Murra Warra wind turbine mess (north of Horsham, east of Dimboola) 100 turbines with about 95% not turning perceptibly and 5% spinning slowly. Rated at 435MW apparently, but not while we were passing through. All those 1000s of homes it powers must have been struggling.

    SA roads are better than VICs. You have to get down to a 3rd tier SA roads to get to the “quality” of highways in VIC (specifically the Maroondah Hwy and Goulburn Valley Highway near us)

    Little Subaru did 800klm comfortably on one tank. Took me all of 10 minutes to fill up at the destination (inc ice cream purchase)

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    Hanrahan

    1,500 cars [?] destroyed in Luton Airport multi level car park fire. The building will need to be demolished by the look of it.

    It is clear that some cars were EVs but it doesn’t matter how it started public perception will finger a battery.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12618033/started-London-Luton-car-park-fire-moment.html

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