“The ‘Spare’ Heirs”    Come and listen to a story about a prince named Har... Found he didn’t like the Californ-ee air, Couldn’t make enough to feed his family food So he packed ‘em up and shipped the whole brood...   To England that is…. Family Jewells … North Sea Oil   Ole Har was thinkin’ he’d coin money and drink beer... But the kin-folks said, “Stay Away From Here!” “ Af-ri-ca is the place you otta be” But, Har said “no” and they flew to Der-by   England that is…old, industrial, and away from fam-lee.  [ Cue Banjo  and announcer: ] The "Spare" Heirs!

There was an interesting item on LinkedIn last week. Climate science's latest "tool" is a reanalysis of world weather during the 20th Century. They take this reanalysis 'data,' put it in a climate model and, presto-chango,  we have a stronger storm than the one that actually occurred. What a surprise! 🙄 But there are good reasons to believe the output of the computer model is wrong.  The "climate" scientist promoting this finding, Dr. Ed Hawkins, is not educated in weather or climate. Per his Wikipedia entry: In no way do I mean to make this personal: A person who can obtain a PhD in Astrophysics is smart . But, that may not be the specific education needed to be a discerning climate scientist when I model provides questionable results. What do I mean? In a meteorology degree program, the first semester of your junior year, you learn about the atmospheric conditions that cause storms. One of the essential elements for a strong storm is a strong tempera...

Thought we needed a smile in the middle of all of the bad news last week. I have been to the north slope of Alaska where, in places, oil bubbles to the surface. But, I've never heard of a place where that happens with pineapple juice. Hat tip: Dave Barry P.S. After near round' the clock weather monitoring the last week, I'm taking a few days away from real-time weather. There will be new postings tomorrow and Labor Day, so please check back.

 London: March, 2020 London: Today Hmmm. If they can't get 11 month's forecast correct, how can we believe their extreme forecasts for 11 years?