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https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/daughter-gets-to-join-dad-as-co-pilot-with-mom-serving-on-cabin-crew/ Noel

Good for her! It's about time women can 'be all they can be'! Noel

Yesterday my youngest daughter, Bridget, ran her 52nd marathon. She came in first for her division. She'll turn 60 in December. Noel

You can find out more about Kelvin waves in Wikipedia and the Britannica. They were discovered long before this century. Noel

For thousands and thousands of years gorillas thought they were the only intelligent life in the universe. Noel

We can still discuss it Martin. There are some replies we just have ti start ignoring from now on. Sorry I didn't. Noel

Before replying, Dave, you should read the article first. "Kelvin waves are not like crashing waves at the beach. They are planetary in scale, spanning thousands of miles."

Gotcha Charlie. I'll behave myself.

I'm not intending to reopen the El Nino thread but Kelvin Waves are something I never heard of before. They are impacting the California coast. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave Noel

Well you know me Dave...Naive Noel. We've had this argument before. Before all the unusual weather we've had this year. Before the super El Nino appeared. In your case a closed mind is a terrible thing to waste. Noel...the senile old man

We aren't going to be able to stop it Urgent Siesta, but we can mitigate it by eliminating fossil fuels. The man made effects blend with the natural effects such as adding carbon to the lower atmosphere. You can't differentiate between natural warming and man made effects. You can only measure the amount of carbon we spew into the atmosphere and feel the results. As far as getting the rest of the world to cooperate, that's a different story. Industrialists don't see past this year's bottom line. Who cares what happens to the planet after I am dead? Mine more coal. Drill more oil, Cut down more trees. Like Pogo said, "We have seen the enemy and it is us." Noel

But in the millennia past we didn't a developed civilization with 8.5 billion people inhabiting it. We didn't have cities like New York, Rio de Janerio, Capetown, London, Moscow and Shanghai just to name a few. We can't do anything about controlling natural events but we can try to mitigate the effects. Noel

My favorite detective novel author is Agatha Christi and my favorite detective Hercule Poirot. Noel

Of course you're not Dave. You probably haven't listened to the other climatologists out there who agree with them. We are preparing for the remnants of Hurricane Polo when it turns inland and affects northern Mexico and southern New Mexico in a few days. Then there's hurricane Odalys which could turn east and hit Southern California. Tropical storm Nolo is already affecting Hawaii. And tropical storm Surigae will probably become a hurricane by the time it hits Japan. That's 4 hurricanes/tropical storms in the Pacific at the same time. In the Atlantic there are two tropical storms headed west and one of them could hit the Caribbean before turning North. Something is responsible for having so many hurricanes/tropical storms that could turn into hurricanes in the Pacific at the same time. El Nino is the natural cause. Any change in sea temperature can cause unusual weather phenomena and patterns. But what do I know? I'm probably a hack also. As an aside, I base my data on a weather program called WindyT. It's free and gives you all the weather data you could ask for including weather radar for your location so you can track storms in almost real time. Noel

I love prime rib but I would dearly miss the potatoes, corn on the cob, and pie ala mode for desert. Noel