Strange weather creating road damage

[Galdorf]

This is one strange spring here the temps are swinging wildly causing more road damage than i have ever seen temps in morning will be in low negatives during day time will hit as high as 18 so many pot holes you can`t count them all.
Also this winter had a record number of water main breaks with all the wild swings in temps animals and trees are all confused around this time birds are nesting and trees are budding neither is happening geese usually are flying back i see them still flying in formation which is unusual for this time of year it looks like they flew back down south.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Where I live, in New England (upper right portion of the U.S.) we're historically known for horrible road conditions because we get the full hit of all 4x seasons. So damage from "frost heaves" in late winter/spring usually do a number on our roads.

These past 2 months are the absolute worst conditions I've seen the roads in in my over 50 years of life here!
Some huge potholes and insanely larges cracks/gaps...no..."canyons"...across the roads.

My RAM pickup truck complains about them even with its 19" wheels/tires. But riding my Harley is a major experience of constantly playing evade the obstacles!

 

[Galdorf]

Here i thought my weather was bad i was WRONG Hawaii had a 49 inch yes you read right 49 inch rainfall in 24 hours yikes.....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...ay-over-hawaii-is-that-a-record/#142c13ae5ea5

 

[mraikes]

Here i thought my weather was bad i was WRONG Hawaii had a 49 inch yes you read right 49 inch rainfall in 24 hours yikes.....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...ay-over-hawaii-is-that-a-record/#142c13ae5ea5

Can't even imagine that. Our total precipitation in the last 7 months has been less than one inch. 49 inches in one day is about 5 1/2 years of rain for us.

 

[phaZed]

It's not "strange" - it's been predicted for decades...

 

[GTP]

I was on a country property near Ebor, NSW some years ago where they measured 9" of rain in just over an hour!
I was out in the storm wearing only shorts and T-shirt!
It was so heavy that you couldn't see through the rain curtain.

Rainfall like this was once a common occurrence around the area I grew up in.
Visiting those places now you wouldn't recognise them from when I was a young man.
The Ebor/Dorrigo area was renowned for having at least 200 or more rainy days every year.
Now those same places are dry and get less than 100 rainy days per year.

Some I remember
Walcha, NSW got 7" in less than an hour. (flooded the main street with 40cm of water!)
Ebor, NSW got 12" in in just over an hour.
Dorrigo, NSW had a long time record where they got 36" in 24 hours, with 24" falling in the first 9 hrs!
I think Innisfail, QLD beat that record with about 42" falling in 24hrs.

These rainfall figures were not the result of Cyclones either.

Where I am now - Adelaide, SA - they get very little rain.

 

[Galdorf]

This could explain the strange weather around the world.

https://www.popsci.com/slowing-atlantic-currents

 

[GTP]

"Strange weather" patterns can be explained by simply opening your eyes to the amount of rainforest that disappears every year, pollution, urban sprawl, cars, industry, and a dozen other things that are causing climate changes.

 

[Galdorf]

I wish the weather would stabilize one day it is 18C next day -3C and snowing keeps bouncing back and forth its like mother nature got drunk lol.
I have a feeling there is more too this like unusual earth wobble as well there is astronomical observations to back this up as well.

 

[GTP]

earth wobble

Go home Earth! Your drunk! lol

 

[phaZed]

Go home Earth! Your drunk! lol

Stupid planet! Got drunk in a black hole and came out with a 23.5 degree lean!

 

[frase]

Where I am now - Adelaide, SA - they get very little rain.

..get little of anything in Adelaide

 

[GTP]

..get little of anything in Adelaide

We get sunshine...lots and lots of sunshine...hot burny sunshine...

 

[frase]

Cracked me up the other day English complying about "sweltering heat", was 29 Degrees lmao

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weat...ica-today-hot-weather-latest-Met-Office-April

 

[GTP]

Lol, they should spend a week here with 42+ every bloody day!

 

[Galdorf]

Here i thought nah this is just a temp change in weather WRONG lol 32C down to 5C June 2 overnight with such wild swings this tech would be great here.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-...nergy-from-temperature-changes/article/515219

 

[Larry Sabo]

In the trials the device, reacting to a 10-degree-Celsius temperature difference (between night and day), generated 350 millivolts of potential and 1.3 milliwatts of power.

Underwhelming, I think.

 

[Galdorf]

Underwhelming, I think.

Another scientist created one using carbon fibre tubes it generates enough power to charge a house battery Tesla is looking at make roof tiles out of it.

 

[GTP]

https://www.techradar.com/au/news/scientists-want-to-dim-the-sun-to-stop-global-warming

 

[Moltuae]

https://www.techradar.com/au/news/scientists-want-to-dim-the-sun-to-stop-global-warming

The scientists estimated that this could halve the increase in anthropogenic radioactive forcing – in other words, it could substantially reduce the amount of solar radiation that stays within the Earth's atmosphere instead of being reflected back into space as a result of human greenhouse gas emissions.

The researchers predict that this would cost around $2.25 billion per year, and could be ready to deploy in 15 years ...

Reminds me of Highlander II: The Quickening:

In August 1994, news broadcasts announce that the ozone layer is fading, and will be completely gone in a matter of months.

By 1999, Connor MacLeod becomes the supervisor of a scientific team headed by Dr. Allan Neyman, which attempts to create an electromagnetic shield to cover the planet, and protect it from the Sun’s radiation. The team succeeds, in effect giving Earth an artificial ozone layer. MacLeod and Neyman are proud to have saved humanity, and believe they will be remembered for a thousand years.

The shield has the side effect of condemning the planet to a state of constant night, a high average global temperature, and high humidity. By 2024, the years of darkness have caused humanity to lose hope and fall into a decline. The shield has fallen under the control of the Shield Corporation. The corporation’s current chief executive, David Blake, is focused on profit, and is imposing fees for the corporation’s services.