The  Lahaina wildfire lasted less than a day and killed 100 .  Watch a  video .  The Los Angeles County fires are now into Day 5, with 11 confirmed deaths.  However no doubt this number will increase once investigators can check on the results.  While winds have  since the worst diminished, gusts could rise to 70 MPH tonight through the weekend into Monday.   Summary of LAC wildfires: 39,000 acres covered. 12,000 structures destroyed. While 11 have been killed, an additional 13 are missing. Overall, containment is only 11%. At least 153,000 residents are still under evacuation orders. Check NBC News for updates . NASA previously determined that 2023 was the planet's warmest year on record, and this week confirmed that  2024 is now the hottest year  since at least 1880.   Why 1880?  That is when record-keeping began.   Further, Earth is now 2.65 F hotter than the average from 1850 to 1900.   Scarily...

Two-thirds of Americans watched at least part of Super Bowl 56.  However, most went on to other things.  Spend your Sunday as you normally would anyway. Go to church. Shop. Watch your friends/family play softball. Spend a day at the beach. Hike up a mountain. See Netflix or go to a movie. Get an early dinner at a restaurant, if on the East Coast. Or a leisurely lunch at your favorite Sunday place. Etc. In other words, you can do all the above, and still watch the Super Bowl at 1:30PM ET.  On the East Coast it will be getting dark.  On the West Coast it will be past mid-afternoon.  Even in Hawaii the start time is 1:30PM.  For those who just don't like to watch sports, the commercials are almost worthwhile.  Plus, after all of that, you'll be a better conversationalist in your everyday life. Here is something that should interest you.   Phoenix hosts both the Super Bowl and WM Golf Tournament, the latter, which completes a 4-day tournament tod...

I'll answer that question at the beginning.  NO!  I've long felt that someday, some cataclysmically hot summer will finally convince the world to be serious about global warming.  While there is no doubt temperatures are continuing to go up, this summer is not showing that decisive sign. Sure, London finally hit 104F, the highest in recorded history.  I remember I one day landed at Heathrow when the temperature was only 100F.  And there were problems.  I went on to Dublin, and it was only 98F, but the hot topic of the day there was a warning for farmers to place sunblock on cow udders.   To quote : Of course, I thought about protecting myself, too, so I went to a department store but couldn’t f ind any for humans. After much scurrying around, I finally was able to purchase a small tube of Johnson and Johnson for a ridiculously high price. It went on fine, although it seemed to stain everything white, but just wouldn’t come off, even with soap. I t...