October 2008 Weather News!
October was the mildest weather month for the state, the Country and the world since your fine staff began reporting. Either that or any weather news was drowned out by the endless drone of a collapsing economy and the upcoming selection of a President. (I use that term loosely.)
Knowing there is media bias on what is reported we did closely watch the weather maps here at Blueduck Weather. Generally it was a mild month. Hurricanes and aftermaths of hurricanes still threatened the world.
October was the mildest weather month for the state, the Country and the world since your fine staff began reporting. Either that or any weather news was drowned out by the endless drone of a collapsing economy and the upcoming selection of a President. (I use that term loosely.)
Knowing there is media bias on what is reported we did closely watch the weather maps here at Blueduck Weather. Generally it was a mild month. Hurricanes and aftermaths of hurricanes still threatened the world.
Poor old California is still burning up and it looks like no relief is in sight. They have been placed on severe drought status. Water may be rationed and fields left unplanted. This is the worst drought they have seen since 1961.
The weather was “mild” so to speak in Phoenix. October finished with temperatures ten degrees above normal. There were only two days that it reached one hundred degrees but there were plenty of nineties all month. By mid month things started to really cool down but heated back up again.
You will read more animal related stories this month. Your fine staff at Blueduck Weather has always maintained that weather affects animal behavior and survival. There were plenty of animal stories in October. While the weather seemed mild to us apparently it is driving our animal friends insane.
The average temperature difference at The Land from the beginning of October to the end was five degrees. The average difference at Talking Trees and Antelope Hill was five and a half degrees. There were plenty of low twenties in the high country but the days warmed into the seventies.
The average temperature on The Land for the month of October was 68.11 degrees. The average for Talking Trees and Antelope Hill was 49.06 degrees.
The average humidity on The Land was 24%. The average dew point was 15.79 degrees.
The average wind speed on The Land was 3.88 mph. There was actually one wind chill day on October 11th. The wind drove the low and high down by three degrees.
There was no rain in October. The last official rain on The Land was on 9-16 and the official total for the year stands at 6.61 inches.
The major lakes in the state reported the following levels: Lake Powell is still growing at 59%. Lake Mead is barely holding it’s own at 44%. Roosevelt survived the summer nicely at 90%. Lake Pleasant is being sucked dry by the metropolitan beast and is down to 49%.
With all the dreadful news about the economy and the never ending stream of propaganda about National politics we know your red, sunk in their socket, bags under them, eyeballs are hungry for some real facts to entertain you and bore you to sleep. With that said let us get right to the weather news, or lack of it.
10-2. Pacific storm expected to dump snow in Arizona above 9500’. Three Texans found guilty of starting fire near Grand Canyon last spring. Debris from Hurricane Ike wash up on hundred of miles of formally pristine beaches. Hurricanes boost jobless claims the highest since 2001.
10-3. Hurricane Maria moving up the west end of Baja. The disappearance of birds after Hurricane Ike means a silent autumn. China Zoo feeds Pandas chicken soup to prepare them for upcoming cold season. (?)
10-4. There are still people missing in Galveston from Hurricane Ike and may never be recovered.
10-5. Snow at San Francisco Peaks in northern Arizona and a freeze warning issued for elevations above 7000’. The record high temperature in Phoenix was 104 degrees in 1987. The record low was 46 degrees in 1908.
10-6. Cold weather moving into Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The weather was “mild” so to speak in Phoenix. October finished with temperatures ten degrees above normal. There were only two days that it reached one hundred degrees but there were plenty of nineties all month. By mid month things started to really cool down but heated back up again.
You will read more animal related stories this month. Your fine staff at Blueduck Weather has always maintained that weather affects animal behavior and survival. There were plenty of animal stories in October. While the weather seemed mild to us apparently it is driving our animal friends insane.
The average temperature difference at The Land from the beginning of October to the end was five degrees. The average difference at Talking Trees and Antelope Hill was five and a half degrees. There were plenty of low twenties in the high country but the days warmed into the seventies.
The average temperature on The Land for the month of October was 68.11 degrees. The average for Talking Trees and Antelope Hill was 49.06 degrees.
The average humidity on The Land was 24%. The average dew point was 15.79 degrees.
The average wind speed on The Land was 3.88 mph. There was actually one wind chill day on October 11th. The wind drove the low and high down by three degrees.
There was no rain in October. The last official rain on The Land was on 9-16 and the official total for the year stands at 6.61 inches.
The major lakes in the state reported the following levels: Lake Powell is still growing at 59%. Lake Mead is barely holding it’s own at 44%. Roosevelt survived the summer nicely at 90%. Lake Pleasant is being sucked dry by the metropolitan beast and is down to 49%.
With all the dreadful news about the economy and the never ending stream of propaganda about National politics we know your red, sunk in their socket, bags under them, eyeballs are hungry for some real facts to entertain you and bore you to sleep. With that said let us get right to the weather news, or lack of it.
10-2. Pacific storm expected to dump snow in Arizona above 9500’. Three Texans found guilty of starting fire near Grand Canyon last spring. Debris from Hurricane Ike wash up on hundred of miles of formally pristine beaches. Hurricanes boost jobless claims the highest since 2001.
10-3. Hurricane Maria moving up the west end of Baja. The disappearance of birds after Hurricane Ike means a silent autumn. China Zoo feeds Pandas chicken soup to prepare them for upcoming cold season. (?)
10-4. There are still people missing in Galveston from Hurricane Ike and may never be recovered.
10-5. Snow at San Francisco Peaks in northern Arizona and a freeze warning issued for elevations above 7000’. The record high temperature in Phoenix was 104 degrees in 1987. The record low was 46 degrees in 1908.
10-6. Cold weather moving into Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Penguins get a helping hand after getting two thousand miles off course from the ant artic to Brazil. Diminished food supply from warmer weather cited as the cause. Several artic seals even ended up on the coast of Florida. New study says that one in four mammals face extinction. (Does that include humans?)
10-7. Two hurricanes forming to the south of Mexico. Hurricane Norbert moving toward the Baja Peninsula.
10-8. Wildfire north of San Diego, near Camp Pendleton. Rock slides in Yosemite destroys cabin and injures two.
10-7. Two hurricanes forming to the south of Mexico. Hurricane Norbert moving toward the Baja Peninsula.
10-8. Wildfire north of San Diego, near Camp Pendleton. Rock slides in Yosemite destroys cabin and injures two.
Hurricane Norbert turns into a category four storm with 135mph winds. Whales and the U.S. Navy go to the Supreme Court for possible sonar damage. Whales and dolphins are dying because sonar to them is a thousand times louder than a jet airliner. The High Court decides to let the Navy to continue.
(Fuck the whales and the dolphins; this is National Security by God!)
10-9. Three albino elk photographed in Utah roaming together. California law proposed would require more space for laying hens. (Only in fucking California! As I have said many times, just put up a fence around the entire state and charge admission.)
10-10. Wind advisories for most of Arizona with red flag warnings. Hurricane Norbert moving into Mexico as it breaks up. Rain for Texas and New Mexico, lower temperatures for Arizona and Colorado form the storm’s aftermath. Polar bears becoming the poster children for Global warming but the Tropics threatened also.
10-11. 48mph winds in Show Low, 55mph winds in Flagstaff, 75 mph peak wind recorded in Winslow. Temperatures for entire state twenty degrees cooler than yesterday. Freeze warnings posted from Flagstaff to Eager. Morning lows will be 15 degrees at the Grand Canyon and 21 degrees in Flagstaff. Snow in Wyoming and Colorado. Hurricane Norbert slams into south of the California Peninsula forcing people to flee. Kenyon elephants fitted with collars that send text messages to park rangers. (Please, we don’t make this shit up.)
10-12. Flagstaff twelve degrees for a low. 750 acres north east of Los Angeles burned and fueled by Santa Anna winds. Two homes are destroyed and twelve hundred evacuate.
10-13. Two fires north of L.A. have consumed 2300 acres and frantic evacuations. Two people dead as a result of fires. California and Mexican citrus growers meet on mysterious tree disease. Hurricane Norbert’s breakup leaves snow in New Mexico and Colorado.
10-14. Firefighters gain control on fires near L.A. Santa Anna winds not as strong.
10-9. Three albino elk photographed in Utah roaming together. California law proposed would require more space for laying hens. (Only in fucking California! As I have said many times, just put up a fence around the entire state and charge admission.)
10-10. Wind advisories for most of Arizona with red flag warnings. Hurricane Norbert moving into Mexico as it breaks up. Rain for Texas and New Mexico, lower temperatures for Arizona and Colorado form the storm’s aftermath. Polar bears becoming the poster children for Global warming but the Tropics threatened also.
10-11. 48mph winds in Show Low, 55mph winds in Flagstaff, 75 mph peak wind recorded in Winslow. Temperatures for entire state twenty degrees cooler than yesterday. Freeze warnings posted from Flagstaff to Eager. Morning lows will be 15 degrees at the Grand Canyon and 21 degrees in Flagstaff. Snow in Wyoming and Colorado. Hurricane Norbert slams into south of the California Peninsula forcing people to flee. Kenyon elephants fitted with collars that send text messages to park rangers. (Please, we don’t make this shit up.)
10-12. Flagstaff twelve degrees for a low. 750 acres north east of Los Angeles burned and fueled by Santa Anna winds. Two homes are destroyed and twelve hundred evacuate.
10-13. Two fires north of L.A. have consumed 2300 acres and frantic evacuations. Two people dead as a result of fires. California and Mexican citrus growers meet on mysterious tree disease. Hurricane Norbert’s breakup leaves snow in New Mexico and Colorado.
10-14. Firefighters gain control on fires near L.A. Santa Anna winds not as strong.
ECONOMIC FREEFALL MAY HAMPER STEPS TO SLOW GLOBAL WARMING.
10-15. Tucson Council mandates rain water collection. (?)
10-15. Tucson Council mandates rain water collection. (?)
Snow in Rockies and rain from Chicago to Dallas.
The Virgin Islands brace for Hurricane Omar.
10-16. The record high in Phoenix was 101 degrees in 1991. The record low was 40 degrees in 1899.
10-17. Drought conditions worsen in the Western Appalachia’s. The Beluga whales of Alaska’s Cook Inlet are endangered and require more protection. Ravenous army ants on the march in Texas devouring wheat and other crops.
10-18. The record high in Phoenix was 103 degrees in 2003. The record low was 43 degrees in 1966.
10-16. The record high in Phoenix was 101 degrees in 1991. The record low was 40 degrees in 1899.
10-17. Drought conditions worsen in the Western Appalachia’s. The Beluga whales of Alaska’s Cook Inlet are endangered and require more protection. Ravenous army ants on the march in Texas devouring wheat and other crops.
10-18. The record high in Phoenix was 103 degrees in 2003. The record low was 43 degrees in 1966.
Fire near L.A. that consumed fifteen homes now fully contained.
10-20. Temperatures in the Phoenix area ten degrees above normal.
10-21. Yours truly spots heavy smoke approximately thirty miles west of The Land. No mention on local news. Tucson policy denies water to certain communities. (?)
10-22. Massive tire yard south of Phoenix with seven million tires burns. Arson suspected.
10-20. Temperatures in the Phoenix area ten degrees above normal.
10-21. Yours truly spots heavy smoke approximately thirty miles west of The Land. No mention on local news. Tucson policy denies water to certain communities. (?)
10-22. Massive tire yard south of Phoenix with seven million tires burns. Arson suspected.
Red flag warning for Kingman.
Snow in the Dakotas. Wood eating beetle threatens trees and syrup industry in New England trees (sound familiar?)
Czech group works overtime to save dwindling hedgehogs. Three hundred and fifty thousand are killed annually due to building and more autos. (I say road kill for the needy!)
Two found dead after fishing boat goes down in Alaska, five still missing.
10-23. One hundred acres burning near L.A.
10-23. One hundred acres burning near L.A.
Snow in South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska.
Ten foot python crushes owner to death in Virginia.
Montana woman fights off aggressive doe that attacks her poodle.
10-24. The high in Phoenix was 96 degrees last year. The low was 41 degrees in 1920.
10-25. Seven Puget Sound Killer whales are missing and presumed dead.
10-24. The high in Phoenix was 96 degrees last year. The low was 41 degrees in 1920.
10-25. Seven Puget Sound Killer whales are missing and presumed dead.
This is the biggest decline in a decade according to scientists who carefully monitor and track the endangered species.
10-26. Dog risks life to guard litter of kittens in a house fire in Sidney, Australia.
10-27. 48mph winds in Tucson. Pinal County under health advisory due to particulates from wind. Cold Arctic blast in Michigan with snow. Frost in Deep South. Nevada man charges and scares off mountain lion ready to attack the man’s son as he returns home from a bike ride.
10-28. The North East has first snow storm of the season closing roads, school and causing blackouts. Another greenhouse gas, methane is on the rise.
10-26. Dog risks life to guard litter of kittens in a house fire in Sidney, Australia.
10-27. 48mph winds in Tucson. Pinal County under health advisory due to particulates from wind. Cold Arctic blast in Michigan with snow. Frost in Deep South. Nevada man charges and scares off mountain lion ready to attack the man’s son as he returns home from a bike ride.
10-28. The North East has first snow storm of the season closing roads, school and causing blackouts. Another greenhouse gas, methane is on the rise.
Editor’s note: Cow and human farts are abundant in the good old U. S. A.
10-29. People in the North East still without power a day after major snow storm.
10-29. People in the North East still without power a day after major snow storm.
Twelve degrees above normal in Phoenix.
10-31. Drought stricken California to cut water deliveries to 15% of what is currently the amount that water agents throughout the state request each year. Could force rationing and suspend growing season.
10-31. Drought stricken California to cut water deliveries to 15% of what is currently the amount that water agents throughout the state request each year. Could force rationing and suspend growing season.
Flooding kills twenty in Vietnam. A cheetah escapes container in the cargo hold of a Boeing 757 flight in Atlanta.
A baggage handler discovered the cheetah on the loose and authorities tranquilized it.
Thousands of Saudi men show up for beauty pageant featuring sheep (I swear, we do not make this shit up!)
Cat survives crossbow attack in Alabama trailer park.
Cat survives crossbow attack in Alabama trailer park.
(No ideas Ryduck!)
(RYAN, Mrs. Duck here....DON"T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!
Well, there you have it my faithful readers. If you are still awake we shall move on to the quote of the month by the Mighty Broaduck. It is the best ever and the beginning of a song he and I will write and send to Rose-Acuff Publishing. We shall then retire and I will have more time to write more mindless gibberish.
“ Find an old dirt road and see a glimpse of the past. Realize life is better when it doesn’t move too fast.”
The song of the month is partly about climate change and animals, a haunting and whimsical tune by Led Zeppelin; “That’s The Way.”
The song of the month is partly about climate change and animals, a haunting and whimsical tune by Led Zeppelin; “That’s The Way.”
One line has always intrigued me as it says
‘'All the fish that lay in dirty waters dying, had they got you hypnotized?’’
Never forget Pioneers took bullets and Settlers took land.
Never forget Pioneers took bullets and Settlers took land.
Until next month,
Professor ( &don’t forget it) MR Blueduck.
Professor ( &don’t forget it) MR Blueduck.
