Mega-storm in the Midwest

For those of us in Florida who hang around hurricanes, we know that this is truly a low pressure.   It is virtually a hurricane over land in the Midwest.  When will people begin to believe that climate change is real, not only in the imagination of scientists.

The mega-storm reached peak intensity late yesterday afternoon over Minnesota, resulting in the lowest barometric pressure readings ever recorded in the continental United States, except for from hurricanes and nor’easters affecting the Atlantic seaboard. So far, it appears the lowest reading (not yet official) was a pressure of 28.20″ (954.9 mb) reduced to sea level reported from Bigfork, Minnesota at 5:13pm CDT.

via Masters: “Strongest storm ever recorded in the Midwest smashes all-time pressure records” « Climate Progress.

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Resident of the City of Coral Gables; Formerly with Inter-American Development Bank, Senior Environmental Project and Policy Leaders, Agricultural Economics, Forest Sector Projects and Policies, Country Representative Financing in El Salvador and the Dominican Republic

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