Debt Rattle December 29 2015

[Raúl Ilargi Meijer]

DPC Sloss City furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama 1906 • Weak Demand, Vessel Surplus Mean Horror 2016 For Commodities Shipping (Reuters) • Energy Stocks Fa
[See the full post at: Debt Rattle December 29 2015]

[Dr. Diablo]

50f above normal? That does indeed sound impressive, unprecedented, even. Actually, odd that the North Pole doesn’t find more North Atlantic storms slip up there.

However, in the Continental United States, 50f departure from the norm–or even swing within 24/48hours–is not uncommon at all. It’s every fourth year Minnesota or somewhere has a “Polar Express” that drops temperatures from 60-70f to -10f, with the accompanying winds, snow, etc. Surely a change of that magnitude, whether up or down, would be considered a “weather bomb” in terms of energy. Yet in the United States, such vicious, incredible weather is common, and has been for the century we’ve been there and keeping records.

I’m not sure Europeans or citizens of other places can appreciate how much Americans take yearly hurricanes of 100mph winds and tornadoes, microbursts, or storms of 70mph with 50f temp drops –or season-long temps of +40c — totally for granted. It ain’t Kansas, Dorothy. Oh wait: it is.

Somehow we survive and thrive.

[rapier]

Not apropos of anything in today’s summary but it should be noted.

State Department Says It Brought Peace and Security to Syria in 2015; Pretty Pumped for 2016
https://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/12/28/state_department_declares_it_brought_peace_and_security_to_syria_in_2015.html

In Slate, the semi mainstream web magazine. The article disappeared from the front page today in 10 hours or less. Nobody cares at all.

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