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   NASA has updated its GISTEMP data series to the end of Aug 2021.   
      
   It finds global avg temps for the month were .81C above the mid 20th   
   cent baseline (~1950s temps) ranking 6th warmest since the start of   
   the Industrial Revolution in the mid 19th cent.   
      
   The N Hem averaged over 1C above normal at +1.02C -- equal 4th place   
   in the past 142 years.   
      
   The @ Hem was near New Ice Age temperatures at only .61C above 1950s   
   temps ranking 12th since modern temp records began.   
      
   The various top 10 lists are now:   
      
   Globe   
   Year	Avg AUG temps   
   	(1/100th deg C rel ~1950s)   
   2016	102   
   2019	94   
   2020	87   
   2017	87   
   2014	82   
   2021	81	<-- new #6   
   2015	80   
   2018	76   
   2011	74   
   2006	70   
      
   N Hem   
   2020	113   
   2016	112   
   2019	109   
   2017	102   
   2021	102	<-- =4th   
   2015	101   
   2014	91   
   2018	87   
   2010	86   
   2003	86   
      
   S Hem   
   2016	92   
   2019	79   
   1996	77   
   2011	77   
   2014	74   
   2017	73   
   2006	71   
   2018	66   
   2009	65   
   2013	64   
   ...   
   2021	61	<- #12   
      
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   Upcoming events:   
   8 Oct	NOAA Billion-Dollar Disasters Q3 update   
      
   In 'devastating' first for Hawaii, pregnant woman hospitalized with COVID   
   dies after giving birth   
   Hawaii News Now, 14 Sep 2021 03:51Z   
      
   Putin's Anti-COVID Self-Preservation Bunker Is a Bust   
   The Daily Beast, 14 Sep 2021 08:49Z   
      
   Hurricane Nicholas to Bring Up to 16 Inches of Rain to Houston Area   
   The New York Times, 14 Sep 2021 08:45Z   
   Hurricane Nicholas made landfall early Tue over the Gulf Coast of TX,   
   lashing weary residents with powerful wind gusts and driving rain as it   
   moved...   
      
     Matagorda Streets Flooded by Hurricane Nicholas Storm Surge   
     Yahoo News UK, 14 Sep 2021 07:06Z   
     Hurricane Nicholas made landfall in TX early on Sept 14, bringing   
     with it a "dangerous surge".This footage by Chad Casey was shot in ...   
      
   Former Pentagon UFO Official Luis Elizondo to Reveal "Shocking Details" in   
   New Book   
   The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep 2021 01:54Z   
   The former head of the US govt's secretive UFO program will pen a   
   book for HarperCollins that includes "profound ...   
      
   Hurricane Nicholas Makes Landfall With Houston in Its Crosshairs   
   Bloomberg.com, 14 Sep 2021 06:53Z   
   Hurricane Nicholas made landfall in TX, bringing torrential rainfall that   
   threatens to unleash flooding in Houston and parts of Louisiana still...   
      
   [Leading by example:]   
   Resident of Trump rally-hosting Alabama city died after COVID surge left him   
   without local hospital bed: Maddow   
   Raw Story, 14 Sep 2021 02:52Z   
      
   Norway's `Climate Election' Puts Center-Left in Charge   
   The New York Times, 13 Sep 2021 23:50Z   
      
   Nicholas Becomes a Hurricane, Nearing Landfall Along TX Coast   
   The Weather Channel, 14 Sep 2021 03:46Z   
      
   England reverses its plan for vaccine passports   
   The Hill1, 14 Sep 2021 0:59Z   
      
   Tropical Storm Nicholas could produce "life-threatening flooding" across   
   TX Gulf Coast   
   CBS News, 13 Sep 2021 22:58Z   
      
   Jet stream changes could amplify weather extremes by 2060s   
   Phys.org, 13 Sep 2021 21:57Z   
      
   Regional supermarket operator accused of 'systematic' wage theft of more   
   than $1m   
   ABC News, 14 Sep 2021 0:13Z   
   South Australia's shop workers union alleges the operator of 20 regional   
   Foodland and IGA supermarkets owes at least 64 workers more than $1 mn   
   in unpaid wages, launching a claim in the Federal Court.   
      
   'Limb-threatening' injuries after massive brawl involving 40 armed men in   
   Brisbane's south   
   ABC News, 14 Sep 2021 0:29Z   
   Queensland police investigate a brawl involving 40 men armed with bats and   
   poles in a southern Brisbane suburb last night.   
      
   Could Lawn Hill mine be site of next Juukan Gorge tragedy?   
   ABC/7.30, 14 Sep 2021 0:49Z   
   The fallout over the destruction of Western Australia's Juukan Gorge rock   
   shelters is being felt at another mine in Queensland, where a group of   
   Indigenous elders is trying to stop the proposed excavation around a sacred   
   site.   
      
   NSW records 1,127 COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths   
   ABC News, 14 Sep 2021 01:03Z   
   NSW records 1,127 new locally acquired COVID-19 infections in the 24 hours   
   to 8:00pm yesterday.   
      
     [Out of control 2:]   
     Victoria records 445 new COVID cases and 2 deaths   
     ABC News, 13 Sep 2021 23:30Z   
     Of the new cases, 129 are linked to known outbreaks. There were 42,694   
     test results received yesterday, and 36,615 doses of vaccine were   
     administered at state-run sites.   
     [Going by traffic density, parking lots, cars visiting neighbours at   
     all hours, and number of families doing the shopping at supermarkets   
     no-one has been taking rules in N Melb for weeks. This was always coming].   
      
   Tropical Storm Nicholas could cause up to 20 inches of rain in Gulf ...   
   NBC News, 14 Sep 2021 00:34Z   
   Tropical Storm Nicholas on Mon afternoon had maximum sustained winds   
   of 65 mph and was located over the Gulf of Mexico. The storm was 70 miles   
   south of...   
      
   'What would Australia be like without koalas?' Conservationists say   
   extinction perilously close   
   ABC Far North, 13 Sep 2021 21:34Z   
   A conservation group says govt estimates on koalas are so inaccurate   
   that urgent action is needed to avoid a national catastrophe.   
      
   Why price gouging at the ports could mean you are spending  more at the shops   
   ABC News, 13 Sep 2021 21:33Z   
   The competition regulator is investigating a dramatic surge in fees and   
   charges imposed by port operators on trucking firms to load and unload   
   cargo. ACCC chief Rod Sims believes the higher charges are being passed onto   
   consumers in the form of higher prices.   
      
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