“Indlela entsha” abanye edolobheni elikhulu lase-Alaska ababejwayelene nayo yabonakala ingenakufinyeleleka njengoba iqhwa lishaya ngaphansi kwama-20s ngaphansi kweqhwa ngeSonto ebusuku e-Anchorage Trail Tour.
Ngonyaka odlule, izinga lokushisa eliphansi kakhulu lase-Anchorage ngosuku olufanayo lalicishe libe ngama-degrees angu-40 ngaphezulu ngomhlaka-21, kanti izinga lokushisa eliphakeme losuku lakhuphuka laya kuma-degrees amabili ngaphezu kweqhwa.
I-Anchorage ayikaze izwakalise iphunga lokuqandisa amasonto amabili. Amakhaza aqale ngoNovemba 8 azoqala ukubanda kakhulu.
URuss uyakwazi ukukuzwa ezinyaweni ze-Labrador retriever yakhe. Njengoba wazalwa enoboya obuqinile nobunamafutha, izinyawo zakhe ezinegazi elishisayo azizange ziqine kalula. Kodwa emazingeni okushisa angaphezu kwama-degrees ayi-10 ngaphansi kwezinga-zero, kuye ngokuthi indawo yamazolo ingakanani, lezo zinyawo zazizoncibilikisa iqhwa elalibanda cishe ngokushesha bese liqina phakathi kwezinzwane zakhe.
Kudala, amabhuzu ezinja asungulwa ngenxa yalesi simo. Ngimdala ngokwanele ukukhumbula umshayeli wezinja we-Idiatod ongasekho uHerbie Nayokpuk, owaziwa nangokuthi uShishmaref Cannonball, ekhombisa okuthile okwenziwe ngezikhumba zezimbonakaliso ezazidluliselwa okhokho bakhe kusukela esizukulwaneni kuya kwesinye.
Angazi noma wake wazisebenzisa yini. Lapho ebonakala emizileni lapho izimo zazifuna khona amabhuzu ngawo-1980, inja yakhe yayigqoka njalo amabhuzu e-nylon noma athambile ashibhile futhi angabizi njengezinja zabanye abantu.
URuss wayengasebenzisa noma yiluphi uhlobo lwezicathulo, kodwa angizange ngicabange ukuziletha. Kubonakala sengathi sekuyisikhathi eside zingadingeki, kodwa futhi, akukadluli isikhathi eside kangako.
Sibonga ukukwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezimo kanye nokuhluleka kobuchopho bomuntu. Sizivumelanisa ngokushesha nesimo samuva njengokungathi besilokhu sifana.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi abantu bayayamukela noma cha ubusika obufana nobase-Anchorage eSeattle njengobujwayelekile obusha, abantu bafuna ubusika obusha bufane nobonyaka odlule.
Unyaka ka-2019 wawungunyaka ofudumele kakhulu emlandweni we-Alaska, futhi waqhubeka kwaze kwaba sekuqaleni kuka-2020. Ngobusuku boNyaka Omusha ka-2019, izinga lokushisa edolobheni lalingama-degrees angu-45 futhi lalina, futhi yize izinga lokushisa laqala ukwehla ngokushesha ngosuku olulandelayo, u-2020 wawuphansi kakhulu.
I-Alaska Climate Center ibike ukuthi izinga lokushisa elijwayelekile lalo nyaka laliphakeme ngama-degrees angu-0.4 kunesilinganiso kusukela ngo-1981 kuya ku-2010, kodwa yaphawula ukuthi “u-2020 wawuphansi kakhulu kuneminyaka eyisikhombisa edlule” esifundazweni.
Bambalwa abantu ababazi ukuthi lokhu kwakuyisiqalo somkhuba. I-National Weather Service ibike ukuthi i-Anchorage yayingaphansi kwamadigri angu-1.1 isilinganiso sonyaka wonke ngalesi sikhathi, futhi lokho kufudumala okukhulu akubikezelwa maduze.
Amazinga okushisa kulindeleke ukuthi akhuphuke abe ngamadijithi amabili ngaphezu kuka-zero namuhla, kodwa buyela emuva kumadijithi amabili ngaphansi kuka-zero futhi ngempelasonto.
Akekho ongasho ukuthi lokhu kuyinguquko enkathini yokufudumala komhlaba — iplanethi iyonke iyafudumala — noma ukuqala kokushintsha kwesikhathi eside ukuya e-Alaska endala.
Kodwa kunezimpawu ezithile zokuthi isimo esivamile esidala singase sibuye isikhathi esithile. I-Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), ukuqhuma okubhalwe kahle ekushiseni kweGulf of Alaska, sekupholile.
I-Polar Vortex kanye ne-Arctic Oscillation, wabhala kubhulogi yakhe ngesonto eledlule. "Ngicabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kube negalelo ekukhuleni kolwandle obekulokhu kwenzeka empumalanga yeNyakatho Melika cishe eminyakeni eyishumi edlule noma ogwini olusentshonalanga yeNyakatho Melika. Kodwa-ke, umqondo wokuthi izinga lokushisa lolwandle elifudumele lithinta isigaba kanye nobukhulu bamagagasi ku-troposphere awuqiniseki nhlobo."
Lezi zimbobo namagagasi—empeleni amaza asemkhathini—ziphazamisa ukuhamba komoya okuvamile ukusuka entshonalanga kuya empumalanga uzungeze uMhlaba njengoba ujikeleza emkhathini.
Imimoya evamile esuka eningizimu-ntshonalanga iye enyakatho-mpumalanga ithwala umoya ofudumele wasezindaweni ezishisayo ovela ePacific Ocean bese uwuyisa enyakatho e-Alaska, ngenxa yalokho okwaziwa ngokuthi “i-Pineapple Express.”
I-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ichaza lesi simo ngokuthi “imifula yasemkhathini.” Ebusika bamuva nje, umfula ubuvame ukuna e-Alaska.
UCohen ubonakale engcono kunabaningi ekubikezeleni ukuthi kusho ukuthini konke lokhu, futhi wazibophezela ngesonto eledlule. Isikhungo Sokubikezela Isimo Sezulu sase-US sithe amazinga okushisa edolobheni lase-Alaska angaba ngaphansi kwesilinganiso ngoDisemba, ngoJanuwari nangoFebhuwari.
Abathandi beqhwa e-Anchorage — baningi babo — bangase bacabange ukuthi lokhu kuyinto enhle, kodwa i-Climate Center nayo ibikezela ukuwa kweqhwa okungaphansi kwesilinganiso esivamile eningizimu yezintaba zaseTalkeetna kanye nase-Kenai Peninsula.
Noma kunjalo, kulindeleke ukuthi imvula isondele kakhulu kwejwayelekile ngosuku olulodwa ngemoto enyakatho yedolobha lase-Anchorage, njengokungathi kukhona okuvamile e-Alaska.
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Isithombe sakho esibonisa u-$2.42 ngegaloni ngokuqinisekile siyi-Alaska endala…mhlawumbe ngisho nangaphambi kukaFred Meyer noma ngaphambi kokusebenzisa ipayipi.
Amanani kaphethiloli e-Anchorage ehle ngaphansi kuka-$2 ngegaloni eNtwasahlobo ka-2020: https://www.anchoragepress.com/bulletin/gas-prices-in-anchorage-up-2-4-cents-this-week/ article_1faaf136-993d-11ea-9160-ffb0538b510a.html
Uma ngikhumbula kahle (angikholwa ngoba yingakho ngixhumanise ngenhla), iCosto yehla yaya cishe ku-$1.75 ngegaloni. Ngiyakhumbula ngigcwalisa yonke imishini endlini. Ngaphelelwa owokugcina emshinini wami we-chainsaw ngasekupheleni kwaleli hlobo.
Sawubona Craig, ngikufisela wena nomndeni wakho uSuku Lokubonga olujabulisayo, olunempilo nolujabulisayo. Ngiyabonga ngokusebenza kwakho kanzima kule sayithi ebalulekile. Konke kuhamba kahle, Marin
Asinawo umuzwa ojwayelekile lapha, akukhona lokho esikwenzayo. Okuhle kakhulu esingakulindela isilinganiso, futhi ngisho nalokho kungadukisa. Yimuphi umbiko wesimo sezulu weminyaka engama-50 ongathembeka kancane esinawo? Ngicabanga ukuthi uJulayi ukuphela kwenyanga engingenalo iqhwa, futhi uma ngiya endaweni efanele (engalungile), ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi ngingakulungisa lokho ngonyaka ozayo.
Umsunguli we-Weather Channel, uJohn Coleman, ubize ukufudumala komhlaba ngokuthi inkohliso. Uthe sekuthole amandla amakhulu kangangokuthi okuwukuphela kwento engayibhubhisa kungaba ubusika obumbalwa obunzima. Ngiyajabula ukuthi bafake lawo ma-windmill ukuze babulale izinyoni eFire Island esikhundleni sebhuloho ukuze abantu abaningi bakwazi ukukujabulela ngokuphephile.
I-CIRI ingumnikazi weFire Island. Ama-windmill ayingxenye yohlelo olubukeka kabi lokuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda kulesi siqhingi. Inkinga yabo ukuthi basheshe bawina ama-dollar ngeyunithi zokuqala eziyi-8. Izigaba 2 no-3 zihleliwe, kodwa azikakhiwa. Lokho akusho ukuthi uma bengenza imali, basazimisele ukukwenza.
Enye indlela kungaba ukusungula isiteshi sokucwaninga ngamandla eFire Island esihlose ukuthuthukisa izindlela zamandla ezivamile nezinkulu ngobukhulu baseBush. Bazobe sebenesizathu sokuxhuma umkhiqizo kugridi yeRailbelt, bafake amabhuloho/imigwaqo emikhulu, futhi bathuthukise umhlaba osele bese bewuthengisela amakhaya namabhizinisi. Kodwa bafuna ikhambi elisheshayo, eliye lavimbela konke okunye kuze kube manje. Ngiyabonga–
Kuyamangalisa ngempela, ngisho ukuthi kuyamangalisa ngempela, ukuthi izigidi zabantu zikhohliseka futhi ziyiziwula kangakanani – ukufudumala komhlaba, “ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu”, i-Covid “sonke sizofa” ukuhlanza ingqondo, yonke iRittenhower Stuff, uKavanaugh, ukubambisana kwaseRussia nase-Ukraine, uHunter ungusomabhizinisi nje ohleli ebhodini laseShayina ngenkathi ethengisa imidwebo yakhe ngo-$500,000/isiqephu, noma amanga e-BLM, njll. Ngokusho kukaGore, ukubanda empeleni kuyashisa. Ngakho-ke, kumelwe kube yilokhu…umuntu oyedwa angaphuphuthekisa lezi ziwula ezikhohliseka kalula ezigidigidini…o linda…
Lezi zibhuzu zezinja zesikhumba semvu zisetshenziswa ngokwesiko emabangeni amafushane ngenkathi zizingela noma zihamba. Zazingakaze zenzelwe ukufakwa amamayela angamashumi ayisikhombisa usuku nosuku (ngoba usuku eHerbie lwalucishe lube umjaho wansuku zonke e-Iditarod.) UHerbie wayazi ukuthi ngisho nesikhumba esithambile kakhulu esinsundu sasizoshiya isihlakala senja sigqoke i-Strings ngaphansi kwesikhumba usuku lonke. Ngakho basebenzisa indwangu ethambile kanye noboya bezimvu.
UCraig, oqala ngasekupheleni kwehlobo, ulindele amathuba angu-70% obusika baseLa Niña kulo lonke ubusika kanye nentwasahlobo (enemvula engaphansi kwenyanga kanye nehlathi elimanzi). Angiqiniseki ukuthi kuzophela kanjani, kodwa eminyakeni embalwa edlule kube nokuphela okukhulu kweqhwa lasebusika.
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