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North Carolina climatologist breaks down how climate change affects severe weather
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – Highly effective storms are sweeping throughout Louisiana and different areas of the South throughout a time of 12 months that’s significantly uncommon.
WITN Meteorologist Jim Howard says, “I simply assume it’s distinctive to take a look at a storm in December and seeing this many tornadoes.”
Howard additionally explains what the devastating climate is brought on by. “Chilly air, heat air, clashing collectively. Completely different wind instructions, completely different speeds, causes rotations within the ambiance and we definitely had that with this storm.”
Completely different air temperatures aren’t the one issue in keeping with North Carolina climatologist, Corey Davis.
Davis says, “What we’re beginning to see now in local weather change is that even in the course of the winter time, these airmasses which might be forming like over the gulf of Mexico and off to our South can nonetheless be pretty heat and really tropical virtually and that may pull airmasses from the North and create this extreme climate surroundings in the course of the occasions of the 12 months the place we simply actually by no means needed to fear in regards to the form of influence prior to now.”
Specialists additionally say seeing programs as damaging as these latest storms is uncommon. “Nationwide, December is essentially the most quiet month out of all of the months. The typical variety of tornadoes in December in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama is about three tornadoes all through the month of December on common. We’ve acquired 35 twister studies yesterday, it was fairly an outbreak, definitely by December requirements,” Howard explains.
Although this isn’t the form of climate anybody needs to see, Davis anticipates extra. “We do anticipate to see that these so referred to as off seasons extreme climate occasions taking place in the course of the wintertime will grow to be extra widespread. We’re already seeing that these shoulder seasons, the autumn and the spring, are going to encroach in our wintertime.”
Together with the acute extreme climate Louisiana is experiencing, right here within the East, we’re additionally at present seeing rain from the identical system that might in return assist the drought we’re seeing in our space in keeping with the U.S. Drought Monitor.
That is the second December in a row we’re seeing devastating tornadoes.
Final 12 months, a twister killed a complete of 57 folks throughout its unusually lengthy trek via Western Kentucky.
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400-pound monster alligator named Pepe ‘detained’ for ‘being a dinosaur without proper papers’ in NC
The scales of justice came for Pepe.
Cops detained – and rescued – a monster 10-foot alligator they nicknamed Pepe the Gator sunbathing on a busy road in North Carolina and “charged” him on suspicion of being a “dinosaur.”
“Witnesses say he was just chilling and snapping, clearly ignoring the ‘no loitering or lounging on roadways’ sign,” the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a playful press release last week. “Pepe has been cited for Suspicion of Being a Dinosaur Without Proper Papers, Public Loitering with Intent to Sunbathe, and Obstructing Traffic.”
The responding deputies and officers from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission who got the call on May 25 managed to safely remove Pepe, but not before posing for pictures where they straddle him like rodeo riders.
“He was 10 feet long, 400 pounds. He was an absolute monster,” Trevor Dunnell, spokesman for the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office told the Post Thursday.
“They did a fantastic job of wrangling him.”
To indicate the scale of the gator, Dunnell pointed out how, in the picture, even with three grown men on top of him, Pepe’s still not covered.
“The picture really doesn’t do it justice, I mean 10 feet … 10 feet is a basketball goal, that is a massive creature,” he said.
Although 10 feet seems big, it’s nothing compared to the largest gator on record – 14 feet and 3 and a half inches.
Deputies and wildlife officials used a towel to cover Pepe’s eyes — eye contact is what triggers the animal’s notorious death roll, Dunnell explained — and electrical tape to seal his mouth shut.
“It was definitely some MacGyver stuff they had to use,” he said. “He may not have a good time during the removal, but he was playfully enough about it later to understand that, ‘Hey, man, you gotta do what you gotta do.’”
Dunnell said the office received blowback from people online wishing the cops had just left Pepe alone. but Dunnell was quick to point out that leaving the reptile on the side of the road could have posed a hazard not only to residents but also to the gator.
“You never know what can happen when kids are running around,” he said. “And the gator could wind up in the middle of the road. It could hurt drivers but it could hurt him, too.”
Dunnell said he hopes to see body camera footage of Pepe’s apprehension. The two deputies and the wildlife official in the picture are happy to be riding him, Dunnell said, adding that if authorities encounter another Pepe, they’ll know who to call.
“But some deputies were absolutely not fine,” he said. “When they got back, they were saying, ‘You’re not going to catch me on that thing. I’m not going to go anywhere near it!’”
Pepe was far from home, and Dunnell suspects that it was a hot day and he was looking for a good spot to bask.
“How far he wandered is anybody’s guess,” he said. “It must’ve been several miles at least.”
After further investigation, Dunnell said, they declined to charge Pepe. Instead, they drove him to a boat ramp at nearby Camp Geiger, a satellite facility of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
“I think we’ve touched base with the gator and let him know we dropped the charges,” he joked.
“Pepe’s back to his normal routine, he’s hanging out near the beach and lounging in his natural habitat, hunting for his food and looking for a girlfriend.”
Tech giant Amazon has announced a $10bn investment in the US state of North Carolina to expand its data centre infrastructure.
The project aims to support advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies.
The investment, according to the company, will create at least 500 “high-skilled” jobs.
It will also support thousands of additional jobs within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre supply chain.
According to Amazon’s press release, the rising demand for generative AI is increasing the need for advanced cloud infrastructure and compute power.
This expansion will strengthen AWS data centres in the state.
Commenting on the move, Amazon chief global affairs and legal officer David Zapolsky said: “Amazon’s $10bn investment in North Carolina underscores our commitment to driving innovation and advancing the future of cloud computing and AI technologies.”
“We look forward to partnering with state and local leaders, local suppliers, and educational institutions to nurture the next generation of talent.”
In a separate development, Amazon is reportedly developing software for humanoid robots.
These robots could potentially replace delivery workers, Reuters reported citing a report published by The Information, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The company is building a “humanoid park,” an indoor obstacle course, at one of its San Francisco offices to test these robots. Amazon is focusing on developing the AI software for these robots while using hardware from other firms for testing.
Amazon did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours.
Recently, Amazon started testing a new feature that uses generative AI (genAI) to create short-form audio summaries on select product detail pages.
The feature provides concise overviews of products by analysing product details, customer reviews, and other relevant online information.
The initial test feature targets products that often require careful consideration before buying, offering clear insights through in-depth discussion to help Amazon customers shop more efficiently, the company said in a post.
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