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Based on today's 76/59 at SEA... the month will end up exactly at 61.0 degrees which is actually above the long-term average of 60.75. I remember seeing a post about 10 days ago that SEA was going to end up colder than the long-term average for the first time since 2012. It will need to drop to 43 degrees by midnight at SEA to achieve that now. June 2010 was 58.3 so this month was 2.7 degrees warmer which is pretty impressive. This June ended up about on par with June 2022. In this century there have been 6 years when SEA was below 60.0 in June... 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012. That 2010-2012 stretch was pretty rare. Only 2 other times in the last 70 years has SEA had 3 consecutive cold Junes (1962-64 and 1997-99).

We’ll stay at or above 100* until Friday. Then we’ll dip to 98 and 20% chance of rain. For us, that’s a good change. The next 5 days will then remain at 97-99. Let’s hope our 100* stretch is over.

The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From Bondage to Spiritual Faith; From Spiritual Faith to Great Courage; From Courage to Liberty; From Liberty to Abundance; From Abundance to Complacency; From Complacency to Apathy; From Apathy to Dependence; <-- America is here and From Dependence back into Bondage.” More details below 2. Look at Tytler’s analysis of the progress of the rise and fall of nations: a. “From bondage to spiritual faith.” All people start out under tyranny. But successful nations build a “spiritual faith,” a realization that there is a Greater Excellence than themselves, an Excellence that inspires them to strive for virtuous heights previously unattained. b. “From spiritual faith to great courage.” Their confidence is not in themselves, they are led by that spiritual faith they possess. That faith spawns great courage. c. “From courage to liberty.” And that courage finally produces the overthrow of tyranny. Freedom! d. “From liberty to abundance.” In the beginning, that freedom based upon spiritual virtue produces hard work, a rise from the ashes, the creation of wealth and prosperity, a strong national character. The spiritual faith that guided them to freedom is not forgotten by the early generations, so the population remains brimming with virtue and strength, and uses that faith, courage, and liberty to overcome every obstacle. e. “From abundance to complacency.” But then, the decline begins. They become rich and want to enjoy that wealth. Succeeding generations forget the virtues that produced success. So, they get fat, lazy, and complacent. When “they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them…and will provoke Me.” The God who led them turns against them. And hungrier mouths exist elsewhere…always exist elsewhere… f. “From complacency to apathy.” Apathy about the virtues that made them strong in the first place. Apathy about maintaining the character necessary to overcome obstacles. Apathy about diligence in protecting their freedoms. Apathy about what God had done for them. Apathy about everything but their own selfish, hedonistic pleasure. Utterly self-absorbed, they become easy prey for unscrupulous, power-hungry politicians. g. “From apathy to dependence.” No longer truly free, they become beholden to the political knaves who purchase their votes with the people’s own money. No longer virtuous, their selfishness and moral nihilism produces a nation of effeminate, groveling dependents who can live only by theft or government gifts (e.g. redistribution of wealth, living wage, government handouts). Those who remember the way to greatness (true American patriots) become outnumbered and outcasts, and must work harder and harder to support, not only themselves, but the parasites who think they deserve to live off them (e.g. illegal immigrants getting free health care). And the political class loves it because the feeble, drifting, aimless masses can be easily bought off with bread and circuses (e.g. unlimited abortion rights, "gender-affirming" care, sex-change surgery for kids, men who identify as women in women's restrooms and sports, free health care mentioned above) . And the parasites will indeed protect that political class with its “votes” and dying breath. h. “From dependence back into bondage.” Freedom, for everyone, eventually is lost as those hungrier mouths invade, steal, and conquer. And the crop of politicians who let it happen will all be long dead and gone.