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You'll eat those words in January!! ;)

From the same web site... Temperature refers to air temperature at 2 meters above the surface. The temperature anomaly is made in reference to a 1979-2000 climatology derived from the reanalysis of the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFSR/CFSV2) model. This climate baseline is used instead of the 1981-2010 climate normal because it spans a period prior to significant warming of the Arctic beyond historically-observed values. +++++++++++ Why is it significant to leave out the post-2000 data? This is why.... Ten Warmest Years (1880–2017) The following table lists the global combined land and ocean annually-averaged temperature rank and anomaly for each of the 10 warmest years on record. RANK 1 = WARMEST PERIOD OF RECORD: 1880–2017 YEAR ANOMALY °C ANOMALY °F 1 2016 0.94 1.69 2 2015 0.90 1.62 3 2017 0.84 1.51 4 2014 0.74 1.33 5 2010 0.70 1.26 6 2013 0.67 1.21 7 2005 0.66 1.19 8 2009 0.64 1.15 9 1998 0.63 1.13 10 2012 0.62 1.12 SOURCE: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201713 What does any of this have to do with yesterday's WEATHER? Yesterday's global WEATHER wouldn't rank on this list. WEATHER.

From the same web site... Temperature refers to air temperature at 2 meters above the surface. The temperature anomaly is made in reference to a 1979-2000 climatology derived from the reanalysis of the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFSR/CFSV2) model. This climate baseline is used instead of the 1981-2010 climate normal because it spans a period prior to significant warming of the Arctic beyond historically-observed values. OK..a typo..1979-2000. Still it was +0.1C day above this average. Today is +0.2C. Not exactly a global scorcher. Hasn't been for a few months now for whatever reason.

Looking at the climate re-analyzer, today is only 0.2 C over the 1971-2000 average. It was only +0.1C yesterday. Almost negligible. https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom I suspect the thunderstorm had to do with a typical early fall cold front moving across the US more than global warming. Cincinnati just was in it's bullseye.

Just so you don't think it's personal: It's a positive it is coming back late March as opposed to later in the year. Clearly there is a demand issue only during the "darkest" time up there. There seems to be demand from Spring Break on as opposed to how Condor will operate PIT-FRA next year, which operates a full schedule (just 2x weekly) only during July and August. I think the Condor route will be dropped once the incentives are up. I also think it's an issue of weather. The North Atlantic jet stream is very strong in the winter months which would force them to use their 757s because the 737s just don't have the range. Lighter winter loads on a larger aircraft probably forced this move. Hopefully, it will be year-round next year or another carrier will step in.

Icelandair has decided to cut all CLE service between Nov. 2 and Mar. 20. WOW has not extended their schedule so there will be no direct Iceland service this winter yet. A bit worrisome. Hopefully summer loads will remain strong enough to keep service around past the incentive period. https://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2018/09/icelandair_cancels_winter_flig.html

The "prize" is a direct connection from Seattle catered to business not low-yield Alaska cruise traffic. It's sends a statement that some cities are open for business while others are not. Your assumption that CLE will get Alaska Airlines service dosen't mean it will happen. Every city in the region is now connected with real service to Seattle except CLE. If 2018 goes by and there are no new service announcements except Salt Lake City then I'll know not to trust Kennedy. He's hinted way too much about new service this year but delivered very little so far.

Delta has cancelled PIT-CDG. Hopefully that news didn’t come as they were cutting British Airways cAke in the terminal They still have non-stops to London, Frankfurt and Iceland. CLE has Iceland and a promise of something from mainland Europe but nothing official. Also, another banner day for the CLE administrators as Alaska has found it's Ohio destination down I-71. So Cincy (on Delta), Detroit, Pittsburgh and Columbus all have daily year-round non-stop service to Seattle with business class seating. CLE meanwhile has 3x weekly seasonal service to Seattle on an all-economy aircraft. Just sayin'. Really not being negative just thinking CLE could do better.

I'd be very cautious about these stats ever after the preliminary revision. BLS usually goes back at the end of the year and re-revises the "final" numbers and for Cleveland it's usually revised downward. For example at the end of last year Cleveland had a growth rate of about 1% for the last three months of the year. The BLS revised those numbers in January and growth basically fell to zero. Not saying these numbers aren't real but I'd wait until at least January to see if these figures will be final.

I've seen a lot of NY plates on the freeways the last few weeks. Not just 90 where they could be passing through, but 271. Not to discount your post but 271 is a Cleveland bypass of 71 to the east which connects with 90. Certainly could be some people passing through.

Problem is the literal view from City Hall is Parmatown or whatever the hell it is now. That's the vision of "downtown". I can rant for days. I'll stop. It makes me nuts that Arlington, VA and Parma were very similar places in terms of building structures if you go back to 1965. They've gone in two radically different directions with Parma never leaving the starting gate. You can still see old vestiges of Arlington on Lee Hwy. and places south of Ballston-Clarendon corridor that still kinda look like Parma.

I 1000000% agree. Ridge/Snow and State/Snow could be great "downtown intersections". With different planning Ridge could be something special north of Parma Circle and State north of Grantwood. Even the Parma side of Brookpark has potential. Yet a "no vision" mentality is why Parma has had a steady slow bleed of population starting in the early 70s. For example, I still can't get over the stupidity that led to downfall of the Parma Theater. It's replacement is a basically a suburban CVS. Mind you a storefront CVS failed about 500 feet up Ridge from the current location in the 2000s. No vision.

Delta only flew to all those Euro cities because of the 600-flight a day connection hub. That’s not coming back.

Any service to/from London will likely be on Virgin due to Skyteam. Virgin unlike Delta is more concerned about London originating passengers than Cincinnati ones which drives down chances significantly. For this reason alone I don’t see CVG-London for quite some time unless the airport authority wants to pay for it like PIT.

Its not just DC. Arlington has at least about 15 up in the Rosslyn/Ballston corridor alone. There are seven cranes at Tysons Corner not to mention land being cleared for more offices/apartments and more cranes. I would say there are at least 50 active large cranes in the DC metro. I countered at least 7 in Baltimore last spring although that number may have decreased since the Four Seasons condos are finished.. I don’t mention DC area cranes because some forumers on here go nuts if you compare any East Coast city to Cleveland. Rather keep the peace.

University Hospitals Parma Medical Center to undergo $27-million renovation https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2018/07/university_hospitals_parma_med_1.html

I never got this argument. Hiding pedophilia in your football program -- not NCAA. Finding out who paid for a $200 tattoo -- get the NCAA hanging judge. I get it's a criminal offense vs. rules violation but how many people walked away with no punishment that knew what was going on over there, inside and outside the program. It happened for decades. Because the Penn State matter is much more akin the North Carolina cheating issue which was deemed not to be an NCAA matter despite the fact it was systemic. There were no NCAA regulations regarding the UNC matter, same with Penn State. A cheating scandal is not even comparable with a pedophilia cover up by the university. Just because there are "no rules" doesn't mean you let a program walk. There are always exceptions and the PSU case was certainly one

I never got this argument. Hiding pedophilia in your football program -- not NCAA. Finding out who paid for a $200 tattoo -- get the NCAA hanging judge. I get it's a criminal offense vs. rules violation but how many people walked away with no punishment that knew what was going on over there, inside and outside the program. How many people are currently working at PSU and managed to "dodge a bullet"? We'll never know.

Penn State got screwed by mob justice too. I couldn't agree less. It should have been more than the football program that went down there at the time. It still bothers me to no end that OSU got their program blown up over tattoos yet PSU basically got a harder slap on the wrist from the NCAA over a cover up of pedophilia. There should be no PSU football program today. I'll stop..back to the topic at hand.

Yet Penn State has done "enough" to reinstate their football program completely even though people in State College now want JoePa's legacy restored. The NCAA lost me when PSU got to keep their FCS program considering what happened over there and who knew. Not excusing Urban but I just don't understand the rules these programs operate under anymore.

I swear I heard Icelandair execs say they would go year-round from day one when they announced the route last summer. Regardless, I'm happy Icelandair is sticking around over WOW. WOW is competing with itself by being in so many nearby markets you have to wonder if all the destinations will last. With stronger jet stream winds in the winter CLE should see more of Icelandair's 757 as well.

Retail is dying and Cleveland is oversaturated with these jobs as it is so how long can a third regional outlet mall last? These are low-paying jobs with not much in benefits and limited carrer paths. The city needs to work harder to score better jobs. Light industrial is booming nationally right now. The city proper should be riding this wave even if it takes tax breaks. Regular outlet malls are the past. Premium outlets are doing ok for now but Horizon doesn’t do that variety.

More low-paying retail jobs aren’t going to help anyone. Brick and mortar retail is dying including outlet malls. Horizon even admits this partly. How about working to attract a light industrial company with tax incentives and getting them to give people skills for a lifetime carrer at that spot since it’s not really on the lakefront. Sorry for setting my standards that high.

Meh..surface parking and low-paying jobs. The past, present and future of Cleveland. I won’t join that side and sink that low.

Horizon doesn’t build high-end or urban stuff. Go look at their portfolio. They build Lodi. As for retail, if this were a strip mall with Wal-Mart as an anchor I think attitudes for some would be different. Just saying.