US Temps Will Be 20 Degrees Than Usual -- Not Reported In Mainstream Media

A record (?) low temperature was set at Indianapolis today during the NASCAR race -- it if didn't set a record low, it was awful close. Not reported in mainstream media; one has to really look for these things when Mother Nature refuses to follow the script.

MailOnline is reporting: What happened to the heatwave? Temperatures will drop 20 degrees below July averages.

Many Americans are reaching for their jackets less than a week after a sweltering heat wave pushed temperatures to record highs, as a cold front sweeps across the country that's expected to last up to two weeks.

The cooler weather, which will sink temperatures between 5 and 20 degrees lower than July averages, will primarily affect the Upper Midwest, causing thunderstorms from Michigan to Illinois to eastern Missouri on Friday. Temperatures on Friday will average 75 degrees Fahrenheit in Chicago, 70 degrees in Boston and 86 degrees in Charlotte, N.C. Saturday looks to be a little cooler than Friday.

I assume the president has a global warming speech he will be giving this next week. Timing is everything.

But don't let the facts stand in your way. Congress just approved new "stronger-than-ever" EPA head, Ms McCarthy, reported in today's New York Times: 

The president told Ms. McCarthy that his environmental and presidential legacy would be incomplete without a serious effort to address climate change.

“I’m so glad he said that, because if he hadn’t, I wouldn’t have wanted this job,” she said. “It’s an issue I’ve worked on for so many years, and it just can’t wait.”

Mr. Obama’s decision to nominate Ms. McCarthy, 59, was an act of defiance to Congressional and industry opponents of meaningful action on climate change. It was also a sign of his determination to at least begin to put in place rules to reduce carbon pollution. 

Ms. McCarthy, an earthy, tough-talking New Englander who drew criticism as the head of the agency’s air and radiation office during Mr. Obama’s first term, then ticked off a list of controversial air pollution regulations she had helped write: tough greenhouse gas standards for vehicles, a tighter ozone limit that the White House rejected, the first rule on mercury emissions from power plants, and a regulation on smokestack pollution that crosses state lines, which has been blocked by a federal court. She warned that earning confirmation from the Senate might be difficult and that safer choices were available.  

So, if you like in-your-face politics, it should be a rewarding three years.