sea ice melt and 30% below average and the second smallest august ice extent behind only 2012 and we continue to see the shrinking of the summer ice shield and the blue shows you where it used to be and this shows you where we are currently up will up in the arctic and of course, as we get the shorter day, we start to build it back up. and as far as september goes, this is kind of a staggering step, up to date, you know, we just passed the middle point of the month, we have 19 cities on pace for the hottest september on record, we have 54 city, all of the stops on pace for top five warmest september on record and we continue to roast. today, 29 states with a heat index above 90 and 57 million people, still feel 90 plus degrees as we end the summer season. ridiculously hot. alabama and mississippi, 99 in montgomery. birmingham, 99. nashville, 96. close to records in many of these areas. i don t know that we will quite get there in a few spots and it