Huge thanks to Kimpton Bradford for being my June sponsor. At his request, this thread is dedicated to his lifelong hero, Dr. David Suzuki, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday.
“How hot are global oceans?
“Compare the 1982-2025 global sea surface temperature average, to this year… yes, global sea-surface temperatures are currently at a record daily high. The rise in SSTs represents billions of Hiroshima bombs worth of heat.” [Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/2065815726817198317
“4.4 standard deviations from the mean?! To put into perspective how strong this El Niño has the potential to be, I plotted it on the Bell Curve/ distribution of all El Nino, La Niña, & neutral months since 1850 (over 2K).
“The dynamical model ensemble median forecast peak anomaly is +3.3°C in December 2026. Comparing against all Nino (3.4 region) values yields a value of 4.4 sigma for this event, plotted outside the extreme right tail, next to the current record of +2.8C in 2015.”
[Jeff Berardelli]
https://x.com/WeatherProf/status/2066582305745879321
“The Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature (SST) just set a new record daily high for the 16th day in a row.
“The current Nino 3.4 SST is higher than any day of any year on record, with the exception of a few days late in 2015 at the start of the last super El Nino. Stay tuned!”
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/2066541681743376516
“Something is wrong in the Arctic – Narwhals can tell.
“The health of the narwhal started dropping. We were noticing they were becoming skinnier and that in turn also meant that they were harder to hunt. The hunters especially worried how these new noises would affect narwhals, which already seemed to be disappearing into thin air.”
https://www.dw.com/en/something-is-wrong-in-the-arctic-narwhals-can-tell/audio-76781173
“HISTORIC WARMTH IN GREENLAND.
“Greenland is rewriting its climatic history with days and days >20C [68F]. Today 22.8C at Sondre Stroemfjord, 20.3c Maniitsoq, 20.0c Julianehab (monthly record), 19.6c Sisimiut, 19.4c Nuuk… Weeks >30C in The Arctic – 30.5 [86.9F] Abramovsk Majak RU June record.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2066274344393642471
“Skeiðarárjökull (SE Iceland) 1996 | 2026
“This 15 km-wide glacier tongue has retreated 2 km between these two pictures! 100% man-made warming. [Melaine Le Roy; photos by Andy Russell]
https://x.com/subfossilguy/status/2066124243012620318
“Torrential rain paralyzed Moscow…
“Heavy rains, which suddenly started in the Russian capital where the air temperature has exceeded 30 degrees [86F] in recent days, have caused serious problems in the city… Serious difficulties in traffic movement have arisen in various areas of the city.”
https://modern.az/en/dunya/638536/torrential-rain-paralyzed-moscow/
“AMOC collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready…
“…there is potential for AMOC weakening to become a collapse. In that specific scenario, Europe would experience climate change up to 10 times faster than today. Considering that current climate change is already hard to keep up with as a society, we can’t begin to imagine what impact an AMOC collapse could have on our daily lives.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/14/amoc-collapse-europe-climate
“EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE. Hot air spreads North To FRANCE with Temperatures >37C [98.6F].
“New record of June highest Temperature at Ploudalmezeau (Brittany) with 31.0C. Previous was …last year. This is just the beginning.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2066231424898752772
“Well, now, the situation is critical: the 40°C [104F] mark no longer seems like a barrier starting Thursday [for France].
“We’re looking at a much broader, much higher scope. The potential for a historic heatwave (yet again!) in June, surpassing records across all months combined, is no longer just fiction.” [Dr Serge Zaka]
https://x.com/SergeZaka/status/2066566444163440759
“Exceptionally hot day in Galicia, SPAIN.
“Hottest June day in history – 37.2 [99F] La Coruna AP and 35.7 La Coruna. For La Coruna today was the second hottest day in history for any month only behind 28 August 1961! Thousands more records coming all over Europe.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2065845465321533656
“Japanese brown seaweed returns to Noja: «It’s rotting and smells awful». [Northern Spain].
“Trengandín beach in Noja has been re-covered by the invasive Japanese seaweed, Rugulopteryx okamurae, whose reproduction accelerates with the warm summer water temperatures. The warming of the sea water boosts the proliferation of this algae…”
“Spain hit by thirteen wildfires over the weekend, with crews battling blazes in Murcia, Andalucía and elsewhere.
“Emergency crews worked flat out across regions including Galicia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Catalonia as hot, dry, and windy summer conditions fueled the flames.”
“EXCEPTIONAL HEAT IN AFRICA.
“Heat records are falling from Algeria to South Africa. Record hottest June night in MOROCCO – min 31.4 [88.5F] Tata; minimums up to 35C in Niger and Algeria.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2065788998405026166
“Abuakwa South Flood: One feared dead, thousands displaced following Sunday downpour. [Ghana].
“A catastrophic downpour on Sunday, June 14, 2026, has left a trail of destruction across the Abuakwa South Municipality, displacing thousands of people…”
“EXTRAORDINARY WINTER HEAT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.
“Hundreds of records smashed all over the area between Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. Tshane at 1100m asl rose to 30.5C [86.9F] ,already breaking its record several times. Record heat will last WEEKS.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2065793489023955442
“Farmers Battle Climate Challenges as Weather Patterns Shift in Limpopo [South Africa]…
“The changing climate has added another layer of uncertainty to an already demanding profession. Khakhu says farmers must pay close attention to seasonal conditions before deciding what and when to plant.”
https://africabrief.substack.com/p/farmers-battle-climate-challenges
“Record heat at MAYOTTE.
“Every single African country is breaking heat record and The Tiny French Territory of Mayotte was not an exception. Right on June 1st, The Pamandzi AP rose to 31.9C [89.4F], tying its record of June highest Temperature which was set in 2024 and 2025!” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2066446913428156449
“Thunderstorms and heat up to 40°C [104F] forecast across Kazakhstan.
“Kazhydromet issued storm warnings for June 16 in 16 regions and in the cities of Astana and Almaty, with severe thunderstorms and extreme heat expected across the country, Qazinform News Agency reports.”
https://qazinform.com/news/thunderstorms-and-heat-up-to-40c-forecast-across-kazakhstan-e1e003
“Another scolding day with 44C [111.2F] in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and Minimums up to 31C!
“Extraordinary hot nights in IRAN. Close to June World Records at high elevations with MINIMUMS of 30C at 1300m+ asl. More coming tomorrow… [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2066552037672706221
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN MONGOLIA:
“MINIMUM 26.9 [80.4F] Ekhingol 1000M asl – HOTTEST JUNE NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN MONGOLIA! MINIMUMS >30C in Central Asia (next days Maxes up to 46C!).”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2066140131115794529
“Record heat continues in INDIA and PAKISTAN:
“More records of June Highest Minimums today – 31.0 [87.8F] Thanjavur and 30.2 Harnai [India] and 31.0 Pad Idan, Pakistan. More on the way next days…” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2065757831668568405
“What To Expect if India Starts Halting Indus Water Flows to Pakistan.
“…potential upstream infrastructure expansion and climate stress could increase structural instability and intensify crisis dynamics between the two countries. On June 5, India’s Ministry of External Affairs stated that the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-distribution agreement between India and Pakistan, will remain in abeyance…”
“Himalayan rivers shifting course as climate warming thaws the ‘Water Tower of Asia’.
“The study attributes the instability to cryosphere degradation, suggesting that as temperatures rise, the thawing of permafrost weakens riverbanks while increasing meltwater and sediment loads, making the landscape more prone to erosion.”
“1 killed, 3 injured in Uttarakhand village violence over water dispute; Case filed against 3 accused, 25 unidentified persons [Himalayan foothills].
“A violent clash between two communities over an irrigation water dispute left one man dead and three family members seriously injured late on Friday evening in Bairagiwala village.”
“Massive Dust Storm Hits Rajasthan’s Churu [NW India], Traffic Disrupted as Visibility Drops Near Zero.
“Visuals from the region showed thick dust engulfing highways and surrounding areas, forcing motorists to slow down or temporarily halt their journeys amid hazardous driving conditions. Authorities urged commuters to exercise caution as visibility dropped drastically during the storm.”
“Delhi’s temperature showed 43.5C. Why did it feel hotter?
“…As Greenpeace researcher Nibedita Saha moved her camera from the shaded areas under the flyover (where the reading was 42C) to the bikers idling at stop signals under the direct sunlight, the reading went up to 64C [147.2F].”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62173jqd4wo
“As El Niño looms, Bangladesh must brace for extreme heat.
“When we talk about Bangladesh’s climate challenges, we tend to focus on floods and cyclones, as if heat were a secondary concern. It is not. This El Niño could bring a different kind of crisis: extreme heat.”
“Floods exceed warning levels in 20 rivers across China; cities in Guangdong suspend schools, outdoor activities amid rainstorm alerts.
“Twenty rivers across China, mostly small and medium-sized, have experienced floods exceeding warning levels, following days of severe rainstorms and convective weather across southern China and parts of Northeast China, media reported on Monday…”
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202606/1363600.shtml
“On June 14th, Lufeng, Guangdong Province, experienced 773mm [30.4 inches] of rainfall in 24 hours, breaking historical records…
“Wuzhou, Guangxi, was hit by extreme rainstorms in the early hours of June 15, with 148mm of rain falling in one hour and 390mm in six hours, causing flooding in the city streets.” [Jim Yang]
https://x.com/yangyubin1998/status/2066509502011310501
“Japan Issues Aomori Prefecture Level 4 Weather Warning Due to Heavy Rain and Landslide Risk.
“Prolonged heavy rainfall has completely saturated the soil across the mountainous terrain, river valleys, and lowlands of the region, creating high risks of mudslides, flooding, and overflowing rivers”
https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/jzgz7dkswwlv/
“The Atlantic may be reshaping one of the Pacific’s most powerful currents.
“Two great currents collide off the eastern coast of Japan. The warm Kuroshio Current rises from the tropics; a colder current pushes down from the north. The seawater they fling eastward swings on decade-long cycles, and scientists usually blame the Pacific.”
“Floods, coastal uplift affect quake-hit areas in Mindanao [Philippines].
” Heavy rainfall on Saturday triggered flash floods in parts of Sarangani province and this city, even as many residents try to cope with the aftermath of the powerful June 8 magnitude 7.8 earthquake, with the death toll rising to 61…”
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2246248/floods-coastal-uplift-affect-quake-hit-areas
“‘Something is changing’: Sydney records warmest run of June days in more than a century.
“Temperatures in Sydney topped 20C [68F] on Tuesday for the 10th consecutive day, breaking a record for June that had stood since 1919. On another warm day in Sydney, the thermometer at Observatory Hill showed 20.1C by 11.30am on Tuesday.”
“Mining threatens scarce water resources in the Andes.
“Snowfall and more than 4,000 glaciers feed San Juan’s two main rivers, which provide most of the province’s irrigation water. Both waterways have shrunk significantly, however, and their flow rates are at historic lows.”
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/mining-threatens-scarce-water-resources-in-the-andes.phtml
“Rains disrupt Brazil coffee harvest, raising disease risk…
“The excessive moisture, which is unusual for this time of the year in the country and might be an early effect of the El Nino climate anomaly, could fuel the spread of bacterial or fungal diseases that might impact the health of the trees going forward, they said.”
“Growing appetite for açaí is damaging bird diversity in the Amazon.
“A newly published study has found a 28% decline in bird species richness in Amazonian areas with high densities of açaí palms. Farmers are clearing away native trees and understory vegetation to plant more açaí palms as demand soars…”
“Record heat continues in CENTRAL AMERICA.
“Tonight Santiago in PANAMA tied its record of June hottest night on record with a Minimum of 25.8C [78.4F]. That s after breaking those of the previous months… And The Nino has just officially started.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2065958550149468412
“Heavy rains flood San Pedro Sula and paralyze traffic in Honduras.
“Intense and persistent rains on Saturday transformed avenues and streets in San Pedro Sula , in northern Honduras , into turbulent rivers, causing widespread urban flooding, paralyzing traffic, and leaving a wave of chaos and debris.”
“Record heat is everywhere and Caribbean is not an exception:
“Today Charlotte Amalie AP, St Thomas Island rose to 94F/34.4C which ties the HOTTEST JUNE TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS. This is just the beginning of what’s coming… [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2066320278091636997
“Tropical storm alerts could be issued within hours in Texas as disturbance enters Gulf of America’s warm water.
“As of the latest update from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the odds for tropical development have increased to 50% over the next seven days. The system was designated as Invest 90L and is the first invest of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, according to the FOX Forecast Center.”
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/odds-tropical-development-increase-gulf-of-america-flooding
“Flash flooding strands motorists, prompts rescues across Waco area.
“Flash flooding Sunday night triggered more than 20 water rescues, stranded motorists and damaged roads and other infrastructure across the Waco area as emergency crews responded to a surge of weather-related calls.”
https://wacotrib.com/news/local/weather/article_0313620e-63fd-4a3e-8f3c-7e10edf3a46e.html
“Parasites, warm temperatures contributing to juvenile salmon die-off in the Klamath River [California].
“Dead and dying juvenile Chinook salmon have been found along sections of the Klamath River this month, raising concerns among researchers as warm water temperatures and parasites appear to be contributing to the fish kill.”
“Extreme Weather Makes US Tomatoes More Expensive This Summer.
“Juicy tomatoes are a summer staple often slipped into burgers or sliced atop a salad. But weather disruptions in two major growing regions have driven up prices for the vegetable, and consumers shouldn’t expect much relief for their wallets in the months ahead.”
“Bacteria in abandoned oil wells may be generating harmful gases at 1,000 times the previously estimated rate.
“A new study is raising fresh concerns about what happens after oil and gas wells stop producing. As a McGill University-led team uncovered, these wells may continue leaking methane for years, and some of that gas could be coming from underground microbes, not just leftover fossil deposits.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/non-producing-oil-gas-wells-study-discovery/
“Damaged boreal peatlands may triple methane emissions, reshaping climate risk.
“A new study reveals that, for the first time, areas of Canada’s boreal peatlands damaged by oil and gas exploration have failed to recover as scientists and companies predicted and instead have led to a tripling of methane emissions, with global implications.”
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-boreal-peatlands-triple-methane-emissions.html
“Half of the world’s children are exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards threatening their health, education and survival, according to a Unicef report.
“Globally, children face increasing threats from heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts as the climate crisis worsens…”
“Parent birds warn chicks about extreme heat before they hatch…
“The most striking part of the work is what the embryos never went through. Mariette held every egg at a steady 37.5°C (99.5°F) for the whole experiment, so no chick felt real heat. The brain changes came from the sound of the warning, nothing else.”
https://www.earth.com/news/parent-birds-warn-chicks-about-extreme-heat-before-they-hatch/
“Climate crisis is changing when plants flower, artificial intelligence study finds…
“A global study, leveraging AI to scrutinise eight million digitised plant specimens spanning a century, found that flowering has shifted by an average of 2.5 days earlier or later per decade. This disruption poses a critical threat to the delicate relationships between plants and their vital pollinators.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/ai-plants-climate-flowering-times-b2996075.html
“Plastic food packaging blankets the world’s coastlines, study finds…
“The study found food and beverage plastics were the most common litter type for 93% of countries surveyed, followed by plastic bags and cigarettes; the pattern was consistent across countries, regardless of waste management infrastructure.”
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/plastic-food-packaging-blankets-the-worlds-coastlines-study-finds/
“Why plastic looks like food to sea turtles…
“Plastic bags floating in the ocean can look remarkably similar to jellyfish. When sunlight filters through seawater, a drifting plastic bag can appear translucent and bell-shaped. Ocean currents cause it to pulse and sway, much like a jellyfish moving through the water.”
https://www.deccanherald.com/dhie/science/2026/06/15/why-plastic-looks-like-food-to-sea-turtles
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People are having kittens because of the bad consequences that the monster El Nino is going to cause, but a bigger, and seemingly unconsidered, concern is what it represents. Its manifestation is so far away from expectations that it must represent a fundamental, and probably permanent, change in the earth system. I sound like a broken record but this is almost certainly because of accelerated ocean stratification. It has no historical precedent because there has never been warming as fast as now, and the faster the warming the worst the stratification because the heat and mass transfer processes that take warmth from surface waters to greater depths work over decades or centuries.
After an average, but still impactful, El Nino in 2023/24 it was predicted that it would take some years to recharge the heat in the Pacific before it could be released again. That theory breaks down if the mass of water to be warmed is greatly reduced by keeping the heat only at the surface.
I don’t understand all the interactions but ENSO is basically a hysteresis between two states. Once conditions require the system to switch there is a reinforcing feedback that accelerates the move until the alternative state is reached. By significantly changing the ocean set up there is every chance of getting stuck in one of the hysteresis arms, which would almost certainly be the warm El Nino phase as more and more energy is being collected.
Things are almost certainly going to keep getting noticeably worse. Any acceleration that is now being identified will be the lower limit if the La Nina phase is disappearing. With the deep water Pacific removed as a sink, and greater heat overall coming in as the earth energy imbalance grows (which is the main mechanism for recent acceleration), then further rapid doubling or worse of the warming rate is explicable and actually to be expected.
George, I found a paper that corroborates your view:
“…we derive a linear model which predicts the evolution of ENSO variability from only East Pacific temperature and stratification. We further show that subsurface warming, and therefore stratification, is connected to surface warming with a lag, enabling us to create a lag-linear model that explains ∼90% of simulated changes in ENSO variability from only global mean SST and its history.
“This efficient predictor can forecast ENSO strength over time in any warming scenario, and reveals that faster emissions lead to stronger peak ENSO variability even with identical total emissions.”
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.03458
The paper talks about a “transient” rise in El Nino strength but this is not very comforting given that that period would last decades and the events within it would be historically unprecedented.
George, Pano 👍👍
If you think You sound like a broken record, you should read Sam Carana’s Arctic blog. It’s a side effect of the Cassandra syndrome, when you see the future too far ahead of any else, the more correct you are, the more you’re doomed to repeat your prognostications since nothing’s happened to change your predicted outcome.
Carana predicted that this year’s El Niño would/could do precisely the reset others are now predicting, but he did so years ago, leaving him in exactly the predicament you described.
He has, scarily, been positing for years that, given the methane monster humanity is letting loose, that, in combination with the accelerating melting this Hell Nino will produce, cause the heat to go from linear to exponential … this year. In other words, climate derangement gone wild.
Sam always ends his posts with the warning: The Situation is Dire, insisting we implement his Climate Emergency Plan … I think I’ve been reading that for > 15 years now, so you can see why I might be fed up with all the scientific warnings, as, although the science might be clear, so is the fact that that only INcreases the certainty that it will be ignored/suppressed:
https://robertlowrey.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-science-is-clear.html
The Return of an Older Earth
John Gray quotes a remarkable line from J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World: the Earth is returning to a distant geological past.
It is an unsettling thought.
We spend most of our time talking about the future – 2050, 2100, the next heatwave, the next climate summit – as if the planet were moving toward something new.
Perhaps it is the other way around.
Perhaps the Earth is not entering an unfamiliar state at all. Perhaps it is we who are leaving an exceptionally brief episode in its history: ten thousand years of unusually stable seasons, obedient rivers and predictable coastlines. A fortunate interval that allowed cities, wheat fields, railways and airports to appear.
To a geologist, our world might look like a curious exception.
To us, it simply became normal.
Ballard quietly reverses that perspective. His flooded cities and tropical lagoons are not a punishment and not an apocalypse. They are merely a change of scenery. The planet resumes an older narrative that has played for millions of years. Mangroves, crocodiles and warm oceans feel no nostalgia for the Holocene.
Only humans do.
Perhaps that is the real misunderstanding of our age. We speak endlessly about saving the Earth, while the Earth requires no saving at all. It has survived asteroid impacts, ice ages and vanished continents.
It is civilisation that discovers, somewhat belatedly, that it was built inside an extraordinarily narrow climatic window.
Beneath the roads, the power grids, the financial markets and the data centres, the older Earth waits with geological patience.
It is in no hurry.
We are.
Zip, or as George Carlin pithily observed, “The planet is fine. The people are fucked!”
What you say is true – we have built our civilisation in a Goldilocks era of stability on a Goldilocks planet, yet remain largely oblivious to how incredibly improbable those conditions are. It’s sobering how much damage even fairly minor perturbations within our era of stability have caused in the past:
“The Great Frost and forgotten famine [Ireland].
“For a generation prior to 1740, the winters had been quite benign. But the so-called “Great Frost” in the first month of that year began a two-year period recalled as one of the bleakest in our country’s history.”
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-great-frost-and-forgotten-famine-1.282539
I over heard this report a few minutes ago that someone else was listening to. The report was about plans to build a 1 mile long 800 or 900 foot wide cruise ship that would sail around the world at 7 knots carrying 50,000 plus passangers, many who would be full time residents who would be served by 20,000 crew members. I think that the report said that the ship would have a displacement 20 million tons.
The report above certianly tops the report that both the USSR and the USA had a nuclear bomber crash on the same day, recently.
Seasteading. Could be a libertarian pipe dream.
A vast and soulless, floating disease vector, Curt. I can’t think of much worse.
Iran’s army says Israel has violated the ceasefire in southern Lebanon 84 times since the US-Iran deal was announced on Sunday, adding that the aggressor “should expect a harsh response” if the attacks continue.
Which it seems reasonable to speculate they will, Survivalist.
Kurt methinx… Cruise ships, are floating plague ships…
Bad enough that long haul international flights often end up giving me a nasty cold or flu bug, but cruise ships are much worse incubators.
My local southern hemisphere winter has been so mild so far, a few damp foggy mornings with overcast skies, occasional light drizzles,, but no frosts yet, but at least we have plenty of water going into next summer, but will it last 3+ years of severe El Nino drought conditions?
Meanwhile, social media are taking bets on how long the MoU will hold? Ha! Maybe its an Aussie cultural *thing* – when in crisis, put your money down & bet on coin flips.. Geopolitical “Two-Up”
Unfortunately, I’m surrounded by people in real life who think the US/West is doing the right thing.. & wiping Iran and other various Arab, muslim, ethnic populations off the face of the Earth (along with Russians) & erased from history, will fix everything from bad breath to climate change to energy depletion.
Not exactly “shared values” with me 🙂 But I’m obviously in an old-fashioned minority mindset and so best to keep my mouth shut around the locals – whatever happened to the anti-war and anti-nuke movements & public sentiments of my youth? Maybe naivety of youth, but was a time that I recognised some evidence of social “shared values” and “social cohesion”.
Speaking of which, I have been notified that I am now old enough to apply for Aged Pension/Social Security benefits …. so I guess that’s a possible personal plus – not so much any potential cash benefit or $$ “top up”, but the Commonwealth Seniors Card is worthwhile – discounts on all sorts of things, like ALL health care, utility bills, insurance, motor vehicle registration, local council taxes/rates etc..
Maybe I cab afford a few more “Bread & Circuses” before I pass on…
“…been notified that I am now old enough to apply for Aged Pension/Social Security benefits…”
I bet that snuck up on you, Rain. 😄
Time is so trippy. You look back and wonder what the hell happened to it all. It felt so real at the time but now in retrospect it starts to feel a bit like a dream… Well, that’s how it is for me, at least.
… gently down the stream.