Every part of America will eventually get the wake up call – that climate change is not just something that happens to brown-skinned people in Bangladesh.
It’s here, now, and it’s coming for your town, your home, and your pocketbook.
For my community, which has historically not been subject to frequent weather extremes, the wake up came on May 19.
Another nice video from the same old climate warriors with lots of good FACTS.
When are we going to start listening to them and doing something?
As usual, The Onion is again telling it like it is:
fctshttps://www.theonion.com/report-only-way-nation-will-pay-attention-to-climate-c-1819574126
True
All I can say is people who still deny that anything has changed must have no input channels into their brains.
What used to be called Global Weirding is now evidendent nearly everywhere, even Putin admits it.
“Some of our cities were built north of the Arctic Circle, on the permafrost. If it begins to thaw, you can imagine what consequences it would have. It’s very serious.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/17/climate-crisis-alarm-at-record-breaking-heatwave-in-siberia
And at my home country:
“Auckland’s dams are half-empty and huge swathes of the country are reeling from one of the deepest droughts New Zealand has ever experienced. Climate scientists say: get used to it.”
https://www.rnz.co.nz/stories/2018750899/beyond-reasonable-drought-new-zealand-s-climate-future
It amuses me that so many billionaires are buying up bolt-holes here in New Zealand. There is no running away from climate change no matter how rich you are.
Good news is we have just had a few inches of rain in the north tonight. First decent rain for months. So things are looking a bit better…for now.
As with CoVID 19, NZ has the advantage of remote island-hood. It’s much less likely to be overrun with climate refugees.
I’d love moving to New Zealand myself, but you have extradition treaties….
And the outlook looks worrisome for India as they get their first official Climate report.
“Rainfall patterns have changed, with longer dry spells intermittent with heavy rainfall events. The frequency of very severe cyclones has increased over the Arabian Sea. Over the Himalayas, the glacier retreat is going at a fast pace. Glacier melt and ocean warming are raising the sea level across the Indian Ocean.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-gets-its-first-climate-change-assessment-report/articleshow/76377134.cms
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/climate-report-predicts-hotter-rainier-days/article31845582.ece
Dang it! I misread the headline to mean that a flood had washed out the Heartland Institute building.
HI seems to have money problems, so there’s hope.
In the meantime, the second cut off low in a month lingers over the mid-Atlantic coast of the US and is moving inland , dropping inches of unneeded rain. These trapped lows are a new and unwelcome addition to the weather weirdness over the US. Too bad we can’t send them to NZ.