Floods, Fires, and Heat Domes (the climate change thread) (Part 1)

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/22/atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-preparation

Hurricane outlooks may be imperfect preparation guides

The big picture: Hurricane forecasters told Axios that even with near record storm numbers possible this season, due mainly to a developing La Niña in the Pacific and record-warm waters in the tropical Atlantic, seasonal outlooks don’t contain much actionable intelligence for the average person.

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Welcome to Australia. Each Fire Danger level has recommended actions to go with it. The recommended actions for Catastrophic if you are still in a dangerous area are “try to find somewhere safe, and pray.”

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The water class wars will not be pretty.

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developing la nina, the say? cooler pacific, they say?

-sigh-

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(Yahoo reprint)

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No Idea Idk GIF by Muppet Wiki

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Well, there’s good news, and there’s bad news…

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Look out, ATL

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I mean, it already is booming… but what’s another 300,000 more people. I’m sure that I-285 can take the extra capacity! It’ll be fine! Just FINE!!!

anytime of day on the north end perimeter

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I never need to go to the other side of town anywayz… I mean, just my whole family lives over there…

Pedro Pascal Laugh GIF by Golden Globes

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This is a history of how US corporations shifted the burden, blame, and costs of pollution onto the public, while promoting the myth of recycling:

The challenge now is to focus attention and force change on the source of the problem - companies producing plastic and promoting lies about recycling.

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We need to make sure 45 never gets the chance, because forecasts will be very important with events like these:

About 1,200 tornadoes hit the US each year, but changes in records and reporting make long-term changes in trends hard to track. The climate increase may be impacting the location of tornadoes. Studies have shown an increase in tornadoes in parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky – the Dixie valley – and a slight decline in the Great Plains, known by some as tornado valley.

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I bet trump’s still sore about how stupid he looked using a sharpie to change NOAA’s prediction path for hurricane Dorian

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/politics/trump-sharpie-hurricane-dorian-alabama/index.html

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Everyone’s favorite marine biologist, Dr. Heidi Pearson is back! This time, we’re talking about a new, large scale study just out about the massive loss of marine life caused by “the blob.” It’s another tale of man-made climate change wreaking havoc on the world. But, we’ve also got some more fun stories to talk about! Gay whales caught in the act, a solo orca that didn’t wait for its pod to hunt and kill a Great White Shark, and menopause in whales.

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