Climate in the 21st Century

[injinji]

It's sand and with the first hurricane and there will be dandies, it will wipe sandhill and it's two senators away. By then much of the deep south including parts of Texas will be under water too and hurricanes a constant threat for miles inland. Long before that though, it will be impossible to get insurance in places like Miami and people will blame the democrats because the republicans changed the history books, at least that's the plan!

Maybe we crossed wires. The sandhill is what I call the northwestern end of my farm. As opposed to the southeastern part, the riverfield, riverhouse, creek land, etc, etc, which is all river bottom land.

Sea level rise is real. But at 61 years old, I don't think it will even reach the Dead Lakes in my lifetime. It has more than doubled from what it was through the 20th century, but the current rate 0.14 inches per year will take a while to reach 120 feet.

 

[injinji]

And now for the reason I came over here to start with. . . .

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Maybe we crossed wires. The sandhill is what I call the northwestern end of my farm. As opposed to the southeastern part, the riverfield, riverhouse, creek land, etc, etc, which is all river bottom land.

Sea level rise is real. But at 61 years old, I don't think it will even reach the Dead Lakes in my lifetime. It has more than doubled from what it was through the 20th century, but the current rate 0.14 inches per year will take a while to reach 120 feet.

It could accelerate, if Greenland goes and the Antarctic ice sheet slips off into the sea. That rate of increase might not be such a steady regular rise and a good hurricane can change the geography in a hurry.

 

[injinji]

 

[injinji]

It could accelerate, if Greenland goes and the Antarctic ice sheet slips off into the sea. That rate of increase might not be such a steady regular rise and a good hurricane can change the geography in a hurry.

The rate of increase has doubled in the last 100 years. I'm sure it will take less time to double again.

Michael was about as good (bad) a hurricane as you can get. The eye passed two miles west of the sandhill. It has changed every single part of my life. Not a day goes by that I am not impacted by that storm. I will not live long enough to see the woods get back to normal.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Maybe we crossed wires. The sandhill is what I call the northwestern end of my farm. As opposed to the southeastern part, the riverfield, riverhouse, creek land, etc, etc, which is all river bottom land.

Sea level rise is real. But at 61 years old, I don't think it will even reach the Dead Lakes in my lifetime. It has more than doubled from what it was through the 20th century, but the current rate 0.14 inches per year will take a while to reach 120 feet.

I thought you meant the highest point in Florida and unless it is made of rock, it would be washed away.

If you don't know about Britton Hill, Florida, you're probably not a mountain climber, and you're definitely not a highpointer. At 345 feet above mean sea level, Britton Hill is Florida's highest natural point – and the lowest "high point" in the United States. You can summit without a Sherpa.

 

[injinji]

I thought you meant the highest point in Florida and unless it is made of rock, it would be washed away.

If you don't know about Britton Hill, Florida, you're probably not a mountain climber, and you're definitely not a highpointer. At 345 feet above mean sea level, Britton Hill is Florida's highest natural point – and the lowest "high point" in the United States. You can summit without a Sherpa.

As a hiker, I'm always looking for PUDS (pointless ups and downs) The best PUDS in my neck of the woods are at Torreya State Park. (I assume without irony) they promote themselves as the mountains of Florida.

Camping Primitive
Imagine you are high on top of a wooded ridge overlooking one of the most scenic rivers in Florida. That can be you if you are adventurous and willing to hike into one of the three Rock Bluff Primitive Camps at Torreya State Park. Each camping area is divided into four different small sites.
This adventure is a must and is hard to put into words unless you have experience camping in the "Mountains of Florida."

Hiking
Torreya offers 16 miles of some of the most challenging hiking trails in Florida. Our steephead ravine systems offer topography not familiar to the Sunshine State. We are the "Mountains of Florida."

Torreya State Park

High bluffs overlooking the Apalachicola River make Torreya one of Florida's most scenic places. The park is named for an extremely rare species of Torreya tree that grows only on the bluffs along the Apalachicola River.

www.floridastateparks.org

 

[schuylaar]

Europe’s winter of discontent

Even as temperatures soar Europe faces a bitter energy crisis later this year

www.economist.com

 

[injinji]

 

[injinji]

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

A hypothetical weather forecast for 2050 is already coming true | CNN

This "plausible" UK heat forecast becomes reality early next week -- 28 years early.

www.cnn.com

 

[Jimdamick]

Shoot that motherfucker
He's been fucking the Dems for years
Enough is enough.
He's not a Dem, he's a low life scumbag from that shithole W. Virgina & he's single handily destroying the World

How One Senator Doomed the Democrats' Climate Plan (yahoo.com)

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Shoot that motherfucker
He's been fucking the Dems for years
Enough is enough.
He's not a Dem, he's a low life scumbag from that shithole W. Virgina & he's single handily destroying the World

How One Senator Doomed the Democrats' Climate Plan (yahoo.com)

you ain't the only one that hates that scumbag piece of shit. one of my secret little fantasies is that we win enough seats this election to be able to kick him and that sinema bitch straight the fuck out of the party and still have the majority we need to steamroller the republicunts.

 

[Fogdog]

Shoot that motherfucker
He's been fucking the Dems for years
Enough is enough.
He's not a Dem, he's a low life scumbag from that shithole W. Virgina & he's single handily destroying the World

How One Senator Doomed the Democrats' Climate Plan (yahoo.com)

nah, not single handedly.

He has the entire Republican Party, the world industrial economy and fear of change helping him. Also a few Democrats. But he is, right now, the most obvious reason why the US is preventing necessary change.

 

[captainmorgan]

A dust storm in Montana has caused a pile up on a highway that has killed at least 6 people.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

A dust storm in Montana has caused a pile up on a highway that has killed at least 6 people.

the accident is disturbing enough...but a dust storm of that magnitude in Montana? it brings up visions of the dustbowl in the 20s that led to the great depression

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/15/these-are-the-states-with-americas-worst-infrastructure.html

these states are going to be hurting as things get progressively worse, even with massive investment.
they're 50 years or more behind those states that have at least made minimal efforts to keep their infrastructure in good repair...and even the best states still have a lot to work on...the entire nation has been shamefully negligent at maintaining key systems, and now the cost of that negligence is coming due

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/15/these-are-the-states-with-americas-worst-infrastructure.html

these states are going to be hurting as things get progressively worse, even with massive investment.
they're 50 years or more behind those states that have at least made minimal efforts to keep their infrastructure in good repair...and even the best states still have a lot to work on...the entire nation has been shamefully negligent at maintaining key systems, and now the cost of that negligence is coming due

The economy is booming and unemployment is at historic lows, it is always best to save such things for recessions, to get out of the hole, you get a two for one. Doing it now would drive inflation and stress fuel resources, it might be necessary and it might be popular, but keep it low key and prepare with planning for the inevitable economic downturn, or until the fuel and inflation situation improve, going whole hog right now might not be wise, as with a lot of things, timing is important. It might be a good thing infrastructure largely failed to pass, for now, with inflation and fuel costs. One of the causes of inflation is that many people still have a lot of money saved from covid relief and staying home and are still on a spending spree. The war doesn't help either, food and oil prices are global and Americans would starve like the Irish in the famine, if the Koch's and Musk exported all the grain for profit!

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

 

[CunningCanuk]

You and a lot of other people in here are very unfriendly.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Being here only a short time, I noticed this one guy Jimdamick who has a lot of threads & liked Irish music,
I'm from Ireland & like his taste in music, so I think I'll make this my 1st post
I's nice to be here
Cheers

welcome new member...hope you last a while