Climate in the 21st Century

Will Humankind see the 22nd Century?

  • Not a fucking chance

    Votes: 42 28.8%

  • Maybe. if we get our act together

    Votes: 35 24.0%

  • Yes, we will survive

    Votes: 69 47.3%
  • Total voters
    146
injinji

injinji

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OK, now I can post what I set out to before wading through all that. Hurricane Micheal was a cat 2 when it was in the gulf. It blew up into a cat 5 and wrecked my life. I'm an hour inland and never once thought it would do any real damage. An example of how dumb I was, the day before the storm I went down to the graveyard and moved some brush I had cut so it would not blow in the road. The next day all the trees were down. Not just the graveyard, but all the trees. The 20 acres of longleaf pines behind the house was a 98% loss. All the bigger hardwood was much the same. To walk 100 yards in the woods would take an hour with a good chainsaw. I'm still having trees fall that were damaged in the storm.

The storms this year did much the same. In the gulf there would not be much to them. Then they gained lots of strength in the last 24 hours.
 
Dr.Amber Trichome

Dr.Amber Trichome

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injinji said:
OK, now I can post what I set out to before wading through all that. Hurricane Micheal was a cat 2 when it was in the gulf. It blew up into a cat 5 and wrecked my life. I'm an hour inland and never once thought it would do any real damage. An example of how dumb I was, the day before the storm I went down to the graveyard and moved some brush I had cut so it would not blow in the road. The next day all the trees were down. Not just the graveyard, but all the trees. The 20 acres of longleaf pines behind the house was a 98% loss. All the bigger hardwood was much the same. To walk 100 yards in the woods would take an hour with a good chainsaw. I'm still having trees fall that were damaged in the storm.

The storms this year did much the same. In the gulf there would not be much to them. Then they gained lots of strength in the last 24 hours.
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How many body’s are in your graveyard? That is so creepy!!!!!! I am totally fascinated .
 
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schuylaar

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injinji said:
The number of dangerous high temp/high humidity days in south Florida has gone from 25 to around 70 per year. (I heard that on NPR and can't find the program atm) That is when it's so hot and humid, it is not safe to work outside no matter how much water you drink.

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biggest motivator to move to Colorado; i'm not interested in going back to that heat. the winter there is basically gone.
 
injinji

injinji

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schuylaar said:
biggest motivator to move to Colorado; i'm not interested in going back to that heat. the winter there is basically gone.
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Sister is in Castle Rock now. She goes as often as she can get away with. (her kid and grandkids are out there)
 
injinji

injinji

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The biggest impact of climate change in the middle of the country is the flooding events. Storms have more rain in them due to higher temps. But they are also moving slower due to the steering currents slowing down. Tropical storms almost always kill more folks with flooding up the country than they do at the coast. The recent flooding in the Northeast is a good example of this.
 
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schuylaar

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DIY-HP-LED said:
An aging engineer, an amusing robot, an adorable dog embark on a road trip to escape a deadly storm.

www.space.com

Watch the first trailer for 'Finch,' a post-apocalyptic sci-fi film starring Tom Hanks on Apple TV+

An aging engineer, an amusing robot, an adorable dog embark on a road trip to escape a deadly storm.
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he needed something apocalyptic to go into his movie portfolio..i'm kind of tired looking at; stop preparing us..the silos are here and there isn't going to be any living once launched..we'll be dust..i don't want to do Walking Dead.

look at the way this pandemic unfolded and how citizens are acting..i can't imagine post apocalyptic with Rightie..
 
captainmorgan

captainmorgan

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Will the new La Palma volcano eruption trigger the mega tsunami landslide scientists have been warning about, the eruption is still gaining strength with new vents opening.
 
Three Berries

Three Berries

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injinji said:
We had a down turn in emissions after last year's shutdown due to covid. Now it is back up to normal. States and power companies are putting in more wind and solar power because it is getting to be more economical. With some tax breaks this would go much faster. (oil and gas companies have been getting tax breaks since not long after the first well was drilled in Pa in 1859)

Coal fired power plants are being shut down because natural gas is cheaper. Under Mr Trumpf they continued to be shut down, even though he had done away with regulations that the industry didn't like.
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Trump did not get rid of any coal plant regs. They are still under Obama's 2008 regs. They are closing a huge one in southern Illinois, one of the cleanest in the country and they have spent millions making it so. But nothing to replace it with but unreliable wind and solar. The last wind farm they put in by me they could hardly get the farmers to sell the right of way for the transmission lines. And with their subsidized production credit KWHs they make the nuclear too expensive so then the State has to pass legislation to subside them too.

And yes Natural Gas is cheaper and cleaner by far. But it's a fossil fuel and they want to eliminate that. My state just passed legislation to close all coal and be fossil free by 2050. Pie in the sky is what it is. Windmills and solar panels aren't going to do the job. Maybe we get to see some of Mr. Nikola Tesla's ideas brought back. Otherwise I'll be paying double for poorer service.
 
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