After having to use the air conditioner last night, I’m recalling what we used to call “State Fair weather.” About the middle of September, during State Fair, we used to have several days, even a week, of cold and rain. I can recall going to State Fair in my down parka. The tomatoes would all be killed by frost. Now the tomatoes go until Halloween.
We’ve had two record-breaking hurricanes. Completely off the charts. Another is lurking in the Caribbean, with predictions that it may hit New York. The glaciers are melting. State Fair weather is delayed until winter. The seas are rising. It’s time to say that global warming has something to do with all this. I’m still seeing arguments that you can’t link any one of these things to global warming in a definitive way, but the fact is that the atmosphere is behaving quite differently than in any of our lifetimes and stretching what has been recorded.
It’s global warming.
It’s not wrong to look very closely at the specifics, but those who do that must be careful that their cautions don’t serve as fodder for those who would deny that any such thing is happening. We now have people in power who would erase what we are seeing and substitute their own words that fill their pockets with money. We can’t let them do that.
Great news that Adam and Betty are safe! If you are in Florida and haven’t checked in, this thread is for you!
Also, open thread!