Thank you, lobbyists, for this next line of extreme storms!
Category: Climate Change
Crying wolf
So now Big Agra (and the rest of us) will have to deal with the consequences of their successful lobbying against cap and trade.
Oh, and there’s this.
How hot is it?
This hot. This hot here, too.
But don’t worry, odds are slim that either presidential candidate will mention it.
Not my imagination
We really are getting much bigger storms in my neck of the woods.
Climate change is simple
Dave Roberts from Grist:
There goes the ozone layer
Well, it was fun while it lasted:
Strong summer storms that pump water high into the upper atmosphere pose a threat to the protective ozone layer over the United States, researchers said on Thursday, adding that the risk of damage may increase as the climate warms.
In a study published online by the journal Science, Harvard University scientists reported that some storms send water vapor well into the stratosphere -which is normally drier than a desert -and showed how such events could rapidly set off ozone-destroying reactions with chemicals that remain in the atmosphere from CFCs, the now-banned refrigerant gases.
By the way
Another fucking derecho, and this one is huge. (Although not as powerful as the last one.) It’s basically a land hurricane, and it’s the same kind of storm that knocked all the power out in several parts of the country a few weeks ago. So bring in the patio furniture and hunker down if it’s heading near you.
Oh, and if I stop blogging, my power’s out.
I hate to say this
But I think it might be time to start stocking up your food supply, while it’s still affordable.
The trifecta
A rigged economy, a broken political system and ongoing climate change. Together, these realities spell potential disaster for anyone who isn’t a one-percenter:
The US government acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that the drought now covering two-thirds of the country will lead to significantly higher food prices.
The catastrophe in the Corn Belt, which has seen crops decimated by extreme heat and prolonged drought, will have ripple effects throughout the food system, the Department of Agriculture said in its food price outlook…
On the plus side, maybe the coming spike in food prices will trigger widespread support for an alternative to politics as usual, meaning the two-party system.
Right. Dream on, Odd Man.
Just weather!
The heaviest rainstorm in Beijing in six decades has killed at least 37 people, flooded streets and stranded 80,000 people at the main airport, state media and the government said on Sunday.
The storm, which started on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps into underpasses.
The Beijing city government said on its official microblog that at least 37 people had died, including 25 drowned, six crushed in collapsing homes, five electrocuted and one struck by lightning.
I wish people would stop overreacting to this global warming hoo-hah!