Posted on 01/12/2018 8:59:43 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. On Tuesday morning, half an inch of water fell in nearby Montecito half an inch in five minutes. Even in the best of conditions, this pace could cause flooding. But it wasnt the best of conditions. Last month, we endured the largest wildfire in California history.
We say the extreme rain caused this disaster. We say it was the fire. And we say that multiple years of drought didnt help. But what caused the rain, the fire and the drought?
There is a clear climate signature in the disaster in Santa Barbara. We know that climate change is making Californias extreme rainfall events more frequent. We know its worsening our fires. We know that it contributed substantially to the latest drought.
I have researched climate change policy for over a decade now. For a long time, we assumed that climate policy was stalled because it was a problem for the future. Or it would affect other people. Poorer people. Animals. Ecosystems. We assumed those parts of the world were separate from us. That we were somehow insulated. I didnt expect to see it in my own backyard so soon.
It is never too soon after one of these disasters to speak truth about climate changes role. If anything, it is too late. If we do not name the problem, we cannot hope to solve it. For my community, as much as yours, I hope we will.
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Gotta love that hard science degree ‘political science.’
/eyeroll
whoever made this moron a “professor” is also a moron
He was the benefactor of a number of Catholic private schools throughout the country. My boys went to one of the schools he helped get started.
He was a wonderful man.
How much are you paid to lie leah?
You should have seen the Inland Empire fires in October / November 2003. Unbelievably massive flames. Could see the entire mountainside on fire and looked like one gigantic flame that had to be several hundred feet high. Looked like Hell unleashed. It was something to behold. An awesome sight.
As far as damage, several fires in the early 1900’s engulfed areas that are now suburbs. Cities like Pasadena, Santa Anita and Monrovia actually enlisted/drafted every able bodied man or boy they could find to fight the fires. Even dragged them out if their homes at night to help. California was no where near as populated or built up then like it is today, but had it been, the loss if life and property would have been similar to the San Fran earthquake.
My point is that it is all a matter of perspective and timing which for today’s snowflakes extends no further than the end of their noses and what happened yesterday. They are so weak and completely self-absorbed that should a real disaster strike, they will be too frightened and shellshocked to help themselves or anybody else. They will be curled up in a corner stewing in their own drool, tears, feces and urine waiting to die.
Could be God’s judgement? Could get worse if California stays on the same path.
Ted Kennedy's most frequent phrase:
"Americans have to learn..."
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