Murph Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 So, obviously, we're not causing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I, for one ,believe we humans have stripped the planet of so many critical life forms from trees to bees that the weather patterns have rapidly changed for the worse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Of course it's not us. How could 8 billion people bulldozing and burning everything in sight cause a problem? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Every time I look at this thread's title, I think of Canadian smoked bacon... Mmmmmm bacon..... What's wrong with me!? But in all honesty, I prefer American bacon - tastes better. My circulatory system and brain disagree on the bacon topic though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 If it rains too much. It's climate change. If there is a drought. It's climate change. If there's a lot of snow. It's climate change. If there's no snow. It's climate change. If there is extreme cold. It's climate change. If it's hotter than normal. It's climate change. Strong storms. It's climate change. No storms. It's climate change. And, of course, water turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the killing of firstborn children. Climate change. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, gearbasher said: If it rains too much. It's climate change. If there is a drought. It's climate change. If there's a lot of snow. It's climate change. If there's no snow. It's climate change. If there is extreme cold. It's climate change. If it's hotter than normal. It's climate change. Strong storms. It's climate change. No storms. It's climate change. And, of course, water turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the killing of firstborn children. Climate change. It was the damn dinosaurs and that alleged meteorite that hit the planet, that Murph says we don't remember. Stupid T-Rex and his little girl dinosaur arms. No wonder he was so pissed. Edited July 19, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, jvi said: I, for one ,believe we humans have stripped the planet of so many critical life forms from trees to bees that the weather patterns have rapidly changed for the worse. Though many would say that you are describing an effect rather than the cause of climate change, I do not think you are wrong. It all adds up. I also agree that there have been extreme climate changes before in this world; but that does not mean that humans are not causing the current changes. Will we ever learn, care and do enough to stop (let alone reverse) it? Certainly not for a long time yet. And in this case......"99 1/2% won't do". Edited July 19, 2023 by jdgm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Not any cruise ships sunk by icebergs since global warming started. Just sayin'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 The only danger cruise ships face are inept operators. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 Getting smoked for the last two days, hopefully Canada gets some much needed rainfall to end it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Mr. Gibson said: Getting smoked for the last two days, hopefully Canada gets some much needed rainfall to end it. They will probably get snow first. Isn't winter 10 months long there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 very sad to hear of Maui horror, these arnt Canadian problems , they ARE global 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Maui, wtf? Greece has been on fire for quite some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 8/7/2023 at 12:35 PM, Sgt. Pepper said: They will probably get snow first. Isn't winter 10 months long there? And here 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 Smokey here today, wondering if it’ll ever stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 In Hawaii, the demise of sugar cane plantations in the 1990s as a result of globalization had disastrous consequences: huge tracts of land were abandoned, allowing the invasive species an opening. "Yes, many parts of Hawaii are trending towards dryer conditions, but the fire problem is mostly attributable to the vast extents of non-native grasslands left unmanaged by large landowners as we've entered a 'post-plantation era,'" said Clay Trauernicht, a fire ecologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. When brush fires scorched 10,000 acres in Maui in 2019, Trauernicht wrote articles, testified in public hearings, and held meetings letting people know that fires were getting worse and Hawaiʻi needed to be prepared. It was difficult to get people to care about fires when the main casualties were native forests and structures, Trauernicht said. Hawaii’s electric utility company acknowledged its downed power lines started the first wildfire on Maui. Maui County said the Hawaiian Electric Company should have known how “to properly maintain and repair the electric transmission lines, and other equipment including utility poles associated with their transmission of electricity, and to keep vegetation properly trimmed and maintained so as to prevent contact with overhead power lines and other electric equipment.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 So, do we blame the fires on the lack of proper safety procedures on the part of the power utility, or on the electricity demands of a population that tripled there in our lifetime? OR - the people who carelessly created those extra million people ? Root Cause analysis would suggest the latter. Our parents are at fault. The Greatest Generation was actually The Worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 seems like a lot of western USA smoke coming up here, we were careless with our planets health , time to get on the same page and help reduce our impact here in my town we had 2 fires within 10 k both needing air support and with 1 road in 1 road out it can be a little worrisome ( fn scarey ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 now east Texas has got "a big one " fire that is - **** is burning EVERYWHERE (it seems )... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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