I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

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  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 2,755
    edited July 2012

    The scientist should have called it "Climate Destabilization".  That is really what we are facing.  We will have more storms, summer and winter. There will be more frequent extremes in weather, summer and winter.  There will be more floods and droughts all while the climate gets progressively warmer.  These extremes will impact crops, water table levels, river and lake levels as well as coast lines.

    We have had record ice storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding and drought.  Our climate is unstable.

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2012

    Speaking seriously, it is as you say. Some countries are having awful rains and millions are losing their homes and livelihood as a result. The Polar Bear we know is threatened. Really, I can stand roasting in hell for being a liberal Wink- what worries me is that we know this isn't just a very bad summer - it is a sign of what is happening. People are dying here too.

    But expecting Congress to act and pass a good carbon cap and trade bill....well, that won't happen any time soon. I think those who stop everything because they hate that a black man is in power are unpatriotic. They'd sooner see the country sink. That's nihilism.

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  • crazy4carrots
    crazy4carrots Member Posts: 5,324
    edited July 2012
    Yesterday Toronto set a record of 36C (96F) with a humidex that upped it to 47C (116F).  Slightly cooler here in Niagara.  But this a.m. we had a thunderstorm and now there is a lovely breeze coming from the northwest and the temp is about 26C.
    So, maybe a break will be coming your way soon, Athena!  Fingers crossed.  Of course, this is temporary......Frown.
     
    I totally agree that climate change is much the preferred term.  Certainly more accurate, but that won't stop the dittoheads from claiming 97% of climatologists worldwide don't know what they're talking about.  When did science become a 4-letter word? 
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  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 2,755
    edited July 2012

    Science became a 4 letter word at the same time the word liberal did.  It says everything when Rush L. calls his listeners "ditto heads" and they are proud of it.

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited July 2012

    Athena - so sorry you are suffering such extreme heat - stay indoors if you can.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2012

    Blue, not to argue, but really think it's gummint.  Can't even type it without chuckling. 

    Happy CLC has found the value of the Block ( used to be called ignore) button, ain't block more politer den iggnaw?  Idjuts indeed, had anyone noticed the WH is now using the term "Obamacares" - I love it.  Wonder what others will have to start calling it now.

    CLC - biology - does that mean you get to teach evolution too???  WOW. radical...Tongue outWinkSealed

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  • CLC
    CLC Member Posts: 1,531
    edited July 2012

    I know...there is a special place in hell for me. 

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  • AnneW
    AnneW Member Posts: 4,050
    edited July 2012

    We'll be sending you guys our cool air in the next few days. Finally, we got rain. More in the past two days than in the past two months combined. Welcome to monsoon season. Dh, a meteorologist, has reminded me that "monsoon" denotes a wind pattern, and often heavy rains are associated. I always thought "monsoon" meant a rain pattern. He takes all the fun out of it sometimes...

    Anyway, it's blanket on the bed weather and I love it. Hot flashes seem so much more tolerable. The downside is flooding in the burn areas. I am sending you poor roasting souls some cooling thoughts. Or G&Ts, if all else fails!

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  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 2,755
    edited July 2012

    I think hell is where all my fellow atheist friends will be along with the finest minds in the history of humankind.  It really doesn't seem so bad.  Besides, I think Lucifer got a bum rap. He is like Prometheus who was punished for eternity for bringing humans fire.  Lucifer brought fruit from the tree of knowledge.  Same old mythology, different god.

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  • CherrylH
    CherrylH Member Posts: 1,077
    edited July 2012

    Good point, notself.

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  • RetiredLibby
    RetiredLibby Member Posts: 1,992
    edited July 2012

    Oh yeah, I'm goin' ta hell ... And I'm taking CLC's class!



    Notself, I hadn't actually put that together -- Prometheus and Lucifer. No wonder certain segments of the populace are anti-intellectual. Explains a great deal.



    It was brutal here in DC metro today. The a/c in our truck just couldn't keep up. It is supposed to get better next week ... I hope so, since I'm starting back to work half-days starting Monday and have about a quarter-mile up and down a hill to get to the bus. Ugh!



    Even though I don't post terribly often, I do lurk -- and I do appreciate you all. You make me smile!



    L

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited July 2012

    Stopping by to say hi and sorry y'all are roasting. High in FL was 92. It's around 88 now. Heading to the beach bar to watch DH's band and sunset. Cheers!

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2012

    (((Barbara)))

    ETA: Timecheck: 7.10 pm Temp in DC: 101 F! Heat index: 103.

    G&T coming right up.

    PS: I'm already in hell. Tongue out

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  • 208sandy
    208sandy Member Posts: 2,610
    edited July 2012

    BarbaraA - great to see you - enjoy your evening.

    Hugs, Sandy

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2012

    'Morning, all! One more day of this:

    And then a "cold" front comes in....until the next heat wave. Sad to think that the summer is still young.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2012

    Athena, really is hard to believe what you're experiencing - and I LIVED there for years.  That temperature & HUMDIITY combined is not possible to imagine - we used to crumble when it hit the high 90's. 

    (((Barbara)))) - how are you?  What's happening with work?  Hope things are better, or becoming better.  Kinda weird, no, that we in the mid west & north east are hotter than FLA???

    CLC - Climate change, naw, must be summpin da gummint speramenting wid...doncha tink?

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2012

    Ah - relief is in sight. I opened a window and the air was fresh! Hope everyone is nice and comfortable today.

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  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 2,755
    edited July 2012

    After almost 90 days, it's raining.

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  • rosemary-b
    rosemary-b Member Posts: 2,006
    edited July 2012

    Sometimes people's shenanigans give me pause.

    Let's all twist our pearls.

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  • Enjoyful
    Enjoyful Member Posts: 3,591
    edited July 2012

    Twist our pearls? Is that part of the code?

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2012

    Yes, indeed!

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  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 2,755
    edited July 2012

    Ladies used to always wear pearls with their cashmere twin sets.  Twisting one's pearls was a sign of ill ease.  Kiss

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  • gardengumby
    gardengumby Member Posts: 7,305
    edited July 2012
    Does tearing your hair out work?  I have pearls but twisting them seems so - odd.  Sealed
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  • CLC
    CLC Member Posts: 1,531
    edited July 2012

    I almost always leave this thread with a smile.  :)

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  • rosemary-b
    rosemary-b Member Posts: 2,006
    edited July 2012

    "Oh me ,oh my", said she twisting her pearls.

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  • Ang7
    Ang7 Member Posts: 1,261
    edited July 2012

    Sounds kind of painful to me...

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  • gardengumby
    gardengumby Member Posts: 7,305
    edited July 2012

    no - definitely not the pearl twisting type - I'm more the screaming and tearing my hair out type....  :) 

    I bought some Martinelli's sparkling mango lemonade - think I'll add a little rum and see how it tastes.....  THEN I'll tear my hair out...  Kiss

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  • CherrylH
    CherrylH Member Posts: 1,077
    edited July 2012

    After the drink, you won't need to tear your hair out.

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2012

    What's your secret tonight bartender....I won't ask for the recipe, but can I propose the name? "The Chamaleon"

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  • scuttlers
    scuttlers Member Posts: 1,658
    edited July 2012

    Gotta have hair to tear it out - I'll go get the mag glass and check the chin ... Or just skip the need to tear and have a Campari, straight up, no ice, twist of lime, please.

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