LibertyBell

quickly fixed by 2002 and the years that followed I was looking at old pictures from my garden, 2002 was a banner year

Indeed! I loved Uncles seesaw idea of moving back and forth between the Earth and Mars. Someone should write a story about that...... Did you know that there's a star system not that far away (relatively speaking of course), that might have 7 habitable planets? Could you imagine what it would be like if life developed independently on even just 2 of those worlds? Or even more remarkably if life developed on just one of those planets but was spread to the others via meteoric impacts? Considering how much fighting we have between different countries, consider how much worse the fighting would be between different worlds. Then again maybe they would have all learned to get along early on so they would avoid violence. This is the system I'm talking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1 It is about 40 light-years (12 pc) from the Sun in the constellation Aquarius.[14][15] Seven temperate terrestrial planets have been detected orbiting it, more than any other planetary system except Kepler-90.[16][17] A study released in May 2017 suggests that the stability of the system is not particularly surprising if one considers how the planets migrated to their present orbits through a protoplanetary disk.[18][19] A team of Belgian astronomers first discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting the star in 2015. A team led by Michaël Gillon at the University of Liège in Belgium detected the planets using transit photometry with the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) at the La Silla Observatory in Chile and the Observatoire de l'Oukaïmeden in Morocco.[20][13][21] On 22 February 2017, astronomers announced four such additional exoplanets. This work used the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope at Paranal, amongst others, and brought the total of planets to seven, of which at least three (e, f, and g) are considered to be within its habitable zone.[13][22][23] All could be habitable as they may have liquid water somewhere on their surface.[24][25][26] Depending on definition, up to six could be in the optimistic habitable zone (c, d, e, f, g, and h), with estimated equilibrium temperatures of 170 to 330 K (−103 to 57 °C; −154 to 134 °F).[7] In November 2018, researchers determined that planet e is the most likely Earth-like ocean world and "would be an excellent choice for further study with habitability in mind."[27]

1966 was my favorite summer of all time (just going by numbers), and was followed by an amazing winter. I guess that turned things around? Interesting that the 80s are in there too and a small nod to the early 00s for being dry also. Funny we went from one extreme in 1982 to the opposite extreme in 1983. My favorite summers are very hot but dry I hate humidity like the plague

I guess that includes the birds lol I was thinking of some advanced but last resort techniques like laying down black matting to smother it.

I think the colorful birds I like to photograph spread this stuff around

I love the idea of replacing the golden parachute with a golden noose! Very wise words my friend! Once they know that they have no soft landing available to them maybe they will make better decisions....

Yeah I've transitioned to electric for the most part. Plastics are the garbage that's littering our oceans. Earth is quickly turning into one huge garbage dump- no wonder the ultrarich want to leave the planet lol.

It's so upsetting that we subsidize all this crap

The 1960s were the good years with lower humidity

Cicadas are still around too. How do you get rid of ragweed? This stuff is awful

Yes two things can be true simultaneously. This shouldn't be that hard to grasp should it?

I do know that farming uses way too much water in the West.....they're drilling it right out of the ground making the water table issues even worse.

There is also this which makes me equally enraged..... they named him Tenderfoot just before they had to euthanize him. https://twitter.com/i/events/1433670604276711424

This fits in with the idea that extremes become more extreme. A naturally dry climate becomes much drier. A naturally wet climate becomes much wetter. Both as a result of feedback. And now to something which absolutely enrages me..... These companies need to be set on fire just like they've done to the planet. And yes I mean literally.....they need to be burned to the ground by people since our politicians are dont have the spine to do what needs to be done. Take no prisoners, as they say...... Did you read about this Don? https://twitter.com/i/events/1434178344271192067 A huge oil spill in the wake of Ida that they were trying to cover up and which the New York Times just exposed?

These companies need to be set on fire just like they've done to the planet. And yes I mean literally.....they need to be burned to the ground by people since our politicians are dont have the spine to do what needs to be done. Take no prisoners, as they say...... Did you read about this Don? https://twitter.com/i/events/1434178344271192067 A huge oil spill in the wake of Ida that they were trying to cover up and which the New York Times just exposed?

Here's what needs to be done.....I believe Don mentioned this also..... FORCE the billionaire fossil fuel cartels to foot the bill for infrastructure and climate change catastrophes. We're already doing it with lawsuits but it needs to be codified into law so they realize what the cost of wrecking the environment is. Once the cost of doing business becomes too much, see ya, don't let the door hit them on their fat methane filled asses on the way out the door....

Don, these explosive fires being caused by water pressure on gas lines is another terrifying twist to this situation.

Yeah Lee also said why the warning system needs to be changed because of how much more frequent these events are becoming

uhm the meteorologists have been saying for YEARS that this was coming and it's because of climate change

It was mentioned that similar warnings were made in Germany and somehow they didn't get properly communicated either. Seems like these historic floods have been occurring worldwide this summer....

But then to play devil's advocate Don, why is the west drying out while the east is getting wetter? What is driving the discrepancy and as the world warms up even more will the moisture make it all the way to the west coast and will they start getting excessive rainfall eventually too?

I've been saying this for awhile! Which is why climate change is a much more appropriate term than global warming.

Those are some excellent questions, my friend! I suspect we could make good use of the salt and other minerals in the water. I think we would have to use a lot of water, maybe more than we would currently be capable of to reduce ocean levels by a lot, but you never know, we already use more resources than the planet is capable of replenishing (we passed that point in the 70s, right now we are using the resources of 1.7 earths, meaning we are spending more than we have the resources to buy.....)

dude that curse was broken with the 2002-03 winter lol

It dried out as it came east lol