Tag: Climate change
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New Normal
Now that I have your attention, let me add this boring chart. What this chart shows is that Canada is going through the second worst fire season since 2000. This is not even mid August yet. The last three years, including this year, having been the worst three fire seasons since 2000. So far, this…
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Getting Worse
The last 10 years have been the hottest years in recorded history. Yet climate changed deniers still exist. Damages, in the LA fires, have already totalled $20 billion. This figure will go up given that the fires are mostly still not under control. Climate change deniers claim that it is too expensive to address the…
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We Need It
It is now a couple of days after the election. Looking at the comments on Twitter, it seems that everyone who wanted Harris to win is still going through a deep depression. Nobody is watching Cable News for now and probably won’t for a long while. We all know there’s a runway train running down…
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Heat Wave
The other day, in July, the temperature reached -13 Fahrenheit in the Antarctic. Now that might not sound very special but July in the Antarctic is midwinter. Usually the temperatures at this time of year range from -58 to -70 Fahrenheit. These temperatures are 50° above normal and they have been happening with increasing frequency…
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And Again Alberta
This is a difficult chirp because it is kind of personal. When we first moved to Alberta back in the mid 1990s, the summers were pleasant. We had a couple hot days and then it would cool off. We sure did not need air conditioning. We would plant our gardens after the Victoria Day weekend…
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Beryl
This is hurricane Beryl. She is currently a category for hurricane and is slamming into the Windward Islands in the eastern Caribbean. Hurricanes happen in the Caribbean a lot. What makes Beryl unique is that she is doing her business on July 1. She is also long way from being done. Hurricanes of this strength…
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Our New Winter
Today is February 28. Winter is back with us right now, reminding us that we still do get winters, out in Alberta. Winter, outside of infrequent visits has not been around much in our neck of the woods. A green Christmas and New Years. First time ever that i was able to read out on…
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No Global Warming Eh?
Today is December 18. It is green (ok brown) here in Edmonton. It will stay above freezing for the next 10 days meaning, Edmonton will have its first green Christmas since 1997. Going to Kelowna for Christmas and it will be green there. Southern Ontario looks pretty green for Christmas. The Maritimes is getting battered…
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First Time Ever
Attribution to Kabelleger / David Gubler This is a picture of a train plowing through snow, in Norway. Edmontonians will not see such a scene in Edmonton this year. This may be the first time in recorded history that Edmonton has had no snow cover, at all, throughout November. Ever. Who needs winter boots when…
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In Denial
There is this movie, back in 1975, where this disillusioned anchorman, played by Peter Finch, fed up with life and world events, shouts out, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” I think there is a growing segment of the population that is fed up with the denialism of…