@jalefkowit @wordshaper still do, saw it last night.
@zoom_earth @jrefior are those “bumps” the supercells causing tornados from central to eastern florida?
The frequency of extreme weather events has increased dramatically. Hypotheses:
1. This is a long predicted effect of global warming.
2. Insidious actors have developed a weather control device which they r weaponizing for mysterious purposes.
Which is more parsimonious? Depends upon your priors!
This is some picture.
via #MichaelLowry https://michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/milton-closes-in-nightmare-forecast
Photograph of gigantic Hurricane Milton bearing down on Florida, the penninsula’s shape framed by the bright lights of its coastal conurbations, with interior cities like Orlando clearly marked.
@louis There are those hurricanes that just curl up into the North Atlantic. Isaac this season.
“A fully developed hurricane releases heat energy that is the equivalent of a 10-megaton nuclear bomb every 20 minutes — more than all the energy used at a given time by humanity, according to National Hurricane Center tropical analysis chief Chris Landsea.” https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2024/10/can-humans-control-the-path-and-power-of-hurricanes-like-milton-or-helene-no-chance-scientists-say.html
when people describe some piece of information as having “just dropped”, usually it’s best to treat it as droppings.
“To lie without shame about everything…is to show contempt for the idea that you can reason with or persuade other people. It is to attempt to shape their reality so that they can’t really disagree. It is to demand obedience to a narrative. It is to cultivate the habits of autocracy.” @jbouie https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/opinion/helene-trump-vance-fema.html
“the libs are always blaming fossil fuels when it was obviously solar power that heated up the Gulf.”
life these days feels like fleeing from the devil, taking a minute to catch your breath if you are lucky enough to make it.
the news cycle is such a distraction from the actual news.
it turns out, humans don’t actually make for very effective shields.
@adhdeanasl @ReticentTurnip@universeodon.com they were mistergendered.
Please tell us how we did.
it’s beginning to feel a bit Mad Max here in Pinellas County.
i was ultimately able to find gas, though. people queued politely.
A gas station with “Out of Gas” signs hung on every pump.
it’s cancel culture that controls the weather you see. https://www.ncf.edu/event/socratic-stage-a-discussion-on-crime-in-the-21st-century/
does FEMA have to resources to manage a recovery simultaneously of Western NC / East TN and the much more populous Tampa Bay metro area?
“but how will the complete destruction of my community affect the election?”