Given the combined areas of wildfires and the smoke coasting in the westerly winds, wonder if the Miss Valley and eastward will see new species of birds come fall? Will Monarchs and others that use the western flyways find new places to rest and feed on their seasonal migrations?
Prayers for all those who have lost their homes, their livelihoods, and maybe a loved one to the fires.
In light of today’s report on climate change, the timing of this strip is eerie. And yes, weather isn’t climate, but the old saw referred to doesn’t use it he word “climate.”
There’s a book, Justinian’s Flea, which sights how the erupting of Krakatoa and the resulting smoke and ash in the atmosphere affected the Roman wheat fields in Egypt causing an increase in fleas on rats which in turn were carried on ships with the wheat throughout the Roman Empire spreading bubonic plague. If we can see this in history, why can’t we see it in front of our faces now?
The climate issue we need to work on, but we’ll really be doomed if we start tinkering with the daily weather. That would go so wrong controlled by the wrong hands. (Think Jeff Bezos etc.)
Oh, for goodness sake. I can’t believe that, this deep into the 21st Century, we still have people who apparently don’t understand the difference between weather and climate. Here’s the deal:
• Weather is short-term; climate is long-term.
• Weather is individual measurements; climate is average measurements.
• Weather is what you get; climate is what you expect.
• Weather is umbrellas; climate is ice ages.
• Weather is the city council; climate is the United Nations.
• Weather is 3 minutes on TV; climate is doctoral dissertations.
• Weather comes and goes; climate just keeps on coming.
• Weather change kills off individual plants and animals; climate change kills off entire species.
• Weather is Angry Birds; climate is The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Any American adult who doesn’t understand this by now must be:
1) a social promotion from a special-ed class.
2) working for a fossil-fuel company and whose salary depends on the public not wising up during her or his lifetime.
3) deliberately disingenuous.
4) a religious fanatic who buys into the 2000-year-old lie that their favorite dead guy is due back tomoro, having disappointed a hundred previous generations of True Believers because he’s been waiting especially for YOU to be around when it happens, because that’s how important YOU are!
RAGs almost 3 years ago
Easy. Those aren’t clouds, that’s pollution.
pschearer Premium Member almost 3 years ago
We think we can change the climate, yet somehow we are at the mercy of the weather.
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
Weather IS NOT EQUAL TO climate!
whahoppened almost 3 years ago
sandpiper almost 3 years ago
Given the combined areas of wildfires and the smoke coasting in the westerly winds, wonder if the Miss Valley and eastward will see new species of birds come fall? Will Monarchs and others that use the western flyways find new places to rest and feed on their seasonal migrations?
Prayers for all those who have lost their homes, their livelihoods, and maybe a loved one to the fires.
socalvillaguy Premium Member almost 3 years ago
In light of today’s report on climate change, the timing of this strip is eerie. And yes, weather isn’t climate, but the old saw referred to doesn’t use it he word “climate.”
cissycox almost 3 years ago
There’s a book, Justinian’s Flea, which sights how the erupting of Krakatoa and the resulting smoke and ash in the atmosphere affected the Roman wheat fields in Egypt causing an increase in fleas on rats which in turn were carried on ships with the wheat throughout the Roman Empire spreading bubonic plague. If we can see this in history, why can’t we see it in front of our faces now?
elbow macaroni almost 3 years ago
Bravo!
well-i-never almost 3 years ago
Ground the planes, start the trains!
garysmigs almost 3 years ago
governments have been trying to control the weather for years… maybe hundreds of years!
Bill Löhr Premium Member almost 3 years ago
The climate issue we need to work on, but we’ll really be doomed if we start tinkering with the daily weather. That would go so wrong controlled by the wrong hands. (Think Jeff Bezos etc.)
Ukko wilko almost 3 years ago
Nothing.
braindead Premium Member almost 3 years ago
NNNOOOoooo!
Chinese hoax, remember?
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Oh, for goodness sake. I can’t believe that, this deep into the 21st Century, we still have people who apparently don’t understand the difference between weather and climate. Here’s the deal:
• Weather is short-term; climate is long-term.
• Weather is individual measurements; climate is average measurements.
• Weather is what you get; climate is what you expect.
• Weather is umbrellas; climate is ice ages.
• Weather is the city council; climate is the United Nations.
• Weather is 3 minutes on TV; climate is doctoral dissertations.
• Weather comes and goes; climate just keeps on coming.
• Weather change kills off individual plants and animals; climate change kills off entire species.
• Weather is Angry Birds; climate is The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Any American adult who doesn’t understand this by now must be:
1) a social promotion from a special-ed class.
2) working for a fossil-fuel company and whose salary depends on the public not wising up during her or his lifetime.
3) deliberately disingenuous.
4) a religious fanatic who buys into the 2000-year-old lie that their favorite dead guy is due back tomoro, having disappointed a hundred previous generations of True Believers because he’s been waiting especially for YOU to be around when it happens, because that’s how important YOU are!
These categories are not mutually exclusive.
Cactus-Pete almost 3 years ago
How do these kids know all these old phrases that no one uses anymore?
ArtisticArtemis almost 3 years ago
Never forget this!
https://xkcd.com/386/
asrialfeeple almost 3 years ago
I think the time for talk is past. We need to take action, like YESTERDAY!!!
sml7291 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
And the obligatory xkcd about rate of change…
https://xkcd.com/1732/
PellehDin almost 3 years ago
Only solution to control CO2 pollution is to bomb China back to the stone age. Anything else is like putting a bandage on a melanoma.