I hope there isn’t anyone out there that still believes human-driven climate change is a myth. Please read this important article from the Post on changing conditions in the far north.
It has been widely said that climate change would be most felt in the polar regions.
“In the Russian northernmost territory of Chukotka, the Inuit have drilled wells for water because there is so little snow to melt. Reykjavik, Iceland, had its warmest February in 41 years…In Pangnirtung [Canada], residents were startled by thunder, rain showers and a temperature of 48 degrees in February, a time when their world normally is locked and silent at minus-20 degrees.”
As the pace of climate change quickens (or is it simply that it’s progressed to the point where we now can feel its effects?), I’m left feeling unsure what to do. Keep on recycling?
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It was that temperature in Reykjavik 41 years ago . . . not unprecedented . . .
And your point is? That fact wasn’t presented all by itself in the article, but used with other findings to create a case of significant climate change in the northern polar region. I hope you aren’t discounting that article altogether just because of that.
The media has been far too balanced on this topic, giving equal say to both sides. It’s nice to see the Post try and ramp up our alert level by printing this on the front page, above the fold.
Don’t bother Adam. People will believe what they want to believe. I plan to buy a secluded ranch somewhere and invite tons of deafies. We can survive to propogate a new race… bwahahahaha….
joseph — i and a few others talked about this exact same thing. pretty tough going when one thinks about the social dynamics and the community building as well as food, medicine, and other supply train issues. not to mention that most cheap places these days (in terms of home or land prices) are in decidely undesirable places like eastern/southeastern Oregon!
Joseph-
You propogate a new race? bwahahaha!
hey bobby - there’s a lot of groups who are doing just that - reclaiming the land. yeah, it takes a lot of logistics. I’m already involved with a group who does it. a mix of people, and they take hours to decide anything. patience and organization are the key, as well, as self-sufficiency (we don’t use electric, except for solar, and have a yurt on the grounds, and will have our own artesian well soon and do have rain collection equipment.) So it is possible. But a lot of work.
As for oregon - why is it undesirable? It’s still pristine… I’d buy the land and do the building ourselves. Have plenty of books to explain how.
But that’s from a hearing perspective. Whether you can find enough deaf people willing to give up electricity and running water and the comforts of civilization is another story. me I have always been the independent sort and have always remembered that the French deaf of Massieu’s time called themselves “men of nature” subject only to nature and not to the culture of the hearing (which they used as an excuse to proposition women, but then what men don’t?)