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[johnpalmer]

I hear tell that folks in the east are probably trying to use the mythical 15 terms for snow to form the legendary "look at all this f*ing snow". Has anyone gotten past the stumbling block: "Observe the snow; it fornicates"?

Please remember that those who speak of "global warming" are either stone cold stupid, or deliberate trolls. A mention of this is worth far more than trying to counter any "points" they might seem to be trying to make!

And happy new year. I made it out to the office; pre-Christmas, Christmas->New Year, and first week of the new year have had a lot more physical, mental, and emotional stresses than I'd thought possible, but there you have it. Some people will talk about embracing challenges and changes, but I'm more of a "be aware they'll be there, and always remember, when you're going through hell, *keep going*."

Heh. I also had a discussion with a friend recently. I said "don't borrow trouble from tomorrow, it'll have plenty of its own for you." That is, don't waste time worrying about scary situations when there's nothing you can do to change them.

She didn't like that, because she was more of a "... tomorrow might not actually have any troubles." Which was a good point! Sometimes, things go right. Never forget that - I very much like the line at the end of the first Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie, where Wilder's Wonka asks if Charlie knows what happened to the boy who one day got everything he wanted, and when Charlie says he didn't, the response is "he lived happily ever after."

Sometimes good stories happen, and have good endings. But I still prefer the slightly cynical "tomorrow will have plenty of trouble on its own," because even if the thing you imagine doesn't happen, there will be trouble - some kind of trouble, on some level - tomorrow.

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[redbird]

I don't recall whether Marty Walsh said "global warming" or "climate change" when he pointed out the flood zones in Boston from last week's nor'easter as evidence that yes, this is a real problem. But he's not the only person I've seen recently point out the relevance of global warming to sea level rise and Arctic vortices.
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[johnpalmer]

Good point - global warming/climate change are good things to consider as possible cause/exacerbating factors. I was explicitly thinking of things like the typical right-whinge "we sure could use some global warming!"/"Hey, can the liberals pushing 'global warming' help me shove the 22 inches of snow off my sidewalk?"/etc..

[elainegrey]

I was thinking you were referring to the whingy use.

I found this note to be telling at https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/year-end-arctic-chill-persists-ice-and-snow-loom-florida-maine:

The bizarre juxtaposition [3 weeks above average warm followed by a week of ridic cold] meant, for example, that Sioux Falls, SD, ended up 1.9°F above average for the month of December, even though its final week of the month was record-cold.

[dubhain]

Here in Trumplandia, we're more likely to hear something along the lines that the fact that we've had record lows in North America "utterly disproves" claims regarding global warming and climate change.

Similarly, when Hurricane Irma came through, last Autumn, it was due to YHVH's wrath at marriage equality, transfolk using gender-appropriate bathrooms, abortion, the removal of Confederate statutes from public parks, folks demonstrating against Trump / Nazis / White Supremacists / for women's rights / &c.

[gingicat]

Well, the first couple of days after they fly out of the factory in the Great Glass Elevator are quite a doozy.