Our family heads to Seattle tomorrow and then gets on Norwegian Joy for a trip up to Glacier Bay National Park and back. Pre-Climate Change, the average high temp in May was 57 for Juneau (62 in June). Here we are towards the end of May and, due to Climate Change inflicted on us by the profligate CO2-emitting policies of Donald Trump, high temps are in the 40s. It will be snowing when we reach Juneau on Sunday:
Maybe this week is an outlier?
Statewide, Alaska saw its coldest December-through-March in a half-century. In famously cold Fairbanks, that same period was the coldest on record. Juneau had its coldest December ever recorded and — in a place known for being snowy — its snowiest winter. And, while not as extreme, Anchorage saw its coldest-ever month of March.
Maybe Climate Change has lent some cheer to those stuck in Miami traffic? Wall Street Journal:
In his 1992 book “Earth in the Balance,” Al Gore wrote, with what would become his customary hyperbole, “the evidence of an ecological Kristallnacht is as clear as the sound of the glass shattering in Berlin.” The then-senator claimed that “according to some predictions”—no specifics were offered—“in the next few decades,” “up to 60 percent of the present population of Florida may have to be relocated.”
Florida’s population in 1992 was around 13 million. Mr. Gore’s notional Flexodus would have reduced that figure below six million. Today, the state’s population has nearly doubled instead of more than halved. More than 23 million souls now call Florida home.
How about the increased hurricane risk predicted by Professor Dr. Al Gore, Ph.D.? Homeowners’ insurance rates are falling statewide. The local NBC station regarding Stuart, Florida, directly on the Atlantic Ocean:
I’d better close this post so as to avoid tempting the hurricane gods who last visited their major hurricane wrath on Palm Beach County in 1949.
> > the evidence of an ecological Kristallnacht is as clear as the sound of the glass shattering in Berlin.
Isn’t that offensive? And isn’t he calling *himself* a Nazi? — he spent a lot of time on planet roasting planes and limos.
We are changing the chemistry of the atmosphere, but hyperbole like that is just not constructive (other than to votes and book sales). People relatively new to Michigan were surprised to have a real winter this year, after very moderate ones for the past several years.