Monday, August 22, 2016

more regarding Climate Change

I wish to recount some of the changes I or my friends have noticed where we live here on earth this year.

For example, where I live on the Northern California coast there is what is called the "June Gloom" which historically just means (at least in June) it will be foggy every day or almost every day. But this year the June Gloom has extended to now which is sort of unheard of. And as our dog sitter returned our dogs after our 8 to 10 day trip today she said how she cannot believe how deep the fog has come into the inland valley she lives because mostly all summer long inland in her valley it is sunny from June to September and onwards. So, this is how the weather is affected here by the heat sucking the fog in off the ocean and causing high and low clouds of fog to obscure the sun. But, it isn't just in June anymore it is still foggy here in late August which is very unusual. So, if I want to even see the sun I have to drive inland 10 to 20 miles from the ocean beaches.

Then there is South Korea where a friend of mine and his wife and baby live. They were saying how the really hot 90s with 90 percent humidity there where they live usually is only for about 2 weeks at the beginning of August and then gets cooler.

Not this year. This year it is in the 90s with 90 percent humidity still here almost into September and he was complaining that his air conditioning bill is as high as his rent this month because of this.

These are only two stories of the changes we are seeing.

Also, I was amazed at how green the deserts were in Northern Arizona and Flagstaff and Sedona. It was like a completely different climate than I had experienced there before. Even as I walked to Shaman's Cave in 102 degree heat I sensed many many snakes near me because of all the greenery which allows so many field mice they might feed on to live. So, it is a bumper crop of all creatures in the deserts right now because of all the monsoon rains this year which is also moving eastward and flooding out Texas and Lousiana and points east too.

However, the flooding isn't as bad in Arizona simply because the air is usually so dry that the water vapor has to first fill up the dryness in all the air with moisture before it can even rain. So, flooding (except for flash floods) down washes is less of a problem in the deserts of Arizona than in places like Texas and Lousiana where it is often humid and this is why the flooding of 60,000 homes in Lousiana has taken place there.

In Florida it is the Zika Virus and pregnant women are mostly living indoors in Miama so they won't destroy accidentally the lives of their children by getting bitten by a Zika Moisquito.

So, all over the world it is adapt or you might not be here anymore here on earth. As the years move forward the adaptations are going to be more and more severe and unpredictable.

The things people likely will have the hardest time with are droughts, fires, floods, and winds.

Of all the things it is hard to adapt to I think winds over 100 mph are going to be the worst for people to deal with because it is now possible for winds of 100 mph or more to happen almost anywhere on earth some time during the year. So, when this happens you just cannot walk outside at all or if you get caught out in it you just might blow away unless you tie yourself to a tree or telephone pole. And even then things in people's yard are going to be flying through the air like pieces of roofing and plywood and lawn chairs and straw and other things blown loose by that much wind.

Also, crops are destroyed by winds over 100 mph as well. So, even though droughts and floods and fires are bad I think that winds over 100 mph caused by global Warming and global Climate change will prevent people from growing food and staying alive the most over time.

Since winds are caused by the planet moving and by heat rising when heat increases so do wind speeds all over the planet. So, this likely will be the biggest problem ongoing on earth is winds over 100 mph that will keep increasing in frequency for the next 300 years at least or more.

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