Houston: We have a Climate Change problem.

[Lazaran]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/t...tp&cvid=1d1aed8ea5e84524a90f7072f4ccfd9d&ei=7

desantis signed bill eliminating 50 lines of the 2008 law, denying local gov'ts the ability to consider climate change in their decisions that might affect it, effectively increasing its dependence upon natural gas and ignoring Florida's already enhanced risk-status.

“DeSantis canceled an appearance to sign the bill because of inclement weather.”

 

[RobDownSouth]

Fucking hell. Another line of super-windy thunderstorms.

It's not looking good here in Houston right now.

 

[jaF0]

Texas is legit purple right now. Trending inevitably towards blue.

Not if the Yabbuts get their way:

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/texas-taliban-tales.1583649/post-98912667

 

[LLCox]

Interesting analysis of Texas’ trend toward becoming a blue state.

California escapees moving in.

 

[Lazaran]

Fucking hell. Another line of super-windy thunderstorms.

It's not looking good here in Houston right now.

On the news, it looked like most of Texas is in the crosshairs.

 

[RobDownSouth]

On the news, it looked like most of Texas is in the crosshairs.

Weird storm. Got jet black, wind was roaring, branches fell down (again) and then...nothing.
An hour later it was sunny.
Fastest moving weather front I've ever seen...I watched it roar through east Texas on the MyWeather app.

 

[Lazaran]

Weird storm. Got jet black, wind was roaring, branches fell down (again) and then...nothing.
An hour later it was sunny.
Fastest moving weather front I've ever seen...I watched it roar through east Texas on the MyWeather app.

I have family and friend spread out pretty much all around the country, and not a one of them has been spared from some kind of serious weather related damage / threat this year.

This year has definitely been a wild one so far, and an especially active hurricane season is predicted.

Strap in.

 

[butters]

I have family and friend spread out pretty much all around the country, and not a one of them has been spared from some kind of serious weather related damage / threat this year.

This year has definitely been a wild one so far, and an especially active hurricane season is predicted.

Strap in.

the ocean temps are months ahead of where they usually are this time of year

 

[JohnEngelman]

Climate Change: Global Temperature​

BY REBECCA LINDSEY AND LUANN DAHLMAN REVIEWED BY JESSICA BLUNDEN
PUBLISHED JANUARY 18, 2024

HIGHLIGHTS​

• Earth’s temperature has risen by an average of 0.11° Fahrenheit (0.06° Celsius) per decade since 1850, or about 2° F in total.
  • The rate of warming since 1982 is more than three times as fast: 0.36° F (0.20° C) per decade.
• 2023 was the warmest year since global records began in 1850 by a wide margin.
  • It was 2.12 °F (1.18 °C) above the 20th-century average of 57.0°F (13.9°C).
  • It was 2.43 °F (1.35 °C) above the pre-industrial average (1850-1900).
• The 10 warmest years in the historical record have all occurred in the past decade (2014-2023).
• https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature

 

[adrina]

 

[Lazaran]

the ocean temps are months ahead of where they usually are this time of year

The meteorologists have recently been referring to those elevated ocean temperatures as “high octane jet fuel” for hurricanes, allowing for more of them, earlier and later in the year, as well as the rising trend of rapid intensification for those storms that do develop into hurricanes.

 

[butters]

The meteorologists have recently been referring to those elevated ocean temperatures as “high octane jet fuel” for hurricanes, allowing for more of them, earlier and later in the year, as well as the rising trend of rapid intensification for those storms that do develop into hurricanes.

exactly so

i think it was for each degree warmer the water (F), the atmosphere's ability to hold moisture rises by 4%, which translates to around 7% per degree C... add in the change between El Niño and La Niña this year, losing the dampening effect on hurricane formation from sand/dust from the Sahara, it's not pretty.

the heat also affects the speed and positioning of the jet streams, creating further problems.

The research, by UChicago Prof. Tiffany Shaw and National Center for Atmospheric Research scientist Osamu Miyawaki, suggests that as the world warms, the fastest upper-level jet stream winds will get faster and faster—by about 2% for every degree Celsius the world warms. Furthermore, the fastest winds will speed up 2.5 times faster than the average wind.

“Based on these results and our current understanding, we expect record-breaking winds,” said Shaw, “and it’s likely that they will feed into decreased flight times, increased clear-air turbulence and a potential increase in severe weather occurrence.”

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/jet-stream-will-get-faster-climate-change-continues-study-finds

 

[butters]

i think it's safe to say that, even given all the measures we can implement to reduce the speed of global warming, things are gonna get worse before they get better.

the ignorant will say: "see? nothing we can do about it, burn what you want, do what you want, we're fucked so enjoy what you've got left"

those who don't give a shit about future generations, only how their own lives might be lived will say the same, even if they know better.

the sad and overwhelmed might give up on trying to help things get better.

i have to hope that enough people care enough to do the work needed to preserve a future for the following generations. if not, then the virtual eradication of the human race is a given. Perhaps 7% or so might survive long enough to begin repopulating a world that no longer has to deal with the rest of the humans. Maybe it'll be a new dawn for a different species, all because of mankind's innate selfishness.

 

[Lazaran]

exactly so

i think it was for each degree warmer the water (F), the atmosphere's ability to hold moisture rises by 4%, which translates to around 7% per degree C... add in the change between El Niño and La Niña this year, losing the dampening effect on hurricane formation from sand/dust from the Sahara, it's not pretty.

the heat also affects the speed and positioning of the jet streams, creating further problems.



https://news.uchicago.edu/story/jet-stream-will-get-faster-climate-change-continues-study-finds

Somewhat related:

I just saw a report about the unprecedented stationary record temperature heat dome over Mexico being the reason for the rash of tornadoes in the U.S.

Here’s a report from Axios that touches on it:

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/28/to...re: The repeat,powerful heat dome over Mexico.

From the article:

The big picture: The repeat storms in the Plains, Mississippi River Valley and Ohio Valley this season are related in part to a stagnant, powerful heat dome over Mexico.

• All-time high-temperature records have been broken in Mexico and Central America, including Mexico City's all-time highest temperatures on record, and the heat has encroached into the U.S.
• Mexico's climate-change-worsened heat wave has turned deadly and threatens to dry up Mexico City's water supplies, perhaps as soon as a month from now according to some estimates.
• According to Climate Central's Climate Shift Index, the heat on May 27 that occurred from Houston southward throughout Mexico, was at least five times more likely to occur due to human-caused climate change.

 

[PaxNurgle]

When the climate becomes more brutal on average in red states, it gets a little hard to muster up a lot of sympathy.

True statement, but a couple points here: 1) There are good people living in those red states, who even though they may lean conservative, they are still good people and still have a clear understanding of the effects of climate change- and who may be horrified by their respective state government's approach (or lack of) to it.

And 2) many of these "Red State" people are, shall we say, less than enlightened, both intellectually and scientifically- which is why they vote the way they do. I've heard people in my own state- the illiterate, backward thinking faction- who are quick to blame meteorological disasters on.... gays. Because it's "God's Wrath Punishing America for Tolerance of Homosexuality." Just bigoted scapegoating rooted in toxic religious ideology. These people will actually SAY things like this- and in some cases (aherm, Lauren Broebert, Marjorie T. GReene) even get ELECTED for saying things like this. Or, if not that, then the slightly more, shall we say, loving, compassionate religious types will say, "Global warming is still a hoax, but this means It's The End Times. The World is Ending."

You wouldn't believe the crap I get to hear, living in Idaho.

 

[KeithD]

You wouldn't believe the crap I get to hear, living in Idaho.

I live in Bob (not really) Good's deeply gerrymandered congressional district.

 

[Lazaran]

Houston hammered again…

Almost all of Texas really…

 

[RobDownSouth]

Houston hammered again…

Almost all of Texas really…

200,000 in Dallas without power at this hour.
Greg Abbott's Texas power grid has shit the bed once again.

 

[butters]

23 dead, 1,000,000 without power

 

[butters]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...p&cvid=7453c176c3b54c8198a34dfc2337d1f7&ei=53

world shortages of OJ are seeing prices of your breakfast juice rise steeply

Brazil is the world's largest orange juice producer and exporter. The report predicted that Brazil's main orange-producing areas of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais will harvest 232.38 million 40.8kg boxes this year, a drop of 24.36% compared to the previous year.

"Should this production forecast hold true, this will be the second smallest crop since 1988-1989," it said.

Florida, the world's second-largest producer of orange juice, is also facing severe shortages due to disease and poor weather conditions, the Financial Times reported.

Kees Cools, president of the International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association, told FT that recent shortages mark a "crisis."

"We've never seen anything like it, even during the big freezes and big hurricanes," he said.

the frozen stock, used to offset occasional bad crops, has shrunk significantly; there's usually a 2-year stockpile kept for in case, but this is now the third year in a row bad crops are reported.

'greening' (insects eating the fruits and tree turning it bitter before killing off the tree) has exploded in Florida, and combined with the climate change issues has virtually destroyed Florida's orange industry. The production has fallen over the past 20 years from 240 million to 17 million boxes annually.

 

[Lazaran]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...p&cvid=7453c176c3b54c8198a34dfc2337d1f7&ei=53

world shortages of OJ are seeing prices of your breakfast juice rise steeply






the frozen stock, used to offset occasional bad crops, has shrunk significantly; there's usually a 2-year stockpile kept for in case, but this is now the third year in a row bad crops are reported.

'greening' (insects eating the fruits and tree turning it bitter before killing off the tree) has exploded in Florida, and combined with the climate change issues has virtually destroyed Florida's orange industry. The production has fallen over the past 20 years from 240 million to 17 million boxes annually.

Yeah, the increase in saltwater intrusion due to climate change really damaged Florida’s citrus crops.

I read somewhere that the rising salinity in the aquifers is affecting / weakening the citrus trees and making them more susceptible to things like greening.

 

[PaxNurgle]

And of course DeSantis couldn't be bothered to give a fuck. It's almost like he hates the state he governs and wishes to destroy it, as much as he hates individual freedom, black people, gays and lesbians.

 

[butters]

oranges are seeing a boom rise in commodities. perhaps desantis owns shares?

 

[RobDownSouth]

oranges are seeing a boom rise in commodities. perhaps desantis owns shares?

Going to be an unusual year for oranges. This year's orange crop was whipsawed between weather extremes in Florida, unseasonable high and low temperatures. Many farmer opted to harvest barely ripened oranges, which means the average size of an orange will be much smaller than normal.

 

[Lazaran]

Going to be an unusual year for oranges. This year's orange crop was whipsawed between weather extremes in Florida, unseasonable high and low temperatures. Many farmer opted to harvest barely ripened oranges, which means the average size of an orange will be much smaller than normal.

Yeah, weird climate change induced weather fluctuations are royally fucking things up as well.



And check out what is happening to forests in the north that can’t migrate fast enough to adapt to the rapidly changing climate:

https://climateanalytics.org/public...lready being,tipping points and regime shifts.