These storms are an indication of what is coming because of climate change.

[Kaleva]

Extreme weather patterns are going to become more an more common.

The time to prepare is now.

Most every day, for the past several years, I spend anywhere from a few minutes to the entire day working on preparing for what the best science available says climate change will bring to the area I live in.

[c-rational]

1. Well said. Completely agree.

[msongs]

2. this cold is not new. has happened many times in the past 15 yrs nt

[Turin_C3PO]

3. This is a once in a lifetime event

for many Texans.

[msongs]

4. similar event happened in 1989. If yer under 30 it would be a lifetime event nt

[Kaleva]

5. Climate chane has been happening for decades now.

As the years go by, the extreme weather patterns and events will become more and more common.

[Klaralven]

7. On the other hand, the arctic is warming faster than the equator

So there is less temperature difference in the atmosphere to drive circulation patterns, jet stream, etc.

Weather may become less extreme as a result.

[Kaleva]

9. But jet stream patterns are changing. Allowing cold fronts to go further south more often.

Same with warm fronts going further north.

[Klaralven]

11. The average position is going north and the flow is weakening.

The waves or meanders of the jet stream propagate around the earth. Their speed of propagation is slowing. Therefore, a loop southward can stay in place longer, as is the current case.

Whether this change in behavior persists as the jets weaken further is unknown.

The real big change in circulation will be if the easterly subtropical jet stays north of the Himalayas during the winter. It's current bistable operation south of the mountains in the winter and north in the summer helps drive the Indian monsoons.

[msongs]

6. should have said 150 yrs, not 15. sorry for the confusion nt

[LizBeth]

8. Then I am sitting in the right place in Oregon. High 40's low 50's and rain every day so

plenty of water.

[sarcasmo]

10. Indeed and everyone needs an a plan.

[Bucky]

12. And the "so much for global warming" tweets begin in 3... 2... 1...

[roamer65]

13. That's why I'm staying put in Michigan.

Our climate is going to moderate by all predictions and we have shitloads of fresh water.

[Kaleva]

17. Yes. I live in Michigan too and see no reason to move.

[roamer65]

18. ..

👍👍

[NickB79]

19. Minnesota here. Doing the same

[crimsonandclover]

14. It was 18 in N. Alabama last night. 18!

Last week it was 73. Roads iced over. High today 27. Usually in 50's and 60's this time of year. Southerners don't do Winter. That's why we live here. I can handle heat and humidity. It's in my DNA.

[BGBD]

15. Don't overlook the worst of it.

The types of things that will kill you probably aren't the severe weather events. It's the most common problems like mosquitos and ticks getting bigger ranges that will kill millions.

[a kennedy]

16. and love the deniers saying oh my it's global warming, then laughing.

Idiots.......

[meadowlander]

20. They are the result of climate change that is already here.

The time to prepare was 1976. Since we've sat on our asses for 45 years, our options are a lot more limited than they would have been.

IMHO this was the greatest tragedy of the Trump administration. Four years completely wasted - really the last four years where action could have been taken to stop catastrophic mass extinctions world-wide. Now we're going to have to completely overhaul our economy and likely also governance systems just to hold climate change at the point where it won't wipe out us as well.