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In reply to the discussion: A question on climate change [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)9. Oh fully agree
This is what I ran on my blog and will not pretend to try to recreate the dam thing, so heavily sourced.
But this is the relevant paragraph on this
Partly I have a global view because of my experience in emergency services in another country, as well as seeing the leading edge of Climate Change affect my home country of Mexico. This week Mexico expects to get substantial rains on her South West Coast. This is way early for this. Just as our fire season never quite stopped, the floods will be bad if this is just the beginning. Floods in Mexico have been of historic levels for the last ten years. And the climate in Mexico City has changed radically to the point it is nothing like what anybody remembers. (For the record, the report states that past climate is not a good predictor of future actions because of the changes in it.)
http://nadinabbottblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/climate-change-impacts-on-the-united-states/
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It's indeed possible that climate change may have had an (indirect) effect on the wildfires.........
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#1
Saw yesterday that Rubio's taking flak for his climate change denial,
Benton D Struckcheon
May 2014
#2
The more fires you show deniers, the more they double down on their obstinacy.
immoderate
May 2014
#3
Nadin, I think that people by and large are still looking at these events from the in my back yard
jwirr
May 2014
#5
Yes, and I think it is already showing up in some foods. We are still getting most of the foods but
jwirr
May 2014
#7
Many in this country did not even know about the droughts in Australia because our MSM does not
jwirr
May 2014
#60
Nine fires in one day in a definite pattern, and you call it global warming.
Dreamer Tatum
May 2014
#10
Absolutely made possible by the spreading of dry, droughty, fire-prone conditions
villager
May 2014
#69
Of course. No one's saying the pattern doesn't indicate arson. But we've always had arson
villager
May 2014
#72
As long as money controls legislation we won't do very much as a nation on this issue
Johonny
May 2014
#11
Let's exaggerate the consequences of wind energy and try to turn public opinion against it!
kristopher
May 2014
#17
Sigh. No, climate change produced the environment for large brush fires by possible arsonists.
haele
May 2014
#73
I can't address San Diego, but my rural Northern California area totally gets it
Brother Buzz
May 2014
#45