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jimlup

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3. I've been following climate science since the late 70's or early 80's

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 06:14 PM

May 2012

And I knew that the changes we are now observing were coming. What surprises me is that I thought then that by the time it got this bad people would be taking drastic action. I guess that was the naive part of my thinking back then.

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What climate change? [View all] kpete May 2012 OP

But here in the Philly area, it snowed on Halloween... onehandle May 2012 #1

I'm 30 miles from Canada in New York, 80's here too. n/t A Simple Game May 2012 #6

we have our heads stuck so far in the sand. spanone May 2012 #2

I've been following climate science since the late 70's or early 80's jimlup May 2012 #3

Never underestimate a human's capacity to ignore a problem until it kills them. dorkulon May 2012 #4

Shifting baselines progressoid May 2012 #5

Yeah as a HS teacher I know that my kids are not as aware of the differences as I am jimlup May 2012 #9

Yes, as a whole the average was higher but the image is not what is on the NOAA website OnlinePoker May 2012 #7

It was 95 in Fargo, yesterday. Odin2005 May 2012 #8

Why is this map so distorted? former9thward May 2012 #10

It's the map I see there dems_rightnow May 2012 #11

Yes, I did. former9thward May 2012 #12

It's the exact map I see. dems_rightnow May 2012 #13

This is the map that I see. former9thward May 2012 #14