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Wounded Bear

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30. Memory is a tricky thing...

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 11:59 AM

Mar 2016

but it definitely feels toastier now than in the 50's-60's when I grew up here. I'm with you on the hot v. cold issue.

Lots of land up in the hills around here. Wish I could afford a 5 acre plot myself. Of course, I'd probably get burned out with all the fires lately, which are also on the up tick, of course. A Rott for intruders and cats for the rodents, you'd be well protected.

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Hell is definitely beginning to freeze over [View all] lunatica Mar 2016 OP

I'm from MIA & nobody with an ounce of human DNA can giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #1

By MIA do you mean Miami? lunatica Mar 2016 #5

Yes, sorry I meant Miami. just being lazy. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #13

That's horrible! lunatica Mar 2016 #24

Oh yeah, the area I grew up in will be completely under water. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #26

That gives new meaning to "underwater mortgage"! eom Tanuki Mar 2016 #43

For realz giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #45

Katrina had lots of global warming refugees. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #33

Yes! And history will repeat itself all along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast lunatica Mar 2016 #49

how soon before it's sharks and gators saturnsring Mar 2016 #41

Not too long ago, I looked up where I used ot live, in Mobile, AL Scootaloo Mar 2016 #53

Wow! I love manatees! Wonder if they are migrating from Florida. yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #56

Well, I would presume so Scootaloo Mar 2016 #57

that is quite a revelation yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #60

and yet 5 fla universities support 20 global warming denying certainot Mar 2016 #65

Are you saying that those Universities broadcast the games giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #66

they broadcast games on those stations, which use the school's certainot Mar 2016 #68

So the school's are advertising during these shows? giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #69

that happens, but it's more than that certainot Mar 2016 #71

Miami really can't be saved. HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #55

Yeah, well, those real estate investments and expected property tax money and tourism $$$$ djean111 Mar 2016 #2

I think the reality is... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #4

Well put. But I think the sharks are already in Tallahassee, now. djean111 Mar 2016 #8

I wasn't being allegorical... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #11

I'm from FL but lived in Washington for about 4 yrs. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #14

I grew up here... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #18

When I was there the summers were hell. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #22

Memory is a tricky thing... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #30

Lol, I wish she was for protection.... giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #31

OK, you got me there... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #32

Awesome giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #36

A playful cat is more dangerous than an angry dog lunatica Mar 2016 #50

I know. But - I live right under Tampa, and am all too well aware that Florida is home to Rick djean111 Mar 2016 #23

I edited the OP to include an interactive world map and rising sea levels lunatica Mar 2016 #25

Just think of the cool boat tours snort Mar 2016 #9

Disney World could be renamed LiberalElite Mar 2016 #15

Ha! And - DAMMIT! I see that Bentley's, on Islamorada, is now closed - and they had djean111 Mar 2016 #21

I was born in Tyndall AFB. snort Mar 2016 #27

Which one of those skiers is you?! djean111 Mar 2016 #28

Speaking of "divest themselves of fossil fuel stocks" did you see this other jaw dropper? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #67

Ah hah! The Rockefellers read DU! djean111 Mar 2016 #70

K & R. Thanks for posting. Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #3

You're welcome lunatica Mar 2016 #7

I've always been fascinated with the symbolism of lighthouses. I never miss one Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #16

Sooner or later randr Mar 2016 #6

I was beginning to wonder what it'll take since not one word lunatica Mar 2016 #10

Self awareness is not strong in those folks... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #12

It is very hard to perceive reality randr Mar 2016 #47

yeah, but they very definitely could have denied what was causing it. phantom power Mar 2016 #17

Well, if you really want to try and fix something... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #20

When they talked about New Orleans 10 years ago, they didn't care then. Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #19

Well you know New Orleans is just full of those black people lunatica Mar 2016 #29

That was also when she told a nine-year-old boy who said his favorite color was black "stupid" KamaAina Mar 2016 #34

She just oozed motherly warmth didn't she lunatica Mar 2016 #38

You don't say. KamaAina Mar 2016 #35

LOL! lunatica Mar 2016 #37

Good news.... blackspade Mar 2016 #39

I sure would love to make one more trip to the Keys mountain grammy Mar 2016 #40

Yep, pukes don't give a fuck until something affects them personally. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2016 #42

They dont believe in things until it happens to them! Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #44

This republican mayor obviously did not get the news tabasco Mar 2016 #46

It's not just southern FL. lark Mar 2016 #48

Very cool map at the link. Adsos Letter Mar 2016 #51

It's sobering lunatica Mar 2016 #62

Climate change is all a hoax until it bites you in the ass. desmiller Mar 2016 #52

This is good but have the corporate media conglomerates ever asked a climate change question Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #54

Some deafening silence there. hay rick Mar 2016 #59

Too little too late to persuade those I know who prioritize climate change riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #58

Well, we all know the issue of real importance is the size of Trump's lunatica Mar 2016 #63

This is something that can no longer be denied. Deadshot Mar 2016 #61

Some of the comments on the peabody Mar 2016 #64

kick lunatica Mar 2016 #72

Some times facts can't be denied. lunatica Mar 2016 #73