I just read that Maria could be 140mph by the time it reaches

[Moostache]

59. Just math in reality...

What is happening is EXACTLY what has been predicted for DECADES, the scientists should have used the more dire predictions that were in line with the evidence instead of the down-played versions that made it seem less perilous ... humans are denial machines and scientists allowed them space to rationalize away the consequences for far too long.

Carbon Dioxide IS a "greenhouse gas".
That is fact. (So too is that stuff seeping out of the tundra...methane, which is why we are all already fucked beyond repair...)

Greenhouse gases are what allows the temperature of the Earth to be in the range it is instead of being an ice ball.
Another fact. (The same effect is why temperatures on Venus are hot enough to melt lead...)

When the concentration of greenhouse gases such as Carbon Dioxide and Methane increase, the amount of incident radiation from the sun that is retained (instead of re-radiating into space) increases, this in turn leads to higher aggregate global temperatures and a shifting, unpredictable climate replaces the stable one human civilization was weaned on.
Still more facts.

As coastal cities are starting to see, the sea level increase is REAL. The churning atmosphere in the tropics is REAL. The effects of this on storm surges and strength and frequency is REAL. There is nothing fake about any of this. Mathematically, humanity is FUCKED on a global scale. Literally BILLIONS of people, fellow human beings, are going to die in horrific ways - famine, pestilence, fighting, nuclear exchanges - before finally we disappear from the stage forever.

Eventually, life will persist. It won't survive in its current form. but it never does. We had a chance to change that...to be the first species that evolved enough to not only see its own demise, but to prevent it. We failed. Perhaps in a few billion years, the insect world will evolve a more suitable species to advance life on Earth into something more than a local affliction of the third orbiting body of a non-descript star in the corner of the Milky Way...or perhaps they too will fall victim to greed and lust for power just as the power brokers of the failed species Homo Sapiens have...