re: New climate change maps are out - it's gonna get hot

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Today, the combination of truly dangerous heat and humidity is rare

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According to new data from the Rhodium Group analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine

As I see it, We are definitely seeing more inundation by water on the coastline. Not sure about humidity.

New buildings on the coast are being built much higher than they were 20 years ago.

Rather than try to ascertain the cause, I think it best to adjust life to deal with it. Wear cooler clothing, and build suitable housing or move to higher ground.

Nature has gone through these cycles before we came along. Why would it be any different now?

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But by 2050, parts of the Midwest and Louisiana could see conditions that make it difficult for the human body to cool itself for nearly one out of every 20 days in the year.

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shite, it's already like that here in the deep south. Sounds like late May thru mid September here.

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But by 2050,

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How convenient, but I remember all the "by 2020" stories

Looks like they've put some rooms for guests in...

Earth Day 1970

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1. “The air would be so polluted by the 1980s that city dwellers will all have to wear gas masks.”

2. “Civilization would end in 15-30 years if immediate action is not taken.”

3. ” Between 1980-1989, some 4 billion people, including 65 million Americans would die from food shortages.”

4. “All of the oxygen will disappear from America’s rivers because of pollution, killing all the freshwater fish.”

5. “People’s life expectancy by 1980 will only be 42 years old.”

6. “By the year 2000, we will run out of crude oil.”

7. “The world has been chilling sharply for about 20 years and if it continues, the worldwide temperatures will drop by 11 degrees by the year 2000, twice what it would take to put us into an ice age.”

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Agree or disagree with the models, I don't give a frick...whatever makes you feel better.

That said, there's no harm in taking steps to lessen our impacts on the Earth. I'm not talking about the "Green New Deal", but investing in carbon-free energy, doing a better job of keeping industrial waste out of our waterways, forest preservation, etc., all lead to a better quality of life. The whole "combating climate change" discourse shouldn't lead to binary choices and opinions...there are plenty of non-controversial things we could, and should, be doing to take better care of our home planet.

Yep,no harm in taking care of our home since there's nowhere else to go.

Pollution was very bad in the 70's and steps were taken to remedy that situation.That's a good thing,if we had stayed on that course things would be much different today.In a bad way.