Sunday, February 19, 2023

Doomsday, Climate Crisis Edition

Ocean Levels

Climate change, climate change, Chicken Little. If we don’t DO SOMETHING, melting glaciers will raise the ocean level ___meters (pick a number). Perhaps readers better at math can explain how 8,404,000 cubic miles of fresh water, which seems to be the total including glaciers/polar caps, can cause 332,519,000 cubic miles of salt water (2.53% fresh to salt) to raise ____ meters?

Even the global warming true believers have doubts. https://scitechdaily.com/global-temperature-conundrum-was-the-earth-cooling-down-or-heating-up-before-global-warming/

Please tell me climate crisis isn’t a self perpetuating industry.

Ongoing propaganda from an institution I once had a good opinion.

https://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/climate_feedbacks

Bug Out Kit Item

https://scitechdaily.com/saving-lives-novel-microneedle-bandage-can-immediately-stop-bleeding-following-an-injury/

This would be good to have, especially for someone like me on blood thinner medication.

Five Dollar Emergency Light


Saw this at Harbor Freight and picked it up. The oil lamp I’ve had for many years.

Rational People Making Decisions

https://scitechdaily.com/myth-busted-falling-birth-rate-not-due-to-less-desire-to-have-children/

Shucky Darn – the end?


Posted 4/29/22 about wind damage to this structure. All that is left now is some interior work and outside clean up.  Maybe we have seen the end of nails and screws in the street causing flats.

Wyoming Weather Explained

Northwest Colorado isn’t exempt.

https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/moffat-county-road-closures-caused-motorists-to-be-stranded-required-search-and-rescue-efforts/

I’m sure some cousins were involved in the search and rescue effort.

Ass Kicked   

I get sick maybe once every three years or so. That came to an end last week. Not COVID, head cold and a raging sore throat.  Today, Sisty brought me come Jewish Penicillin, aka Chicken Noodle soup. Maybe it age but improvement is slow and a week of good weather to do assignments is gone.

Portrait Studios

From around 1981 we had the portrait studio experience. Recently came across this snap and posted it on Falsebook for the amusement of my cousins.

As always, YMMV

9 comments:

Ami said...

I don't have much to say about our impending doom. Could we be doing more and better for the environment? Yes. If everyone in the US did everything 'they' say we are supposed to do, would it help? No, not as long as most of the world doesn't bother with any conservation or recycling or worry about the harm they're causing.

But I clearly recall being guaranteed back in 1967 that an ice age was coming, and that it would be hitting in the 1990s and there was nothing we could do about it. I was scared to death.

And yet here we are. I did write a post about indoctrination awhile back, though. https://amimental.blogspot.com/2011/07/indoctrination.html

Your family portrait was really nice. Seriously. Thanks for sharing. And for the reminder that the wreck of humanity I have become was once someone else. ;)

Ed Campbell said...

I agree, great family portrait, thank you for sharing it.

Can't tell you the current climate crisis is not self perpetuating. That would be a lie and I don't usually lie to people until they lie to me first. Then it is Katie bar the door though.

Get well soon sir.

Well Seasoned Fool said...

Ami
Our children today are bombarded with doom messaging and I think it warps their minds. When most turns out to be false what are they left to believe?

EdC
Glad you liked the portrait. With digital cameras everywhere studio portraits have all but gone away.

Ed Bonderenka said...

Looking handsome there.
Fime family.

Old NFO said...

Yep, that math doesn't work on the ocean rise... And you cleaned up pretty good! :-)

Well Seasoned Fool said...

Ed B, Old NFO
Good photographer helped.

Greybeard said...

I too have one of the "Harbor Freight" lanterns.
Made in China, dammit.

Almost 70 here today. 28 tonight.
Illinois... NOT Wyoming.

Well Seasoned Fool said...

GB
Made in China. What isn't?

LSP said...

What a great photo, I love that.