It did not do that here. Well, not yet, but as we mosey into March and advance into April, while I know we've had bad storms in these months, I feel like the ghost of winter starts to vanish--and maybe it isn't a good augur for those of us aware of climate change. Spring has been springing early for a while--as if some areas aren't getting the winter we've been used to.
Now, California--they are having a winter! That's also not a great sign.
Both of these scenarios feed into the denialist vortex in that they create possible "debunking" narratives: either mild winters in the NE aren't so bad, or blizzards in California prove there's no climate change at all. I guess the question is: when does weird weather get weird enough for the jaded and denialist mind to see it?
And how do changing weather patterns affect wildlife? When crops and flowers start to habitually bloom too early, and the actual wild of winter bullshit starts a bit too late?
The rhythm we expected from nature is thrown off, and the dancers can't pick up the pace when it too rapidly changes. This will affect crops we eat and animals like wild fish we rely upon for food. We will notice higher prices for foods--at first, because most people don't understand the relationship between nature and what's at the end of their fork. Then we will be scared.
I don't want to wait until we are scared about where our food is coming from to get concerned about climate change. It's bad enough we tolerate the growing threat of disease and violence. We should not be so stupid we forget that we need to eat.
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(DARLING buds ...)
I know, I know, but I retweeted the link like, two times on Twitter before I caught it and now I just don't feel like changing it would be the thing. And they are early, after all. Which is less darling than is ideal.
Well, everything feeds into the denialist vortex, no matter how irrational it might be. A single day that is a few degrees below normal will have them bellowing for months that global warming is a hoax, and no evidence at all is necessary for them to believe, say, that Hillary eats babies. No sense getting too upset about it- these people have been permanently brain damaged by decades of Republican propaganda, and they are going to believe what they want, no matter how sordid the tale is. The bright side? This attitude has now lost them three election cycles in a row. As stupid as many Americans are, and however short their attention span, I think many of those in the middle are just tired of the Republican Sturm und Drang. There is every reason to hope that Republicans waited too long to stomp on the pedal of out and out fascism, and there just aren't enough dupes out there still paying attention to allow the Trump Reich to become a reality.
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