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Adults refuse to protect their own, all rather unbelievable.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe damage that the Trump cult inflicted on this country and their response to the pandemic is truly incalculable. We all wish it would just go away, or they would go away, whatever comes first, sooner the better.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI\u0026#39;ve pointed out that none of my freedoms have been infringed by wearing a mask, social distancing or getting the vaccine shots. So have many, many others, but there is no fixing stupid it seems. These people would rather die and kill others then do what is right. I think this means that this country is truly lost and there will be no real recovery here, ever.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeanwhile, I\u0026#39;m still blogging. Dr Ye Tao has a presentation about humanity and our chances to survive deadly climate change which I found interesting. He gives us only 20 or 30 years left before extreme heat kills off our food supply. He\u0026#39;s got an answer that he\u0026#39;s proposing, Earth based mirrors. I don\u0026#39;t know if it would work, but good grief, we\u0026#39;ve GOT to get going on something.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/survivalacres.com\/blog\/the-bad-news-is-on-current-trajectory-most-of-us-here-today-will-not-be-able-to-live-to-our-biological-lifespan-potential\/\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI look at my young grandchildren and what they\u0026#39;re facing and it just breaks my heart. We have all miserably failed the next generation, and all future generations. We need to own up to that fact.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E~Survival Acres~ "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/8508669026159387779\/comments\/default\/5840849963912707315"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/8508669026159387779\/comments\/default\/5840849963912707315"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/alert-for-hotwhopper-email-subscribers.html?showComment=1630167712372#c5840849963912707315","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/alert-for-hotwhopper-email-subscribers.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-8508669026159387779","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/8508669026159387779","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1300854167"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"August 29, 2021 at 2:21 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-927013031640098519"},"published":{"$t":"2021-08-13T17:53:23.630+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-13T17:53:23.630+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Are we not still at the stage where politicians ar..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Are we not still at the stage where politicians are struggling to stabilise the rate at which we add electric bars to the fire?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere in the UK our politicians now talk like climate hawks.  But in their deeds it is still business as usual."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/3048378563109024273\/comments\/default\/927013031640098519"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/3048378563109024273\/comments\/default\/927013031640098519"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/weve-got-to-get-serious-about-climate.html?showComment=1628841203630#c927013031640098519","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Andy Mitchell"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14975141756383175819"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/weve-got-to-get-serious-about-climate.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-3048378563109024273","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/3048378563109024273","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1883815815"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"August 13, 2021 at 5:53 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-1529594914529442774"},"published":{"$t":"2021-08-12T04:17:42.724+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-12T04:17:42.724+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Here\u0026#39;s a reminder of how bad 2C is. I hope we ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Here\u0026#39;s a reminder of how bad 2C is. I hope we can stay below that, but even 2C is dreadful.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDuring the height of the last Ice Age maximum, the world was between 2C and 3C colder than in the early 1900s. A difference of 2C to 3C is the difference between half of the world covered in ice, and the climate we all grew up in.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat 2C to 3C \u003Ci\u003Ewarmer\u003C\/i\u003E means is hard to understand, but it will inevitably mean a difference on the same scale. Humans have never lived in that world. Our civilization as it is cannot possibly handle it. This doesn\u0026#39;t necessarily mean the collapse of civilization, but it does mean enormous changes we aren\u0026#39;t prepared for and don\u0026#39;t understand.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA century is not a long time. I\u0026#39;ve lived well over half a century already. A good percentage of the people born this year will live to see the year 2100. They won\u0026#39;t even be 80 yet. Consider that, if the timescale of the coming climate catastrophe seems like a long time."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/3048378563109024273\/comments\/default\/1529594914529442774"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/3048378563109024273\/comments\/default\/1529594914529442774"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/weve-got-to-get-serious-about-climate.html?showComment=1628705862724#c1529594914529442774","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"D.C.Petterson"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05078422582348328238"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GyTQVCMCcUU\/V-PWdrWJMSI\/AAAAAAAAAy8\/J0GM5OFwnLgGEe4DRmfWacXBnAJGRw8MQCK4B\/s220\/Earthrise.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/weve-got-to-get-serious-about-climate.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-3048378563109024273","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/3048378563109024273","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1656396973"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"August 12, 2021 at 4:17 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-4331519144375136882"},"published":{"$t":"2021-08-12T04:07:51.734+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-12T04:07:51.734+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I didn\u0026#39;t know you had email alerts! I just sen..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I didn\u0026#39;t know you had email alerts! I just sent a request to opt in."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/8508669026159387779\/comments\/default\/4331519144375136882"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/8508669026159387779\/comments\/default\/4331519144375136882"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/alert-for-hotwhopper-email-subscribers.html?showComment=1628705271734#c4331519144375136882","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"D.C.Petterson"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05078422582348328238"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GyTQVCMCcUU\/V-PWdrWJMSI\/AAAAAAAAAy8\/J0GM5OFwnLgGEe4DRmfWacXBnAJGRw8MQCK4B\/s220\/Earthrise.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/alert-for-hotwhopper-email-subscribers.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-8508669026159387779","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/8508669026159387779","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1656396973"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"August 12, 2021 at 4:07 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-8853981238290900285"},"published":{"$t":"2021-08-12T04:04:32.064+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-12T04:04:32.064+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I\u0026#39;ve been part of enough groups and movements ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I\u0026#39;ve been part of enough groups and movements to have seen these dynamics multiple times, often with the result of the fragmentation, and even the destruction, of the group or movement. I\u0026#39;ve done a study of what causes these problems. It\u0026#39;s too complex to get into here, but yes, it seems inevitable. (One way of avoiding it is a sort of autocratic rule over the organization, but that\u0026#39;s something few of us want.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn this case, the stakes are too high to let these dynamics interfere with pursuing the goals of tackling climate change. Kudos to you for your doggedness in continuing onward.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(I\u0026#39;ve missed your blog. I\u0026#39;m delighted to see you at it again!)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/7371866183972806586\/comments\/default\/8853981238290900285"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/7371866183972806586\/comments\/default\/8853981238290900285"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/beware-of-internal-conflicts-rivalries.html?showComment=1628705072064#c8853981238290900285","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"D.C.Petterson"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05078422582348328238"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GyTQVCMCcUU\/V-PWdrWJMSI\/AAAAAAAAAy8\/J0GM5OFwnLgGEe4DRmfWacXBnAJGRw8MQCK4B\/s220\/Earthrise.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/beware-of-internal-conflicts-rivalries.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-7371866183972806586","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/7371866183972806586","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1656396973"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"August 12, 2021 at 4:04 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-4527524504175498274"},"published":{"$t":"2021-08-10T04:00:28.840+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-10T04:00:28.840+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Endless lies. \n\nNot even remotely possible to keep..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Endless lies. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENot even remotely possible to keep warming below 2C. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe 1850 figures is politically chosen to misrepresent the real amount of actual warming and should be 1750 (NASA\u0026#39;s own estimate).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Arctic will be \u0026quot;lost\u0026quot;.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/survivalacres.com\/blog\/exactly-as-ive-said\/\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/survivalacres.com\/blog\/tipping-points-already-happening\/\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/survivalacres.com\/blog\/tipping-points-already-happening\/\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESue, don\u0026#39;t post this if you don\u0026#39;t want to. I\u0026#39;m very exhausted from the endless lying and gross misrepresentations still being emitted. The new IPCC Report is more alarming - but it\u0026#39;s still misrepresenting the actual facts as expected."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/3048378563109024273\/comments\/default\/4527524504175498274"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/3048378563109024273\/comments\/default\/4527524504175498274"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/weve-got-to-get-serious-about-climate.html?showComment=1628532028840#c4527524504175498274","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/08\/weve-got-to-get-serious-about-climate.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-3048378563109024273","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/3048378563109024273","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1300854167"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"August 10, 2021 at 4:00 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-2523519614888839984"},"published":{"$t":"2021-08-02T05:09:38.923+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-02T05:09:38.923+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\u0026quot;A tribute to CSIRO scientists and BoM meteor..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u0026quot;A tribute to CSIRO scientists and BoM meteorologists. We hear you. ❤️\u0026quot; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H85ZfjMGRcU\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA song for my colleagues. I hope they read this blog. 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Pl..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"You\u0026#39;re not comparing like with like, Snape. Plus you\u0026#39;re comparing a short quote with a later analysis and omitting important context. (I urged you previously to stop viewing the science in binary terms. You\u0026#39;ve taken no notice.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlthough it might give you a warm glow to keep seeing your name come up in the comments at HW, it\u0026#39;s time to do your musing elsewhere. You\u0026#39;re making a lot of noise to little purpose. You don\u0026#39;t understand what you\u0026#39;re reading (or writing)."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/4891127804088186358"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/4891127804088186358"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625847288015#c4891127804088186358","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/3772730407592859834"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sou"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08818999735123752034"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KWlHhrNi88U\/Uwvq3sx5Y0I\/AAAAAAAAFNw\/RQkAr_os6WQ\/s52\/*"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-53356241"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 10, 2021 at 2:14 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-3772730407592859834"},"published":{"$t":"2021-07-10T01:56:35.833+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-07-10T01:56:35.833+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":""},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This comment has been removed by the author."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/3772730407592859834"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/3772730407592859834"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625846195833#c3772730407592859834","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Snape"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10191939953231437312"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.contentRemoved","value":"true"},{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1430436856"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 10, 2021 at 1:56 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-2015422454489946839"},"published":{"$t":"2021-07-09T18:04:12.268+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-07-09T18:04:12.268+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\u0026quot;Your guess about my view of science is way o..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u0026quot;Your guess about my view of science is way off\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGuess? Do we have to go round the loop again?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EQuack."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/2015422454489946839"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/2015422454489946839"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625817852268#c2015422454489946839","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5055956663642700182"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jammy Dodger"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08360437479098314946"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"18","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ic3UWPqOWQY\/VAWu3-b6OrI\/AAAAAAAAA70\/7m9C_TtDKE4\/s220\/swallowtail.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2143086366"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 9, 2021 at 6:04 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5136373679354963595"},"published":{"$t":"2021-07-09T16:04:16.506+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-07-09T16:04:16.506+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I hope you\u0026#39;ve learnt something in the last cou..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I hope you\u0026#39;ve learnt something in the last couple of days, Snape. First, don\u0026#39;t equate scientific explanations with mere \u0026quot;guesses\u0026quot;. Second, avoid thinking in black and white, all or nothing terms. Rather, look at the context, the evidence provided, the constraints and caveats explained, and the fact the future will be hugely affected by what we\u0026#39;ve done, what we do now and what we do in the future.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinally, avoid coming onto a science blog with a half-baked and wrong protest. Think first, do your research. Since you\u0026#39;re obviously not a scientist or very knowledgeable about climate science, try a humble approach rather than a brazen and foolish attack along the lines of \u0026quot;scientists don\u0026#39;t know nuffin\u0026#39;\u0026quot;."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5136373679354963595"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5136373679354963595"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625810656506#c5136373679354963595","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5055956663642700182"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sou"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08818999735123752034"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KWlHhrNi88U\/Uwvq3sx5Y0I\/AAAAAAAAFNw\/RQkAr_os6WQ\/s52\/*"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-53356241"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 9, 2021 at 4:04 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5928266252825667747"},"published":{"$t":"2021-07-09T15:09:19.023+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-07-09T15:09:19.023+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I should have reviewed his quote.  Not exactly sur..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I should have reviewed his quote.  Not exactly sure what he means here,  “In the present-day climate getting an extremely hot June is common and is likely to occur twice in three decades.”  June, 2015 was just as hot as this June in the Portland area, as an overall average, but minus the extreme record highs. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf he means that what happened last month is already a twice in three decade event, then his opinion is at odds with the findings in the attribution study, which only adds support to my point that the study should not be taken as fact.  A quote from the studies’ website. - Main Findings -\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“The observed temperatures were so extreme that they lie far outside the range of historically observed temperatures. This makes it hard to quantify with confidence how rare the event was. In the most realistic statistical analysis the event is estimated to be about a 1 in 1000 year event in today’s climate.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.worldweatherattribution.org\/western-north-american-extreme-heat-virtually-impossible-without-human-caused-climate-change\/\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E******\u003Cbr \/\u003EYour guess about my view of science is way off, \u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5928266252825667747"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5928266252825667747"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625807359023#c5928266252825667747","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5055956663642700182"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Snape"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10191939953231437312"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1430436856"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 9, 2021 at 3:09 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-4402688859197715553"},"published":{"$t":"2021-07-09T13:46:30.092+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-07-09T13:46:30.092+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"If you\u0026#39;re going to quote, at least you should ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"If you\u0026#39;re going to quote, at least you should provide the full quote from the article the tweet above linked to:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;Nikos Christidis is a climate scientist with the UK’s Met Office. He said: “Without human-induced climate change, it would have been almost impossible to hit such record-breaking mean June temperatures in the Western United States as the chances of natural occurrence is once every tens of thousands of years. In the present-day climate getting an extremely hot June is common and is likely to occur twice in three decades. However, an analysis from many computer models suggests that by the end of the century these extreme temperatures are more likely than not. Human influence is estimated to have increased the likelihood of a new record several thousand times,” he said.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat\u0026#39;s not a guess. That\u0026#39;s a statement based on analysis and knowledge, and includes the requisite caveats.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI\u0026#39;m guessing you regard all scientific knowledge as nothing more than a guess. That would be profoundly wrong :("},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/4402688859197715553"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/4402688859197715553"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625802390092#c4402688859197715553","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5055956663642700182"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sou"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08818999735123752034"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KWlHhrNi88U\/Uwvq3sx5Y0I\/AAAAAAAAFNw\/RQkAr_os6WQ\/s52\/*"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-53356241"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 9, 2021 at 1:46 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-3443657229432828088"},"published":{"$t":"2021-07-09T13:33:18.858+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-07-09T13:33:18.858+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sou\nOK, I can see how my original comment wasn’t c..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Sou\u003Cbr \/\u003EOK, I can see how my original comment wasn’t clear.  Sorry for the confusion.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENikos, “Without human-induced climate change, it would have been almost impossible ...as the chances of natural occurrence is once every tens of thousands of years,\u0026quot; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat caught my eye was the second part of the sentence, not the first.  How could he be so confident about the “Once in every tens of thousands of years” claim, given the record high in Lytton had been set just a day earlier?  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile unclear, my intent was consistent throughout.  Definition of the word “guess”, from Oxford Languages, \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“to estimate or suppose (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.\u0026quot;  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“she guessed the child\u0026#39;s age to be 14 or 15”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is how I view the weather attribution study.  It’s a quick estimate that could easily turn out to be off the mark.  An informed guess not to be taken as fact.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs mentioned, my hunch was confirmed by the study itself, which acknowledged uncertainty in the “one in a thousand” value for current probability, a value that other probabilities in the study are based on (ie, the event would have been 150 times less likely given preindustrial temperatures)."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/3443657229432828088"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/3443657229432828088"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625801598858#c3443657229432828088","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5055956663642700182"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Snape"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10191939953231437312"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1430436856"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 9, 2021 at 1:33 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-7370875096163760872"},"published":{"$t":"2021-07-09T10:05:14.176+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-07-09T10:05:14.176+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"That\u0026#39;s known as \u0026quot;shifting the goal posts\u0026..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"That\u0026#39;s known as \u0026quot;shifting the goal posts\u0026quot;, Snape.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou started claiming scientists were merely \u0026quot;guessing\u0026quot; that this massive heat wave event wouldn\u0026#39;t have occurred if not for global warming.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow you\u0026#39;ve shifted to discussing something that couldn\u0026#39;t have happened if they were merely \u0026#39;guessing\u0026#39; - the methods and analysis underpinning some of the details of the scientific assessment of the heat wave."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/7370875096163760872"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/7370875096163760872"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625789114176#c7370875096163760872","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5055956663642700182"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sou"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08818999735123752034"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KWlHhrNi88U\/Uwvq3sx5Y0I\/AAAAAAAAFNw\/RQkAr_os6WQ\/s52\/*"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-53356241"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 9, 2021 at 10:05 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-3958370191497530946"},"published":{"$t":"2021-07-09T06:51:01.493+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-07-09T06:51:01.493+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Snape\n\nWell, I have to give it to you. You have at..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cbr \/\u003ESnape\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWell, I have to give it to you. You have at last offered some material, however weak it is, to consider instead of your vague and nebulous opinions. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat you get wrong, about me anyway, is your unrooted allegation that I have \u0026quot;faith\u0026quot; in climate attribution. Wrong, I do not know enough about it. I just have more trust in climate scientists than some blowhard off the internet who cannot put a discussion point together competently.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/3958370191497530946"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/3958370191497530946"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625777461493#c3958370191497530946","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jammy Dodger"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08360437479098314946"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"18","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ic3UWPqOWQY\/VAWu3-b6OrI\/AAAAAAAAA70\/7m9C_TtDKE4\/s220\/swallowtail.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2143086366"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 9, 2021 at 6:51 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-7406066536104052703"},"published":{"$t":"2021-07-09T06:20:42.738+10:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-07-09T06:20:42.738+10:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Jammy, Sou,\n \nI wish I had your faith in the clima..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Jammy, Sou,\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EI wish I had your faith in the climate attribution study.  They give the likelihood of the heat wave I experienced, given our current climate (1.2 C above preindustrial), as a one in a thousand year event.  My hunch was that this was just a rough ballpark.  Confirmed here, \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“It is important to highlight that, because the temperature records of June 2021 were very far outside all historical observations, determining the likelihood of this event in today’s climate is highly uncertain. All numbers shown assume that the heatwave was a very low probability event (about 1 in 1000 years) that was not caused by new nonlinearities.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.worldweatherattribution.org\/western-north-american-extreme-heat-virtually-impossible-without-human-caused-climate-change\/\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy worry is that the event was actually much more likely than the models are showing, a concern shared by Dr. Michael Mann,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;The report underscores why these attribution analyses are ultimately limited in terms of what conclusions can be drawn. They acknowledge that the models used don\u0026#39;t capture the jet stream phenomenon (resonant planetary amplification) that WE KNOW played an important role in this event, in favoring the intensity and persistence of the heat dome”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/climate-change-heat-wave-pacific-northwest\/\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/7406066536104052703"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/7406066536104052703"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html?showComment=1625775642738#c7406066536104052703","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2313427464944392482\/5070103404631864264\/comments\/default\/5055956663642700182"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Snape"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10191939953231437312"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.hotwhopper.com\/2021\/07\/where-to-from-here.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5070103404631864264","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2313427464944392482/posts/default/5070103404631864264","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1430436856"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"July 9, 2021 at 6:20 AM"}]}]}});