Do you believe in global warming? What effect has climate change had in your life?
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LordShadowfire · M
I "believe in" global climate change in the same sense that I "believe in" my pet bearded dragon. There's plenty of evidence for anybody who isn't bought and paid for by the oil companies.
Oregon used to have a reputation for being the rainy state. I don't have a single memory in my childhood of a Halloween when it wasn't raining. These days, summer seems to last till the end of September, and October has the weather that used to be September weather.
December used to be another very predictable month. We'd get an inch or so of snow, not enough to close anything down, but it would stick for a day or two, and we would have snowball fights at school, in spite of the teachers making it very clear that wasn't to happen. Now, sure, it gets cold, but it doesn't get to freezing until mid-january. Snow is something that maybe happens every decade or so.
Which brings me to summer. Every August, it seems, we have record-breaking temperatures. And every year, I'm convinced this is the year I'm going to either die of heat stroke or drown in my own sweat.
It seems if I want the weather of my childhood, I'm going to have to move north to Seattle.
Oregon used to have a reputation for being the rainy state. I don't have a single memory in my childhood of a Halloween when it wasn't raining. These days, summer seems to last till the end of September, and October has the weather that used to be September weather.
December used to be another very predictable month. We'd get an inch or so of snow, not enough to close anything down, but it would stick for a day or two, and we would have snowball fights at school, in spite of the teachers making it very clear that wasn't to happen. Now, sure, it gets cold, but it doesn't get to freezing until mid-january. Snow is something that maybe happens every decade or so.
Which brings me to summer. Every August, it seems, we have record-breaking temperatures. And every year, I'm convinced this is the year I'm going to either die of heat stroke or drown in my own sweat.
It seems if I want the weather of my childhood, I'm going to have to move north to Seattle.
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@LordShadowfire Sad to hear about Oregon. The same thing has happened in California. The rainy season has shrunk drastically. It used to be October through April, now it's basically December through March and even then the new thing is no rain at all in January or February. It's depressing watching the beautiful place I was raised in dry up and burn.
LordShadowfire · M
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@LordShadowfire U.S. drought map: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
Northwestern Oregon and western Washington are essentially the only parts of the entire Western half of the U.S. that are not in some kind of drought right now.
Northwestern Oregon and western Washington are essentially the only parts of the entire Western half of the U.S. that are not in some kind of drought right now.
Paladin · 56-60, M
@LordShadowfire Hello fellow Oregonian
Paladin · 56-60, M
@SW-User That's because we are under the influence of LA Nina this year. Rainfall above average, and temps below average. This is a good thing because it means our fire season will start later. But it sucks for getting the garden started.