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Warmest year on record in 2024. How were the storms, floods and Fires? Egregious or underwhelming?

I hope trump tackles it. Biden sure didn’t do jack squat.
 
High winds during fires isn't a new phenomenon for California. Perhaps the sustained high mph is, however, this wouldn't have been near the issue it is were it not for the lack of preparation headed by Newsom and the rest of their liberal ignorant contingent.

i think newsom is a jerk, but it's not his fault for the winds. the lack of air support made it impossible to get planes (let alone copters) to deliver water to the mountains and hills that were burning (places where either fire trucks and pumps couldn't go). this put the eaton canyon fire out of control and now altadena has burned.

palisades fire is where the city water would have matter more.
 
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i think newsom is a jerk, but it's not his fault for the winds. the lack of air support made it impossible to get planes (let alone copters) to deliver water to the mountains and hills that were burning (places where either fire trucks and pumps couldn't go). this put the eaton canyon fire out of control and now altadena has burned.

palisades fire is where the city water would have matter more.
these guys are always barking up the wrong tree. High winds and drought leads to wildfires. Wildfires are hard to contain
 
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these guys are always barking up the wrong tree. High winds and drought leads to wildfires. Wildfires are hard to contain
yep, risks with having a high magnitude and density population in a desert. kinda the same issue with building a city below waterline in hurricane territory. I am hoping this is now going to allow LA to be rebuilt properly.
 
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Again, that pesky term “on record”.

“It’s not who votes that counts, it’s who counts the votes.”
174 ish years of record is enough to be very concerned. Couple that, with scientific prognostications continuing to come true annnnnnd…..it’s pretty pretty pretty alarming. That’s my best Larry David.
 
174 ish years of record is enough to be very concerned. Couple that, with scientific prognostications continuing to come true annnnnnd…..it’s pretty pretty pretty alarming. That’s my best Larry David.
174 yeas is absolutely nothing when it comes to the age of the earth, especially when scientists know the earth has been too hot for polar ice caps far longer than it’s been cold enough for polar ice caps. In fact, we’re in a relatively cool time when looking at earth’s history. So telling me 2024 was the hottest year on record means very little to me.

And save it with prognostications coming true. Climate alarmists are routinely wrong, exceptionally wrong at times, and just keep pushing their point-of-no-return out to keep the climate change swindle going on.

I honestly hope you don’t believe everything you say, but if you do there’s little hope for you. Better stop using electricity and give up everything made with fossil fuels.
 
174 yeas is absolutely nothing when it comes to the age of the earth, especially when scientists know the earth has been too hot for polar ice caps far longer than it’s been cold enough for polar ice caps. In fact, we’re in a relatively cool time when looking at earth’s history. So telling me 2024 was the hottest year on record means very little to me.

And save it with prognostications coming true. Climate alarmists are routinely wrong, exceptionally wrong at times, and just keep pushing their point-of-no-return out to keep the climate change swindle going on.

I honestly hope you don’t believe everything you say, but if you do there’s little hope for you. Better stop using electricity and give up everything made with fossil fuels.
When you can get 99% of all scientists to sign off on that babble, let me know
 
That's only .22° F higher (55.5 to 55.28) than it was 12 years ago. And only 1.2°F higher than it was 90 years ago in 1934.

Scalding.

It’s the reason for fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, cicadas, blizzards, earthquakes, the popularity of avocados, rising food prices, Covid, the latest Cap America movie, DEI, etc.

We MUST act!!!
 
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Drought was not an issue. Infrastructure is the issue.

A large reservoir in Pacific Palisades that is part of the Los Angeles water supply system was out of use when a ferocious wildfire destroyed thousands of homes and other structures nearby.

Officials told The Times that the Santa Ynez Reservoir had been closed for repairs to its cover, leaving a 117 million gallon water storage complex empty in the heart of the Palisades.

The revelation comes among growing questions about why firefighters ran out of water while battling the blaze. Numerous fire hydrants in higher-elevation streets of the Palisades went dry, leaving firefighters struggling with low water pressure as they combated the flames.
 
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It’s long been established that climate change turbocharges wildfires, with droughts, persistent heat, dried vegetation, and lightning storms all worsening in a warming world and all contributing to out-of-control blazes. That’s just one reason a new report from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Climate Change Service—a report that landed on Jan. 10, while L.A. still burned—arrived as such bad news. According to the release, 2024 was the first year global mean temperatures exceeded pre-industrial levels by 1.6°C (2.88°F). That blows past the benchmark established by the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, which sought to limit future warming to well below 2°C in the 21st century, with a preferred target no higher than 1.5°C. Doing so would help limit the impact of a hotter planet.
 
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Yes, but unlikely to find many paddock members with his Ivy League resume. Cornell university degree. First job as mechanical engineer for Boeing in Seattle, where he invented a hydraulicresonance suppressor tube used on 747airplanes.

Well, there are “Ivy League” degrees and there are degrees from Cornell. Fine school, but not the high water mark you ascribe.

I am sure Bill’s IQ surpasses my own, but there are many matches for him on this message board. Don’t puff him up more than he does himself. He hosted a kids show.

We don’t have to defer to smart people because they believe their hair is on fire and we can see they are bald.
 
Let me get my torch and pitchfork and I'll meet you at the end of the street.

I learn new things every day. For example, it can be dry in Mediterranean climates. And, Santa Ana winds blow numerous times a year. When conditions combine both, people who light fires can do great damage. And, finally, it helps to have access to water if you are a firefighter. Things I could have never before imagined.
 
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