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    Over 1000 pages, but if you want an inside peek at the Sharpie incident NOAA dumped a big FOIA request last night. I read through most of it myself (a lot of it is multiple pages of FWDs and replies). Weird to see people I know/have met getting wrapped up in a FOIA request.
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    Natural disasters can really do a number. The golf course in St. Thomas is still up for sale (~5 mil if anyone is in the market) after Irma/Maria. Miss one season of golf and I'm sure they couldn't make payments too.
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    You can all but guarantee something chaseable during those weeks, and all but guarantee anything in the Northeast will pale in comparison.
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    You got the NAM, that's it. No GEFS, no CMC-ens, 2 EPS.
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    If we can get all the seagulls to fart in the same direction, we might get the final push NW. Ensemble guidance for what it's worth is no longer showing spread west of track. It's all along track/strength. She gone.
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    We're on to spring. Just found out I'm booked for two nights at Dismal River in Nebraska early June. Not only does golf (and lodging/food) look amazing, but it's prime upslope thunderstorm season and should almost guarantee me some beefy storms rolling off the Sand Hills. At least I won't be able to find the trees out there!
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    I can only go back 4 runs on WeartherBell, but the mean snowfall for BOS has been consistent between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of snow that whole time.
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    Ensemble sensitivity suggests about 24 hour left for some players to start really getting sampled, so I wouldn't put a fork in it yet. EPS still has enough members to keep the weenies all tucked in their buns.
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    Then I lead by example. I've had this phone for at least 5 years.
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    A little surprised you even have bottoms on.
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    My point exactly here. You are allowed your opinion on environment because you don't care about owning a phone, but I can't have an opinion because I do. If you want to go down with the "climate change is natural" ship, by all means brother.
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    Nah, he's a moderate because he uses carrier pigeons to send emails.
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    Because I use a cellphone? Who exactly is the extremist here?
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    Ah yes, a classic. Because we participate in society we can't also want to improve it.
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    That's the point I'm making and the article is making. We need collective action with government solutions too. Otherwise people will buy old cow pastures and level new growth to build their own solar farms. Guy bought the land and made the investment, that's market forces at work.
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    Because fossil fuel extraction is famously to surrounding environment. There is plenty of wasted space for solar farms. Seems your own evidence supports that: In the absence of state programs that prioritize the reuse of dormant gravel pits, capped landfills, contaminated brownfields or other industrial sites, many projects are being proposed in rural parts of the state, on underutilized farm fields and in unprotected woodlands.
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    Think through what exactly? We've been thinking for three decades now. Is there waste from some green energy, yes. But I think the benefits outweigh the costs. If we had started the glide path of transitioning off fossil fuels when I started college it would be much less drastic to get to a 1.5 or 2C warming scenario by 2035. But here we are. Another 10 years thinking about whether waste from solar panels is worth it or not isn't going to make that transition any easier in my opinion.
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    Honestly I think there are some clever plans out there to kick R&D in the ass. Warren as part of her plan if she were elected would be to turn the military green. As CinC you have much more latitude with the military than you would passing bills through Congress. And when the military needs something, industry will innovate it because $$. That tech always spills out into the public. Just look at the space race.
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    I'm not the one making the plans Steve. But I think anyone advocating for decarbonizing our grid and electrifying as much as we can is on the right track. And weather related deaths may be down because of better forecasting, I can't imagine deaths attributable to climate change are down.
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    Straw man again. Like fossil fuels don't have awful byproducts. It's not just emissions, it's toxic waste that goes into groundwater. Fracking pollution is terrible for surrounding communities. I think the benefits of solar energy far outweigh the costs of disposal.
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    I think the shift in thinking will come when the costs outweigh the benefits. Right now most people don't think of disaster relief as a cost. But we pay for it, and the costs are going up, and climate change can measurably increase damage from weather events. We're going to pay one way or another. I personally would rather pay for mitigation/adaption rather than rebuilding.
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    I find that a weird way to live. The media are there to report on goings on. So if there were no media the information would never reach the vast majority of people. Saying agenda is media driven is a talking point to discredit what the media are reporting on. But you do you.
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    Kev I don't have any hair
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    Climate change isn't that issue though. You either believe we need policies to address it or you don't. There is no middle position.
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    Spare me with the don't infringe on my ideals stuff. What you mean is don't infringe with anything you don't agree with. There's an agenda for business as usual too. I'm not sure what your point is. To do nothing because there might be people that are extreme about climate change? I'm sorry you cynically believe everyone is out to get you, but I choose to believe there are actually folks are trying to fix problems. I'll support the people, policies, and organizations that match the fixes I care about.
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