Apparently this shit is just normal geologic fluctuations. (Horse. Shit.)
109?! In the bay area? Are you kidding me? We beat the previous high for the day by 15 goddamn degrees! And the low was only six degrees below the _average high_. _Fuck_.
(if that link is broken, which it almost certainly is, try to find the weather report for July 22nd, 2006 in zip code 94403)
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Umm...yup. Global warming happened on July 22nd, 2006 in the Bay Area. Stay tuned for the next Ice Age coming this January!
To roughly paraphrase the Colbert Report, "Did you see the newspaper today? We did it folks! The weather map is completely red! Woo hoo!"
But no, you're right. It's just liberal paranoia. The fact that Europe was also undergoing a massive, record-breaking heatwave was unrelated. France and California are just being punished for harboring so many gays. And being goddamn commies.
Maybe it's not liberal paranoia. I just want to know if we would have solved the global warming problem if next year is cooler than this year. Or if we have a really harsh winter. Or if we have fewer hurricanes this year than last year (remember, that was all global warming's fault last year). Maybe "global warming" can just be a euphemism for "weather we don't like"?
Kind of like how, if this year's deficit is less than projected, we've solved the budget crisis?
The point is more that the effects of climate change are not exactly being subtle. It's not like these are merely esoteric statistics in an excel spreadsheet somewhere. Lately, it's more along the lines of going outside and saying to yourself, "Hmm...you know, I've lived here a while, and it didn't used to get this goddamn hot out. Nor has the weather map in the newspaper ever been that color before. Them scientists might be on to something..."
My point is just that: the effects of climate change, whatever they are, are subtle. It's supposed to be esoteric numbers on a spreadsheet somewhere. It's not just "Boy, it sure feels hot out today" any more than thinking "Boy, it sure is cold out" is an indication of an Ice Age. It's going to get hot and it's going to get cold. A new record summer heat, one year, is probably not all that tied to the 1 degree increase in global temperatures over the last 100+ years that's supposed to be the big global warming shocker.
I mean, it helps to release your "Global Warming is Coming!" movie right before a projected hot summer. But if you think releasing it in November destroys your point, it may be a sign to make better arguments for your stance.
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