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<font size="+1"><i>September 9, 2017</i></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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updates) NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HURRICANE IRMA</a></b><br>
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Speed Probabilities </a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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Arrival Time of Winds</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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</b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/florida-governor-has-ignored-climate-change-risks-critics-say/2017/09/08/04a8c60a-94a0-11e7-aace-04b862b2b3f3_story.html?utm_term=.2befb0a4448e">Florida
governor has ignored climate change risks, critics say</a></b><br>
But for all of Scott's vigor in readying Florida for Irma's wrath,
his administration has done little over the years to prepare for
what scientists say are the inevitable effects of climate change
that will wreak havoc in the years to come. With its far-reaching
coastline and low elevation, Florida is one of the states at
greatest risk from rising sea levels, extreme weather events -
including more-powerful hurricanes - and other consequences of a
warming planet.<br>
Local officials, academics and even some political allies say Scott
has scarcely acknowledged the problem and, along with the
Republican-led legislature, has shown little interest in funding
projects to help the state adapt and become more resilient in the
face of storms such as Irma.<br>
"It's more than an absence of leadership. There's harm being done by
denying the problem," said Eric Buermann, former general counsel to
the Republican Party of Florida and a former board chairman for the
Southwest Florida Water Management District. "He's chilled the
discussion, so that those who would want to do something about it
feel ostracized . . . I'm a Republican. He's a Republican. He's a
nice guy. There's nothing negative I have to say about the human
being. It's just that the policy is 180 degrees off course."<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/florida-governor-has-ignored-climate-change-risks-critics-say/2017/09/08/04a8c60a-94a0-11e7-aace-04b862b2b3f3_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/florida-governor-has-ignored-climate-change-risks-critics-say/2017/09/08/04a8c60a-94a0-11e7-aace-04b862b2b3f3_story.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://time.com/4933251/mar-a-lago-evacuated-hurricane-irma/?xid=homepage"><br>
Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Resort Ordered to Evacuate Ahead of
Hurricane Irma</a></b><br>
President Donald Trump's seaside resort Mar-a-Lago and the
surrounding barrier islands have been ordered to evacuate as the
ferocious Hurricane Irma approaches Florida.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="President%20Donald%20Trump%27s%20seaside%20resort%20Mar-a-Lago%20and%20the%20surrounding%20barrier%20islands%20have%20been%20ordered%20to%20evacuate%20as%20the%20ferocious%20Hurricane%20Irma%20approaches%20Florida.,Palm%20Beach%20County%20officials%20ordered%20that%20residents%20of%20the%20islands%20and%20low-lying%20areas%20should%20start%20to%20leave%20by%2010%20a.m.%20on%20Friday,%20the%20Miami%20Herald%20reported.">Palm
Beach County </a>officials ordered that residents of the islands
and low-lying areas should start to leave by 10 a.m. on Friday, <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article171917002.html">the
Miami Herald reported.<br>
</a><font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://time.com/4933251/mar-a-lago-evacuated-hurricane-irma/?xid=homepage">http://time.com/4933251/mar-a-lago-evacuated-hurricane-irma/?xid=homepage</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.lionsroar.com/how-not-to-freak-out/">How Not
to Freak Out</a></b><br>
You're not alone if you despair about the present and fear for the
future. If you find all the bad news overwhelming, Buddhist teacher
Judy Lief has some meditations to help you relieve your
socio-political pain.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.lionsroar.com/how-not-to-freak-out/">https://www.lionsroar.com/how-not-to-freak-out/</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.golfdigest.com/story/these-photos-of-golfers-playing-on-as-an-oregon-wildfire-rages-nearby-are-absolutely-nuts">(Gallows
humor ) photos of golfers playing on as an Oregon wildfire rages
nearby</a></b><br>
To see the original image <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://i.redd.it/5xcin759e4kz.jpg">https://i.redd.it/5xcin759e4kz.jpg</a><br>
original Reddit source of image:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/6yajls/oregon_fires_next_to_a_golf_course/">https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/6yajls/oregon_fires_next_to_a_golf_course/</a><br>
Sort of confirmation and more images<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.golfdigest.com/story/these-photos-of-golfers-playing-on-as-an-oregon-wildfire-rages-nearby-are-absolutely-nuts">https://www.golfdigest.com/story/these-photos-of-golfers-playing-on-as-an-oregon-wildfire-rages-nearby-are-absolutely-nuts</a><b><br>
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FIRES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES<br>
</b>Smoky fires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer of
2017.<b><br>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90899&src=nha">https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90899&src=nha</a>
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</b> *** Image from Sep 04, 2017 (Posted on Sep 06, 2017 12:00 AM)<b><br>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90907&src=nha">https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90907&src=nha</a>
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</b> *** Image from Sep 04, 2017 (Posted on Sep 05, 2017 4:33 PM)<b><br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.scientia.global/dr-edward-maibach-climate-matters-novel-approach-educating-americans-humanitys-greatest-challenge/">
Dr Edward Maibach – Climate Matters: A Novel Approach To
Educating Americans About Humanity's Greatest Challenge</a></b><br>
While climate scientists are typically ranked as the most trusted
source of climate change information in the US, scientists have
limited access to the public and in certain demographics,
particularly conservatives, trust in scientists has declined.
Weathercasters on the other hand are not only trusted, they have
strong access to the public, strong communication skills, and the
information they convey is not viewed as political, since the
weather itself is not political. The weather forecast is the most
common voluntarily sought form of science education, and previous
research suggests that it is an effective venue for related topics,
such as geography, public health, and hurricane risk.<br>
On September 1st 2017, Climate Matters will begin to offer resources
to non-weather journalists in hopes of extending the reach of local
climate reporting and education. As humanity continues to face the
ever-increasing threat of global climate change, a challenge that
requires participation from people in all walks of life, programs
such as Climate Matters offer an innovative approach to science
education and involvement.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.scientia.global/dr-edward-maibach-climate-matters-novel-approach-educating-americans-humanitys-greatest-challenge/">http://www.scientia.global/dr-edward-maibach-climate-matters-novel-approach-educating-americans-humanitys-greatest-challenge/</a></font><br>
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<b><br>
</b>Reuters Commentary: <b><br>
</b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-scruggs-hurricane-commentary/commentary-how-good-government-can-limit-hurricane-damage-idUSKCN1BI271">How
good government can limit hurricane damage</a></b><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-scruggs-hurricane-commentary/commentary-how-good-government-can-limit-hurricane-damage-idUSKCN1BI271"><br>
</a>Gregory Scruggs<br>
<b>Fix the National Flood Insurance Program to remove the perverse
incentive to build in flood-prone areas.</b><b><br>
</b><b>Buy out homeowners in vulnerable areas and manage their
retreat.</b><b><br>
</b><b>Rebuild smarter with green infrastructure</b><br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-scruggs-hurricane-commentary/commentary-how-good-government-can-limit-hurricane-damage-idUSKCN1BI271">http://www.reuters.com/article/us-scruggs-hurricane-commentary/commentary-how-good-government-can-limit-hurricane-damage-idUSKCN1BI271</a></font><br>
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Culture<b> <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.france24.com/en/20170908-visa-pour-limage-report-frontline-global-warming-wins-digital-award-sokhin">Visa
pour l'image: Report from 'the frontline of global warming' wins
digital award</a><br>
</b>Photojournalist Vlad Sokhin won on Thursday the award for the
Best Digital News Story for his long-term project documenting
climate change in Russia's Far East at the Visa pour l'image
photojournalism festival in the south of France.<b><br>
</b>
<blockquote>"Warm Waters: Kamchatka" is a part of the "Warm Waters"
project - a larger 4-year project by photographer Vlad Sokhin on
global climate change in the Pacific region. Sokhin started his
project by studying the Pacific microstates that are slowly being
submerged. He went to the Marshall Islands and the Solomon Islands
and travelled extensively in the Pacific islands, as well as
Alaska and Kamchatka. Sokhin returned from his trips with photo
essays showing the impact of climate change on people's lives. In
his pictures you can see villages deserted because of rising sea
levels, washed-out cemeteries, concrete houses destroyed by the
ocean, people who have lost their homes because of global warming,
and seals that are dying due to a lack of food.<br>
"Warm Waters: Kamchatka" is a joint project by Takie Dela and
photographer Vlad Sokhin. It is about people and nature on the
frontline of global warming.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://takiedela.ru/kamchatka/en">https://takiedela.ru/kamchatka/en</a><br>
</blockquote>
"Climate change is hard for a photographer to cover. It's not like a
war, we have to wait a long time before something actually happens,"
says Sokhin.<font size="-1" color="#666666"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.france24.com/en/20170908-visa-pour-limage-report-frontline-global-warming-wins-digital-award-sokhin">http://www.france24.com/en/20170908-visa-pour-limage-report-frontline-global-warming-wins-digital-award-sokhin</a></font><b><br>
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<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/09/here_s_why_fema_s_flood_maps_are_so_terrible.html">Why
Are FEMA's Flood Maps So Horribly Flawed?</a></b><br>
They fail to take climate change into account, and they're hard and
expensive to maintain. Plus, they can be manipulated by local
governments<br>
Of course, FEMA tries to accurately communicate flood risks, and its
maps, which are tied to the National Flood Insurance Program's
rates, have saved the country money. But since climate scientists
predict sea levels will likely rise 1 - 3.2 feet this century-with
the higher part of that range coming from emitting greenhouse gases
in a "business-as-usual" scenario-the maps need to address that. But
even in a scenario in which the government agency wants to take
climate change as seriously as it should, the maps are hard to
adjust. Like the census, it takes time and billions of dollars with
each update. And a FEMA official who responded to my request for
comment said that after Harvey, its focus is on recovery, rather
than mapping.<br>
Unfortunately, we have neither the ability nor the political will to
update the maps in a reasonable fashion. Far from providing the
additional funds the organization would need to rethink its zoning
recommendations, President Trump proposed cutting the organization's
budget by $190 million in his (largely meaningless, except in
messaging) budget. His budget would also drop local communities',
states', and tribes' grant funding for disaster mitigation, which
would be used to help prepare for the next hurricane. And while
Congress rejected Trump's dramatic budget, it hasn't contributed
extra funding either..<font size="-1" color="#666666"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/09/here_s_why_fema_s_flood_maps_are_so_terrible.html">http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/09/here_s_why_fema_s_flood_maps_are_so_terrible.html</a></font><br>
<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://getenergysmartnow.com/2017/09/07/the-contrast-stuns-meshould-stun-you-climate-catastrophes-vs-fossil-foolish-promotion/"><br>
The contrast stuns me/should stun you: Climate Catastrophes vs
Fossil Foolish Promotion</a></b><br>
How many, in the media world and punditry, has picked up and run
with a stunning contrast yesterday. As fossil-fueled <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://getenergysmartnow.com/2017/09/04/climate-catastrophes-striking-from-sea-to-shining-sea/">climate
catastrophes strike the United States</a> "From Sea to Shining
Sea", Donald Trump flew out to North Dakota to speak at an oil
refinery!<br>
Bill Mckibben, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/905613323902869505">in
a tweet last night</a>,<br>
1) Irma at 190 mph<br>
2) Harvey at 54 " of rain<br>
3) West ablaze<br>
4) Record California heat<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJFiK1gUQAAmig2.jpg">5) Donald
Trump talking at an oil refinery</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJFiK1gUQAAmig2.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJFiK1gUQAAmig2.jpg</a><br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://getenergysmartnow.com/2017/09/07/the-contrast-stuns-meshould-stun-you-climate-catastrophes-vs-fossil-foolish-promotion/">http://getenergysmartnow.com/2017/09/07/the-contrast-stuns-meshould-stun-you-climate-catastrophes-vs-fossil-foolish-promotion/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.theonion.com/article/climate-change-denier-battens-down-worldview-weath-56883"><br>
(Onion, satire) Climate Change Denier Battens Down Worldview To
Weather Hurricane Irma</a></b><br>
OWENSBORO, KY-Taking all necessary measures to reinforce his
cherished beliefs ahead of the impending storm, local climate change
denier Michael Dunn reportedly spent Friday battening down his
worldview to help weather Hurricane Irma. "This could be the big one
that completely destroys my position that climate change is a
government conspiracy," said Dunn, who sources confirmed had
fortified his stance that global warming was merely a scheme by
climatologists for research funding and hastily stockpiled
pseudo-scientific reports from the internet claiming that excess CO2
is good for the environment. "All I can do now is ride it out and
hope that I've done enough to protect my ideology from being
completely leveled by this storm. I hate to say it, but I'm
preparing for the worst." At press time, Dunn was reportedly praying
this hurricane was just another act of God's vengeance against
homosexuality.<font size="-1" color="#666666"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.theonion.com/article/climate-change-denier-battens-down-worldview-weath-56883">http://www.theonion.com/article/climate-change-denier-battens-down-worldview-weath-56883</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050924210135/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0912-32.htm">This
Day in Climate History September 9, 2005 </a>- from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
September 9, 2005: At the National Sierra Club Convention in San
Francisco, Al Gore declares:<br>
<blockquote>"There are scientific warnings now of another onrushing
catastrophe. We were warned of an imminent attack by Al Qaeda; we
didn't respond. We were warned the levees would break in New
Orleans; we didn't respond. Now, the scientific community is
warning us that the average hurricane will continue to get
stronger because of global warming. A scientist at MIT has
published a study well before this tragedy showing that since the
1970s, hurricanes in both the Atlantic and the Pacific have
increased in duration, and in intensity, by about 50%. The
newscasters told us after Hurricane Katrina went over the southern
tip of Florida that there was a particular danger for the Gulf
Coast of the hurricanes becoming much stronger because it was
passing over unusually warm waters in the gulf. The waters in the
gulf have been unusually warm. The oceans generally have been
getting warmer. And the pattern is exactly consistent with what
scientists have predicted for twenty years. Two thousand
scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate,
well organized scientific collaboration in the history of
humankind, have produced long-since a consensus that we will face
a string of terrible catastrophes unless we act to prepare
ourselves and deal with the underlying causes of global warming.
It is important to learn the lessons of what happens when
scientific evidence and clear authoritative warnings are ignored
in order to induce our leaders not to do it again and not to
ignore the scientists again and not to leave us unprotected in the
face of those threats that are facing us right now."<br>
</blockquote>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050924210135/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0912-32.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/20050924210135/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0912-32.htm</a></font><br>
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