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<p><font size="+2"><i><b>December 31, 2021</b></i></font></p>
<i>[ ABC News report 3 min video ]</i><br>
<b>Life-threatening wildfires storm Colorado</b><br>
Dec 31, 2021<br>
ABC News<br>
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed by a wildfire in Boulder
County, Colorado forcing many to flee with little or no warning. ABC
News’ Andrew Dymburt has more.<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gqDZQzgGTY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gqDZQzgGTY</a></b><br>
<i>[ I heard an insurance agent say "It's something you don't plan
on"]</i><br>
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</i><i>[ supposed to happen in the next decade - not now ] </i><br>
<b>'Absolutely devastating': Colorado wildfires burn hundreds of
homes near Boulder</b><br>
USA TODAY<br>
Dec 30m 2021<br>
BOULDER, Colo. – A ferocious wind-driven wildfire on Thursday
destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses near Boulder and Denver,
Colorado, forcing tens of thousands to flee and blanketing the area
in smoke.<br>
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The high winds that fanned fires in the area continued into Thursday
night as the Boulder suburbs of Superior and Louisville remained
under evacuation orders. Firefighters were forced to withdraw in
many areas as one large wildfire raged on and another remained under
control.<br>
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On Thursday night, hundreds of people watched from a ridge top as
orange flames tore through the Rock Creek neighborhood of Superior,
and numerous other fires dotted the horizon.<br>
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Firefighting conditions were expected to improve overnight as winds
decrease. The National Weather Service said a high wind warning was
extended through 8 p.m. but winds were expected to lessen overnight.
Snow that's expected Friday could also help douse the blaze, a
National Weather Service meteorologist told USA TODAY...<br>
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On Thursday afternoon, a cloud of dark gray smoke could be seen
blowing over the town of Superior, located about 20 miles northwest
of Denver.<br>
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The entire town, which has about 13,000 residents, was ordered to
evacuate. About 210 homes were lost in the Old Town area of
Superior.lll<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/30/boulder-wildfires-thousands-ordered-flee-their-homes-colorado/9057234002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/30/boulder-wildfires-thousands-ordered-flee-their-homes-colorado/9057234002/</a><br>
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<i>[ YouTube video of TV newscasts 30 min ]</i><br>
<b>In-Depth coverage of the Marshall Fire that destroyed more than
500 homes in Colorado</b><br>
Dec 30, 2021<br>
Denver7 – The Denver Channel The Denver7 team brings you in-depth
coverage of the Marshall Fire at 10 p.m. on Dec. 30, 2021 after it
tore through Boulder County, fueled by hurricane force winds,
burning at least 500 homes, according to officials.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d-NnuM2vFQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d-NnuM2vFQ</a><br>
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<i>[ news video 4 mins ]</i><br>
<b>Chief Meteorologist Dave Fraser on high winds</b><br>
Dec 30, 2021<br>
FOX31 Denver<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eFucWUNM68">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eFucWUNM68</a><br>
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<i>[ Wry, sarcastic humor from the New Yorker ] </i><br>
<b>What I Will Give Up Because of Climate Change</b><br>
By Alex Connolly and Ginny Hogan<br>
December 30, 2021<br>
This upcoming year, I’m resolving to give up something that hurts
our environment. Since I’m a planner, I’ve also laid out resolutions
for the following sixteen years to give up things that correspond to
current climate-change projections.<br>
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2022: Cooking meat. From now on, takeout only.<br>
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2023: Unnecessary flights. Especially to weddings that I don’t want
to go to.<br>
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2024: Food waste. I will commit to finishing all the food that I
buy. And also a lot of the food that my roommate buys.<br>
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2025: Plastic shopping bags. I’m going to switch to shopping
exclusively online so that, instead of plastic shopping bags, it’s
just cardboard and occasionally gratuitous bubble wrap. Bubble wrap
isn’t plastic—it’s bubbles.<br>
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2026: Printing. I’m very young, so I’ve obviously never even seen a
printer. But, if I do see one in 2026, rest assured, I won’t use it.
What would I even use it for? An analog copy of my best tweets that
can never be flagged for removal by men’s-rights activists?
Actually, maybe I would use it.<br>
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2027: Hanging on to my cans until no one is watching so I can throw
them in the trash rather than finding aluminum recycling. Not that I
ever did this . . . but I’ll definitely stop now.<br>
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2028: Flushing. The Alaska wildfires will really serve as a wake-up
call this year. Not flushing will be an adjustment for me and my
eight roommates, but we will brave it together.<br>
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2029: Giving up carbs. To clarify, I will give up giving them up.
Global food shortages will mean that we will all have to be less
picky when it comes to fuelling our bodies.<br>
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2030: Investing in a 401(k). No, I won’t have started doing this
yet, but I’ll still give up the idea of doing it, since, in 2030,
the U.N. will project that retirement is not really going to be a
thing anymore. (Ditto for seasons and economies.)<br>
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2031: Turning on lights. Who needs ’em?! Now that society has
collapsed, I’ll finally have some work-life balance. When it’s dark,
I’ll just sleep. Besides, it won’t even get that dark anymore. The
fires will emit a pretty steady glow.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-i-will-give-up-because-of-climate-change">https://www..newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-i-will-give-up-because-of-climate-change</a><br>
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<i>[ The news archive - looking back 9 years ago ]</i><br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming
December 31, 2012</b></font><br>
<blockquote> <b>December 31, 2012: Media Matters compiles a list of
the "10 Dumbest</b><br>
<b>Things Fox Said About Climate Change In 2012."</b><br>
In contrast to official temperature records showing a consistent
warming trend, Fox Business reporters have claimed that the
“temperature basically hasn't changed much since the ice age” and
that it's actually “getting colder.” Fox News figures have also
denied the scientific consensus that human activity is driving
climate change, claiming that carbon dioxide “literally cannot
cause global warming” and suggesting that “Mars wobbles” or “wind
farms” may be causing it instead. Those are just some of the 10
dumbest things Fox News, Fox Business and their websites said
about climate change in 2012:<br>
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<b>1. Fox Reporter: “The Temperature Basically Hasn't Changed Much
Since The Ice Age.” </b>During the Ice Age, much of North
America, northern Europe and southern South America were covered
with ice sheets. Natural climate cycles led to the end of the Ice
Age tens of thousands of years ago. In the last century,
temperatures have increased dramatically as a result of our
massive emissions of greenhouse gases. Yet Fox Business reporter
Tracy Byrnes claimed in March that “the temperature basically
hasn't changed much since the Ice Age,” before confusing global
warming with the depletion of the ozone layer:..<br>
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<b>2. During Record-Breaking Heat, Fox Anchor Claims “It's Getting
Colder.” </b>During the third warmest summer on record in the
U.S., David Asman, who hosts shows on both Fox News and Fox
Business, claimed “it's getting colder”:<br>
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<b>3. Fox “Expert”: Carbon Dioxide “Literally Cannot Cause Global
Warming.” </b>Joe Bastardi is a meteorologist that is often
presented as a climate change expert on Fox News, even though he
has no climate science training. Bill O'Reilly has cited Bastardi
as the reason that he is “skeptical” about global warming, but
scientists have called Bastardi's statements “completely wrong,”
“simply ignorant,” and “utter nonsense.” In March, Bastardi
attempted to "throw out 150 years of physics" by dismissing the
greenhouse effect -- the reason there is life on Earth -- as
impossible. Bastardi stated on Fox Business that carbon dioxide
(CO2) “literally” -- yes, literally -- “cannot cause global
warming” because it doesn't “mix well in the atmosphere.” But
physicist Richard Muller told Media Matters that CO2 is actually
“completely mixed.”..<br>
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<b>4. Fox Reporter: “Mars Wobbles” May Be Causing Climate Change.
</b>Elizabeth MacDonald, a Fox Business reporter who often appears
on Fox News, incorrectly said in November that “there's no
consensus on what's causing climate change, and asked “is it solar
flares? Is it the Mars wobbles? Is it the earth's axis tilting in
a different way? I mean, that's the issue.” After being subject to
mockery, she tried to walk back her comments saying she doesn't
“think Mars wobbles cause hurricanes,” but did not explain her
previous comments...<br>
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<b>5. Fox Website: “Wind Farms Cause Global Warming.” I</b>n
April, a study found that nighttime temperatures in areas around
Texas wind farms were higher than in areas without wind turbines.
Fox Nation, a section of FoxNews.com, linked to a story about the
study with a headline declaring that wind farms “cause global
warming.” But the study's authors called this coverage
“misleading,” explaining that it is "[v]ery likely" that “wind
turbines do not create a net warming of the air and instead only
re-distribute the air's heat near the surface, which is
fundamentally different from the large-scale warming effect caused
by increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases.”...<br>
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<b>6. Instead Of Scientists, Fox Turns To Mark Levin And A Coal
Miner To Say “CO's What Make Plants Grow.”</b> During an
hour-long special on the “green agenda” hosted by anchor Bret
Baier, Fox News did not interview a single scientist. Instead they
turned to right-wing radio host Mark Levin, who denied that carbon
dioxide is a pollutant that should be regulated, saying: “Carbon
dioxide is what we exhale. Carbon dioxide is necessary for
plants.” Fox later aired video of coal miner Robert “Buz” Hilberry
echoing this, saying: “I'm no scientist but CO's what make plants
grow and what make you breathe, so they're trying to choke us all
out by stopping the burning of coal.” At no point did Fox clarify
that it's the unusually high amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide
that has scientists concerned, or acknowledge the scientific
consensus:..<br>
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<b>7. Fox Contributor: There Are “Hundreds Of Thousands” Of
Scientists “On Both Sides Debating” Global Warming.</b> National
Review Online's Deroy Murdock, a Fox News contributor, argued that
NASA shouldn't explain the facts about global warming because the
science is still up for debate, claiming “there are scientists on
both sides -- there are hundreds of thousands on both sides
debating” the causes of global warming. But even climate change
contrarians don't claim to have that many scientists on their
side. They often promote the Oregon Petition, which has been
signed by less than 32,000 “scientists” who don't believe there
will be “catastrophic” global warming. The petition includes only
39 climatologists and defines as a “scientist” anyone who claims
to have a bachelor's degree in fields ranging from math to
engineering. Credible surveys have found that the vast majority of
climate scientists agree that human activity is driving global
warming and less than one percent of peer-reviewed climate
articles over the last two decades have rejected manmade causes...<br>
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<b>8. Fox Reporter: Global Warming Advocates “Never” Cite A
“Consensus Of Scientists.” </b>On Fox News, Fox Business
reporter Sandra Smith said that the problem with global warming
activists is that they always cite “one scientist, it's never a
collection of scientists, it's never a consensus of scientists.”
After Fox News contributor Adam Lashinksy corrected her, Smith
responded, “Adam, just so you know, the consensus has not been met
among scientists on this issue. Or that CO2 actually plays a part
in this global warming phenomenon as they've come up with
somehow.” In fact, survey after survey has shown that the vast
majority of climate scientists agree that greenhouse gas emissions
are causing climate change, while those trying to downplay global
warming often resort to citing a single scientist if any. But
Smith thought that she had hit on a good point during that
December 1 appearance, and repeated it on a later Fox News show,
saying “still to this day, there is not a consensus among
scientists. If you ever hear the President or his administration,
they typically cite a scientist when they're making a point,
rather than a consensus of scientists.”..<br>
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<b>9. Fox Website: “Global Warming Means More Arctic Ice.”</b> In
October, the Associated Press reported that, contrary to
conservative media misinformation, slight Antarctic sea ice growth
is consistent with climate scientists' projections for a warming
planet. Fox Nation posted the story with the headline “AP: Global
Warming Means More Arctic Ice.” In fact, Arctic sea ice had just
experienced the lowest minimum extent ever observed, a key
indicator of rapid climate change.<br>
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<b>10. Fox Declares “Global Warming Over” Based On A Tabloid
Report. </b>In October, Fox & Friends featured on-screen
text declaring “Global Warming Over” based on a report by the UK
tabloid The Daily Mail. But the UK's official Meteorological
Office said that the article was “misleading” because it focused
on a short period, obscuring that 2000 to 2009 was the warmest
decade on record.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mediamatters.org/mobile/blog/2012/12/31/10-dumbest-things-fox-said-about-climate-change/191859">http://mediamatters.org/mobile/blog/2012/12/31/10-dumbest-things-fox-said-about-climate-change/191859</a><br>
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