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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>November </b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>18, 2023</b></i></font><font
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<i>[ changes to the USDA plant hardiness map ]</i><br>
<b>Climate change is forcing tweaks to a vital map for farmers and
gardeners</b><br>
Warming temperatures are changing where and when different plant
varieties can grow most successfully, according to a U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) map released this week.<br>
<br>
<b>Why it matters:</b> The Plant Hardiness Zone Map is a kind of
bible for farmers and gardeners, helping them understand which
plants can thrive in their area — and when to plant them.<br>
<blockquote>The new zones are particularly significant for those
already growing plants at the extreme edge of their suggested
range.<br>
</blockquote>
<b>How it works:</b> The map divides the U.S. into 13 zones, each
representing a range of 10 degrees Fahrenheit.<br>
<blockquote>Each zone is divided further into two five-degree half
zones.<br>
</blockquote>
<b>Zoom in: </b>The new zones are based on the average annual
extreme minimum winter temperature from 1991–2020.<br>
<blockquote>The previous map, released in 2012, was based on
1976–2005 data.<br>
</blockquote>
<b>The upshot:</b> Areas in the Midwest and Great Plains warmed the
most, shifting them into warmer half zones.<br>
<blockquote>And the Pacific Northwest's growing season may last
longer than in years past.<br>
</blockquote>
<b>Yes, but:</b> Many factors influence whether a given plant grows
successfully or not, including light, soil moisture, humidity and
exposure to the elements.<br>
<blockquote>The USDA recommends consulting with local producers,
nurseries or master gardeners for area-specific growing advice.<br>
</blockquote>
<b>The bottom line: </b>You don't need to start changing which
plants you're growing — thriving plants will likely continue to grow
successfully.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/17/2023-plant-hardiness-map">https://www.axios.com/2023/11/17/2023-plant-hardiness-map</a><br>
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<i>[ Get your new 2023 annual map ]</i><br>
<b>2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/">https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/</a><br>
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<i><b>[ Washington State plant hardiness map has slight changes -
longer growing season ]</b></i><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://phzm-prod.ars.usda.gov/system/files/WA300_HS.png">https://phzm-prod.ars.usda.gov/system/files/WA300_HS.png</a><br>
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<i><b>[ </b>amazing data display <b>-- compare to the older map
from 1990 ]</b></i><br>
( <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/pages/map-downloads">https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/pages/map-downloads</a><i>)<br>
</i><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/system/files/US_Map_1990.jpg">https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/system/files/US_Map_1990.jpg</a><br>
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<i>[ cooler heads in the winter may ponder this problem ]</i><br>
<b>I was 13 when I went to work in the fields. Why farmwork is even
more dangerous now<br>
</b>Opinion: Few standards exist to protect farmworkers from the
extreme heat that has only worsened because of climate change.
That's got to change.<br>
Emma Torresopinion contributor<br>
Nov 14, 2023<b>...<br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Heat waves make farm work more dangerous</b><br>
The frequency of U.S. heat waves has nearly tripled since the 1960s,
and Latino people in Western states are twice as likely as the
population as a whole to live in areas affected by extreme heat and
wildfires. <br>
<br>
Farmworkers are especially susceptible: Almost 20% of heat-related
deaths among non-U.S. citizens occur on a farm. The vast majority of
deaths took place in Texas, Arizona and California — states that
regularly experience extreme heat and supply most of the country’s
farmworkers.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2023/11/14/extreme-heat-dangerous-farmwork-climate-change-food-supply/71534388007/">https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2023/11/14/extreme-heat-dangerous-farmwork-climate-change-food-supply/71534388007/</a><br>
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<p><i>[ documentary of French politician who has fled Paris for the
countryside - "vote for me, we'll try not to die together" ]</i><br>
<b>Ex-Minister of the Environment predicts & prepares for the
end of days</b><br>
Best Documentary<br>
Nov 15, 2023<br>
Yves Cochet shows his survival strategy, if by 2050 there is no
electricity, water, & food.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH9pKBeBtBA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH9pKBeBtBA</a><br>
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<i>[ Science vs Math ]</i><br>
<b>The Urgent Agency of Doom</b><br>
Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D.<br>
November 16, 2023<br>
As everyone who pays attention knows, Michael Mann, the
self-appointed media darling for climate science, is famous for
attacking doomers as being worse than climate deniers. But what has
become clear after reading the content of Mann’s attacks is his
nearly complete ignorance of what it means to be a doomer.<br>
<br>
For example, here is what he wrote in this Guardian article from
February 27, 2021:<br>
<blockquote>“Doom-mongering has overtaken denial as a threat and as
a tactic. Inactivists know that if people believe there is nothing
you can do, they are led down a path of disengagement. They
unwittingly do the bidding of fossil fuel interests by giving up…<br>
<br>
Many of the prominent doomist narratives … can be traced back to a
false notion that an Arctic methane bomb will cause runaway
warming and extinguish all life on earth within 10 years. This is
completely wrong. There is no science to support that.”</blockquote>
On September 26, 2023, in <b>Yale Climate Connections</b>, Mann
wrote:<br>
<blockquote>“One of the premises that’s very prevalent among climate
doomers, those who say ‘It’s too late,’ is that methane escaping
from the permafrost will warm Earth beyond the level that humans
can tolerate and lead to our extinction.”</blockquote>
Then three days ago (November 13, 2023), <b>Mann wrote:</b><br>
<blockquote>“Climate doomers insist it’s too late to act. They claim
we’ve triggered runaway warming due to a putative, unstoppable
release of methane escaping into the atmosphere as the Arctic
permafrost melts. They draw an analogy with past major extinction
events, like the so-called ‘end Permian extinction’ or simply ‘the
great dying’ 250m years ago, associated with the loss of 90% of
Earth’s species. They claim the event was driven by a similar
runaway warming event to what is occurring today.”</blockquote>
These quotes, and many other recent statements Mann has made about
doomers, show that he believes doomers are myopically focused on
permafrost methane. He seems to think this is what we talk and write
about, that almost every video, essay, blog post and Twitter post is
about methane, permafrost and extinction. The absurdity of this
reductionism never occurs to him. Self-reflection and self-doubt,
the keystone qualities of a scientist who wants to avoid bias in
their work, seem entirely absent from his writing about doomers.<br>
<br>
Unequivocally, I have never stated that humanity has already
triggered a methane bomb or that such an event will bring on
near-term human extinction. In fact, I routinely argue against this
claim by citing isotope studies and posting CAMS methane images,
including an update to methane in this article I wrote just a few
weeks ago.<br>
<br>
Though methane from the East Siberian Arctic Sea and permafrost may
become an issue over the next few decades, it is not what is driving
the collapse of global industrial civilization or the sixth great
extinction. That honor belongs to one and only one source: human
overshoot.<br>
<br>
Somewhere in his history Mann latched onto this idea that all
doomers think the same way about doom. Somehow he got stuck on the
methane bomb. Somehow he thought all doomers agreed on the
inevitability of near-term human extinction. Somehow he got the
notion that we don’t understand physical processes, including those
that led to the Permian extinction. And above all, he believes
doomers are ignorant in general about climate science.<br>
<br>
Maybe Mann’s delusion was the result of watching the Nova episode on
permafrost methane. Maybe his delusion began after he read the July,
2017 essay “The Uninhabitable Earth” by former doomer David
Wallace-Wells. Maybe it started after he watched one of the
near-term human extinction videos from Guy McPherson. Or maybe
Mann’s rejection of doom is his own suppressed fear. The false
narrative Mann is putting into the mouths of doomers may be his own
way of coping with his psychological transference.<br>
<br>
Whatever the source, Mann is repeatedly demonstrating his stubborn
ignorance of what it means to be a doomer.<br>
<br>
Sam Mitchell of Collapse Chronicles fame stated that if you were to
ask ten doomers to define what it means to be a doomer, you would
get eleven different answers (I may have four or five definitions
myself, depending on how I feel). Yet none of those eleven
definitions, or any of the others I’ve heard or read, comes close to
Mann’s definition.<br>
<br>
Michael Mann’s definition was created specifically to suit his
rhetorical needs. It allows him to attack something that does not
exist. He gets to win the argument over and over against his
strawman, an invisible doomer boogeyman of his own creation.<br>
<br>
But the damage Mann does with this simplification reaches far beyond
that boogeyman. It harms those who are invested in journalism,
science communication and education. It harms those who want to know
the full scope of future possibilities. It harms those who are
learning for the first time about the planet’s dire situation. By
casting a shadow over all those who want to talk about the 50% of
the bell curve that lies on the other side of collapse, Mann risks
the future suffering of billions who might otherwise have had time
to at least consider preparations for what’s coming.<br>
<br>
Being a doomer means many things, but it absolutely does not mean
sitting in front of your computer in your underwear doom-scrolling
and smoking joints until Armageddon comes (with apologies to all
doomers and anyone else who likes to do this). Being a doomer does
not mean believing fringe climate science. Being a doomer does not
mean focusing obsessively on permafrost methane and the Permian
extinction. Being a doomer does not mean thinking that human
extinction is inevitable by 2026, 2030, 2050, or at all in the near
future. Being a doomer does not mean we stop educating ourselves and
others. And being a doomer does not mean that we are not activists
and environmentalists.<br>
<br>
Michael should just stop it. He is too smart to be this ignorant. He
is too smart to repeat such stupid stereotyping over a span of
years. He is too smart to be so profoundly intellectually lazy on
this one issue.<br>
<br>
Mann is well-know for his use of the terms “urgency” and “agency” in
his writing about climate change. It is “urgent” we do something
now. And we have “agency” — at least those of us who are first-world
privileged humans — to take action to avert the worst outcomes.<br>
<br>
Michael Mann should take one of the “urgency agency” pills he hands
out with such self-glorifying frequency in his media appearances and
educate himself on doom.<br>
<br>
Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D.<br>
Retired professor of mathematics and computer science, retired
casino consultant, now a full time volunteer, husband and
grandfather. Know-it-all doomer. Born in the year 316 ppm CO2.<br>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://climatecasino.net/2023/11/the-urgent-agency-of-doom/#comments">https://climatecasino.net/2023/11/the-urgent-agency-of-doom/#comments</a><br>
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<i>[ Documentary on wildfires...from 2019 ]</i><br>
<b>Full Documentary: FireStorm</b><br>
Dave Malkoff<br>
Feb 20, 2019<br>
An in-depth look at the men and women who fight the most dangerous a
deadly wildfires in the United States. Dave Malkoff [ <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://davemalkoff.com">http://davemalkoff.com</a>]
hosts this documentary.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWY2kTr_u-I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWY2kTr_u-I</a>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> November 18, 2008: President-elect
Obama addresses the Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, California
via a pre-taped speech, declaring that his administration will be
committed to reducing carbon pollution.<br>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvG2XptIEJk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvG2XptIEJk</a><br>
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