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posted by
majroj
on July 29, 2005 at 12:14 PM
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factorfiction, when I lived in NJ
I don't ever remember even hearing about one. We always associated twisters with Kansas.
posted by
Cynthia
on July 29, 2005 at 10:47 AM
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Katray, Telynor and Betty...
Yep, nothing much more to say.
posted by
Cynthia
on July 29, 2005 at 7:32 AM
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Majroj, I see it same as you do...
It's so friggin depressing, especially now that I have grandkids.
posted by
Cynthia
on July 29, 2005 at 7:29 AM
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Wow, in MA huh? I had never heard of a twister in NJ until recent years either...but now we get 'em once in a while.
posted by
FactorFiction
on July 27, 2005 at 6:52 PM
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We all gotta go sometime.
It's all very depressing...
posted by
bettyboop1967
on July 27, 2005 at 6:39 PM
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Welcome to the crazy times. To be honest, I don't really see much hope for the future, and it is terribly sad to contemplate. As long as corporate greed fuels our world, there's not much that anyone can do to stop it.
posted by
telynor
on July 26, 2005 at 11:37 PM
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That movie chilled me to the bone Cynthia
because those of us not hiding in the bushes know it's happening. Mid-West weather patterns have been freaky for some time now too. Tornados in January, February, warmer winters, dry springs, drought stricken summers. We're all in for one helluva ride. I suppose whatever neocons are around at the time will blame it on Al-Qaida.
posted by
Katray2
on July 26, 2005 at 6:59 PM
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Two points...
These effects were predicted in the early Eighties when the Midwest started noting crop effects from exceptional weather. Locally, however, they can be exacerbated by the urban landscape, one of the most notorius being a pair of towers with a plaza in Chicago which funnels the prevailing off-lake winds across the smooth pavement often gusting past seventy miles per hour.
It's too late. Due to competitive pressures, human population growth, loss of photosynthetic and oceanic CO2 sinks, etc., the system will not be able to recover before a corrective trend manifests itself (i.e., shrinking habitable ground creates skyrocketing population densities/falling food production leading to war and famine). Side effects will include greater pollution and probably nuclear detonation effects (local and global). I give it thirty to fifty years to really collapse for human society. The planet will persevere, as will our descendents.
So, how's your evening?
posted by
majroj
on July 26, 2005 at 6:48 PM
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