Ondanks alle mooie praatjes van politici en zogenaamde duurzame bedrijven, gaat de vernietiging van onze aarde ‘gewoon’ door, met alle desastreuze gevolgen van dien….. Velen denken, dat de klimaatverandering alleen een zeespiegelstijging tot gevolg heeft, echter er zijn zoals u wellicht weet, veel meer negatieve effecten, zoals steeds extremere weertypes, neem de wervelstormen (of zoals u wilt orkanen, tyfonen), die met het jaar groter en daarmee meer verwoestend worden…….
Het volgende artikel heb ik overgenomen van Daily Kos, lees het en verspreidt het a.u.b.!
This Is What Global Warming Looks Like
BRITISH COLUMBIA
“Beautiful British Columbia,” the tourist brochures call it.
Fires raging across B.C.
This is due to very hot weather and months without rain, in our
rainforests. And higher temperatures than ever before, all part of a
warming planet. This is an example of what we risk when we do not do
ENOUGH to mitigate climate change. Will you hear me in Paris?
We have an air quality advisory in BC that we must stay in our homes
especially the very young and the very old. The air is heavy, it burns
to breath it in. Breathing as an issue trumps everything.
WASHINGTON STATE
The West Coast rainforests are at risk.
Rainforest Fire in Washington May Be Ominous Sign
The Queets rain forest in Washington state’s Olympic National Park is
the American jungle — one of the last remnants of the primeval temperate
rain forests that once stretched from southern Oregon to southeast
Alaska. But now, that precious ecosystem may be endangered by fires, due
to climate change and a punishing drought that has affected even the
normally moist Pacific Northwest.
Fires have burned holes into some of the trunks of the centuries-old
Sitka spruce and western hemlock trees, causing the massive trees — some
of them up to 250 feet tall — to come crashing to the ground, the
Seattle Times reports.
ALASKA
Interior Alaska fires still growing; more hot, dry weather on the way
The seven named fires grew to a total of 235,783 acres, although heavy
smoke made it difficult for fire crews to map exactly where and how much
some of the fires moved.In particular, the Hay Slough, Harper Bend, Bering Creek and Blind River
fires all made significant runs. Crews are working to protect cabins in
the area, and all miners and other landowners have been advised to
leave the area. The Tozitna fire jumped fire lines near Site Road, but
was still 2 miles north and 1 mile west of the closest inhabited
structure.
With temperatures expected to hover near 90 degrees through Monday,
officials expect fire activity to increase in the Interior. A voluntary
evacuation notice is still in place for Tanana, with dense smoke
creating sometimes hazardous conditions in the area.As of Saturday, 299 fires were burning in Alaska, 36 of which are staffed.
We’ve seen numerous daily record highs the last few days, and more are
expected the next several days in Oregon, Washington and northern Idaho.
Here are some of the recent daily records that have been set:– Seattle tied or set daily record highs Thursday (93 degrees),
Friday (92 degrees), Saturday (92 degrees) and Sunday (91 degrees).– Portland, Oregon, set a daily record high Sunday (96 degrees) and has seen 95-degree-plus heat the first five days of July.
– The Dalles, Oregon, tied a daily record high Sunday (103 degrees).
– Hope, British Columbia set a daily record Sunday, reaching 37.6
degrees Celsius (99.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Nineteen locations in B.C.
set daily records Sunday.The culprit in this hot setup is a blocking pattern aloft, known as a
“Rex block” that is keeping cooler Pacific air from pushing much
farther inland from the typically cooler areas near the immediate
Northwest coast.
Some relief for the Pacific Northwest ahead – at the end of this week.
One forecast predicts rain by Monday. I am going to walk in that rain,
no umbrella, and get soaking wet. Let’s hope it is not a dry
thunderstorm where the rain does not hit the ground.
It’s interesting to observe how people around me are coping, first
with the heat and then with the smoke. I had never seen “SMOKE” in a
weather forecast before yesterday. The record breaking heat before that
was unrelenting. Almost everyone was seeking shade and cool places. I
can speak for my family and friends and how they reacted. Following the
heat, the heavy polluted air made us feel tired and listless but at the
same time the smoky skies provided relief from the burning sun. Under
apocalyptic skies, we continued with our routines and plans as much as
possible. With the feeling of utter helplessness against these
conditions, it seemed the natural thing to do. We are ALL dreaming of
rain on Monday.
UPDATE: 8:30 am PDT
Smoke break: Sea breeze clearing up Metro Vancouver’s wildfire haze
Originally posted to DFH writers group on Tue Jul 07, 2015 at 08:00 AM PDT.
Also republished by
Climate Hawks, Seattle & Puget Sound Kos, Koscadia, PacNW Kossacks, Climate Change SOS, and Daily Kos Classics.
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