I have to laugh at cable news. The poor souls can only focus on polls and election results. The people watching them chronically are completely out of touch with what is going on in the world. Cable news is for the politically obsessed.
I don't think I can watch one more town hall or debate.
The destructive forces of nature is not exclusively found in the Third World. There have been deaths in the USA every year due to the climate crisis.
March 25, 2016
By Lindsay Abrams
This March 23, 2014 photo, made available by the Washington State Dept of Transportation shows a view of the damage from Saturday's mudslide in Oso, Wash. (AP Photo/Washington State Dept of Transportation)
I don't think I can watch one more town hall or debate.
The destructive forces of nature is not exclusively found in the Third World. There have been deaths in the USA every year due to the climate crisis.
By Lindsay Abrams
This March 23, 2014 photo, made available by the Washington State Dept of Transportation shows a view of the damage from Saturday's mudslide in Oso, Wash. (AP Photo/Washington State Dept of Transportation)
As rescuers continue (click here) to sort through the muck, the death toll in Washington’s horrific landslide has risen to 14; officials say 176 have been reported missing, although that doesn’t account for potential duplicates.
A terrible tragedy on its own, it’s also a reminder of yet another hazard that could increase as global warming intensifies.
Meteorologist and Slate blogger Eric Holthaus explains that the most immediate cause of the landslide was the near-record rainfall experienced in the area this month (he links to an explainer from the Union of Concerned Scientists, which gets into the specifics of why a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture). Landslides aren’t unusual for the region, but as Climate Progress explains, such weather is already linked to climate change, and is expected to become more common in the future:
Tornadoes, dual tornadoes that last for a day, floods, hurricanes, winter hurricanes, bone wrenching cold temperatures and landslides are taking American lives every year and among them children. When is the USA going to embrace the lives of it's people over that of corporate greed?Landslides are not unusual in Washington, but such a large one in close proximity to residences is more rare....
