Now, as usual, the quibbles. Mr. Dolin, in his Epilogue, recites uncritically the mantras about global warming and climate change. Does every article or book that touches weather or climate history have to take this invitation? His political leanings were already clear; they didn't have to be pounded. And one unforced error; in his excellent discussion about Katrina he dates its first reference to 1992, not 2005.Edward R. Murrow said:"There it is, [the eyewall] ... thousands of feet, as high as Everest. ... What a beautiful sight! We're in an amphitheater surrounded by clouds. It looks like a lovely alpine lake surrounded by snow."
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"In the eye of a hurricane you learn things other than of a scientific nature. You feel the puniness of man and his works. If a true definition of humility is ever written, it might well be written in the eye of a hurricane.”
Dolin has a master's in environmental management and a Ph.D. in environmental policy and planning. Therefore he has a responsibility to communicate the facts of anthropogenic climate change to the public.... Now, as usual, the quibbles. Mr. Dolin, in his Epilogue, recites uncritically the mantras about global warming and climate change. Does every article or book that touches weather or climate history have to take this invitation?
I'm guessing because Hurricane Andrew in 1992 was also a category 5 hurricane that took a similar track and devastated similar areas? Will you go back to the book and check if that is actually the case, rather than risk dragging down the reputation of this forum with an accusation based in a poster's own misapprehension? Thanks.... And one unforced error; in his excellent discussion about Katrina he dates its first reference to 1992, not 2005.
The climate change movement has reduced science to a religion. The concept of man-made climate change should and must be open to discussion, as must be the remedies. The "climate scientists" are clearly trying to guilt us out of the affluence that society has built over the years. Any solution such as nuclear power or natural gas is rejected. Of course, making mobility expensive will allow the privileged to go where they want to go, do what they want to do while the "peasants" are in a form of lockdown. There is no "responsibility" to make every article or book that touches weather or climate history a work of shrill alarmism.Dolin has a master's in environmental management and a Ph.D. in environmental policy and planning. Therefore he has a responsibility to communicate the facts of anthropogenic climate change to the public.
That is a hell of a lot different to how this forum has usually adopted the term "mantras" to refer to slogans like 'Anti-racist is a Code Word for “Anti-white”', You Will Not Replace Us,’ ‘Russia is Our Friend,’ 'White Lives Matter', 'Whites Under Attack', 'Invasion of Muzzie Hordes', and all the rest of the stupid stuff you find knuckledragging halfwits spreading online.
Extremely well summarised and compiled for you here say - Payton Gendron Manifesto. (A chap who decided he had to do something on the basis of all these slogans and claptrap in Buffalo in 2022). Another big reader apparently, of 4chan, echo chambers like sarsfields, politicalirish that are run by administrators and moderators who proscribe opposing views.
Clearly it was a typo. The previous section of the book had been about Hurricane Andrew.I'm guessing because Hurricane Andrew in 1992 was also a category 5 hurricane that took a similar track and devastated similar areas? Will you go back to the book and check if that is actually the case, rather than risk dragging down the reputation of this forum with an accusation based in a poster's own misapprehension? Thanks.
No other readers here???
You might note that I was very vocal against the vaccine after the studies showed it drastically lost its effectiveness against the variants that came after the original one, and it was clear that the policy of lifting precautions as a reward for vaccination while in the very midst of vaccination programmes, was going to lead to the impossibility of herd immunity. I also said it should be a choice, you cannot force something like that on people. And I said that it was incredibly dumb to throw all our eggs in one basket, and substitute faith in high technology (vaccination) for responsible intelligent proactive community based behaviour. I was heavily censored on p.ie for stating such.... If the government were to start executing "anti-vaxxers" (for the "common good") he would go along with it - guaranteed.
I took note that you're an arch-CovidianYou might note
that I was very vocal against the vaccine after the studies showed it drastically lost its effectiveness against the variants that came after the original one, and it was clear that the policy of lifting precautions as a reward for vaccination while in the very midst of vaccination programmes, was going to lead to the impossibility of herd immunity. I also said it should be a choice, you cannot force something like that on people. And I said that it was incredibly dumb to throw all our eggs in one basket, and substitute faith in high technology (vaccination) for responsible intelligent proactive community based behaviour. I was heavily censored on p.ie for stating such.
I was hoping for a generalized reading thread, not a JBG blog.Is this some kind of a challenge?
I'll duck out (with the other stuff).I was hoping for a generalized reading thread, not a JBG blog.
I haven't been on here that long. No question that the vaccine was oversold. No question that it reduced the severity of both infection and spread.You might note that I was very vocal against the vaccine after the studies showed it drastically lost its effectiveness against the variants that came after the original one, and it was clear that the policy of lifting precautions as a reward for vaccination while in the very midst of vaccination programmes, was going to lead to the impossibility of herd immunity. I also said it should be a choice, you cannot force something like that on people. And I said that it was incredibly dumb to throw all our eggs in one basket, and substitute faith in high technology (vaccination) for responsible intelligent proactive community based behaviour. I was heavily censored on p.ie for stating such.