This stuff terrifies me. Temperatures in San Francisco have been uncharacteristically warm. I hate to admit this but one of the reasons I pushed to sell the Palm Spings house my ex and I shared was out of fear the desert would become uninhabitable. I LOVE Palm Springs, but climate change made me sell 3 years ago.
Of all the places on the planet facing ecological transformation, the desert will be least impacted. Hotter, for certain, but beyond that not much difference. I love the springs, too, and Joshua Tree, and I actually think it would be a good safe place to be as the world spins out of control, environmentally and politically. Oh wait, that last one has already happened.
Oh wow! I just assumed it would become hotter and unsafe. Politically, we're in a mudwrestle that shifts daily. The desert has such affordable real estate, it's worth consideration. But Jim, if it reaches temps above 120; how is that safe?
The temps are not safe, my dear. You have to stay indoors or be properly prepared for any outdoor excursion. I was in Honduras once out near the Nicaraguan border where the Army meteorologist said the temp was approaching 130, and it felt less bothersome to me than Houston in July. Dangerous, regardless. I think three bad months of heat are preferable to all those months of cold and misery of the Midwest, and the desert is far enough from the coast to be geographically safe, unless that plate under the Salton Sea shifts, and no damned place will be safe.
I don't even like to use that phrase!! I know I am not 25 any more but I am somehow unable to act my age. I keep trying, though, but I can't figure out how someone my age is supposed to act.
I was born in the first month of the baby boom. I thought that I would never be affected by climate change. That was pretty stupid. I hate to think what our children and grand children will endure. We had a good life. Shame on us all. Tom Goff
I hate to say it, Tom, but some of them won't endure. Consider what will happen with the millions and millions to be displaced along the coastline and the disruption, and even violence that will cause. It's gonna get ugly, and it's all our fault.
J.B. Texas is drowning alright. Drowning in stupid. Why do we need these boring st.augistin yards. I look at the yards in my neighborhood, they're all the same, divided by driveways. I used to drive through Arizona and see some amazing yards of stone and rocks all different all beautiful. There's an idea and still prevents soil erosion. And speaking of erosion. Look at what Texans are letting our governor do to us. Your right, it's time to leave. Let the reds have this place, burn it down with their discriminatory laws and bad ecological practices. Minnesota's starting to look damn good. Progressive policies and man does it get ga-reeeen in the spring time. Must be all that good water. Here's an idea. Draw a line east to west across the US. The red's can have every thing in the south except Calli, which they really don't want anyway, and they can choke on it. Let 'em fight amoungst themselves. Don't get me wrong I love Texas. Er, or rather, "loved" what WAS Texas. I grew up hunting, fishing and camping in north east Texas. Every weekend and vacation my feet were on the ground. Now I'm house bound near Houston. God I miss my Texas. What have we allowed to happen to it? To our country? We'll never get it back. Like broken china. Oh sure, you might super -glue it together, but only memories of what it was remain.
It an unrequited love, we have, for Texas, eh? I guess you can love a place and hate its politics but its politics come from the people, so it says much about the place that we tolerate people like Abbott and Patrick and Paxton and Cruz and Cornyn. We ought to be ashamed, but apparently we are not. I'd go north but I hate being cold. I grew up cold, and that's why I moved back to the South. But I agree Minnesota sure is pretty in the spring and summer and fall. Winter, tho, lasts too damn long.
My son and his wife put artificial turf in their backyard and its fabulous. You remind us how nature punishes the selfish, thoughtless acts of humans. The planet may dry up but it will hold its spot in the Universe. We, on the other hand, will be like those fast food chicken nuggets---hard-fried and useless.
The hill country of Texas is defined by the Balcones Escarpment, running from Ft. Worth to near Bandera. Along that line is where geologists and biologists say "the South ends and the West begins." I live west of that line, and all around us is turning to desert while people still water their lawns. It has to stop. Xeriscape uses native plants and rocks and looks great. Lawns are an abomination.
To add to our dehydrating existence is the rise of our seas. Within the next century we'll lose 10% of our planet's landmass to a guaranteed increase of one to three feet of sea level. The littoral cities will flood and their populations will have to go somewhere. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
I put in artificial grass 20 years ago. Smartest thing I ever did.
Ohhhh. I see what you mean now. And people laugh at dry heat, but it makes a huge difference. Every year in Houston's heat seasons was hell for me.
This stuff terrifies me. Temperatures in San Francisco have been uncharacteristically warm. I hate to admit this but one of the reasons I pushed to sell the Palm Spings house my ex and I shared was out of fear the desert would become uninhabitable. I LOVE Palm Springs, but climate change made me sell 3 years ago.
Of all the places on the planet facing ecological transformation, the desert will be least impacted. Hotter, for certain, but beyond that not much difference. I love the springs, too, and Joshua Tree, and I actually think it would be a good safe place to be as the world spins out of control, environmentally and politically. Oh wait, that last one has already happened.
Oh wow! I just assumed it would become hotter and unsafe. Politically, we're in a mudwrestle that shifts daily. The desert has such affordable real estate, it's worth consideration. But Jim, if it reaches temps above 120; how is that safe?
The temps are not safe, my dear. You have to stay indoors or be properly prepared for any outdoor excursion. I was in Honduras once out near the Nicaraguan border where the Army meteorologist said the temp was approaching 130, and it felt less bothersome to me than Houston in July. Dangerous, regardless. I think three bad months of heat are preferable to all those months of cold and misery of the Midwest, and the desert is far enough from the coast to be geographically safe, unless that plate under the Salton Sea shifts, and no damned place will be safe.
Whoa Jimbo. One of the hardest parts of getting old is remembering we aren't 25 anymore. Take care of yourself!
I don't even like to use that phrase!! I know I am not 25 any more but I am somehow unable to act my age. I keep trying, though, but I can't figure out how someone my age is supposed to act.
I'm right there with you!
I was born in the first month of the baby boom. I thought that I would never be affected by climate change. That was pretty stupid. I hate to think what our children and grand children will endure. We had a good life. Shame on us all. Tom Goff
I hate to say it, Tom, but some of them won't endure. Consider what will happen with the millions and millions to be displaced along the coastline and the disruption, and even violence that will cause. It's gonna get ugly, and it's all our fault.
J.B. Texas is drowning alright. Drowning in stupid. Why do we need these boring st.augistin yards. I look at the yards in my neighborhood, they're all the same, divided by driveways. I used to drive through Arizona and see some amazing yards of stone and rocks all different all beautiful. There's an idea and still prevents soil erosion. And speaking of erosion. Look at what Texans are letting our governor do to us. Your right, it's time to leave. Let the reds have this place, burn it down with their discriminatory laws and bad ecological practices. Minnesota's starting to look damn good. Progressive policies and man does it get ga-reeeen in the spring time. Must be all that good water. Here's an idea. Draw a line east to west across the US. The red's can have every thing in the south except Calli, which they really don't want anyway, and they can choke on it. Let 'em fight amoungst themselves. Don't get me wrong I love Texas. Er, or rather, "loved" what WAS Texas. I grew up hunting, fishing and camping in north east Texas. Every weekend and vacation my feet were on the ground. Now I'm house bound near Houston. God I miss my Texas. What have we allowed to happen to it? To our country? We'll never get it back. Like broken china. Oh sure, you might super -glue it together, but only memories of what it was remain.
Thanks for what you do Mr. Moore.
It an unrequited love, we have, for Texas, eh? I guess you can love a place and hate its politics but its politics come from the people, so it says much about the place that we tolerate people like Abbott and Patrick and Paxton and Cruz and Cornyn. We ought to be ashamed, but apparently we are not. I'd go north but I hate being cold. I grew up cold, and that's why I moved back to the South. But I agree Minnesota sure is pretty in the spring and summer and fall. Winter, tho, lasts too damn long.
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My son and his wife put artificial turf in their backyard and its fabulous. You remind us how nature punishes the selfish, thoughtless acts of humans. The planet may dry up but it will hold its spot in the Universe. We, on the other hand, will be like those fast food chicken nuggets---hard-fried and useless.
The hill country of Texas is defined by the Balcones Escarpment, running from Ft. Worth to near Bandera. Along that line is where geologists and biologists say "the South ends and the West begins." I live west of that line, and all around us is turning to desert while people still water their lawns. It has to stop. Xeriscape uses native plants and rocks and looks great. Lawns are an abomination.
To add to our dehydrating existence is the rise of our seas. Within the next century we'll lose 10% of our planet's landmass to a guaranteed increase of one to three feet of sea level. The littoral cities will flood and their populations will have to go somewhere. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/26/its-absolutely-guaranteed-the-best-and-worst-case-scenarios-for-sea-level-rise
Mostly, though, it became the worst of times when the temps went over 100 too consistently.