It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area

Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by seizethecheese on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:25PM (#24180966)

Here in Seattle we’ve had an exceedingly mild summer. Anecdotes work in both directions.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by sci_prog on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:31PM (#24181030)

No, climate change works in both directions. It causes extremes in both directions. Source: I have a PhD in Oceanography with focus on climate modeling

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by mehrdadn on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:18PM (#24181419)

I seem remember hearing this over a decade and a half ago too. I've been confused and frustrated how the message ever got lost.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by seizethecheese on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:34PM (#24181541)

So, you agree that anecdotes are worthless? I don’t understand your comment.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by sharkmerry on Sunday August 16, 2020 @07:04PM (#24182142)

I think OP meant those anecdotes are both examples of climate change. Causing extreme wildness and extreme craziness elsewhere

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by hackeraccount on Monday August 17, 2020 @11:21AM (#24188117)

climate change just causes bad weather. So when the weather is bad you can just say - "That's climate change for you."

Some people complain about this, me, I think about the poor bastards in the past who had no response at all and I think, "eh, it's an ill wind indeed that blows no good."

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by gvjddbnvdrbv on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:30PM (#24181017)

So your weather has been unusual as well? Would you say that this might be reminiscent of a changing climate? The anecdotal accounts of weird climate changes in many locations are really stacking up at this point. Together with the scientific data it is looking like all the changing climate is due to climate change.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by dmoy on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:32PM (#24181042)

Seattle usually has a mild summer. And a mild winter. It's overall just a mild climate all the time.

Today is hot. There was a hot day in July. Rest of the summer so far has been pretty mild.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by verst on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:31PM (#24181029)

You mean other than today at 97F / 36C. Brutal.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by TomVDB on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:10PM (#24181343)

Past Wednesday, while Skyping with my parents in Europe, I told them that this year's Bay Area summer had been unusually mild so far.

2 days later and we had the start of a record breaking heat wave.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by aaomidi on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:30PM (#24181014)

MILD SUMMER?

We've been breaking records...

And we don't have AC either really

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by seizethecheese on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:34PM (#24181547)

What records? We’ve only had a few hot days all summer.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by aaomidi on Sunday August 16, 2020 @09:42PM (#24183026)

https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle

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