OT Oregon wildfires

[BlazerCaravan]

It could be 30 years before it looks like it did last week. That makes me profoundly sad, that I might not live long enough to see it like I saw it last month.

 

[julius]

Waterfalls can't burn, nerd.

Tell that to the Cuyahoga river. Facts burn too.
#burn

 

[THE HCP]

That's bullshit. These little bastards!

 

[julius]

Above right, not down by the lodge I hope.

Sounds like this is headed west and north. Both the lodge and the surrounding forest are in danger of burning.

 

[THE HCP]

Half brother lives in troutdale and said his neighbors are really starting to get nervous.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Stevenson]

That's actually coming out of my anus. The wife's enchiladas tonight were smokin'!

 

[Cippy91]

This shit is honestly sad. Some of the best trails over there, wildlife, ecosystems just being fucked. Because some humans decided to fuck it up. Go figure. We always find a way

 

[Cippy91]

This was an hour ago by the lodge so yeah. Just sad

 

[theprunetang]

This shit is honestly sad. Some of the best trails over there, wildlife, ecosystems just being fucked. Because some humans decided to fuck it up. Go figure. We always find a way

It's pretty fucked up. That Eagle Creek trail is one of my favorites. I am much more upset because it was caused by a dumbass Human.

The one close to my place here in southern Oregon was at least caused by nature. Not much you can do about that. Although it is burning up my favorite childhood swimming hole. That hurts......

 

[PDXFonz]

Stupid fucking kids. Kids seem to be getting dumber and dumber. Good for the older generations job security, bad for its life security.

 

[Cippy91]

It's pretty fucked up. That Eagle Creek trail is one of my favorites. I am much more upset because it was caused by a dumbass Human.

The one close to my place here in southern Oregon was at least caused by nature. Not much you can do about that. Although it is burning up my favorite childhood swimming hole. That hurts......

Crown point, angels rest, oneonta, etc. of course multnomah falls. That's my childhood man. That's a lot of summer trips I took just to experience these trails over and over again and now ruined. It's sad really

 

[Sinobas]

Yesterday I felt like garbage, no energy. Don't know if it's from the air or what.

 

[julius]

Im glad I didn't know that before I went to bed, or saw the photo that cippy posted. This is ruining the gorge for generations.

 

[Sinobas]

Fucker got caught too

They should cut his balls off so he can't reproduce.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Mediocre Man]

I have a friend in Corbet who is evacuating. Everyone be safe

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/index.ssf/2017/05/2017_northwest_wildfire_outloo.html
http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/...ls-expect-normal-or-below-average-fire-season
http://www.bendbulletin.com/localst.../how-does-central-oregons-fire-season-compare

http://www.newsweek.com/wildfire-season-2017-no-relief-sight-california-639950
http://time.com/4838989/california-drought-wildfire-fire-season/

Interesting tidbit: drought conditions actually lessen incidences of fire. More people stay inside instead of lighting off firecrackers, and wetter weather leads to more grass what ends up fueling fires.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Half brother lives in troutdale and said his neighbors are really starting to get nervous.

Meh. Not getting nervous yet in my neighborhood in Troutdale.

More nervous because Asthma was already a bitch before all this ash in my air.

 

[Natebishop3]

Whether you agree that humans are causing it or not, I don't see how people can deny that our climate is changing.

 

[Denny Crane]

Whether you agree that humans are causing it or not, I don't see how people can deny that our climate is changing.

I don't know anyone who thinks the climate isn't changing.

 

[Natebishop3]

I don't know anyone who thinks the climate isn't changing.

It's a huge conspiracy!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I don't know anyone who thinks the climate isn't changing.

Trump names climate science denier to run NASA

Republican Congressman had demanded Obama apologize for funding climate change research

In a Friday night news dump, the White House announced that President Donald Trump Plans to nominate Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), a climate science denier to be administrator of NASA.

Bridenstine is a politician without any scientific credentials, unlike previous NASA chiefs, and for that reason his nomination has already been criticized by both Florida’s senators Marco Rubio (R) and Bill Nelson (D), Politico reports. Rubio said, “I just think [his nomination] could be devastating for the space program.”

NASA scientists have led the way in documenting the scientific reality of climate change. But in 2013, Bridenstine not only gave a speech on the House floor filled with standard denier talking points, he actually ended his remarks with a demand that President Obama apologize for funding research into climate science.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-names-climate-science-denier-to-run-nasa-c9a46a6f4a52/

 

[Denny Crane]

So the dog posts a strawman. Good one!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...ck-climate-change_us_59ae5ea8e4b0b5e531007b3a

Bridenstine expressed his skepticism about the human factor in climate change during a 2016 interview with Aerospace America magazine.

The climate “has always changed,” he said. “There were periods of time long before the internal combustion engine when the Earth was much warmer than it is today.”

 

[Denny Crane]

Maybe we can keep this about the fires.

 

[Natebishop3]

Maybe we can keep this about the fires.

They're linked. I have never seen a summer this hot. We haven't had rain in months. Climate change is directly responsible for this.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Whether you agree that humans are causing it or not, I don't see how people can deny that our climate is changing.

So because someone starts a fire, or even lightning starts a fire, means ckimate change? While there may be climate change, I can't see how a forest fire indicates that?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Maybe we can keep this about the fires.

Like they kept the Harvey thread about Hurricanes? Your own mod said the stupid ass Trump talk was fine

 

[The Professional Fan]

No AC in my apt. Top floor. In Gresham. Didn't have a choice but to shut all windows last night. I was getting a headache from all the smoke. It was like there was a campfire right outside my window and my fan was just blowing it in. It's so ugly out here. Ugh.

 

[SlyPokerDog]