Saturday, July 25, 2020

State Rep Roy, Ted McIntyre on climate change

From the Guest Speakers section of Wicked Local
"The predictions of science are bleak based on our current approach to the problem of carbon pollution. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There is nothing inevitable about the predictions. We still have the option to construct a good future. We have the power to build a world that does more than simply avoid catastrophe. And we can create a thriving, sustainable future that our children’s children will thank us for. 
Franklin had a very warm winter. According to The Globe it is “likely to end up being among the top five or six warmest since records have been kept.” 
While it is easy to say we have been lucky, last winter’s warmth is not some fluke of good fortune. If we just keep on doing what we are doing, U.S. Government scientists say that for Massachusetts, by the year by 2100, the number of days above 90 degrees Fahrenheit will increase from the usual five to 20 days to an uncomfortable 30 to 60 days. 
Imagine summertime in Franklin with all of July and August above 90 degrees! If last summer’s heat wave was uncomfortable, summers in the future will be awful."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://franklin.wickedlocal.com/news/20200721/guest-speakers-climate-change-issues-call-for-us-to-be-good-ancestors

Franklin radar picked up via Twitter
https://twitter.com/jeffroy/status/1286637296893272064?s=09

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