Humans are pathetically self-serving and short sighted.
This alert just popped up, via WaPo:
"Hurricanes are getting so intense that scientists are proposing a new tier: Category 6
For years, meteorologists have debated whether the five-step hurricane scale adequately captures the hazards of today’s storms. In new research, scientists say a growing number of storms merit a new tier, including five storms since 2013." #ClimateCrisis
Scary. It worries me that people will blow off warnings for category 4 and 5 if they do that. I think they should just include 2 in 1 and change the parameters for each. That way you still only have 5. Not that anyone asked or my opinion would matter with scientists at all 😁
We should also reconsider the naming convention. Nobody is afraid of Hurricane Dave. But people would 100% evacuate if Hurricane Face Ripper was coming.
@GottaLaff Blue states with larger contributions to GDP are attempting to address climate, but GOP just thumbs their nose at the problem, despite overwhelming evidence