I'm a Climate Scientist -- I Fled Los Angeles Two Years Ago.

Friday, January 10, 2025

Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus writes a guest column for the New York Times about the Altadena home he raised his children in burning. He left what he once considered paradise in 2022 because feared fire. But even he didn't see this coming.

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From the cited OpEd ...

... One lesson climate change teaches us again and again is that bad things can happen ahead of schedule. Model predictions for climate impacts have tended to be optimistically biased.

But now, unfortunately, the heating is accelerating, outpacing scientists' expectations. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-10 04:32 PM | Reply

I'd like to see a map of this country (and the whole world actually) of where reputable climate scientists live.

just a small pin in their zip code in this country.

How many live along the Atlantic coast south of NC, much of the gulf coast, and everywhere on the west coast. Cities like Phoenix as well.....

#2 | Posted by eberly at 2025-01-10 04:37 PM | Reply

@#2 ... I'd like to see a map of this country (and the whole world actually) of where reputable climate scientists live. ...

Ditto for climate change deniers.

But I have to ask, why?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-10 06:15 PM | Reply

So did hundreds of thousands of other people.

#4 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-01-10 06:21 PM | Reply

I'm guessing he's wondering if climate scientists are living in the areas they argue will be affected more severely by climate change.

It's not a very good question. For example, volcanologists warn us about the dangers and risk to life from volcanoes, yet they spend time on volcanoes.

Sometimes you want to be near the action, even if it's risky.

#5 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-01-10 06:21 PM | Reply

What's going to happen when Yellowstone pops like an atomic pimple?

(Resident Alien plot based on the reality)

I know! It can be Biden's Fault(tm).

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-10 06:25 PM | Reply

It's Biden's fault until october.

-lefthandlingturds

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-01-10 06:26 PM | Reply