Submitted by mossybishhh t3_103o99w in vermont
bibliophile222 t1_j30ciaj wrote
I'm a warm-weather person and feel much more comfortable when it's not cold and snowy, but it's freaking January, it's supposed to be bitterly cold! Temperatures this warm for this many days in a row are concerning and have some shitty consequences for the local ecosystem. I hope everyone wanted lots and lots of ticks this spring...
hideous-boy t1_j30od5l wrote
yeah I much prefer warmth but even more than that I prefer a working climate. I'll freeze my ass off and bear the brunt of snowstorms if it means Vermont is as cold as it's supposed to be
ceiffhikare t1_j322m3o wrote
> if it means Vermont is as cold as it's supposed to be
Depends on what slice of the geological record you care to cherry pick i guess. Periods of warming have overall been beneficial to humanity.
Corey307 t1_j32g41j wrote
You don’t understand what you’re describing, we aren’t coming out of an Ice Age we’re seeing a global temperature increase that is leading to crop losses, drought and ecological destruction. The planet is more than warm enough as it is.
ceiffhikare t1_j32oc32 wrote
> The planet is more than warm enough as it is.
There is where we disagree. I LIKE this and every single other warmer winter, less snow to shovel, doesnt cost as much to stay alive and thawed out, and best part of all, fewer entitled asshole flatlanders coming up here to ski!
Corey307 t1_j32xu2f wrote
I’ll try to make this simple for you, climate change means a very large amount of people are going to die in the next few decades and it also means things like food and fuel are going to become extremely expensive. Probably a lot more expensive than you can afford. You should not welcome the coming apocalypse but you’re a woodchuck so yeah.
ceiffhikare t1_j330rta wrote
> you’re a woodchuck so yeah.
Hell yeah i am and you aint gonna shame for it, lmfao.
Sure people will die, they are dying in this bs LSC society we got going on rn too and while we could change how society works to fix it we are doing F-all about it in any meaningful ways. IDC and wont be shamed for not caring about coastal communities. Food? meh we will see but new areas will open up as old ones become unviable. Crops have and will change and we can do a lot with genes to help adjust as things change.
Corey307 t1_j333klj wrote
Your ignorance is astounding and I’m sad to say I’ve seen a lot of it in the state. seems like something that comes about when people live isolated and don’t see outside of their own little town.
ceiffhikare t1_j3358ur wrote
Dude.. gtfoh with that not seeing beyond your town bs, we live in the information age and i dont need to waste time or money traveling to learn about the greater world. that is so 19th century thinking, lol.
I know, im terrible for not wanting to wreck the developed economies of the world; that i dare to think humanity should ,yes do what we can to move away from FF, *also adapt to the changing planet instead of foolishly trying to lock it into one static climatic state forever.
Corey307 t1_j337t89 wrote
You talk about adapting to the changing planet but we can’t, climate change is not a benefit. You talked about climate change opening up parts of the world for agriculture but you’re making a big assumption that those areas are suitable for agriculture. The reality is we are fucked on a global scale the upside is New England is projected to be one of the better places to ride it out. That said if you have land preparing for the future would be a good idea, get some fruit and nut trees in the ground if you don’t already have some and get a big garden going. I don’t know about you but the price of produce is becoming problematic so I produce my own.
Dr_Underhill t1_j32t14g wrote
Says the entitled asshole who LIKES climate change and the consequential human suffering across the globe. But hey it makes you more comfortable and that’s what really matters right?
ceiffhikare t1_j32wt6q wrote
>But hey it makes you more comfortable and that’s what really matters right?
As a matter of fact yes, cheaper to live day to day too! I would love nothing more than to be able to afford to build a net zero home here on the small bit of land i got, cant get a loan but hey NETO will come and dump 3k into my POS trailer,lol. Cant really go green until i get something on a foundation here but even then it wont be to save the planet, it will be to be free from paying for energy i(we) need to live a modern life.
thqks t1_j33lnvz wrote
I'm curious what you're going to do for fun during 6 months of 40-degree weather.
ceiffhikare t1_j36aux3 wrote
The same things i do for fun any other time of the year. Game, surf the internet, build the occasional pile of brush and set it on fire. Not really an outdoors person anymore.
TwoNewfies t1_j31i9jt wrote
Pretty sure we won't have any peaches or plums or fruit this year. Have read that maple sap is starting to run. It's raining and 38 here in the south, at 7am! In January!
Corey307 t1_j32fwzc wrote
I’ve said it a few times but my fruit trees didn’t drop their leaves until a month after I expected and started trying to grow new ones fairly recently, that’s terrible for them.
trashmoneyxyz t1_j34ynng wrote
There has been a whole flock of ducks and geese that didn’t migrate this winter. I was really worried it was gonna be too late in the year for them to do it but clearly all the birds that wasted energy migrating were the real dummies, because winter was over in like a month and the river never froze. Blegh
MmmmapleSyrup t1_j31u4yc wrote
Isn’t it normal to have a January thaw? Perhaps it’s warmer than usual but it warms up this time pretty much every year.
anom_k t1_j31v70s wrote
This is a bit beyond a January thaw. I'm in Southern Quebec, just north of Vermont, and there's been multiple nights in a row above freezing. I don't remember that ever happening at this time of year other than 2015/16
murshawursha t1_j32a7r8 wrote
This isn't a thaw. This is just warm weather. If anything, the two storms we've actually gotten have been "freezes," more than the rest of the winter have been "thaws."
Parahble t1_j33vxyz wrote
Calling it a thaw is a massive understatement. I haven't had to wear even a light jacket in several days now.
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