Remember how we were talking a few days ago about Trump and his sharpie, and how, instead of just owning up to his misstatement about the path of Hurricane Dorian, he’d doubled down, restating the lie that he’d been told that the hurricane was headed for Alabama, and holding up a crudely doctored weather map […]
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Sharpiegate takes yet another turn, illustrating the threat to both science and reality under the Trump administration
Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alabama, Bahamas, Birmingham, Climate Change, counterfeit weather forecast, Dan Sobien, Donald Trump, Global Warming, Hurricane Dorian, hurricanes, Jane Lubchenco, Julie Kay Roberts, Michael Halpern, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, NOAA, NWS, politicizing science, post-fact, post-truth, Red Cross, sharpie, Sharpiegate, Trump Inaugural Committee, Union of Concerned Scientists, weather forecast 16 Comments
The end times are upon us
So far today we’ve had an earthquake and a tornado here in Michigan. One wonders what might be next. I’m tempted to come up from the basement and look out the window, but I’m afraid that I might find the Huron River on fire, or dogs and cats making love in the street… or, worse […]
Posted in Michigan, Other, Ypsilanti Also tagged earthquakes, end times, hiding from weather, Huron River, natural disasters, nature, raining oil, tornados 5 Comments
In the tornado bunker of sadness
Linette was gone last night, at a fundraiser for Clementine’s school. I was here at home with Clementine. She’d finally gone to sleep, and I was starting to get some work done, when the tornado sirens started blaring. This is how Linette found us an hour or so later, when she got home. With the […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Other, Ypsilanti Also tagged basements, Clementine, hiding from weather, photos of people sleeping on washers and dryers, spiders, tornados 26 Comments