The Global Warming thread.

[O Really]

Yo GoCubsGo - you ok with all the dust storm? Should we expect to see lines of Okie-looking Joads with IL plates on their piles high Lexi coming out to take jobs away from the immigrants?

[GoCubsGo]

Yo GoCubsGo - you ok with all the dust storm? Should we expect to see lines of Okie-looking Joads with IL plates on their piles high Lexi coming out to take jobs away from the immigrants?

It actually missed me, but it was windy as all get out.

Makes me a little skeered bout the future.

At least we will get cool hats.

This was the first time NWS Chicago issued a Dust Storm Warning that included the Chicago metropolitan area.
The only other time our office has issued Dust Storm Warnings was on May 7, 2023 (2 were issued during that event).
Dust storms are uncommon, but not unprecedented, in the Midwest region. However, it is very rare for a Dust Storm to impact Chicago.
The last time a dust storm impacted Chicago was on May 31, 1985. According to newspaper accounts, visibility in downtown Chicago got down to 4 miles. Visibility outside of Chicago was worse, and lead to a deadly pile-up on I-90 near Marengo (between Rockford and Chicago).
The last time a dust storm of this magnitude impacted Chicago was during the Dust Bowl in the early 1930s. Records from that time period are difficult to verify, though a dust storm on May 10, 1934 appears to be the closest analog to this event.
Other dust storms to impact Chicago during the Dust Bowl include April 12, 1935, April 24, 1934, and November 13, 1933.
https://www.weather.gov/lot/2025_05_16_DustStorm

[O Really]

Saw a documentary some time ago about the Dust Bowl. Terrifying fershure.

[Vrede too]

Saw a documentary some time ago about the Dust Bowl. Terrifying fershure.

Hopefully can't get that bad again. It wasn't just the drought and winds. It was also poor farming practices. The feds play a role - research, education and paying farmers to keep some of their fields fallow. Not sure what DOGE will do to all this.

[GoCubsGo]

Hey Jasmine,

Do you have anything local?


Hawaii's once-vivid coral reefs are "all bleached white"

[Vrede too]

Hey Jasmine,

Do you have anything local?


Hawaii's once-vivid coral reefs are "all bleached white"

I snorkeled the Big Island 10 year or so ago. That's sad.