tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post7579697381003948010..comments2024-03-28T10:10:38.940-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Meanwhile, In Other Parts Of The World Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-66146677763719631702016-07-07T13:17:11.429-04:002016-07-07T13:17:11.429-04:00Thanks for the link, Mound. Whether next door or h...Thanks for the link, Mound. Whether next door or halfway across the world, these weather disasters demonstrate that all of us have every reason to be very, very worried.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-65384405331254305972016-07-07T11:46:36.934-04:002016-07-07T11:46:36.934-04:00Jesus, Lorne, now those poor buggers are going to ...Jesus, Lorne, now those poor buggers are going to be hit by a super-typhoon. Winds are being clocked at 163 mph.<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/07/china-taiwan-brace-for-super-typhoon-after-dozens-killed-in-floo/The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-76463477757898122612016-07-06T16:48:31.266-04:002016-07-06T16:48:31.266-04:00Incredible and totally disheartening, Mound. The e...Incredible and totally disheartening, Mound. The earth has a fever that is going to rage for a long, long time.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-76693533040480011002016-07-06T16:38:07.148-04:002016-07-06T16:38:07.148-04:00What a mess. Ordinarily when I see a scene like th...What a mess. Ordinarily when I see a scene like that depicted above I first wonder how much topsoil is being swept out into the waterways. In this case, however, I found myself wondering what contaminants are being swept into the Chinese surface water supply.<br /><br />Speaking of global weirding, did you see that Nunavut broke 30C today? Yes, that's right, inside the Arctic Circle, 30 degrees Celsius. What could possibly go wrong?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com