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Why have five days of postings disappeared here?

Not 5 days. More like 5 hours. But let me double check.

We switched our Hosting Provider and during the transition, there was the inevitable hiccup when one house closes and the new house has yet to fully open while the new forum is propagating. Just the nature of moving a forum.

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:48 am Not 5 days. More like 5 hours. But let me double check.

We switched our Hosting Provider and during the transition, there was the inevitable hiccup when one house closes and the new house has yet to fully open while the new forum is propagating. Just the nature of moving a forum.

The prior post still remaining was from the 13th, so better look for 5 days.

I think people may've stopped posting within this thread for a couple of days (maybe?) because the other threads have posts from yesterday, the 17th.

Ok. We lost a lot of nice links though.
Oxford study that global warming was caused by human activity:
https://www.indy100.com/article/climate ... ls-8929346
Greenland ice sheet disappearing:
https://scitechdaily.com/climate-scient ... no-return/
Last Canadian ice shelf collapsing:
https://www.livescience.com/amp/canada- ... 20%251%24s

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:57 am I think people may've stopped posting within this thread for a couple of days (maybe?) because the other threads have posts from yesterday, the 17th.

could be...however I thought I'd posted here yesterday a couple of times, but hey, I could be mistaken (again).
Or that's exactly the flurry of posts that were lost...no biggie.

If you think of any critical posts, I can copy and paste.

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:03 am If you think of any critical posts, I can copy and paste.

ahhh...nothing I post is "critical"

My 'friends' on here will undoubtedly agree.

This one about 2020 being the hottest year on record was good too
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... on-record/

Dude posted a list of John Prine songs in the RIP thread. Stuff like that seems, so to speak, critical. Thoughtful lists and similar resources. Stuff like that if you think of any.

I posted this video about the last time the Earth got warm yesterday

https://youtu.be/ldLBoErAhz4

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:09 am Dude posted a list of John Prine songs in the RIP thread. Stuff like that seems, so to speak, critical. Thoughtful lists and similar resources. Stuff like that if you think of any.

Yes, the John Prine stuff fits, as does Cooter's links he's adding now.

My own blathering rarely comes close to "critical" however.

jhu72 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:02 pm What could possibly go wrong? Jurassic Mosquitoes.

jhu72 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:02 pm What could possibly go wrong? Jurassic Mosquitoes.

Doesn't sound particularly dangerous.

This thread isn't nearly hysterical enough!

Two semi-hurricanes plowing into the Florida panhandle and Texas on the same day next week.

Why aren't there more angst ridden posts telling us the earth is warming and we are all going to die?!?!?

Meanwhile, people who actually have seen a hurricane or two don't even care. Buy some water and booze, tie 'shite' down, feed the dogs, buy some gasoline. Nothing to it.

Only the Yankee transplants get their panties in a bunch and drive north to Georgia. I swear, how did the North ever win the Civil War?!?!? Can't hunt, can't shoot, lose every football game, need to tell you their 'preferred' pronouns...

I guess there is less of a need for this thread as Joe Biden has said he can solve the climate change problem.

Article on Greenland's ice melting
https://www.ibtimes.com/sea-level-rise- ... nt-3031853

Cooter wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 11:07 am I guess there is less of a need for this thread as Joe Biden has said he can solve the climate change problem.

… at least he recognizes there is a problem to be addressed.

Cooter wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 11:26 am Article on Greenland's ice melting
https://www.ibtimes.com/sea-level-rise- ... nt-3031853

I prefer this guys take on the issue.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... solutions/

Even before the coronavirus, this panic was vastly exaggerated. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change itself points out that, if we try to measure all the negative economic effects from climate change, it would be equivalent to reducing the average person’s income in the 2070s by just 0.2 per cent to 2 per cent. And this is from a base whereby the UN expects the average person in the 2070s to have an income 363 per cent higher than today’s income (accounting for inflation).