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j4d3 · 3402 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here.
I was horrified to find so many green spots on this map with flames on them.In Washington state's Olympic National Park, the rainforest caught fire for the first time in living memory.
first time in living memory.
I'm pretty sure that line is completely untrue. http://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/management/fire-history.htm It's totally valid to say it's a more severe fire than usual, or to say the frequency of fires is increasing.
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Killerhurtz · 3401 days ago · link ·
And now my brain just came up with a joke. "And now, let us interview a few visitors who just barely escaped the blazing heat of the fires. What do you say?" "Hey, we just wanted to have a good time but then it happened. You know what they say - baked, not cooked."