Okay, I've had to clear this up for one person on my friends list already, so I'm going to do this as a post so everyone can see it. And no. I am NOT putting this behind a cut
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You've summed it up wonderfully. Unfortunately, I know way too many people who prefer to live in denial. Still, even they can't deny that although a decade ago it was highly unusual for us to have temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius in Sault Ste. Marie, days where the temperature's gone up to 35 degrees Celsius or higher haven't exactly been rare this year (or last year, for that matter). The water levels in Lake Superior are dropping and nobody claims to know why, but there've been suggestions that it's likely that it's at least partially because the local weather's warmed up enough that the lake doesn't freeze over as quickly in the winter, therefore allowing more of it to evaporate. Ten years ago, it was highly unusual for us to have more than a few days in the summer when the air was hazy; these days, it's highly unusual for there not to be a haze. Given what's been happening even just around here in the Sault, I don't understand how they can possibly deny that something's up.
What really gets me, though, is that most of these people are normally very logical and intelligent people. But for some reason, when the subject of global warming comes up, they'd much rather just ignore the evidence and say that it's a total myth, and anyone who believes that global warming exists is just trying to get people to panic and distract them from more important things.
What really gets me, though, is that most of these people are normally very logical and intelligent people. But for some reason, when the subject of global warming comes up, they'd much rather just ignore the evidence and say that it's a total myth, and anyone who believes that global warming exists is just trying to get people to panic and distract them from more important things.
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