I totally agree with you about the way people exaggerate about weather these days. My elderly mother is always warning me on the phone about the imminent danger of triple-digits or one-a-century disasters heading our way, and I’m continually saying, no mom, 1982 was much worse or whatever and I swear the media has learned that extreme weather reporting sells. My mom watches a lot of TV news unfortunately.
Extreme weather is definitely hyped by the media. As bad as hurricane Helene was, we should remember that in 1900 a hurricane killed 8000 people in Galveston, Texas.
Great piece Lynn Cady. You capture my own experiences of other people's subjective opinions about climate and weather- "It's always raining", something that led me to make more objective measurements so I had something to come back at them with! Here in Cymru, for a change compared to the last few years, we've had regular rainfall throughout the summer and humidity has stayed well up. This has meant my anxiety about forest fires has been low but replaced by a similar disquiet directed at a burgeoning slug population!
Thanks Ruben. I do all my writing on my phone and the photos look really good to me. But when I've looked at them on a computer they look washed out. I've always wondered how they come across to everyone else depending on their device.
Love the pics in this post especially the butterfly on the sedum
Thanks Mary! I was definitely in the right place at just the right time.
I totally agree with you about the way people exaggerate about weather these days. My elderly mother is always warning me on the phone about the imminent danger of triple-digits or one-a-century disasters heading our way, and I’m continually saying, no mom, 1982 was much worse or whatever and I swear the media has learned that extreme weather reporting sells. My mom watches a lot of TV news unfortunately.
Extreme weather is definitely hyped by the media. As bad as hurricane Helene was, we should remember that in 1900 a hurricane killed 8000 people in Galveston, Texas.
Ouch!
Great piece Lynn Cady. You capture my own experiences of other people's subjective opinions about climate and weather- "It's always raining", something that led me to make more objective measurements so I had something to come back at them with! Here in Cymru, for a change compared to the last few years, we've had regular rainfall throughout the summer and humidity has stayed well up. This has meant my anxiety about forest fires has been low but replaced by a similar disquiet directed at a burgeoning slug population!
There's always a trade-off but if I had a choice I'd take the slugs!
I looked at this Saturday on my phone and now I see it on my computer and the photos are gorgeous; color shift, borage and horses were my favs.
Thanks Ruben. I do all my writing on my phone and the photos look really good to me. But when I've looked at them on a computer they look washed out. I've always wondered how they come across to everyone else depending on their device.