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Rob Millis
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Reader, writer, water resource nerd
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Hurricane Melissa which is en route to decimate Haiti and Jamaica rapidly intensified to category 4 storm. Rapid intensification is a hallmark of climate change, but that category is only a measure of its wind speed. It is also expected to bring up to 40 inches of rain
October 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
DOGE/MAGA changes to weather forecasting don’t get much attention, but coming changes will be devastating. The same areas that have lost grocery stores, local news, and USPS offices may now lose storm and emergency forecasts. Private enterprise DGAF if you can’t pay. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
How Could the Weather Service Change Under Trump? (Gift Article)
President Trump tangled with its forecasters during his first term. As he slashes government spending, many wonder what that means for weather data.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Green infrastructure pays off! The Willamette River used to receive sewage overflows as much as 50 times in a year but has had another year without any overflow at all.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Portland celebrates a year of not polluting the Willamette River with sewage
Portland's sewer system combines sewage and runoff into the same pipes. Sometimes heavy rains cause those pipes to overflow. But a sewer overhaul 14 years ago has drastically reduced this pollution.
www.opb.org
February 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is President Carter in the Three Mile Island control room during a nuclear meltdown

His examination of the system controls isn’t posed — he had been a top Navy nuclear engineer and had repaired a Canadian reactor after a partial meltdown, after which his body was radioactive for months.
December 30, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Whatever anyone believes about climate change, the free market knows climate volatility is increasing. Climate migration has already begun.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen (Gift Article)
Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:47 AM
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Put solar and batteries on all the Post Offices. Have it serve as a community resilience hub during and after extreme events. Have it broadcast free neighborhood wifi. Every month release a new stamp with a cool animal on it.
The Post Office is a lifeline and essential service for rural and Tribal communities, and small businesses everywhere. It should be strengthened, invested in, modernized, and expanded to provide banking, resilience, and community services.
December 17, 2024 at 4:44 AM
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what @annehidalgo.bsky.social and the city of paris have done for public health and quality of life by taming the auto and prioritizing life and sustainable mobility - over autocentricity - should be replicated by mayors who actually care about these issues

www.paris.fr/pages/etat-d...
December 14, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Flood protection, safe water, indigenous rights, salmon habitat, earthquake-readiness, recreational access, economic improvement… When you set aside politics and focus on goals, most people who depend on rivers want the same things.

www.oregonmetro.gov/news/metro-c...
Metro Council approves $10 million to remove Kellogg Dam and benefit fish, wildlife and community in Milwaukie
On Dec. 12 Metro Council approved $10 million though the parks and nature bond's Large-Scale Community Visions Program to restore Kellogg Creek in Milwaukie. The restoration project centers around rem...
www.oregonmetro.gov
December 14, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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This is how to do it, kids: Home insurance is now a climate story. Put it on the front, and put "climate change" at the top. Especially now that deniers will control the federal and state government.

www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/hom...
December 8, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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This is a big deal. California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is conservative, with 25 years to come into compliance and local management -- unless they fail. If the Supreme Court undercuts the state's backstop power, it won't change actual hydrology, setting up the area for a crash.
December 5, 2024 at 6:23 PM
“7 years ago” doesn’t change the psychology of someone is such a repeatedly abusive misogynist that his own mother called him out. How is Hegseth even being talked about at this point?
December 5, 2024 at 2:27 AM
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Two stages of writing:

1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Oregon Coast Waterspout!
NWS: the bomb cyclone “is still capable of producing waterspouts (and, if comes onshore, will be a tornado)… Tornado Warning is in effect for that area until 4:30 pm today.”
(Photo: Ian Reed, 3:20 pm)

#water #watersky #climate #climatesky
November 21, 2024 at 12:39 AM
If you can’t imagine horrors you can’t prevent them.
"The conventional wisdom seems to have settled on the view that, Sure, this is all very bad. But also: It’s ultimately fine. I view this as a dangerous failure of imagination."

Let your imagination run wild with @jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad:
It’s Time to Consider the Worst-Case Scenario
Let’s go to the Bad Place together.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:38 PM