I realize that random biblical weather events have 'nothing' to do with climate change, as we are informed by the least healthy and least educated denizens on the planet. The same ones who are convinced that Donny is their trusted saviour.
Be that as it may, it seemed very timely to be canoeing through town while the Empty-promise-in-chief was extolling his environmental dealership.
"Streets and sidewalks along the National Mall also flooded, as did the White House basement"
The Capital Weather Gang reported "3.3 inches of rain in ONE HOUR at Reagan National" airport, calling it an "astronomical rainfall intensity."
"U.S. President Donald Trump boasted about his administration’s environmental record on Monday, saying America can lead the world in fighting pollution at the same time it is promoting fossil fuels, in a speech green groups derided as “utter fantasy.”
“There has never been a president who has actively pursued an agenda so hostile to the environment and public health at the behest of polluters than Mr. Trump”
Here is where a decade of denial doesn't pay off:
“Over the past 10 years, 40 of the largest independent oil and gas producers collectively spent roughly $200 billion more than they took in from operations, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis"
"The hunt for yield is making parts of the U.S. corporate bond market look a lot like 2007"
That means that investors are increasingly taking on more apparent risk to find greater coupon payments."
Later in the day the skies cleared, the temperature dropped back below Congo rainforest intensity, and it was a beautiful day. For the first time in a long time I was optimistic about the future.
Why? Because we are finally seeing the very necessary culmination of denial and duplicity that will teach Disney World its final lesson.
The lesson that clears the decks. Sequesters the carbon. And otherwise proves that denial is not a river in Egypt.
This has all moved beyond the realm of the political, to the realm of the biblical.
