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Did some more analysis on temperature data in Sonoma County. This time the data is from the Santa Rosa C weather station, and goes back to 1950. Santa Rosa is the biggest city in Sonoma County, and has experienced the largest population growth. Interestingly, this data also shows warming, about 2 degrees, in the average of annual high and low temperatures
However, there is a fundamental difference with the Graton data.
Shepherd Bliss has written a report from Bioneers, an annual conference in Marin County that attracts thousands of environmentalists from around the world. This year, there was a presentation on global warming by Bill McKibben. Shepherd describes McKibben's presentation:
Bill McKibben--author of the ground-breaking book “The End of Nature”—followed by asserting that “people are finally paying attention to global warming. It is no longer a prospective problem; it is crashing down upon us now.” He observed that “the SUV age came to an end when people saw on TV hundreds of gas-sucking SUVs run out of gas leaving Houston and become stranded in flight from the hurricanes.”
You can read Shepherd's entire report here.
Shepherd Bliss, a Sonoma County writer and activist, has written a beautiful essay titled, "Water and Wind as Dance Partners and the Warming Globe". It describes the interplay of water, wind and human civilization in his second home, Hawai'i.
Water and Wind as Dance Partners and the Warming Globe
by Shepherd Bliss
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Jova were watched closely here in the tropics. We have a personal stake in the swirling connection when water and wind meet, become dance partners and take a spin on the floor. I have this image of the roof on my house lifting off and rain rushing down on me and my stuff. A mere tropical storm transferred part of a neighbor’s roof to their yard. As we recently saw in the Gulf Coast, the elemental water/ wind partnership can break down stout human structures -- even cities like New Orleans -- with a mere gesture....Link to article
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