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With apologies, this will be the last thread until Saturday, when I’ll be back with another climate thread. I have to accompany my youngest to the mainland for a medical appointment.
“Has global warming accelerated?”
“Yes!”
“If the warming trend of the past decade (about +0.36 °C per decade) continues, it will become more and more unlikely that temperatures end up below the 1970-2008 linear trendline (+0.18 °C/dec).”
https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1863496745017118929
“Breaking news! November, 2024, came in at the second warmest in recorded history, at 1.62°C above the pre-industrial baseline.
“Starting in June, 2023, there have now been 18 consecutive months above the pre-2023 record high, likely the hottest string of 18 months in the last 120,000+ years.”
https://bsky.app/profile/climatecasino.net/post/3lcd7mu6qbk2y
“La Niña is here! The most recent El Niño wasn’t very strong!
“The 1991-2020 climate doesn’t exist anymore. Relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) peaked at 1.5 rather than 1.95 (ONI)… Why is it still so darn hot?”
https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1863618479942930811
“Ocean warming drives immediate mass loss from calving glaciers in the high Arctic.
“Glaciers in the Arctic have lost considerable mass during the last two decades… The immediate response of frontal ablation to seasonal ocean warming suggests that marine-terminating glaciers in high Arctic regions exposed to Atlantification are prone to rapid changes…”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54825-7
“Killer whales have found new homes in the Arctic Ocean, potentially reshaping marine ecology…
“The vast ice sheets that historically kept killer whales out of the Arctic Ocean are melting as the region rapidly warms. Two small, genetically distinct groups of killer whales now live in the Arctic, after migrating from more southern regions of the Atlantic Ocean.”
“Record heat. During Sunday morning, Tafjord in Møre og Romsdal broke the Norwegian record for December temperature three times, 18.5C at 10am, 18.6C at 11am and 18.7C [65.7F] at 12pm [also a December record for Scandinavia].
“Old record 18.3C Sunndalsøra 1.12.1998. “
https://x.com/VaerTorsten/status/1863180945391591575
“Could Tenbury Wells be the first UK town centre abandoned over climate change?
“…Locals said they hope the headlines draw attention to the existential threat facing Tenbury – that, without help, it could become the first UK town centre abandoned due to flooding exacerbated by climate change.”
“Storms, droughts, Mediterranean hurricanes: Are marine heatwaves making natural disasters worse?
“The pace of ocean warming has almost doubled since 2005. Marine heatwaves are not only devastating for life under the sea but also on land.”
“Storm Bora brings days of flooding to Greece, with more rain ahead.
“The weather pattern fueling Storm Bora is similar to the one that caused severe flooding in Spain this fall… A trapped area of cold air and spin overhead, cut off from the jet stream flow and feeding off the warm Mediterranean Sea, is the primary culprit for the downpours.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/12/02/greece-bora-flooding-rhodes-lemnos-emergency/
“A Greek party town has been left devastated by flash floods as Storm Bora – which has claimed the lives of three people – wipes out roads and bridges.
“Rhodes has been left covered in mud and debris after the deadly storm battered Greece over the weekend, and over 30cm of rain fell over the popular tourist island.”
“Spain breaks yet another temperature record with the hottest November ever.
“Last month has just been crowned the warmest November on record in Spain, with temperatures soaring a whopping 3°C above average. This marks a new milestone in the country’s climate history, with the average temperature reaching a balmy 12.4°C, a staggering 2.8°C above the norm.”
“Several December records in the same areas where November records where smashed. In Canary Islands 28.6 [83.5F] Santa Cruz de Tenerife yesterday: hottest December day in history.
“Records in Portugal including in the Azores with 25C and mins up to 19C.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1863611645869924720
“SUMMER IN WINTER IN MOROCCO – unbelievable 26C at 2am at Rabat, well above a typical summer night, before dropping few hours later. Tropical night at Sidi Ifni.
“November average at Tan Tan was an unbelievable 26.7C [80.1F], its hottest month of 2024!”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1863166711773761597
“Insane heat in TANZANIA. Minimums temperatures up to 27C [80.6F], unprecedented for November in the country.
“Morogoro, after breaking its November heat record yesterday (and 2nd highest ever for any month), tonight had its hottest night in history for any month with a Tmi of 25.0C.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1862807837170389465
“Kenya issues floods alert amid heavy rains…
“”Disaster response teams, coordinated by national government administration officers, are monitoring the situation in various parts of the country and providing support to those affected,” the ministry said.”
https://english.news.cn/20241201/f70e37fa206f48d889465abf84cddb01/c.html
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT ALL OVER THE TROPICS – thousands of records are being destroyed all over the tropics locally with margins never seen before.
“Maldives had its hottest December night ever with a Tmin 28.5C [83.3F] at Malè. Maldives has broken all records in every month of the year.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1863826049286676851
“Study: Middle East Could Warm by Staggering 9 Degrees Celsius by 2100…
“In its press release, the American Geophysical Union calls the predicted increase “staggering.” Deadly also works. After the arbitrary cutoff point of 2100, things are expected to get even worse – but let’s burn down one tree at a time.”
“Hailstorm breaks 42-year record in Duki as winter intensifies across Pakistan.
“A historic hailstorm in Duki, Balochistan, has shattered a 42-year-old record, amplifying the cold wave in the region. The storm caused significant damage to solar panels and trees in affected areas.”
“This November was warmest on record in north India.
“This Nov was the warmest on record in north India with the average mean temperature in the region crossing 20 degrees Celsius for the first time in records going back to 1901. Across the country, too, the month logged the second highest maximum temperatures, lower than only the Nov of 2016.”
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/this-november-was-warmest-on-record-in-north-india/ar-AA1v8YwC
“At least 19 dead as Cyclone Fengal devastates southern India with heavy rain and flooding.
“Cyclone Fengal has continued to cause widespread disruption across southern India, with heavy rainfall triggering floods, school closures, and travel bans in multiple states.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/cyclone-fengal-india-sri-lanka-b2657196.html
“Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri receive record rainfall…
“As of 10 am on December 2, Uthangarai in Krishnagiri received 503 mm [19.8 inches] of rain, and Harur in Dharmapuri recorded 331 mm. Visuals from both districts show widespread damage to roads, bridges, and crop fields.”
“EXCEPTIONAL HEAT IN SRI LANKA – records of December hottest nights destroyed:
“Tmin 27.8 [82F] Galle – New national record; 27.6 Ratmalana, 27.0 Mannar, 26.3 Colombo, 26.2 Puttalam.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1863568807757017465
“In 2024, China’s average temperature hit new highs again and again, average temperatures in spring, summer and autumn all reaching historical highs.
By monthly statistics, April, May, July, August, September and November reached historical highs!”
https://x.com/yangyubin1998/status/1863191559602319610
“Japan witnesses warmest autumn on record.
“”This year was 1.97 degrees Celsius higher than usual… making it the hottest autumn since 1898, when statistics began,” the Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday on their website.”
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241203-japan-witnesses-warmest-autumn-on-record
“Unprecedented Rainfall Surges Beyond Expectations, Triggering Massive Floods in East Coast [Malaysia]…
“Heavy rainfall in Kelantan and Terengganu has led to severe flooding, with levels recorded from November 26 to 30 exceeding typical six-month averages. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim highlighted that rainfall reached over 1,761 mm [69.3 inches] in some areas…”
https://news.faharas.net/179441/kadar-hujan-melebihi-jangkaan-antara/
“Malaysia-Thailand border region braces for more rain after deadly floods…
“Peninsular Malaysia, particularly its northeastern coast, and southern Thailand have been battered by torrential rains which fuelled floods that killed dozens of people, and damaged homes, transport links, and thousands of acres of rice crops.”
“Wettest November on record for parts of Queensland…
“Roads and cars were inundated in parts of Brisbane as a short, sharp burst of rain dumped 50 millimetres in the CBD in 30 minutes. Meanwhile, Springbrook National Park and the wider Scenic Rim had 265mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Sunday.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-02/queensland-wettest-november-on-record-rain-forecast/104671500
“Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels…
“Another heatwave is predicted across Australia this week, as the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) confirms the nation just sizzled through its hottest spring on record.”
“A bushfire emergency warning is in place for people in WA’s Great Southern region, with fires threatening homes in the communities of Broomehill East and Broomehill Village.
“Emergency WA is urging residents living in the area… to evacuate immediately.”
“Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to understand its future.
“The last two years have seen unprecedented falls in the levels of sea ice around Antarctica, which serves as a protective wall for the continent’s huge ice sheets. Researchers are now racing to understand the global impact of what could happen next.”
“Hail larger than an apple and winds of up to 120 km/h: what the storm left behind [Uruguay]…
“Sunday was marked by heavy rains and winds that occurred in several parts of the country, affecting, above all, the north. The Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) issued a red alert due to the strong storms that continued until the end of the afternoon.”
“3 injured as wildfire rages through Chile’s Chacabuco Province…
“A wildfire in Chile’s Tiltil Commune, Chacabuco Province, scorched 200 ha (494.2 acres) of land on Saturday afternoon, November 30, 2024, prompting evacuations, injuring three people, and raising suspicions of arson before being controlled by firefighting teams.”
https://watchers.news/2024/12/02/3-injured-as-wildfire-rages-through-chiles-chacabuco-province/
“Insane heat allover the CARIBBEAN – it’s like August! With widespread minimum temperatures between 26C and 29C [84.2F], unprecedented for December…
“CURACAO min 28.6 max 33.4 DECEMBER HOTTEST NIGHT AND DAY IN HISTORY BOTH; ANGUILLA 26.1; Cayenne AP- FRENCH GUIANA 26.1; ST KITTS AND NEVIS 27.1 at Charlestown – national records of December highest minimum.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1863743502636683389
“A Warning From a California Marine Heat Wave…
“An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future… Under the surface, the food web broke down and ecosystems convulsed…”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/climate/california-farallones-ocean-warming.html
“December temperature record set to be broken in Phoenix already…
“The first week of December started off on a warm note, with 79 degrees on Sunday and 80s already. That’s over 10 degrees above average… November 2024 will go down as tying the driest November on record since records began in 1895. This is now the 102nd day without measurable rain since Aug. 22.”
https://www.azfamily.com/2024/12/02/december-temperature-record-set-be-broken-phoenix-already/
“D.C. just experienced its warmest November on record…
“In the first week of November, it reached 80 degrees or higher three times, including 84 on Nov. 7, the highest temperature on record so late in the year.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/12/02/dc-record-warm-november-climate/
“Climate researcher: Amherst and Hartford, Conn., saw driest fall on record…
“The Northeast saw record-breaking dry conditions this fall… The dryness was caused by “unusual, dry winds coming in from the west and Northwest,” said Michael Rawlins, the associate director of the Climate System Research Center.”
“This fall was warmest on record for Twin Cities…
“The fall average temperature wrapped up at 55.4 degrees, which makes it the warmest on record for the metro — beating out the 1931 average by almost a full degree. Another interesting note is that 2016, 2015, 2023 and 2021 all made it in the top six.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/twin-cities-warmest-fall-on-record/
“Historic snowfall blankets Northern Michigan as record-breaking totals reported…
“”The highest one-day total we observed was 24.8 inches on Friday, Nov. 29, here in Gaylord,” Christensen said. “To put that into perspective, the average total snowfall for the entire month of November in this area is just 18 inches.”
“Scientists are measuring burps and farts. It could help save the planet.
“Starting in February, researchers led by Jacobo Arango will feed sheep — which have very similar digestive systems to cattle — different kinds of plants, such as legumes and grasses. Then they’ll put the animals inside the chambers with more food to measure how much methane the animals produce.”
https://www.vox.com/climate/388520/methane-climate-change-animal-burps-chambers
“Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation…
“Globally up to 40 per cent of the world’s land is degraded, which means its biological or economic productivity has been reduced. This has dire consequences for the climate, biodiversity and people’s livelihoods.”
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1157651
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Oops, I do not know about your computer, but, on my computer It says 3 Dec, a round up of economic news, not climate news.
Thanks for picking up on that, Curt. I’ve amended it.
It seems as though the the heating of the oceans is leading to the record heat affecting island nations and coastlines. The oceans have absorbed over 90% of the added heat in the industrial era and continue to do so. Noth5changes if nothing changes and nothing is changing except the habibility of our planet. I expect great upheaval in societies as the seasons become more erratic and the harvest cycles are disrupted. And I haven’t even mentioned the methane monster. It’s a good time to be old.
Not Climate Change but another area where human impact is consequential.
It’s a couple weeks old but this article is about plastic everywhere.
https://unherd.com/2024/11/how-humans-became-microplastic/
Thank you, Edward. It is a very nicely written article:
“To live in the modern world is to be a deeply artificial creature, a monstrous hybrid of biological processes, synthetic chemicals and industrial pollutants.”
reminds me of a joke about future anthropologists sifting through our remains and not being able to tell the difference between human remains and plastic halloween skeletons. not that there will be any (human) anthropologists in that distant future. so many intricately kept records of humanity, and all that will be left long after we’re gone is our epitaph of plastic
Who knows, John – perhaps we are preparing the ground for some new phase of evolution. Some bacteria and creatures like Zophoba ‘superworms’ can actually eat plastic. On a more prosaic note, I see your beloved Steelers are crushing it:
“Steelers tie NFL record with 21st straight non-losing season…”
https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-tie-nfl-record-with-21st-straight-non-losing-season-18th-under-mike-tomlin
Headline “Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels…”
Can confirm. Hot as hell for spring here. Ever. We also had our hottest winter on record last year [1] and this year we also experienced our hottest ever winter temperature. [2]
Things seem to be getting bad really quickly, especially with the rate of warming increasing so quickly now, replete with all the consequences scientists have been warning us about for aaaaaaaages.
THIS IS FINE. /s
[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-01/bom-confirms-australia-s-warmest-winter-on-record/102804760
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/26/winter-heat-records-broken-as-australia-set-for-more-temperatures-over-10c-above-average
Thank you for the recap, James. It is easy to forget these individual events when they come so thick and fast.
That winter heatwave was bananas for its duration as well as its record-breaking peak.
Brutal round-up.
Yes, I read it back to myself this afternoon and thought much the same, Regan.
Its been over ten years since I read the book “Dirt” but I think it said we had on average only sixty more harvests worth of soil left, and much less on the 30% of arable land that is on more than a gentle slope. Unless some radical new farming methods are being used, and by the last article that doesn’t look likely, that most be down to 40 or 50 (i.e. only 20 years in some places). Add desertification, increased erosion from extreme rainfall events and salification (also accelerating) and this might be the earliest continental wide threat to agricultural yields (before fresh water shortages, climate change and biodiversity loss).
Thank you, George. David Korowicz sums up our “pact with the devil” nicely:
“The green revolution of the 1950’s-70’s staved off the risk of major famine by a deep integration of food production into the innovating platform of the globalizing economy. That macro-system turned fossil fuels into increased production through fertilizers, pesticides and machinery. It drove efficiencies through interconnection and economies of scale, and de-localization through packaging, additives and transport.
“It also enabled the more than doubling of the human population, each individual on average consuming more year-on-year, and habituating to that. The cost of the revolution, in greenhouse gas emissions and degraded soil fertility could be displaced onto a future generation.
“The green revolution could be said to have displaced and magnified risk into the future. That future is likely soon upon us.”
https://energyskeptic.com/2018/david-korowicz-a-study-of-global-system-collapse/
So you would think using the moniker “green new deal” would have its critics, yet when I would refer to it amongst my peers, ie folks of my vintage, all I got is a blank stare (well, this is California).
After the 70’s, Reagan’s so-called Morning in America dawned, which provided an enormous goose to the fossil fueled economy, but unlike the one WW2 provided, it never subsided. Why I mention that is that I remember reading how it takes 50 years for CO2 to show its effects on the climate, and 1980 + 50 = 2030, so the rapid increase since 2023 may be the result of what started in the 80’s finally coming home to roast, so to speak.
As an addendum to which I’d like to mention that starting @ Thanksgiving or so, the increase in CO2 levels have been no less than 4.0ppm above a year ago … every day. That is not normal, even in our current state of climatological abnormality.
Hello Pan
However tragic we will have to “sit out” the fossil era with all its woes…. it is the paradox of limits and the utopia of availability that is killing us.
Even when the ‘fossil bosses’ themselves indicate it we still don’t believe it!
ExxonMobil has indicated that a significant increase in oil and gas production in the United States is unlikely, despite calls by incoming President Donald Trump to drill more under the slogan “drill, baby, drill.” Liam Mallon, Exxon’s upstream president, stressed that oil producers are focused primarily on economic feasibility and returns, rather than mass production. Although Trump wants to open up more federal lands to oil and gas production, much land in key producing areas, such as Texas, is privately owned.
Mallon argued that even if the rules are relaxed, companies are reluctant to drastically change their strategies. This sentiment is shared by TotalEnergies, whose CEO Patrick Pouyanne questions Trump’s plans and the priority of U.S. producers to put profitability and shareholder returns above production increases.
The US currently produces more than 13 million barrels of crude oil per day, up nearly 45% in a decade. However, major producers are choosing a long-term strategy, carefully weighing when to open new wells to maximize shareholder returns through higher prices rather than higher volumes.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Exxon-Pours-Cold-Water-On-Trumps-Drill-Baby-Drill-Plans.html
Thank you, Zip. The consensus of informed opinion does seem to be that Trump’s “Drill, baby, drill!” policy is not going to translate into production increases.
Unless you buy into the idea that demand is going to be strong enough to force another upwards price-cycle, which I don’t. Because even extant demand levels are propped up on precarious mountains of unsustainable debt.
It is to laugh. The reason I was convinced the 2-faced Dems were going to lose was grounded in the fact that the party advocating the Green New Deal was the same party that was in power when the fracturing of the North American craton was in full swing, pushing US oil production to the largest increase during any Presidential term (Obama/Biden) in history, resulting in its providing, during the entirety of Biden’s Green administration, larger amounts of oil than the administration that pulled the US out of the Paris Climate Accords. This meant that they couldn’t point at Trump’s “drill baby drill” idiocy and fling Art Berman’s accusation of “drain America First “ in his face.
So I think you and oil-price have it right.
Globalization plus fracturing = ginormous increase in plastic usage.
Even as a mere citizen, in the 2010’s I noticed a ramp up in not just plastic, but the plastic that resists all attempts to rip it open to get the contents. Back then, I did a little research and found that the explosion in natural gas from hydraulic fracturing was the culprit, as it provides the feedstock for plastics. And it was practically free, so petrochemical plants have proliferated all over the South, especially in cancer alley.
Luckily, researchers are measuring burps and farts to “save the planet”, despite the planet being in no peril whatsoever.
I notice that they like such moronic terms because they help distract us from the fact that what they are actually trying to save is an economic system that treats the planet as a garbage dump while callously ignoring the dire effects externalities have in a closed system (ie they are only externalities on the spreadsheet; what lazy-/unfair governance means, is that instead of doing their job, the governing class merely shrugs their collective shoulders at industry ‘s crimes, collects their paychecks anyway, while reciting the mesmerizing incantation: growth, jobs, development.
Capitalism indeed creates jobs, but only after it has destroyed livelihoods (hence the creative destruction moniker).
The best clue that someone is lying to your face is when they claim they are saving the planet.
“Even as a mere citizen, in the 2010’s I noticed a ramp up in not just plastic, but the plastic that resists all attempts to rip it open to get the contents…”
Rob, my awakening came suddenly when I returned to the same, formerly pristine, beach in Turkey in 2012, after a near 20-year hiatus, and was dismayed to find it awash with plastic detritus. You couldn’t swim a stroke without bumping into a stray carrier bag, water bottle or similar. 😕
Yes, all of these daily notices of monstrous decay and devolution are maximally important, but these events do not herald a new age, but the continuation of societal trends long in play.
The ex-casino owner and the ex-heroin-addict scion now heading the next US government are not aberrations, but fulfillments of the the US corporate rule coalescing in the fateful year of 1980, when mega-media corporation NBC green-lit and broadcast a variety sketch show called, in one iteration of its two titles, “Pink Lady and Jeff,” which hit the airwaves despite the underlying core problem that the Japanese singing duo, the Pink lady of the title, COULD NEITHER SPEAK NOR UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.
And I believe I watched a couple minutes of its five-show run.
Stupid’s been around a long, long time, and at the highest levels.
Harris/Walz campaign – “We’re not going back!”
NTHE – “You got that right.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp-d_M8E5wo
25% tariff on oil coming from Canada to Texas to be refined? What will be the price increase on gas? Vegetables & fruits from Mexico will cost 25% more? At least politics have nothing to do with an economy. Which is it, Finding Out, karma or consequences. Doesn’t matter what one calls it. Just enjoy the pain because stupid can hurt.
One consolation is that not one company will make one additional cent from tariffs. Transparency & honesty is the motto of corporations.
“Globally up to 40 per cent of the world’s land is degraded”
Mind blowing. But makes sense when I think about how humans have invaded almost every place on earth.
“Middle East Could Warm by Staggering 9 Degrees Celsius by 2100…”
I think the middle east will be uninhabitable LONG before 2100. All the killing going on now. For nothing.
The linked video is not a climate change video. It is an overall sustainability video though. As I have not been involved in any work involving lumber. I was not aware of the problem brought up in this video. The problem is one more tack in the wooden coffin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efs5-FCVWvg
Thanks for another great round up dispensed with gentle bedside manner my dear. Hope the medical appointment goes ok and you’re not too impacted by the storm coming up. How nice that the lovely Kim is sponsoring this month 🙂
Kate, you are welcome. Kim was indeed an angel.
Storm Darragh made for a white-knuckle flight into Islay this evening. I am still clammy from the anxiety. Not quite as bad as the flight I had into Storm Agnes last year but quite bad enough. I am going to have to watch some cute animal videos on YouTube now to decompress. 😂
The only response to the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO is,
the right to keep & bear arms shall not be infringed, regardless of how many Americans are killed. We can’t stop killings with gunpowder projected lead but we can make the perps wish they had ever thought of any violence. Hope everyone enjoys mass shootings even if their loved ones are killed. I’m still surrounded with bleeding hearts.
It doesn’t have to be like this. I’m wrong again! Public shootings are what 330 million think is acceptable. AGW doesn’t seem to get anyone’s attention, either.
Made for some interesting comments under YouTube. A huge amount of anger from people who pay a 1/3 of their wages on health insurance, who are only covered if they use designated hospitals, who have had their insurance claim denied and, of course, those who think one down, which one next.
I just heard that one insurance company will not pay for a long surgery, if it goes over the time they allocate for that surgery.
USA really does have a very extreme kind of capitalism, I think.
Yes, it is extreme. And sickening. Here’s another angle on the shooting:
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/lawsuit-against-murdered-ceo
H/t Heather
Appalling.
There are a number of disaster capitalists who benefit financially from every damn thing that is driving us off the cliff. Add in people who stand as politicians to support them.
I know a chap who stood in local elections as an independent, very involved with supporting people in his community, evening classes teaching workers how to read and write. He was told he did not have a hope in hell, he won with massive landslide.
Can’t we find these types of people? Socially committed, independent from all the big money? Any hope of getting them up and running?
There’s so much sensational MainSlimeMedia news, I missed the firefighter’s lawsuit. I guess MSM couldn’t make enough money on this story.