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j4d3 · 3531 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here.

In Washington state's Olympic National Park, the rainforest caught fire for the first time in living memory.

I was horrified to find so many green spots on this map with flames on them.

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rinx · 3531 days ago · link ·

first time in living memory. I'm pretty sure that line is completely untrue. http://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/management/fire-history.htm It's totally valid to say it's a more severe fire than usual, or to say the frequency of fires is increasing.

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j4d3 · 3531 days ago · link ·

Yeah, that was a big skepticism fail on my part.

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rinx · 3531 days ago · link ·

I only know because I was camping an hour from there last weekend. Had to look up fire info, wanted to make sure we wouldn't get cooked.

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Killerhurtz · 3530 days ago · link ·

And now my brain just came up with a joke.

"And now, let us interview a few visitors who just barely escaped the blazing heat of the fires. What do you say?" "Hey, we just wanted to have a good time but then it happened. You know what they say - baked, not cooked."