Berylin' In

Hurricane Beryl is roaring through the Caribbean with frightening wind speeds of 130 mph.  It has already been a Category 5 hurricane - the earliest Cat 5 in history - and it is setting its sights on the Yucatan Peninsula after having ravaged Jamaica.

Anyone who thought that the meteorological experts were exaggerating when they were talking about this Atlantic hurricane season being the worst since 2020 (which churned up over thirty storms in the middle of a pandemic) should shut the hell up and hunker down.  It's going to be a long, protracted season and don't be surprised if we get a major hurricane hitting not just the East Coast but hitting the Northeast.  Thanks to climate change, it's only going to be worse in 2025 and beyond.

Right now, people are trying to figure out how to save America from Donald Trump.  But how are we going to save the planet from ourselves?  

The Most Powerful Atlantic Hurricane Ever

That would be Irma.

This storm is expected to make Katrina look like a drizzle.  Its path of destruction will likely surpass that of Harvey.  No more powerful hurricane has ever been recorded in the Atlantic basin. 

It's a Category 5 hurricane, meaning its winds are over 157 miles an hour.  Well over 157 miles an hour - 185, to be exact.  That's as fast as Joe Walsh's Maserati!

If you live in Florida, life won't be good to you much longer.  Irma is widely expected to ravage the state and possibly make landfall there.  Even if it doesn't make landfall there and does so over South Carolina or Georgia, it will do more than enough damage.  

And to think Rick Scott, Florida's governor, still doesn't want to guess one way or the other about climate change.  And in this flat state, surrounded by water on three sides, he's barred anyone in the state government from even discussing it.

There is a special place in hell for Richard Lynn Scott. >:-(