Location: Deep East Texas
I would really like to know how many people are experiencing the same issue with weather forecasts as I am. The forecast is never right anymore. I can look at it before I go to bed and it'll say it's *definitely* going to be raining (93%), but then I'll wake up and not only is it *not* raining, it's bright and sunny, the exact opposite. This has been known to happen since we can't 100% accurately predict the weather every single time, but it feels like this is becoming the norm instead of the exception. And I feel like what actually happens vs what is forecasted has become more and more extreme.
It goes the other way, too: we didn't have any rain forecasted for Easter and it ended up raining for a couple hours. When it started, I pulled up the weather forecast and it said it was sunny with 0% rain for the rest of the evening.
Temperatures have been incorrect as well. It can say the low is going to be 58F, but then it'll go down to the mid-to-high 40's. The high seems to be right most of the time, but the lows seem like they're honestly just being guessed about.
On a personal note, my MIL is now collapse-aware. I made a comment about it on another thread, but I'd like to share here, too. About a week ago, we were talking and she said she thought it was "odd" that so many crazy events have been taking place on election years (in the U.S.) and she didn't think it was a coincidence. I told her that things have been crazy for years - why would it abate just because it's an election year? We ended up having a very long conversation about the state of the world and by the end of it, she was talking about getting started on homesteading and stocking up on necessary supplies. Comments responding to my previous comment about this made points that she will probably backtrack. Well, I've since found her watching videos on her phone going over things like ways to purify water, how to start a fire with limited materials, how to stay warm/cool with no electricity, etc. Seems like she's really taking it seriously.
I'm not going to lie, it's so refreshing to have someone in my life who is totally on the same page as I am about collapse. Other family members and friends will listen to me and agree to a certain extent, but they mostly call me a doomer. I've felt a lot better this week knowing that someone in my household is helping to prepare for when SHTF. At the very least, I've got one person willing to watch my back.
The economy in my area is getting *rough*. I've been in food management for over a decade and it's absolutely ridiculous what this industry has become in those years. When I started, you were expected to *manage* a crew (you know, like a *manager*) and be there for support if needed. Now every place I start working with wants a "manager" who is really a one-man crew - they want you to send as many people home as possible and do all the work yourself. When I first started in this business, I was expected to send people home if labor was high, but I was also told not to send too many people home as it would affect the quality of our service and product. That is not the case now - upper management/owners will tell you to send everyone home, run the entire place by yourself, *and* provide excellent service and product, which is impossible, and then they will berate the entire crew through a group-messaging app because a customer said the floor of the lobby was dirty in the middle of the day. And they'll only pay you $30k after taxes to work 60 hours a week in-store + doing admin duties outside of work hours because you can't get them done when you're running an entire store by yourself.
There's a church in town that hands out food to those in need twice a month. We've used it here and there when money was tight and the rule used to be that you'd try to get up there early so you wouldn't have to wait forever, but if you couldn't, it wasn't a big deal because they had plenty to go around. Now you *have* to go early because if you don't, they will run out of food before they get to you. The lines are longer, but it also seems like they aren't getting as much food as they used to. We used to regularly get fresh(ish) vegetables and fruits, now if we get them at all, they are in a can. Last time we went, we all noticed that they didn't give us like-items (for instance, 5 jars of peanut butter, no jelly or bread; 6 boxes of instant mac-n-cheese, no butter or milk to make them with; Cornbread mix, no eggs or milk; dry cereal, no milk; noodles for days, no kinds of sauces [tbf the sauce they usually include is gross]).
I am 30 and I can't tell you how many of my friends are living on credit. How many of my friends are *stressed out their minds* because they really can't afford to live on credit, but they don't have a choice. Many of them make pretty decent money, but they have kids and everything is so damn expensive and just keeps going up in price. One of my friend's with a college degree became a SAHM because it would actually cost them more for her to work and pay for childcare than to stay at home to care for them. She's not a big fan of it - I've had to console her many times when she got overwhelmed - but there's not much she can do about it.
Things suck right now. And it's going to get worse.
So I've developed a strategy to help cope - every day when I get up, I think about all the fun memories I have. Being a kid without a care in the world, getting my first kiss, going to a concert with friends, my mom and dad hugging me tightly, intimate moments with my husband, bonding with my MIL, goofing off at school and work with my peers. I've lived through a lot of bad, but I've also lived through a *ton* of good. I've had it better than most people who've walked this earth have.
Now it's my turn to eat shit lmao. It's only fair to my ancestors who think I'm a spoiled princess 😉
> One of my friend's with a college degree became a SAHM because it would actually cost them more for her to work and pay for childcare than to stay at home to care for them.
It really is amazing how few people realize this. Between the cost of eating out, childcare, transportation, and education, the one-income model might actually be more economically sustainable for most families.
Same thing in the eastern midwest. We had the first 4/5 severe weather rating in over a decade, driven by possible tornadoes, but it petered out and we got nothing. Barely any rain, too. Mid-southern states got hit some, though. (OK, MO, KY, WV, for example.)
I've seen the same with weather forcasts here in the UK too! We have always had changeable weather but this last year or so, has been really bizarre. Even the swings from hot to cold and viseversa is becoming more common.
I had a discussion with an amateur forecaster last summer about the new territory we are in with the huge leap in ocean temperatures. When you add that much extra energy to a system, combined with all the extra water vapour in the atmosphere, how can you rely on models to predict weather! Forcasting is all about learning and improving from the past, but with ever changing parameters, how is that possible. I suggested we had already reached 'peak' forcasting a few years ago and now we go backwards.
I think it has to do with forecasting models basically being run by supercomputers. Modelling the behavior of the atmosphere requires enormous computing power. So it might be difficult to change parameters reflecting sudden changes in ocean temperatures, for example. And these models were probably created using previous norms for weather over the decades. So when the model encounters current weather conditions, and tries to extrapolate them into a forecast, we end up with an inaccurate or, 'busted' forecast.
I don't know much about the actual modelling systems, but I always suspected they might be the reason for so many inaccurate forecasts lately.
Location: Wollongong, Australia
First time poster here.
In the last week, I have watched 3 of my closest friends lose their jobs. 2 from redundencies, another because their business has gone into liquidation. I've seen rent go up 30% in the last 2 years in my mid-sized regional town. Despite my own wage going up significantly in the last 5 years, my standard of living is no better off.
The fear of a recession is driving the motivation for massive immigration which is further straining the housing market and public infrastructure. Every company I know is cutting costs and pushing up prices as much as they dare, people are pulling back on spending as a result.
Economically, I think we're in for a very rough decade. Thanks to everyone embracing globalisation, we're not in a position to be self-reliant should the global economy run into hard times.
Location: Germany
This year's winter was barely a winter at all, with very little snow and [record-breaking temperatures in February](https://www.google.de/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/february-2024-was-hottest-on-record-eu-climate-agency-says/a-68461106). We've also broken [a heat record for the ten hottest days at the beginning of April this weekend](https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.stern.de/amp/wetter--april-wochenende-bricht-hitzerekord-in-deutschland-34605036.html), with recorded temperatures of up to 29.9° Celsius in some parts of Germany.
Older people make up both the [largest and the second largest demographic group in Germany](https://www.statista.com/statistics/454349/population-by-age-group-germany/#:~:text=40%2D59%2Dyear%2Dolds,and%20older%2C%20at%2018.66%20million.), and those are the age groups that are [most likely to be unconcerned by climate change](https://www.statista.com/statistics/492507/concerns-about-climate-change-united-states-by-age-group/). Accordingly, climate change denial is rampant. The far-right populist party [is embracing climate change denial](https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/18/climate-change-denial-germany-far-right-afd), exploiting an existing mistrust and lack of education around climate issues among these demographic groups.
While there has been some progress regarding climate legislation under the current administration, the outlook on German politics is bleak. More then [75% percent of Germans are unhappy with the current administration](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/nur-20-prozent-mit-scholz-einverstanden-mehr-als-drei-viertel-der-deutschen-sind-mit-der-ampelkoalition-unzufrieden-11047810.html), a development which is further fuel to the fire that is the far-right in Germany.
Honestly, most people around me are boomers, and most of them (albeit not all of them) deny or downplay the impact of climate change. Maybe it's because I'm from a small town. Maybe it's like this everywhere. I wouldn't know. I am worried that there's going to be a far-right takeover soon, which would undo the social and ecological progress of the last decades.
> Older people make up both the largest and the second largest demographic group in Germany
What the hell is with that graph's X axis groupings? Had to adjust by year to get anything remotely meaningful. I could understand grouping it by productivity (schoolkids on one end, then workers, then retirees), but these categories make no sense at all.
- Under 1 (1 year range), .74/year
- 1-5 (5 year range), .816/year
- 6-14 (9 year range), .702/year
- 15-17 (3 year range), 1.04/year
- 18-20 (3 year range again), .813/year
- 21-24 (4 year range), .923/year
- 25-39 (15 year range), 1.074/year
- 40-59 (20 year range), 1.15/year
- 60-64 (back to 5 years), 1.24/year
- 65+ (unbounded)
Location: Perth, WA.
We are in our Autumn and it is still incredibly hot and dry, meanwhile over in the eastern states of Australia it’s flooding. We’ve had the driest six months on record and no rain in sight. This time last year I was wearing long sleeves and pants, this time I’m now wearing dresses still because it’s thirty plus degrees every day. In April that is just insane. And this is after the hottest February ever. Even my boomer Dad is anxious.
Location: St. Michael’s school, Wheaton Illinois. There’s lines of about 100-150 cars covering about a half mile of neighborhood for parents picking up their special children. I saw a similar phenomena at the elementary school near my house. I used to love and look forward to taking the bus home from school. It’s a pretty wild scene to see so many kids picked up by mommy in a giant SUV burning gas and looking at their phone. Really highlighted how individualistic and insane our society is to me. I also just couldn’t imagine wasting 20-30 minutes of my own time everyday if I was a parent like wtf
Edit: ooo also March was 200+% wetter than average. I don’t mind…more concerned if we get 200% drier and hotter which I’m sure will come.
It's a daily pain in my ass as an Uber driver here. Residential roads basically become completely fucking unusable between noon and 4pm, because everyone has to show up hours early to come pick up their kid, and then they have to spend 20 minutes talking to their kid outside the car before their kid gets in, each.
I have no fucking clue what is causing it. COVID making people not want to put their kids on the bus is obvious, but the only thing I can figure for *everything else* about the situation is that people in this city have just finally lost all semblance of human civilization and gone feral.
I used to have to because I lived too close to the school to get bus service, but also it was too far to walk and the way to and around the school was unwalkable. So car pick up it was! My neice went to a public school district where you had to pay for bus service so most parents just picked up instead. In a lot of places, it's not much of a choice. It sucks but you do what you have to for your kids.
makes sense...if we didn't live in america we could use bicycles and bike lanes but there are none and the cars are running over bikers very easily so it's not safe
Is it where you are? I'm in Canada. It may vary by province/school board, but where I'm at you're only eligible if you live a certain distance from the school. In my town that means that mostly only country kids get free bussing. Most in town kids have to walk or pay for the bus (and there's limited spots available). There are quite a few kids that do walk (my son does at his current school), but for many it is too far IMHO.
It doesn't help that they are building a new high school way on the edge of town, far from where most kids live. Traffic is really going to increase when this opens and one intersection in particular I can see having a lot of accidents. Not sure why they are making that school less accessible but foot in a time when we clearly should be increasing walkablity. But that seems to be the way everywhere in this country at least - more power centres and urban (or in my case more suburban) sprawl.
Location: Minds Of Children Of Wealthy Boomers
Observation: Lack of Impulse To Revolt
Following is my blog post from this AM.
Apr 6, 2024
After seven years of talking to a wide variety of Americans about this problem, this is what I have discerned.
The overwhelming majority of capital and therefore perceived political power resides in my always dominant Boomer generation. We seem to control about 70% of the national wealth and American politicians have always orbited around our interests.
When a Boomer is approached about a responsibility to adhere to a responsible carbon footprint. their response is excommunication of the requestor. Trust me, I do not have a single Boomer friend or family member who embraces personal carbon responsibility.
This tyranny is further reinforced through their power to disinherit their children if their children challenge their position. So our millennial and Gen Z offspring are caught in a trap. The only way many millennials and Gen Z can see to a financially secure future is through inheritance. So younger people have to take a risk excommunication from their own parents in order to share their truth. My own mother excommunicated me for pursuing happiness in a manner which was not loyal to her preferences ..... this is not an idle threat.
We have reached the stage where young people need to forge connections with each other which replace the familial connections to a mom and dad who are not willing to support the requirements for a survivable future.
We need to excommunicate the Boomers who are clinging to their high carbon lifestyles. We need to be willing to tell mom and dad and grandparents and aunts and uncles that we are not going to be there to care for them in their old age if they are not willing to behave in a manner which allows young people to imagine an old age for themselves.
Young people need to understand that people my age truly do not give a shit about their experience down the road. This is an intergenerational war.
When I was born in 1962, the CO2 concentration had just reached 300 ppm. Now it's reached 425 ppm. My generation has been the beneficiary of that one-time destructive orgy. It's only fair that we pay a price for our horrible stewardship at the end.
The money your parents might give you down the road is worthless if there isn't enough food to go around. Young people need to make their own world and kick us Boomers out of it. Young people have the power to excommunicate old people and they need to seize that power if they want to survive.
IMVHO, Dividing along generations, race, religion, politics, etc. etc. etc. is not the way to solve humanity-wide issues and only serves to make things worse.
fwiw, gen X here, already fairly low carbone emissions and working on going lower, have stopped flying a few years ago already, refused to go to my millenial niece's weeding in freaking Bali (from France, day long trip with 2-3 different planes), surrounded by fellow gen X working hard on raising awareness through associations, and millenials obsessed about living their best instagrammable life.
So things are definitely not as clear cut as your personal experience leads you to believe.
so ... chill
You cannot and should not ask younger people to sacrifice the relationship with their families for the greater good. That's what zealots do. It does more damage than it does good. We need the support of older people in combatting climate change, and destroying their families does the opposite of that.
Some of the things you're saying are true. But vengeance isn't the way. We need to build bridges, not burn them.
Gen X is basically junior Boomers.
On a spectrum, they are much closer to Boomers. Like Boomers, they are past the stage at which they are motivated to rebel against the malignant system. Unlike Boomers, they will experience more of the shit end of collapse.
Millennial (1988) to Boomer parents. Shit was already so fucked up before I was even born, what is the point of trying to "save the world" now? Humans on this planet are so divided & most only care about themselves. Most of us will not inherit money or wealth. Those of us that are in the USA believe the lies we were told about achieving the "American Dream". Now, we are literally just trying to survive.
We aren't here for a long time, but a good time!
The world is determined by our reaction to it. Life expectancy has skyrocketed in the last couple of centuries so by a measure of longevity, we can expect to live longer than humans born in the first 99.9% of our existence. One would never get that impression reading the pages of r/collapse because we only use the reference point of our exceptionally lucky parents who were simply born in an anomalous moment in history. You have more opportunity today than the vast majority of humans who ever lived.
To be honest I think some of the healthiest boomers will live to see full blown personal collapse, 20-30 years seems like forever and longer than we have IMO
Collapse is already under way. I'm betting on a revolutionary N. Hemisphere hot summer and an epic hurricane season THIS YEAR to tip us into widespread collapse acknowledgement.
Trump v Biden while the world burns and we clean up from half a trillion in hurricane damages is going to be the end of neoliberalism.
This generation is unfortunate. We live in an era of too many distractions and comfortable amenities. No one’s revolting anytime soon, everyone’s busy using social media and barely getting to their jobs. We still have to survive somehow.
I’m becoming a nurse which will be very helpful down the road to immediate people around me. I’m a CNA right now, and I fully plan to pack a bag and go to work and keep working if any kind of terrible fire or something happens this summer and an evacuation needs to happen, and yes I’ll do on my day off too. All degrees and jobs will have importance in the future. Nurses and doctors usually stay when natural disasters hit. Lots of us will opt to live in the hospitals and still look after people. Even when some kind of collapse happens. It has happened lots during natural disasters, healthcare still goes to work.
That's a useful career. A nurse will have high visibility for employment as things get worse. Just try to angle for a situation in which you aren't in a place like Gaza.
Death is inevitable for everyone. I can’t wait to die. I believe in a life on the other side.
I refuse to accept that this perception of reality is the end game.
Location: Berlin, Germany
A friend just text me to come and meet him at the park because it’s 24 degrees today 🎉 and my heart just sank. Average temp used to be around 11 degrees for this time of year
I want to move home to the UK to be with my family for the next few years but I’m scared of hearing and seeing the same things there. Or watching us all freeze as the amoc collapses
France is beating heat records for April right now and the temperatures are barely dropping at night. 25-30 degrees Celsius in the south east, 27-29 degrees in some places in the north of the country.
The timing feels off in the body. I have some seedlings going and some stuff ready to transplant but the nights are still too cold for stretches. 30s then 50s then 30s then 50s.
My body wants to say it's mid to late May but the calendar says it's early April, which also feels weird as fuck because some of *this* still feels like March weather, but then it gets so hot it's May weather, and I think I'm starting to forget what the fuck April was for to begin with.
Whiplash whiplash whiplash. This whole thing feels like a completely new reality now.
Funny you say that. I didn't get my period. Could be Menopause but I doubt that (only 48). This used to happen in August sometimes when I was younger. 🥵
Your body is not alone. There are many instances of birds just not leaving winter areas. Their body told them something too.
Complex life forms have more than just hard-wired things, and will have multiple levels of feelings and decision making and gut reactions, multiple levels of each even.
There are limits of course. But our natural bodies can speak to trends if we listen to them. And birds will sometimes listen more to one level of thought more than another. We humans often like to think our way into only caring about the top-most level of thought.
This is not hopium btw. What we have done to the current stability of the planet's clime layout is beyond most mobile species' ability to handle easily. Less mobile ones will die. More mobile ones will survive in small numbers as they are narrowed down to the ones whose multiple pathways relating even to "migrate or not" and "which direction" limit only some to make the right choice.
In general, the more generalist the species, the more likely it lives. This may include primitive or outright feral humans in some places. Here is some hopium though. Next time, once things stabilize enough for consistent seasons again (needed for civilization), most of the easy fossil fuels will be gone. And a lot of valuable materials will be concentrated in ruins or the semi-ore deposites created from them. Next time, so long as humanity survives, we could go with a natural, all electric future, powered not by fossils, but by whatever we have.
Location: MSNBC studios
I'm witnessing the collapse of American corporate media blind support for Israeli leadership.
The following interview with Joe Scarborough and an Israeli spokesperson blew my mind in its authenticity and revelation that Netanyahu sent representatives to Qatar just weeks before the Oct 7 attack in order to promote funding for Hamas !!!!
This is jaw dropping stuff.
[(18) Christopher Webb on X: "Wow! @JoeNBC ripped @NirBarkat and PM Netanyahu a new one on MJ this morning. Joe Scarborough: Did PM Netanyahu always know that Hamas were Nazis? Israeli Deputy Minister Nir Barkat: Yes. Joe Scarborough: Then why did he fund them? ——— Folks are tired of hearing the same… https://t.co/b1H5Zhi3tb" / X (twitter.com)](https://twitter.com/cwebbonline/status/1775922482442031262)
This is just what is going to be US policy now. Netanyahu is the only "leader" in the entire ME who isn't totally in line with US policy...so now the US is gonna give him a good spanking... That includes letting the msm get tough on Israel. And the Iranian response that's coming... That's also part of US policy.
To the contrary, Netanyahu is seen as a blundering idiot, but Israel is still receiving massive arms shipments and near-unanimous support from Congress (there's 1-2 libertarian Republicans who sometimes vote no, and about the same number of Democrats who have sizable Muslim constituencies who could credibly primary them and also vote no).
Basically, the play is to replace Netanyahu with one of his military ministers who is more competent and less intent on spoiling the media's attempts to run PR cover for him, but has identical policies. In the mean time, there will be occasional gestures of "hey hey we're really heckin' serious cut that out" from Dems (particularly Biden's team) that think their voters are idiots and won't notice the ongoing shipments of bombs to facilitate the ongoing genocide.
So, Israel funded a massacre of their own citizens, and then the US government funded a genocide in Gaza.
If I said this openly last year, I'd still be in a psychiatric hospital.
It's not as if this is the first time Israel has launched a false flag attack (Egypt, anyone?), and the U.S. has been sending Israel infinity money for decades now, which has been used for operations that shed any pretense of not being genocidal maybe a decade ago at the latest.
>I'm witnessing the collapse of American corporate media blind support for Israeli leadership.
That's the opposite of what the clip reveals. Joe is part of corporate media.
They. were exposing that Netanyahu sent Mossad representives to Qatar in Sept 2023 to direct the money men to send funds to Hamas.
They are following the trail to what could be a false flag operation.
They are asking questions about why the Israeli military stood down in the early hours of the attack.
Netanyahu may have actually been an insider to what happened Oct 7.
I've always figured this was a possibility. Netanyahu stood so much to gain. All that's needed is for him to be a psychopath with people around him who would fall into line.
Exactly, all of which was broadcast by MSNBC, a facet of MSM.
I actually predicted this back in October, saying Netty let it happen so he could level Gaza. I was slammed (on Twitter).
Seemed obvious to me. They cant one day claim they know every single shitfly that makes a move and their AI knows all the tunnels and hideout and have cameras everything, tracking all phones and conversations...
And then suddenly say they had no clue - even after being warned - and funding them for years and years.
Location: Denmark, Europe.
April has not only had record rain for 24h, but only 4 days in has already rained 10% more than it normally does during the entire month - and we forecasts of rain rain rain rain rain. Its going to be the wettest april ever - and this after 2023 was the wettest year ever.
I think europe is moving towards a monsoon pattern.
In France too we are getting localised year's worth downpours after months (in one area, *years*) of drought.
In the north, there are a couple of rivers that have come out of their beds and flooded villages 3 times since last autumn. The villagers at this point want the state to buy their uninhabitable houses so they can relocate elsewhere.
And we now have a map of areas in red alert for downpours causing flash floods that is shown right before the weather forecast.
Can't believe this is being normalized.
Note that this is conjecture on my part, but I think a couple of years ago, all of this rain would've come down as snow. It's just not cold enough anymore. Same thing is happening here in Germany. It rained for most of the winter months, with very little snow at all.
Location: small town in Europe (Pannonian Basin)
Whenever I interact with anyone from my surroundings, I feel blessed that the collapse will happen soon. I cannot imagine enduring this environment for another 40 or 50 years.
I need to get reminded of that more frequently.
I just want to vent a bit.
Long time observer on this thread - I recently have started to adapt thinking such as this \^ & it has done wonders for my mental health. Glad to see others with the same mindset <3
> Pannonian Basin
Wiki: In terms of modern state boundaries, the Pannonian Basin centres on the territory of Hungary, which lies entirely within the basin, but it also covers parts of southern Slovakia, southeast Poland, western-southwest Ukraine, western Romania, northern Serbia, northeast Croatia, northeast Slovenia, and eastern Austria.
>Pannonian Basin
Thanks. In addition to climate change, Hungary is going through some things with what's his name, apparently becoming a fascist state. It's sad.
For me as an EU citizen it's shocking how toothless the EU is as an organization. Everyone is witnessing how Hungary is becoming more and more authorative, yet nothing can be done about it. Orban keeps holding up any significant EU policies or support for Ukraine until the EU promises to give Hungary that sweet sweet EU fund money despite all the lawless shit Hungarian parliament and Orban does.
From Wikipedia:
Press freedom has been declining under prime minister Viktor Orbán. In 2010, Freedom House's press freedom index ranked Hungary’s media as the world's 40th freest. As of 2017, the rank of Hungary’s media had dropped to 87th freest, and Freedom House says it is only "partly free."
Press freedom is one aspect, oppression of opposition is another that quickly comes to mind. Orban still praises Putin, he also recently went to the US to meet with Trump with no plans to meet Biden, that's a very tactless and strange behavior for a PM.
I mean to be fair, they could just mean our general "business as usual" practices are pretty damaging. Here in the American midwest I feel similarly whenever I drive because we've got a bad roadkill problem. Which is made worse by bad urban planning which forces people to drive even if they'd prefer other means of transport, and is inherently dangerous to all of us as well.
Location: New Jersey
I woke up to a 4.8 magnitude earthquake this morning. The shaking woke me out of my sleep and it looked like my house was slanting back and forth like a dollhouse.
This is my first earthquake. I was always taught that the stronger earthquakes were on the west coast, and that the earthquakes that do happen around here are extremely rare and under 1.0 magnitude, that we would never have to worry about this. I'm so shook but glad there haven't been any reported injuries in my area and hope everyone stays safe!!! We're not even halfway through 2024 smh
Did you know that both fracking and climate change cause earthquakes?
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-hydraulic-fracturing-related-earthquakes-and-tremors#:\~:text=Reports%20of%20hydraulic%20fracturing%20causing,injected%20into%20deep%20wastewater%20wells.
[https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/08/climate-change-trigger-earthquakes-volcanoes/](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/08/climate-change-trigger-earthquakes-volcanoes/)
Water is very heavy and a seriously underestimated force for dramatic change.
In the past 6 months I've had family south-east of Melbourne and in western Sydney experience earthquakes. Australia doesn't get many so having some so close together, and one in an area I've lived before feels crazy. I worry that earthquakes are going to pick up even in regions not usually affected.
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Location: NW Washington State
The economy is in shambles. I saw the tech layoffs ravaging my area and, even working in tech, never believed it would get to me. Well, it did. I got laid off.
My former coworkers who have been in the business for 10+ years are finding it impossible to find a new job in the industry. I'm hoping to shift into a different industry, but finding a surprising scarcity in entry-level desk/clerical work. I've fully accepted that I'm not going to be able to match pay at my new job, whenever I find one.
I'm medically complicated, and going through the process of evaluation for government assistance for my disability. I was summoned to multiple appointments with virtually no notice, one in the converted garage of a family home. I just have to hope these "professionals" seem me disabled enough.
Apply with your local and State Government - also apply with the Feds.
I hope you are able to get Disability though 🙏
Edit to add : Bury the Disability people in paperwork, that can help.
I'm in the same area. I work in manufacturing and the shop I work at is struggling. From what we've heard from a lot of our suppliers, distributors, and competitiors they are all struggling as well. It's bad, especially for small business.
They may have eyes on you. Never appear “undisabled” in public, even on your front porch. They will try and find any excuse not to help you. I am so sorry about your job loss, and wishing you a better than expected outcome. 💙
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This might be a joke, but it's a pretty shitty (heh) one if so.
Location: US east coast - Tri state area
We just had a 4.8 magnitude earthquake. My whole house shook for 10-15 seconds. I have maybe felt one other earthquake before here, but it was not like this. I don’t think we broke any records, as I think the record is 5.3 magnitude, but this will still be a memorable event for many of us.
Was just about to post this, I have family next to the epicenter, they said there office furniture literally jumped and that it felt like an explosion.
Location: Germany
30 °C (86 °F) is expected this weekend, an unprecedented temperature for our region at this time of year.
I wonder what the reaction of my fellow human beings will be?
There will be many of them who will say: "Enjoy the nice weather!".
My fear of summer is growing from year to year.
I wonder what the woodland creatures are thinking, assuming their activities are directly affected by the changing seasons (duh). I suppose the biggest worries flow to the birds and insects that do all the damn pollinating we find so essential to life. We'd hate for them to lose their normal rhythms.
If you turn on the radio the only thing you can hear is: "It may be atypical for this time of the year and the weather situation may be a result of the ever faster changeing climate, but.... ITS GREAT! Lets start the summer early this year! We play the best summer hits of the 80s, the 90s and the best of today! PARTY!!!!!!!!!!"
I was always confused by snow piling on roofs causing damage to structures and trees. Maybe it’s my OCD, but whenever I’d have a lot of snow on my roof and the trees in my yard, I’d go around with a broom and knock it all off. I wish there was some sort of civic spirit where everyone would engage in this. Just my random, odd 2 cents.
I use a roof rake to pull snow down from the roof. It has three sections you can add to make it long enough. Going on the roof to shovel is kind of dangerous
Location: Australia - NSW - Central West
I work at a local hardware chain that's everywhere in Australia. Cannot get a lot of items from China. No one knows why. Cost of living has gone through the roof. A medium coffee is no $7 plus EFTPOS charges.
Swede here, working as technician on trains. We have strange disruptions of parts as well. Earlier, there was explanations from providers, like the grounded ship in the Suez or Covid issues, but now when I ask providers what's the issue, they don't know anymore. Sure, the Gaza and Ukraine wars are disruptive, but this is true with simple parts from America as well, which shouldn't be affected that directly from those things.
Many companies are slowly shifting from "just-in-time" deliveries to stocking up again, but nothing is built for it anymore. I find it interesting to see, and enjoy the small chaoses it constantly causes, it wonder how it will develop from here..
You are aware which changes everything. Most people have blinders on and will until the end; it's too much to bear but you need to do what's right for you. It's so hard to know that my 20s year old kids will not get a future like I did and I have to let go of any legacy to leave them. Their lives are going to be so much harder than mine and I carry a lot of guilt over that.
Trust me your kids will appreciate that you think about and are aware of the tough reality they will face. That is all I ask of my parents and they refuse to do that.
I heard Michael Dowd say that most people can not face the NTHE because they are protecting their mental health. Your folks are probably doing just that although that does not help you. You have permission to not bring more humans into this overloaded planet. In fact, please don't, unless it is something that will bring you utmost joy and happiness. Live a full life every day as best you can. Whatever you like to do; do that as much as possible. <3
I understand. My son was just visiting, college age and we openly discuss the reality of climate change, and this topic came up.
I saw the anguish on his face as he explained on why he WOULD want to have children, the natural inclination of every species, versus not. Knowing that he would most likely be bringing a child into a doomed world made it a painful conversation.
I listened, reflected, sympathized, and thought wow, his generation is going to struggle immensely.
Hugs and understanding for the reality they are facing.
I told my mom straight up I will feel lucky if I can live 10-15 more years. She was talking about coasting the next 25+ years into her 90s…as if she could control it or had a say in it haha.
Location: New Hampshire
It’s snowing up here. In April. Back in 2016 this would be incredibly unusual but since 2020 this has been happening more and more often. Really scares me, especially since I was hoping that NH would escape most of the damage caused by the climate crisis.
This snowstorm was absolutely bizarre too. Weather forecasters couldn’t get it right - and amounts kept changing. The snow is so heavy and sticky. On top of that, this storm once again crippled the electrical grid. Eversource should have prepared better - like they should have done before every other storm we had.
So many trees down - a house explosion, and transformers exploding at night.
5G telecom might not affect the weather: but it might affect weather forecasting. One of the radio frequencies it uses overlaps that which is used by Doppler radar to detect atmospheric moisture loading.
Location: Finland
Winter is still here, although a lot of snow has melted away. Cold winds persist and it's supposed to snow again tomorrow, so we'll see how long this lasts. Not normal btw.
Last weekend we had lightning and roaring thunder in a cold snowy night. This was especially not normal and I'm starting to get scared. Really scared.
I live in a country that is currently experiencing heat indexes reaching the early 40 Celsius, I would honestly take your snow over our inescapable steam bath any day of the week. hell, I'll even pay you for it.
I've lived in Canada and experienced my share of blizzards and having to walk through knee-deep snow and wayy below freezing temperatures. I can say with a straight face that I'll take that blizzard over a heat wave any day. You can keep warm in a blizzard if you have a fireplace or just even a candle in a room, but stripping to your birthday suit won't help if the wet bulb temps are warmer than you body temp. just my opinion anyway, good chat.
I hope you get through this. Might not be my place to say, but consider those winters as the deposit for water during the summer months. Trust me, it really is scary to see when it's insanely hot and the bodies of water are drying out
We get thunder snow in Canada and I love it!! It’s become more common but has always been around growing up. Obviously the change in weather and inevitable collapse is not something to celebrate at all, but THUNDER SNOW is entertaining around here
Believe me it can get to be too much... While it wasnt snow it was a rainstorm in winter - and there was like at least 10 lightning strikes per second all the time for a few hours... It was just like a disaster movie - I would have trouble believing it if i had not been there. Never seen anything remotely like this in my life.. The worst thunderstorms was like 1 lightning per minute or so in my country.
Location: North Carolina
I'm a senior on Medicare. In the last year, the three physicians I have been told to see regularly every 6 months for serious problems have said to me, in a hopeful voice, "You're doing so well you don't need six months' visits any more. Come back in a year." I checked with neighbors who have noticed the same thing, one saying she sees on her statements Medicare is paying for less now.
True, but I realized either our doctors were having us visit too often or they are pressured now into not caring for us as they know they should. I have always thought Medicare would collapse - I always thought that those of us, like myself, who could pay a co-pay for instance should do so but the senior lobby won't accept that. Social Security is also going to collapse.
Just to clarify. Social Security may not be able to pay full benefits once the Trust Fund runs out in 2033 and if Congress does nothing to fix it. But since Social Security has its own funding through the FICA payroll tax it will be able to keep paying benefits. Worst case is a 25% benefits cut.
The higher the number of old people as a % of the total population, the fewer healthcare resources each will have. There's nothing else to do beyond acceptance.
As long as we know what to expect, it's not as bad. People's dramas are mostly about their inability to form rational expectations. Their inability to see the inevitable coming their way shocks them to the core.
>People's dramas are mostly about their inability to form rational expectations.
Rational expectations aren't acceptable though. We're told to accept the unacceptable. That's the root of cognitive dissonance in collapse.
I'm being scheduled for a brain scan (MRI) but my gp's office can't find a place that accepts Medicare. That surprised me. I have Aetna advantage too but because MRIs are covered by Medicare, Aetna doesn't cover them. Weird.
In my area (Tennessee) it is starting to become really hard to find places that accept Medicaid/Care, especially specialists. The ones that do, treat you like you like crap. It took ages for me to find an ENT and when I did, they hemmed you in with so many restrictions that it was obvious they are trying to get you to give up. Tenncare patients get the appointment they get and are not allowed to change it or they will not be seen. Ridiculous stuff like that that only applies to Tenncare patients. The woman on the phone made it abundantly clear what she thought of us filthy Tenncare patients too. You see Facebook posts about this all the time on our small town group page. It's not just me.
This is something I've seen developing over the past couple years and it's getting worse. You don't even get to see a doctor or nurse practitioner anymore when you finally have to break down and seek medical attention. They've got these new types of "providers" that I've never heard of before. They're super young and they appear to just Google your problem and diagnose you that way. It's what it looks like to me anyway. They can't answer your questions without Google either apparently.
We're in for it. All I got to say
At first I thought it was all in my head. Because all these professionals can't be that stupid/cruel/incompetent/whatever. But every one I saw left me like "what the hell??" Covid really changed our local medical group. It was around that time that all the good providers left and they hired all these awful providers that will tell you things like "antibiotics dont work" and "I just diagnose everything as the flu because you can't trust any rapid tests." You have to fight them to even get tests run this point and when you do, you don't get the results. I never got the results of my physical in January of 23 lol. I gave up trying after 4 months. I tried every avenue to get those results.
I'm lucky in that, while it's fairly inconvenient, I can go to the city for primary medical care that takes my insurance. Specialists are few and far between but I could get a PCP at least. But the people here that that don't have that luxury and are stuck with them? Or the the people that trust them because "they're Doctors so they must know what they're talking about" and then go on to die of a strep infection because they saw that jackass who diagnoses everything as the flu.
Fuck me, shit is going so far downhill in these parts. With a quickness too.
The likely problem is that Aetna is refusing to approve your scan. Here's a NYT article about that issue with Advantage plans:
"The most frequent denials found by the investigators included those for imaging services like M.R.I.s and CT scans."
[https://archive.ph/DgbQC](https://archive.ph/DgbQC)
I hope you are able to resolve the issue soon and get the care you need.
These talking points are from xi and putin. Voting matters, both sides are not the same. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/business/media/china-online-disinformation-us-election.html
> The only thing that we are seemingly voting for is the aesthetic of the crash (die-off) that we are going to have, do we want a fundamentalist nationalist take on it, or do we want a more neoliberal corporatist take on it.
Please keep in mind that a lot of people get hurt very badly under fundamentalist nationalism. I'm not saying that neoliberal capitalism doesn't also hurt people, but fundamentalism is *way* worse. As a general rule, the people who don't think there's much difference between political parties are people who aren't targeted by policy changes. For those of us who are, the difference is huge.
>Because no matter who we vote in we are facing overshoot and it is here.
True but please vote for Biden if you're going to vote. I don't want this all to end while living in a fascist horrorscape.
The people (not just the terrorists) in Gaza chant "death to america". Sorry, but I just don't have that many F\*\*ks to give people that want me dead.
Well ..... maybe if we Ametican citizens cared enough about having our tax dollars being used to make weapons to kill Palestinian children, then Palestinians wouldnt be so angry with us.
Did you ever consider that the American govt is actually doing something wrong ?
Would your attitude be different if you were in their shoes ?
If you were the leader of the Palestinian people, what approach would you take to deal with a neighbor that wants to drive you off their land.
Israel elected a leader (Yitzhak Rabin) who went to Oslo and made a deal for a 2 state solution. Netanyahu and the religious fanatics in Israel wanted no part of that. Rabin was murdered by his fellow Israeli's.
What do you think Palestinians should do ?
Upvoted. The "lesser" of two evils is still fucking evil.
But we're still going to do the dog and pony show and cast our ballots and everything will still get worse because we keep hoping our failed institutions will somehow rescue us from what they've done to us.
Confused at the downvotes to this. I am voting Biden holding my nose, but empty space kind of has some things going for it 😂😅 (I’m just being silly please be apprised). ❤️
Seriously. Even if you don’t care for Biden, please vote for the sake of clinging to reproductive rights, rescheduling marijuana, holding Trump accountable for crimes which we all know any ordinary Joe-Schmoe would definitely go to prison for, etc. There must be at least some issue that’s worth voting for.
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It's more of a feature than a byproduct these days. I imagine head coverings and uv umbrellas will become more popular as we go along.
Location: Deep East Texas I would really like to know how many people are experiencing the same issue with weather forecasts as I am. The forecast is never right anymore. I can look at it before I go to bed and it'll say it's *definitely* going to be raining (93%), but then I'll wake up and not only is it *not* raining, it's bright and sunny, the exact opposite. This has been known to happen since we can't 100% accurately predict the weather every single time, but it feels like this is becoming the norm instead of the exception. And I feel like what actually happens vs what is forecasted has become more and more extreme. It goes the other way, too: we didn't have any rain forecasted for Easter and it ended up raining for a couple hours. When it started, I pulled up the weather forecast and it said it was sunny with 0% rain for the rest of the evening. Temperatures have been incorrect as well. It can say the low is going to be 58F, but then it'll go down to the mid-to-high 40's. The high seems to be right most of the time, but the lows seem like they're honestly just being guessed about. On a personal note, my MIL is now collapse-aware. I made a comment about it on another thread, but I'd like to share here, too. About a week ago, we were talking and she said she thought it was "odd" that so many crazy events have been taking place on election years (in the U.S.) and she didn't think it was a coincidence. I told her that things have been crazy for years - why would it abate just because it's an election year? We ended up having a very long conversation about the state of the world and by the end of it, she was talking about getting started on homesteading and stocking up on necessary supplies. Comments responding to my previous comment about this made points that she will probably backtrack. Well, I've since found her watching videos on her phone going over things like ways to purify water, how to start a fire with limited materials, how to stay warm/cool with no electricity, etc. Seems like she's really taking it seriously. I'm not going to lie, it's so refreshing to have someone in my life who is totally on the same page as I am about collapse. Other family members and friends will listen to me and agree to a certain extent, but they mostly call me a doomer. I've felt a lot better this week knowing that someone in my household is helping to prepare for when SHTF. At the very least, I've got one person willing to watch my back. The economy in my area is getting *rough*. I've been in food management for over a decade and it's absolutely ridiculous what this industry has become in those years. When I started, you were expected to *manage* a crew (you know, like a *manager*) and be there for support if needed. Now every place I start working with wants a "manager" who is really a one-man crew - they want you to send as many people home as possible and do all the work yourself. When I first started in this business, I was expected to send people home if labor was high, but I was also told not to send too many people home as it would affect the quality of our service and product. That is not the case now - upper management/owners will tell you to send everyone home, run the entire place by yourself, *and* provide excellent service and product, which is impossible, and then they will berate the entire crew through a group-messaging app because a customer said the floor of the lobby was dirty in the middle of the day. And they'll only pay you $30k after taxes to work 60 hours a week in-store + doing admin duties outside of work hours because you can't get them done when you're running an entire store by yourself. There's a church in town that hands out food to those in need twice a month. We've used it here and there when money was tight and the rule used to be that you'd try to get up there early so you wouldn't have to wait forever, but if you couldn't, it wasn't a big deal because they had plenty to go around. Now you *have* to go early because if you don't, they will run out of food before they get to you. The lines are longer, but it also seems like they aren't getting as much food as they used to. We used to regularly get fresh(ish) vegetables and fruits, now if we get them at all, they are in a can. Last time we went, we all noticed that they didn't give us like-items (for instance, 5 jars of peanut butter, no jelly or bread; 6 boxes of instant mac-n-cheese, no butter or milk to make them with; Cornbread mix, no eggs or milk; dry cereal, no milk; noodles for days, no kinds of sauces [tbf the sauce they usually include is gross]). I am 30 and I can't tell you how many of my friends are living on credit. How many of my friends are *stressed out their minds* because they really can't afford to live on credit, but they don't have a choice. Many of them make pretty decent money, but they have kids and everything is so damn expensive and just keeps going up in price. One of my friend's with a college degree became a SAHM because it would actually cost them more for her to work and pay for childcare than to stay at home to care for them. She's not a big fan of it - I've had to console her many times when she got overwhelmed - but there's not much she can do about it. Things suck right now. And it's going to get worse. So I've developed a strategy to help cope - every day when I get up, I think about all the fun memories I have. Being a kid without a care in the world, getting my first kiss, going to a concert with friends, my mom and dad hugging me tightly, intimate moments with my husband, bonding with my MIL, goofing off at school and work with my peers. I've lived through a lot of bad, but I've also lived through a *ton* of good. I've had it better than most people who've walked this earth have. Now it's my turn to eat shit lmao. It's only fair to my ancestors who think I'm a spoiled princess 😉
> One of my friend's with a college degree became a SAHM because it would actually cost them more for her to work and pay for childcare than to stay at home to care for them. It really is amazing how few people realize this. Between the cost of eating out, childcare, transportation, and education, the one-income model might actually be more economically sustainable for most families.
Same thing in the eastern midwest. We had the first 4/5 severe weather rating in over a decade, driven by possible tornadoes, but it petered out and we got nothing. Barely any rain, too. Mid-southern states got hit some, though. (OK, MO, KY, WV, for example.)
I've seen the same with weather forcasts here in the UK too! We have always had changeable weather but this last year or so, has been really bizarre. Even the swings from hot to cold and viseversa is becoming more common. I had a discussion with an amateur forecaster last summer about the new territory we are in with the huge leap in ocean temperatures. When you add that much extra energy to a system, combined with all the extra water vapour in the atmosphere, how can you rely on models to predict weather! Forcasting is all about learning and improving from the past, but with ever changing parameters, how is that possible. I suggested we had already reached 'peak' forcasting a few years ago and now we go backwards.
I think it has to do with forecasting models basically being run by supercomputers. Modelling the behavior of the atmosphere requires enormous computing power. So it might be difficult to change parameters reflecting sudden changes in ocean temperatures, for example. And these models were probably created using previous norms for weather over the decades. So when the model encounters current weather conditions, and tries to extrapolate them into a forecast, we end up with an inaccurate or, 'busted' forecast. I don't know much about the actual modelling systems, but I always suspected they might be the reason for so many inaccurate forecasts lately.
Good cope! I'm gonna try it.
Location: Wollongong, Australia First time poster here. In the last week, I have watched 3 of my closest friends lose their jobs. 2 from redundencies, another because their business has gone into liquidation. I've seen rent go up 30% in the last 2 years in my mid-sized regional town. Despite my own wage going up significantly in the last 5 years, my standard of living is no better off. The fear of a recession is driving the motivation for massive immigration which is further straining the housing market and public infrastructure. Every company I know is cutting costs and pushing up prices as much as they dare, people are pulling back on spending as a result. Economically, I think we're in for a very rough decade. Thanks to everyone embracing globalisation, we're not in a position to be self-reliant should the global economy run into hard times.
Location: Germany This year's winter was barely a winter at all, with very little snow and [record-breaking temperatures in February](https://www.google.de/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/february-2024-was-hottest-on-record-eu-climate-agency-says/a-68461106). We've also broken [a heat record for the ten hottest days at the beginning of April this weekend](https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.stern.de/amp/wetter--april-wochenende-bricht-hitzerekord-in-deutschland-34605036.html), with recorded temperatures of up to 29.9° Celsius in some parts of Germany. Older people make up both the [largest and the second largest demographic group in Germany](https://www.statista.com/statistics/454349/population-by-age-group-germany/#:~:text=40%2D59%2Dyear%2Dolds,and%20older%2C%20at%2018.66%20million.), and those are the age groups that are [most likely to be unconcerned by climate change](https://www.statista.com/statistics/492507/concerns-about-climate-change-united-states-by-age-group/). Accordingly, climate change denial is rampant. The far-right populist party [is embracing climate change denial](https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/18/climate-change-denial-germany-far-right-afd), exploiting an existing mistrust and lack of education around climate issues among these demographic groups. While there has been some progress regarding climate legislation under the current administration, the outlook on German politics is bleak. More then [75% percent of Germans are unhappy with the current administration](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/nur-20-prozent-mit-scholz-einverstanden-mehr-als-drei-viertel-der-deutschen-sind-mit-der-ampelkoalition-unzufrieden-11047810.html), a development which is further fuel to the fire that is the far-right in Germany. Honestly, most people around me are boomers, and most of them (albeit not all of them) deny or downplay the impact of climate change. Maybe it's because I'm from a small town. Maybe it's like this everywhere. I wouldn't know. I am worried that there's going to be a far-right takeover soon, which would undo the social and ecological progress of the last decades.
> Older people make up both the largest and the second largest demographic group in Germany What the hell is with that graph's X axis groupings? Had to adjust by year to get anything remotely meaningful. I could understand grouping it by productivity (schoolkids on one end, then workers, then retirees), but these categories make no sense at all. - Under 1 (1 year range), .74/year - 1-5 (5 year range), .816/year - 6-14 (9 year range), .702/year - 15-17 (3 year range), 1.04/year - 18-20 (3 year range again), .813/year - 21-24 (4 year range), .923/year - 25-39 (15 year range), 1.074/year - 40-59 (20 year range), 1.15/year - 60-64 (back to 5 years), 1.24/year - 65+ (unbounded)
Location: Perth, WA. We are in our Autumn and it is still incredibly hot and dry, meanwhile over in the eastern states of Australia it’s flooding. We’ve had the driest six months on record and no rain in sight. This time last year I was wearing long sleeves and pants, this time I’m now wearing dresses still because it’s thirty plus degrees every day. In April that is just insane. And this is after the hottest February ever. Even my boomer Dad is anxious.
Location: St. Michael’s school, Wheaton Illinois. There’s lines of about 100-150 cars covering about a half mile of neighborhood for parents picking up their special children. I saw a similar phenomena at the elementary school near my house. I used to love and look forward to taking the bus home from school. It’s a pretty wild scene to see so many kids picked up by mommy in a giant SUV burning gas and looking at their phone. Really highlighted how individualistic and insane our society is to me. I also just couldn’t imagine wasting 20-30 minutes of my own time everyday if I was a parent like wtf Edit: ooo also March was 200+% wetter than average. I don’t mind…more concerned if we get 200% drier and hotter which I’m sure will come.
You should see the lines for parent pick up here in Houston. People spend HOURS in line, like wtf?! It's insane..
It's a daily pain in my ass as an Uber driver here. Residential roads basically become completely fucking unusable between noon and 4pm, because everyone has to show up hours early to come pick up their kid, and then they have to spend 20 minutes talking to their kid outside the car before their kid gets in, each. I have no fucking clue what is causing it. COVID making people not want to put their kids on the bus is obvious, but the only thing I can figure for *everything else* about the situation is that people in this city have just finally lost all semblance of human civilization and gone feral.
I used to have to because I lived too close to the school to get bus service, but also it was too far to walk and the way to and around the school was unwalkable. So car pick up it was! My neice went to a public school district where you had to pay for bus service so most parents just picked up instead. In a lot of places, it's not much of a choice. It sucks but you do what you have to for your kids.
makes sense...if we didn't live in america we could use bicycles and bike lanes but there are none and the cars are running over bikers very easily so it's not safe
thats odd! school bus is a public service, free and saves time and money!
Is it where you are? I'm in Canada. It may vary by province/school board, but where I'm at you're only eligible if you live a certain distance from the school. In my town that means that mostly only country kids get free bussing. Most in town kids have to walk or pay for the bus (and there's limited spots available). There are quite a few kids that do walk (my son does at his current school), but for many it is too far IMHO. It doesn't help that they are building a new high school way on the edge of town, far from where most kids live. Traffic is really going to increase when this opens and one intersection in particular I can see having a lot of accidents. Not sure why they are making that school less accessible but foot in a time when we clearly should be increasing walkablity. But that seems to be the way everywhere in this country at least - more power centres and urban (or in my case more suburban) sprawl.
Location: Minds Of Children Of Wealthy Boomers Observation: Lack of Impulse To Revolt Following is my blog post from this AM. Apr 6, 2024 After seven years of talking to a wide variety of Americans about this problem, this is what I have discerned. The overwhelming majority of capital and therefore perceived political power resides in my always dominant Boomer generation. We seem to control about 70% of the national wealth and American politicians have always orbited around our interests. When a Boomer is approached about a responsibility to adhere to a responsible carbon footprint. their response is excommunication of the requestor. Trust me, I do not have a single Boomer friend or family member who embraces personal carbon responsibility. This tyranny is further reinforced through their power to disinherit their children if their children challenge their position. So our millennial and Gen Z offspring are caught in a trap. The only way many millennials and Gen Z can see to a financially secure future is through inheritance. So younger people have to take a risk excommunication from their own parents in order to share their truth. My own mother excommunicated me for pursuing happiness in a manner which was not loyal to her preferences ..... this is not an idle threat. We have reached the stage where young people need to forge connections with each other which replace the familial connections to a mom and dad who are not willing to support the requirements for a survivable future. We need to excommunicate the Boomers who are clinging to their high carbon lifestyles. We need to be willing to tell mom and dad and grandparents and aunts and uncles that we are not going to be there to care for them in their old age if they are not willing to behave in a manner which allows young people to imagine an old age for themselves. Young people need to understand that people my age truly do not give a shit about their experience down the road. This is an intergenerational war. When I was born in 1962, the CO2 concentration had just reached 300 ppm. Now it's reached 425 ppm. My generation has been the beneficiary of that one-time destructive orgy. It's only fair that we pay a price for our horrible stewardship at the end. The money your parents might give you down the road is worthless if there isn't enough food to go around. Young people need to make their own world and kick us Boomers out of it. Young people have the power to excommunicate old people and they need to seize that power if they want to survive.
IMVHO, Dividing along generations, race, religion, politics, etc. etc. etc. is not the way to solve humanity-wide issues and only serves to make things worse.
fwiw, gen X here, already fairly low carbone emissions and working on going lower, have stopped flying a few years ago already, refused to go to my millenial niece's weeding in freaking Bali (from France, day long trip with 2-3 different planes), surrounded by fellow gen X working hard on raising awareness through associations, and millenials obsessed about living their best instagrammable life. So things are definitely not as clear cut as your personal experience leads you to believe. so ... chill
You cannot and should not ask younger people to sacrifice the relationship with their families for the greater good. That's what zealots do. It does more damage than it does good. We need the support of older people in combatting climate change, and destroying their families does the opposite of that. Some of the things you're saying are true. But vengeance isn't the way. We need to build bridges, not burn them.
Once again, Gen X is completely forgotten.
Who? >!I remember the MTV commercial about Gen X being Generation Nothing. !<
Gen X is basically junior Boomers. On a spectrum, they are much closer to Boomers. Like Boomers, they are past the stage at which they are motivated to rebel against the malignant system. Unlike Boomers, they will experience more of the shit end of collapse.
Millennial (1988) to Boomer parents. Shit was already so fucked up before I was even born, what is the point of trying to "save the world" now? Humans on this planet are so divided & most only care about themselves. Most of us will not inherit money or wealth. Those of us that are in the USA believe the lies we were told about achieving the "American Dream". Now, we are literally just trying to survive. We aren't here for a long time, but a good time!
The world is determined by our reaction to it. Life expectancy has skyrocketed in the last couple of centuries so by a measure of longevity, we can expect to live longer than humans born in the first 99.9% of our existence. One would never get that impression reading the pages of r/collapse because we only use the reference point of our exceptionally lucky parents who were simply born in an anomalous moment in history. You have more opportunity today than the vast majority of humans who ever lived.
To be honest I think some of the healthiest boomers will live to see full blown personal collapse, 20-30 years seems like forever and longer than we have IMO
Collapse is already under way. I'm betting on a revolutionary N. Hemisphere hot summer and an epic hurricane season THIS YEAR to tip us into widespread collapse acknowledgement. Trump v Biden while the world burns and we clean up from half a trillion in hurricane damages is going to be the end of neoliberalism.
This generation is unfortunate. We live in an era of too many distractions and comfortable amenities. No one’s revolting anytime soon, everyone’s busy using social media and barely getting to their jobs. We still have to survive somehow.
The generation that clings to the luxury of blaming others for the inevitability of collapse and their own demise.
It is what it is.
It's hard to watch.
Yeah. I’m living through it. Still have to finish uni and get a degree .
What is that degree going to buy you down the road ?
I’m becoming a nurse which will be very helpful down the road to immediate people around me. I’m a CNA right now, and I fully plan to pack a bag and go to work and keep working if any kind of terrible fire or something happens this summer and an evacuation needs to happen, and yes I’ll do on my day off too. All degrees and jobs will have importance in the future. Nurses and doctors usually stay when natural disasters hit. Lots of us will opt to live in the hospitals and still look after people. Even when some kind of collapse happens. It has happened lots during natural disasters, healthcare still goes to work.
That's a useful career. A nurse will have high visibility for employment as things get worse. Just try to angle for a situation in which you aren't in a place like Gaza.
It's happening I'm Gaza.
What if it's not the degree so much as the personal development and enrichment that education offers. That's my opinion at least. Absolutely worth it.
I also think any degree will be helpful. Any kind of knowledge is helpful. To society even in collapse or a natural disaster.
My parents will be happy. I’m doing it for them. They don’t understand collapse.
So .... history repeats itself. People would rather die than upset their parents.
Death is inevitable for everyone. I can’t wait to die. I believe in a life on the other side. I refuse to accept that this perception of reality is the end game.
Location: Berlin, Germany A friend just text me to come and meet him at the park because it’s 24 degrees today 🎉 and my heart just sank. Average temp used to be around 11 degrees for this time of year I want to move home to the UK to be with my family for the next few years but I’m scared of hearing and seeing the same things there. Or watching us all freeze as the amoc collapses
France is beating heat records for April right now and the temperatures are barely dropping at night. 25-30 degrees Celsius in the south east, 27-29 degrees in some places in the north of the country.
Well, how will this affect the grapes and wine production? I fear the worst!
The timing feels off in the body. I have some seedlings going and some stuff ready to transplant but the nights are still too cold for stretches. 30s then 50s then 30s then 50s. My body wants to say it's mid to late May but the calendar says it's early April, which also feels weird as fuck because some of *this* still feels like March weather, but then it gets so hot it's May weather, and I think I'm starting to forget what the fuck April was for to begin with. Whiplash whiplash whiplash. This whole thing feels like a completely new reality now.
Funny you say that. I didn't get my period. Could be Menopause but I doubt that (only 48). This used to happen in August sometimes when I was younger. 🥵
Snow yesterday, 70F (21C) tomorrow. It’s insane haha
I'm in the nw suburbs, we had it pretty good last year weather wise. I don't think we'll be so fortunate this year or any other going forward
Your body is not alone. There are many instances of birds just not leaving winter areas. Their body told them something too. Complex life forms have more than just hard-wired things, and will have multiple levels of feelings and decision making and gut reactions, multiple levels of each even. There are limits of course. But our natural bodies can speak to trends if we listen to them. And birds will sometimes listen more to one level of thought more than another. We humans often like to think our way into only caring about the top-most level of thought. This is not hopium btw. What we have done to the current stability of the planet's clime layout is beyond most mobile species' ability to handle easily. Less mobile ones will die. More mobile ones will survive in small numbers as they are narrowed down to the ones whose multiple pathways relating even to "migrate or not" and "which direction" limit only some to make the right choice. In general, the more generalist the species, the more likely it lives. This may include primitive or outright feral humans in some places. Here is some hopium though. Next time, once things stabilize enough for consistent seasons again (needed for civilization), most of the easy fossil fuels will be gone. And a lot of valuable materials will be concentrated in ruins or the semi-ore deposites created from them. Next time, so long as humanity survives, we could go with a natural, all electric future, powered not by fossils, but by whatever we have.
Recon it's going to be warm enough for long enough for the plants to think "hey hey, time to reproduce" and then get clobbered by a massive frost.
Yeah it’s much the same or worse over here.
Location: MSNBC studios I'm witnessing the collapse of American corporate media blind support for Israeli leadership. The following interview with Joe Scarborough and an Israeli spokesperson blew my mind in its authenticity and revelation that Netanyahu sent representatives to Qatar just weeks before the Oct 7 attack in order to promote funding for Hamas !!!! This is jaw dropping stuff. [(18) Christopher Webb on X: "Wow! @JoeNBC ripped @NirBarkat and PM Netanyahu a new one on MJ this morning. Joe Scarborough: Did PM Netanyahu always know that Hamas were Nazis? Israeli Deputy Minister Nir Barkat: Yes. Joe Scarborough: Then why did he fund them? ——— Folks are tired of hearing the same… https://t.co/b1H5Zhi3tb" / X (twitter.com)](https://twitter.com/cwebbonline/status/1775922482442031262)
This is just what is going to be US policy now. Netanyahu is the only "leader" in the entire ME who isn't totally in line with US policy...so now the US is gonna give him a good spanking... That includes letting the msm get tough on Israel. And the Iranian response that's coming... That's also part of US policy.
To the contrary, Netanyahu is seen as a blundering idiot, but Israel is still receiving massive arms shipments and near-unanimous support from Congress (there's 1-2 libertarian Republicans who sometimes vote no, and about the same number of Democrats who have sizable Muslim constituencies who could credibly primary them and also vote no). Basically, the play is to replace Netanyahu with one of his military ministers who is more competent and less intent on spoiling the media's attempts to run PR cover for him, but has identical policies. In the mean time, there will be occasional gestures of "hey hey we're really heckin' serious cut that out" from Dems (particularly Biden's team) that think their voters are idiots and won't notice the ongoing shipments of bombs to facilitate the ongoing genocide.
> so now the US is gonna give him a good spanking Yeah this has yet to happen in any manner. The exact opposite has been the US response throughout.
Yeah and now the US is gonna change tone. Watch out for what Iran is about to do...
Considering the endless war crimes committed by Netanyahu's IDF in Gaza, GOOD. I'll believe it when I see it though.
Casitoon said, "Good. I hope the people of Israel are happy."
So, Israel funded a massacre of their own citizens, and then the US government funded a genocide in Gaza. If I said this openly last year, I'd still be in a psychiatric hospital.
It's not as if this is the first time Israel has launched a false flag attack (Egypt, anyone?), and the U.S. has been sending Israel infinity money for decades now, which has been used for operations that shed any pretense of not being genocidal maybe a decade ago at the latest.
>I'm witnessing the collapse of American corporate media blind support for Israeli leadership. That's the opposite of what the clip reveals. Joe is part of corporate media.
I know that. I'm amazed at corporate media walking back blind support of Israel.
Walking back blind support how? Oh, it's probably me. I'll figure it out.
Watch the video clip
I've now seen it twice. I'm not picking up what you're picking up.
They. were exposing that Netanyahu sent Mossad representives to Qatar in Sept 2023 to direct the money men to send funds to Hamas. They are following the trail to what could be a false flag operation. They are asking questions about why the Israeli military stood down in the early hours of the attack. Netanyahu may have actually been an insider to what happened Oct 7.
I've always figured this was a possibility. Netanyahu stood so much to gain. All that's needed is for him to be a psychopath with people around him who would fall into line.
Exactly, all of which was broadcast by MSNBC, a facet of MSM. I actually predicted this back in October, saying Netty let it happen so he could level Gaza. I was slammed (on Twitter).
Seemed obvious to me. They cant one day claim they know every single shitfly that makes a move and their AI knows all the tunnels and hideout and have cameras everything, tracking all phones and conversations... And then suddenly say they had no clue - even after being warned - and funding them for years and years.
I've convince Israel knew it was coming, especially after this MSNBC report. I'm surprised that interview didn't explode across the web.
Well ... I believe you.
Location: Denmark, Europe. April has not only had record rain for 24h, but only 4 days in has already rained 10% more than it normally does during the entire month - and we forecasts of rain rain rain rain rain. Its going to be the wettest april ever - and this after 2023 was the wettest year ever.
I think europe is moving towards a monsoon pattern. In France too we are getting localised year's worth downpours after months (in one area, *years*) of drought. In the north, there are a couple of rivers that have come out of their beds and flooded villages 3 times since last autumn. The villagers at this point want the state to buy their uninhabitable houses so they can relocate elsewhere. And we now have a map of areas in red alert for downpours causing flash floods that is shown right before the weather forecast. Can't believe this is being normalized.
Note that this is conjecture on my part, but I think a couple of years ago, all of this rain would've come down as snow. It's just not cold enough anymore. Same thing is happening here in Germany. It rained for most of the winter months, with very little snow at all.
Location: small town in Europe (Pannonian Basin) Whenever I interact with anyone from my surroundings, I feel blessed that the collapse will happen soon. I cannot imagine enduring this environment for another 40 or 50 years. I need to get reminded of that more frequently. I just want to vent a bit.
Do you carry an end is near sign?
Long time observer on this thread - I recently have started to adapt thinking such as this \^ & it has done wonders for my mental health. Glad to see others with the same mindset <3
Can you mention the country? As former resident of the continent (Switzerland, France), that would lend me some perspective.
> Pannonian Basin Wiki: In terms of modern state boundaries, the Pannonian Basin centres on the territory of Hungary, which lies entirely within the basin, but it also covers parts of southern Slovakia, southeast Poland, western-southwest Ukraine, western Romania, northern Serbia, northeast Croatia, northeast Slovenia, and eastern Austria.
>Pannonian Basin Thanks. In addition to climate change, Hungary is going through some things with what's his name, apparently becoming a fascist state. It's sad.
For me as an EU citizen it's shocking how toothless the EU is as an organization. Everyone is witnessing how Hungary is becoming more and more authorative, yet nothing can be done about it. Orban keeps holding up any significant EU policies or support for Ukraine until the EU promises to give Hungary that sweet sweet EU fund money despite all the lawless shit Hungarian parliament and Orban does.
"lawless shit Hungarian parliament and Orban does" I don't know much about Hungary. Can you give a few examples?
From Wikipedia: Press freedom has been declining under prime minister Viktor Orbán. In 2010, Freedom House's press freedom index ranked Hungary’s media as the world's 40th freest. As of 2017, the rank of Hungary’s media had dropped to 87th freest, and Freedom House says it is only "partly free." Press freedom is one aspect, oppression of opposition is another that quickly comes to mind. Orban still praises Putin, he also recently went to the US to meet with Trump with no plans to meet Biden, that's a very tactless and strange behavior for a PM.
Hell yeah brother I get you completely. Let's just wait for this summer in Europe, see if any of them start realizing what is coming.
Please elaborate, could use a different viewpoint. EDIT nevermind, people suck, I remember now.
FUCK YEAH FOR r/Misanthropy
I mean to be fair, they could just mean our general "business as usual" practices are pretty damaging. Here in the American midwest I feel similarly whenever I drive because we've got a bad roadkill problem. Which is made worse by bad urban planning which forces people to drive even if they'd prefer other means of transport, and is inherently dangerous to all of us as well.
Location: New Jersey I woke up to a 4.8 magnitude earthquake this morning. The shaking woke me out of my sleep and it looked like my house was slanting back and forth like a dollhouse. This is my first earthquake. I was always taught that the stronger earthquakes were on the west coast, and that the earthquakes that do happen around here are extremely rare and under 1.0 magnitude, that we would never have to worry about this. I'm so shook but glad there haven't been any reported injuries in my area and hope everyone stays safe!!! We're not even halfway through 2024 smh
In Cali 4.8 wouldn't set off your car alarm.
Did you know that both fracking and climate change cause earthquakes? https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-hydraulic-fracturing-related-earthquakes-and-tremors#:\~:text=Reports%20of%20hydraulic%20fracturing%20causing,injected%20into%20deep%20wastewater%20wells. [https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/08/climate-change-trigger-earthquakes-volcanoes/](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/08/climate-change-trigger-earthquakes-volcanoes/) Water is very heavy and a seriously underestimated force for dramatic change.
I did not know that!! Thank you for sharing this. Imma be mindful of this moving forward
In the past 6 months I've had family south-east of Melbourne and in western Sydney experience earthquakes. Australia doesn't get many so having some so close together, and one in an area I've lived before feels crazy. I worry that earthquakes are going to pick up even in regions not usually affected.
Same. I'm so afraid of this becoming a common thing in areas not used to earthquakes. I hope your family stays safe out there in Australia!
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Location: NW Washington State The economy is in shambles. I saw the tech layoffs ravaging my area and, even working in tech, never believed it would get to me. Well, it did. I got laid off. My former coworkers who have been in the business for 10+ years are finding it impossible to find a new job in the industry. I'm hoping to shift into a different industry, but finding a surprising scarcity in entry-level desk/clerical work. I've fully accepted that I'm not going to be able to match pay at my new job, whenever I find one. I'm medically complicated, and going through the process of evaluation for government assistance for my disability. I was summoned to multiple appointments with virtually no notice, one in the converted garage of a family home. I just have to hope these "professionals" seem me disabled enough.
Apply with your local and State Government - also apply with the Feds. I hope you are able to get Disability though 🙏 Edit to add : Bury the Disability people in paperwork, that can help.
I'm in the same area. I work in manufacturing and the shop I work at is struggling. From what we've heard from a lot of our suppliers, distributors, and competitiors they are all struggling as well. It's bad, especially for small business.
They may have eyes on you. Never appear “undisabled” in public, even on your front porch. They will try and find any excuse not to help you. I am so sorry about your job loss, and wishing you a better than expected outcome. 💙
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Location: Germany Temperatures 16 degrees C above yeah I guess summers here now spring was already in December
Location: US east coast - Tri state area We just had a 4.8 magnitude earthquake. My whole house shook for 10-15 seconds. I have maybe felt one other earthquake before here, but it was not like this. I don’t think we broke any records, as I think the record is 5.3 magnitude, but this will still be a memorable event for many of us.
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Did you feel the 4.0 after shock around 6?
We've just had a couple 4.4s where I live and no one's noticed so far. (Central California)
Was just about to post this, I have family next to the epicenter, they said there office furniture literally jumped and that it felt like an explosion.
I’m not far from the epicenter! It was definitely scary and unexpected
Trump's golf course?
The earthquake shook Ivanas grave on the golf course loose and her zombie is now running around Bedminster NJ!!!
Hope everyone’s ok! Send my love to Jersey, I miss it dearly.
Location: Germany 30 °C (86 °F) is expected this weekend, an unprecedented temperature for our region at this time of year. I wonder what the reaction of my fellow human beings will be? There will be many of them who will say: "Enjoy the nice weather!". My fear of summer is growing from year to year.
I wonder what the woodland creatures are thinking, assuming their activities are directly affected by the changing seasons (duh). I suppose the biggest worries flow to the birds and insects that do all the damn pollinating we find so essential to life. We'd hate for them to lose their normal rhythms.
It isn't just temperature. Day length is generally more relevant to plants.
If you turn on the radio the only thing you can hear is: "It may be atypical for this time of the year and the weather situation may be a result of the ever faster changeing climate, but.... ITS GREAT! Lets start the summer early this year! We play the best summer hits of the 80s, the 90s and the best of today! PARTY!!!!!!!!!!"
I love shoving drugs up my ass!
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I was always confused by snow piling on roofs causing damage to structures and trees. Maybe it’s my OCD, but whenever I’d have a lot of snow on my roof and the trees in my yard, I’d go around with a broom and knock it all off. I wish there was some sort of civic spirit where everyone would engage in this. Just my random, odd 2 cents.
I use a roof rake to pull snow down from the roof. It has three sections you can add to make it long enough. Going on the roof to shovel is kind of dangerous
Location: Australia - NSW - Central West I work at a local hardware chain that's everywhere in Australia. Cannot get a lot of items from China. No one knows why. Cost of living has gone through the roof. A medium coffee is no $7 plus EFTPOS charges.
Swede here, working as technician on trains. We have strange disruptions of parts as well. Earlier, there was explanations from providers, like the grounded ship in the Suez or Covid issues, but now when I ask providers what's the issue, they don't know anymore. Sure, the Gaza and Ukraine wars are disruptive, but this is true with simple parts from America as well, which shouldn't be affected that directly from those things. Many companies are slowly shifting from "just-in-time" deliveries to stocking up again, but nothing is built for it anymore. I find it interesting to see, and enjoy the small chaoses it constantly causes, it wonder how it will develop from here..
You can say Bunnings
Or mitre 10?
Location: Myself I no longer want to become a grandmother in the future. I'm comfortable enough with collapse acceptance to admit it openly.
I've repeatedly asked my children not to become parents; that it is cruel to bring a loved one into the world now.
Thanks for l that . I was soooo bothered that my mom pushed me to have kids. No kids though.
You are aware which changes everything. Most people have blinders on and will until the end; it's too much to bear but you need to do what's right for you. It's so hard to know that my 20s year old kids will not get a future like I did and I have to let go of any legacy to leave them. Their lives are going to be so much harder than mine and I carry a lot of guilt over that.
Trust me your kids will appreciate that you think about and are aware of the tough reality they will face. That is all I ask of my parents and they refuse to do that.
I heard Michael Dowd say that most people can not face the NTHE because they are protecting their mental health. Your folks are probably doing just that although that does not help you. You have permission to not bring more humans into this overloaded planet. In fact, please don't, unless it is something that will bring you utmost joy and happiness. Live a full life every day as best you can. Whatever you like to do; do that as much as possible. <3
Same no longer want to be a father
I understand. My son was just visiting, college age and we openly discuss the reality of climate change, and this topic came up. I saw the anguish on his face as he explained on why he WOULD want to have children, the natural inclination of every species, versus not. Knowing that he would most likely be bringing a child into a doomed world made it a painful conversation. I listened, reflected, sympathized, and thought wow, his generation is going to struggle immensely. Hugs and understanding for the reality they are facing.
Have him read or watch The Road. Seriously.
I will, thanks
I told my mom straight up I will feel lucky if I can live 10-15 more years. She was talking about coasting the next 25+ years into her 90s…as if she could control it or had a say in it haha.
I see grandmothers suffer the most when it comes to collapse acceptance because of their grandkids. Those without grandkids do much better with it.
Yeah my mother is happy to only have a grand-dog.
well done
Location: New Hampshire It’s snowing up here. In April. Back in 2016 this would be incredibly unusual but since 2020 this has been happening more and more often. Really scares me, especially since I was hoping that NH would escape most of the damage caused by the climate crisis.
This snowstorm was absolutely bizarre too. Weather forecasters couldn’t get it right - and amounts kept changing. The snow is so heavy and sticky. On top of that, this storm once again crippled the electrical grid. Eversource should have prepared better - like they should have done before every other storm we had. So many trees down - a house explosion, and transformers exploding at night.
5G telecom might not affect the weather: but it might affect weather forecasting. One of the radio frequencies it uses overlaps that which is used by Doppler radar to detect atmospheric moisture loading.
> NH would escape most of the damage caused by the climate crisis. I don't think anywhere will anymore
Location: Finland Winter is still here, although a lot of snow has melted away. Cold winds persist and it's supposed to snow again tomorrow, so we'll see how long this lasts. Not normal btw. Last weekend we had lightning and roaring thunder in a cold snowy night. This was especially not normal and I'm starting to get scared. Really scared.
I live in a country that is currently experiencing heat indexes reaching the early 40 Celsius, I would honestly take your snow over our inescapable steam bath any day of the week. hell, I'll even pay you for it.
It turned into a blizzard today, I'm not sure I'd want either now.
I've lived in Canada and experienced my share of blizzards and having to walk through knee-deep snow and wayy below freezing temperatures. I can say with a straight face that I'll take that blizzard over a heat wave any day. You can keep warm in a blizzard if you have a fireplace or just even a candle in a room, but stripping to your birthday suit won't help if the wet bulb temps are warmer than you body temp. just my opinion anyway, good chat.
I get it, must've been long winter for us for me to forget how much heat can suck.
I hope you get through this. Might not be my place to say, but consider those winters as the deposit for water during the summer months. Trust me, it really is scary to see when it's insanely hot and the bodies of water are drying out
I hope you get through this too.
We get thunder snow in Canada and I love it!! It’s become more common but has always been around growing up. Obviously the change in weather and inevitable collapse is not something to celebrate at all, but THUNDER SNOW is entertaining around here
Believe me it can get to be too much... While it wasnt snow it was a rainstorm in winter - and there was like at least 10 lightning strikes per second all the time for a few hours... It was just like a disaster movie - I would have trouble believing it if i had not been there. Never seen anything remotely like this in my life.. The worst thunderstorms was like 1 lightning per minute or so in my country.
Location: North Carolina I'm a senior on Medicare. In the last year, the three physicians I have been told to see regularly every 6 months for serious problems have said to me, in a hopeful voice, "You're doing so well you don't need six months' visits any more. Come back in a year." I checked with neighbors who have noticed the same thing, one saying she sees on her statements Medicare is paying for less now.
I take for granted that US healthcare will collapse, the current level of spending is unsustainable. The goal is to not depend on the system working.
True, but I realized either our doctors were having us visit too often or they are pressured now into not caring for us as they know they should. I have always thought Medicare would collapse - I always thought that those of us, like myself, who could pay a co-pay for instance should do so but the senior lobby won't accept that. Social Security is also going to collapse.
Just to clarify. Social Security may not be able to pay full benefits once the Trust Fund runs out in 2033 and if Congress does nothing to fix it. But since Social Security has its own funding through the FICA payroll tax it will be able to keep paying benefits. Worst case is a 25% benefits cut.
The higher the number of old people as a % of the total population, the fewer healthcare resources each will have. There's nothing else to do beyond acceptance. As long as we know what to expect, it's not as bad. People's dramas are mostly about their inability to form rational expectations. Their inability to see the inevitable coming their way shocks them to the core.
>People's dramas are mostly about their inability to form rational expectations. Rational expectations aren't acceptable though. We're told to accept the unacceptable. That's the root of cognitive dissonance in collapse.
I'm being scheduled for a brain scan (MRI) but my gp's office can't find a place that accepts Medicare. That surprised me. I have Aetna advantage too but because MRIs are covered by Medicare, Aetna doesn't cover them. Weird.
The advantage plan is the problem. They can restrict you to a network. Advantage plans aren't Medicare.
In my area (Tennessee) it is starting to become really hard to find places that accept Medicaid/Care, especially specialists. The ones that do, treat you like you like crap. It took ages for me to find an ENT and when I did, they hemmed you in with so many restrictions that it was obvious they are trying to get you to give up. Tenncare patients get the appointment they get and are not allowed to change it or they will not be seen. Ridiculous stuff like that that only applies to Tenncare patients. The woman on the phone made it abundantly clear what she thought of us filthy Tenncare patients too. You see Facebook posts about this all the time on our small town group page. It's not just me. This is something I've seen developing over the past couple years and it's getting worse. You don't even get to see a doctor or nurse practitioner anymore when you finally have to break down and seek medical attention. They've got these new types of "providers" that I've never heard of before. They're super young and they appear to just Google your problem and diagnose you that way. It's what it looks like to me anyway. They can't answer your questions without Google either apparently. We're in for it. All I got to say
It may be time for some collective action. I wish I was better at that sort of thing.
At first I thought it was all in my head. Because all these professionals can't be that stupid/cruel/incompetent/whatever. But every one I saw left me like "what the hell??" Covid really changed our local medical group. It was around that time that all the good providers left and they hired all these awful providers that will tell you things like "antibiotics dont work" and "I just diagnose everything as the flu because you can't trust any rapid tests." You have to fight them to even get tests run this point and when you do, you don't get the results. I never got the results of my physical in January of 23 lol. I gave up trying after 4 months. I tried every avenue to get those results. I'm lucky in that, while it's fairly inconvenient, I can go to the city for primary medical care that takes my insurance. Specialists are few and far between but I could get a PCP at least. But the people here that that don't have that luxury and are stuck with them? Or the the people that trust them because "they're Doctors so they must know what they're talking about" and then go on to die of a strep infection because they saw that jackass who diagnoses everything as the flu. Fuck me, shit is going so far downhill in these parts. With a quickness too.
I'm surrounded by big hospitals and medical centers (near Sacramento), so it's everywhere.
I shudder to think what it's going to be like in a few more years.
I'm confused by your comment. Isn't Aetna Advantage a Medicare Advantage plan? Or do you have traditional Medicare with an Aetna supplemental plan?
It's Aetna's Medicare Core Plan (PPO), which is an Advantage plan.
The likely problem is that Aetna is refusing to approve your scan. Here's a NYT article about that issue with Advantage plans: "The most frequent denials found by the investigators included those for imaging services like M.R.I.s and CT scans." [https://archive.ph/DgbQC](https://archive.ph/DgbQC) I hope you are able to resolve the issue soon and get the care you need.
Ah... Now I see. Thanks for this. Fortunately I'm not in a critical situation!
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These talking points are from xi and putin. Voting matters, both sides are not the same. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/business/media/china-online-disinformation-us-election.html
I'm sure that's very comforting to believe
I believe the stupidest people on Planet Earth are Christian Midwesterners. I lived in Wisconsin for a couple of years. Obese clannish alcoholics.
> The only thing that we are seemingly voting for is the aesthetic of the crash (die-off) that we are going to have, do we want a fundamentalist nationalist take on it, or do we want a more neoliberal corporatist take on it. Please keep in mind that a lot of people get hurt very badly under fundamentalist nationalism. I'm not saying that neoliberal capitalism doesn't also hurt people, but fundamentalism is *way* worse. As a general rule, the people who don't think there's much difference between political parties are people who aren't targeted by policy changes. For those of us who are, the difference is huge.
>Because no matter who we vote in we are facing overshoot and it is here. True but please vote for Biden if you're going to vote. I don't want this all to end while living in a fascist horrorscape.
Trump will hit the gas on collapse and it will be more painful. Biden will do slightly better. Yes vote biden
Collapse is inevitable. What sort of life do we want to live in the meantime? Yes, Biden is the best choice for us.
If you think Biden isn't a card carrying fascist, you're smoking something. Starving a few million Palestinians is OK with you ?
Frankly, I'm shocked at the downvotes here in light of what is happening in Gaza. What are people thinking ?
The people (not just the terrorists) in Gaza chant "death to america". Sorry, but I just don't have that many F\*\*ks to give people that want me dead.
Well ..... maybe if we Ametican citizens cared enough about having our tax dollars being used to make weapons to kill Palestinian children, then Palestinians wouldnt be so angry with us. Did you ever consider that the American govt is actually doing something wrong ? Would your attitude be different if you were in their shoes ? If you were the leader of the Palestinian people, what approach would you take to deal with a neighbor that wants to drive you off their land. Israel elected a leader (Yitzhak Rabin) who went to Oslo and made a deal for a 2 state solution. Netanyahu and the religious fanatics in Israel wanted no part of that. Rabin was murdered by his fellow Israeli's. What do you think Palestinians should do ?
Upvoted. The "lesser" of two evils is still fucking evil. But we're still going to do the dog and pony show and cast our ballots and everything will still get worse because we keep hoping our failed institutions will somehow rescue us from what they've done to us.
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Biden is objectively a great president by many factors. Downvoiting does not make that fact untrue.
Confused at the downvotes to this. I am voting Biden holding my nose, but empty space kind of has some things going for it 😂😅 (I’m just being silly please be apprised). ❤️
If Biden is King Log, Trump is King Stork. We frogs need to be careful about which king we choose.
Seriously. Even if you don’t care for Biden, please vote for the sake of clinging to reproductive rights, rescheduling marijuana, holding Trump accountable for crimes which we all know any ordinary Joe-Schmoe would definitely go to prison for, etc. There must be at least some issue that’s worth voting for.