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this time in 2014 my wife and I visited my Mom at the winter condo where they were staying on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico in south Alabama. During our visit, they got what the locals called their worst winter weather in 30 years - freezing temperatures and ice. We saw firsthand how unprepared for this weather they were, while we chuckled to ourselves.
The south got more winter weather this week. Several inches of snow, bridges were closed and they basically shut everything down. Here's a picture I took in 2014 and a recent one facing pretty much the same direction.
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| 2025 Alabama Snow. |
If you don't call it global warming then surely you must call it climate change.
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But your Nice Mr Trump has just ramped up oil production in the US so he clearly still doens't believe in it!
Currently being battered by 70mph winds here. No power yet again - 5th power cut this year... Installing a generator port was the best thing we've done.
- BW
I'm sure the generator is a necessary backup for you. Have you thought about solar? Maybe going fully off-grid? Still with the generator backup, of course.
Solar in our northern location is greenwash. And we don't have enough roof space for a viable array. A ground-mounted solar array would not get permission as our area is defined as 'High Landscape Value'.
In fact, solar is greenwash in most UK locations! A wind turbine would be a better option, but it would never ever pay for itself, and would likely (due to the wind speeds up here) need a lot of highly expensive maintenance. Plus, energy and materials to make it > energy generated.
- BW
See blog: but, basically, daily (and the fuel station is a 26 mile round trip, with no certainty they will have electricity to pump petrol when we get there), unless we are naughty and illegally store more than we are allowed...
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