Today is perhaps the saddest MLK day. It coincides with the inauguration of a court-adjudicated rapist, a convicted felon (34 times!), an avowed racists, and a thief of national security documents. No doubt his administration will cause much harm in terms of the economy and international security, it is the 4 years that will be lost to climate change mitigation that will hurt the most, the longest.
Tomorrow, along with the convicted felon's promise to begin deporting brown-skinned people, we will see a polar outbreak the likes of which we haven't seen since 1983. Snowfall in New Orleans is forecast to be near a half foot, the most since 1963 (yes, that is six and three).
Meanwhile, fires in the Los Angeles area continue to burn, although the Santa Ana winds seem to have given firefighters a little breathing room. The damages in California will be in the many billions of dollars.
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