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GreenPL8 t1_j7ft150 wrote

Reply to comment by QuicheSmash in Did I hallucinate the arctic temps this past weekend? by [deleted]

This is the new normal. Extreme and unpredictable weather fluctuations. A destabilized polar vortex. It will kill crops and wreck the supply chain. Accept it and figure out how to prepare given this new reality.

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Corey307 t1_j7h0653 wrote

This is what climate change deniers and people who don’t care do not understand, that we are already having serious issues with crop losses globally. As those crop losses worsen food won’t just become more expensive it will become less available. The vast majority of farmed crops do not tolerate severe weather fluctuations. One freeze or heat wave might not kill off a crop but it will damage at reducing you and could take out the whole crop.

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suzi-r t1_j7iyl3e wrote

Yes…we’ve been told to expect warm-up into spring followed by snow in April. Historically, that fits into an April outlook…let’s wait & see how much…

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Jessica_T t1_j7lsl2c wrote

It's a spinning top. As it slows, the wobbles get larger, and larger...

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