It might be true that they haven’t ever seen Mt. Rainier not completely covered in snow, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, or that it’s unprecedented.
▪️You don’t have to go back too far to find similar pictures and comments. This web post was from 2020 and has a picture credited to the National Park Service at an unknown date (but prior to this year) showing a beautiful, but very bare Mt. Rainier. (Picture posted in comments)
https://www.historylink.org/file/21111
▪️In 2015, hot weather caused greater than normal snowmelt on Rainier, which many articles covered showing the bare rock. (Again, pictures in the comments)
https://www.knkx.org/post/mount-rainiers-glaciers-retreating-likely-fastest-rate-ever-seen-summers-heat
▪️In fact, there was a group post back then lamenting that they had “never seen the Rainier peak without snow.” Although that person was admittedly just 16.
http://www2.lifeinusa.com/communities/seattle-wa/mt-rainier-melted-snow-july-2015https://www.nps.gov/mora/faqs.htm
▪️Going back further, an informational booklet on Mt. Rainier published in 1978 (when the person from this meme was 5) had a cover photo of Rainier in the summer showing ~1/2 snow coverage on the top. But this was presented showing the beauty of the area, not pronouncing doom. (Photo in comments)
http://npshistory.com/publications/mora/barnett-c1978.pdf
This is from the 1978 booklet:
🔹”Finally, some 10,000 years ago the climate began warming up again and the great ice shield slowly retreated. The alpine glaciers, which had extended many miles down the canyons retreated to their high altitude "last stand". This is how we see the landscape today. But remember that the forces of nature are constantly at work.”
▪️Also, the current FAQ from the NPS on Rainier says this:
🔹”Does the snow at Paradise ever melt?
Although Paradise is one of the snowiest places on Earth where snowfall is measured regularly, it does enjoy a brief but glorious snow-free season. In most years, the area is snow-free from about mid-July through late September. October snowfall usually melts in between storms. The ground is usually completely snow covered for the winter by Thanksgiving.”
https://www.nps.gov/mora/faqs.htm
As with the leftist freak out over “banned books” this is not banning books, it’s still easy to get Harry Potter and bookstores should be able to limit whatever books they want for whatever reason. But not only does it show a double standard, the rationale is far less justifiable than removing certain content from school libraries. At least there the justification was the content of certain books are inappropriate for children, clearly not every book should be available in a school library. Here, there’s no argument about the content they just don’t like the author’s politics!
Because news came out about his letter to the FBI, revealing he was a nutcase. The letter was rambling and incoherent, claiming he was trained by the US military off the books, and that Walz had instructed him to kill Amy Klobuchar so he could run for Senate. None of it made any sense (Walz is not running for Senate) and none of the assassinations made any sense, even in a diabolical way.
Nearly all of his hit list was Democrats (including Walz) and abortion clinics, but he was supposedly working for Walz?! Plus, one of the guys he killed wasn’t even on his list, and others were no longer in office or deceased. None of it makes sense from any coherent angle.
Basically, it appears the guy was mentally ill and neither the left or right can use the incident to push their agendas anymore, so the story was dropped.
This is so dumb. First, this means LA began as Spanish land founded to support Spanish missions (i.e. colonialism). Which contradicts their entire premise. But the reality is that Los Angeles is a quintessential American city.
▪️When the US acquired California in the 1840s, LA was a small town of less than 2,000 people. It was basically nothing. It became large only after the gold rush and the railroads completed in the 1870-80s, which brought thousands of new settlers and a booming commercial center.
▪️But LA had a major issue limiting its growth, no water. It wasn’t until Mulholland found a water source and built an aqueduct down from Northern California that LA had the infrastructure to grow into a major city.
▪️Then, a combination of oil, real estate and the film industry caused it to boom in the early 1900s. Post WWII, industries like aerospace continued its spectacular growth. Calling this “Mexican land” is a brain dead take. Neither the Mexicans, Spanish nor ...
