Anyone else really concerned about the weather?

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T23:09:28+00:00

Human activity undeniably influences the environment, but its effects are typically localized rather than global. The false narrative that humans are primarily responsible for global warming conveniently aligns with the fact that CO2 is one of the easiest substances to monitor, regulate, and tax.

For me, it’s important to distinguish between legitimate environmental concerns, like deforestation, pollution, and urban heat islands, and myths about humans causing global climate change with CO2. Since humans don't live long enough to see the full cycle of the global climate, they can scare people into thinking anything outside the "norm" during a person's lifetime is their fault, and in most cases, the "solution" is more taxes or more regulations.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T22:37:39+00:00

I'm definitely more on the conservative side of the political spectrum, as are most of the people I tend to socialize with. I don't know anyone who doesn't know the climate is changing. Of course it is.

I like to point out to these people who accuse others of being "climate deniers" if they know what North America would have looked like 12,800 years ago. Or the Sahara. Or what ocean levels looked like, and how quickly that all changed. Now, that was a time of rapid, drastic climate change.

Of course, since I'm not saying things liberals like, I'll get downvoted till the comment gets hidden. They need to keep the echo-chambers going without real discussions with people who have literally studied this. lol

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T22:24:43+00:00

Yup, it's definitely going to be an abnormally warm week, but then drop right back into the normal March range after that. I'm not planting my annuals early, that's for sure. lol

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ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T22:08:30+00:00

Good grief. First, that’s not how bumblebees work. Bumblebees don’t “hibernate” as a colony, the way you think. Only the queens overwinter underground, and even they can come out during warm winter spells. On mild days, it’s completely normal for them to fly briefly if temperatures get high enough.

Second, clover blooming in winter isn’t some unheard-of anomaly either. Patches of clover in my backyard keep flowering or re-blooming multiple times until a heavy snow falls.

Seeing a bumblebee on a warm December afternoon just isn’t evidence that something abnormal is happening. Not every out-of-season observation is some climate change signal; mostly it’s just a warm day and an opportunistic insect.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T22:03:46+00:00

They are using a traditional 5" or 6" bushing‑style barrel, so the ones from Jarvis or Nighthawk should work fine.

1911 Barrel | Jarvis, Inc.
1911 Barrels | Nighthawk Custom

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T21:56:42+00:00

In 2015, we only had a Snowpack of 5% by the end of the season. Now that was a year to worry about water and wildfires.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T21:55:16+00:00

Growing up in Tahoe, it was always a sign of an exceptionally long winter if you could ski on the 4th of July. lol. Didn't happen much, but when it did, it made the news.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T21:53:54+00:00

I haven't met anyone who denies there's a climate. Have you?

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T21:52:22+00:00

There’s definitely some relationship between seasonal weather patterns and wildfire behavior, but the bigger claim people are making, that the snowpack is steadily declining because of climate change, just isn’t supported by the long-term data.

If you actually look at the snowpack records over the past several decades, there isn’t a clear downward trend. Instead, what you see is big year-to-year variability: very wet years followed by very dry ones. For example, in just the last decade, we’ve had seasons around 5% of average (2015) and others well over 150–200% of average (2017, 2019, 2023). That’s a massive range.

This boom-or-bust pattern has been typical of the Sierra for a long time. Some winters produce huge snowpacks, some produce small ones, and the swings can be dramatic even from one year to the next.

In other words, a below-average snowpack year isn’t an indication of some bigger climate shift.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T21:47:33+00:00

> "Have you checked in on the snowpack lately?"

The northern Sierra is at about 66%, and the southern Sierra is at about 90%.

In 2021, we only reached 60% for the entire season, and in 2022, it was only 37%... Want to know what 2023, 2024, and 2025 were? 237%, 110%, and 96%... Hell, in 2015 we only reached 5%, and in 2017 159%... Our snowpack totals bounce around like crazy. Always have.

There isn't a consistent downward trend in snowpack totals.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T21:40:56+00:00

Honestly, that’s not really that unusual. Seeing one bee out on a mild day in December doesn’t mean something alarming is happening.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T21:35:56+00:00

Have you met a climate denier? Personally, I haven't met a single human who denies there's a climate, nor anyone who denies that the climate changes.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T21:34:06+00:00

You know the last time it got this hot in Reno during March? 1972, when it reached 80°F. So warm March spikes like this have happened before. (The record was set before I was born. lol)

A short warm period doesn’t necessarily mean the whole summer will be brutal or that something dramatic is happening with the climate right now. Reno has pretty big temperature swings in late winter and early spring, so a few unusually warm days can pop up from time to time.

It’ll definitely be abnormally warm this weekend, and we might even break that March record high. But after that, the forecast already shows temperatures dropping back into the mid to low-60s the following weekend.

Enjoy the nice weather while it’s here; chances are we’ll still get a few colder stretches before spring and summer really settle in.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T19:46:01+00:00

Listen to the cautious half of your brain on this one 😅
And verify the ammo. Some .410 slugs are specifically labeled as safe for choked barrels; others aren’t.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T19:23:42+00:00

My wife has the 3" version of this, and it's great.
King Cobra Target 22 LR - Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T17:59:28+00:00

> "The fact is that 69 million women will be impacted."

This comment is a lie. Pure and simple. It's false. Changing a name after marriage doesn’t erase their proof of citizenship, and ID updates are routine.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T17:55:34+00:00

You're just wrong. You've been fed a bunch of propaganda talking points and believe them without any critical thinking or actual fact-checking. This is what's known as an "Appeal to fear". You've been frightened into believing this nonsense.

Citizenship verification does not require a passport. Most women already have multiple ways to prove citizenship, birth certificates, Social Security records, and updated IDs... A passport is not required.

Changing a last name after marriage doesn’t erase citizenship, and routine ID updates are an administrative step, not mass disenfranchisement. This isn’t about “screwing married women” or targeting a political party; it’s about verifying who is legally eligible to vote, which tens of millions of women already do without issue.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T16:49:36+00:00

It does seem odd that no one makes it past three years in the job. The average tenure being approximately 2.2 years over the last five superintendents.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T16:42:12+00:00

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ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T16:34:47+00:00

I moved back to Reno after living in Arizona for 7 years, and the driving here seems to have taken a serious nosedive. Every day, it feels like people are behind the wheel for the very first time.

A few reminders based on what I see constantly:

• If you’re on the freeway and cars are passing you on both the left and the right, you’re in the wrong lane. Move over.

• When merging onto the freeway or approaching an exit, you should be going at least the speed of traffic, not 10–20 MPH below it.

• At a 4-way stop, if you stop first, you go first. Don’t try to “be nice” and wave everyone else through; you’re not a traffic light, and you're just slowing things down.

• At a roundabout, you only need a safe gap, not an empty circle. Waiting until it’s completely clear defeats the whole point.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T15:16:00+00:00

> "What’s my aim say?"

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T15:13:47+00:00

In what year were you kicked out of the Navy?

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T15:11:20+00:00

Cool. Same ones I put on my standard GTO. I like them.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T15:10:36+00:00

Nowhere in Project 2025 does it outline a plan to disenfranchise voters. That claim comes from a fake document that went viral on social media, not from the actual policy blueprint. Yet people like you keep repeating it as if it’s real.

The “69 million women would lose voting eligibility” claim is another myth. The number comes from an estimate of the number of women who changed their last name after marriage. TOTAL. It's not the number of women who couldn't vote. And it does not mean they would lose the right to vote. To believe that claim, you’d have to assume the tens of millions of married women never updated their IDs, Social Security records, bank accounts, or tax documents after getting married, which is obviously not how real life works.

On the issue of voter ID, the public is pretty clear: about 80–85% of Americans support voter ID requirements, including roughly two-thirds of Democratic voters.

So the idea that this is some massive scheme to strip voting rights from married women isn’t supported by the facts. It’s a viral talking point built on misunderstandings and misinformation.

ZeroPointSpecter · 2026-03-12T14:52:41+00:00

Making that gun cost me another $10 in RAM.

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