No Ice Radar? No Catlin Expedition! « The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE

This is a bad sign. Twice bad: as it calls into question the need for risking the lives of the team any further, and the overall organization of the expedition.

The Catlin trio should just pack up and come back home before anything truly bad does happen.

The SPRITE “ice radar” is (was) not just another instrument. It was THE meaning for the whole expedition.

KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA | Freezing and Gloomy Weather Could Delay Cherry Harvest

YAKIMA, Wash.- Cherry season is well underway but last night's unexpected freezing weather gave farmers a quick upset. Right now is usually when cherry buds are getting pollinated but the cold weather is keeping the bees away and this could delay the cherry harvest.
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When temperatures drop so low, farmers turn on their wind machines and then turn on their heaters in an effort to keep their cherries from freezing.

"Hopefully that'll raise the temperature if it doesn't its going to be a sad year for cherry farmers," said Doornink.
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"We need the bees out right now, cool dark cold weather isn't good bee weather," said Wapato Farmer Jim Doornink.

Cherries depend on bees for pollination and with out the bees the cherries won't bloom as quickly.

"We're already later this year by 10 days so this will continue to delay it," said Jim Doornink.

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