It’s spring in the Midwest. The only problem? It’s midwinter

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It’s spring in the Midwest. The only problem? It’s midwinter

Winter has gone missing across the Midwest and Great Lakes, and time is running out to find it. Dozens of cities are on track for one of the warmest winters on record, making snow and ice rare commodities.

Several cities are missing feet of snow compared to a typical winter, ice on the Great Lakes is near record-low levels and the springlike temperatures have even spawned rare wintertime severe thunderstorms.

A classic El Niño pattern coupled with the effects of a warming climate are to blame for this “non-winter” winter, said Pete Boulay, a climatologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Winter has become the fastest-warming season for nearly 75% of the US and snowfall is declining around the globe as temperatures rise because of human-caused climate change.

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Avatar HACKthePRISONS

while evidence of the future is impossible, surely you're not just guessing. what makes you think that's a reasonable thing to expect?

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jpreston2005

because they did it multiple times before?

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fbi-foils-extremist-plot-to-bring-down-baltimores-electrical-grid

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/19/surge-in-oregon-washington-substation-attacks-as-fbi-warns-neo-nazi-plots/

https://time.com/6244977/us-power-grid-attacks-extremism/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64832129

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Avatar HACKthePRISONS

but why would it ramp up around the election? the pieces you cite seem to be lone-wolf attacks with no organization or real plan.

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ricecake

Likely because elections are politically charged events, and they always drive an increase in politically motivated crimes.

Given that a preponderance of these recent acts have been from right wing persons, often associated with beliefs that they want to trigger a destabilizing event for society, and that the last election had at least one notable act of right wing violence, it's not unreasonable to predict that this election will be at least as decisive.
Given that, concern about escalating threats to power infrastructure, with right wing groups have specifically threatened, seems prudent.

It's not "elections make us hate transformers", but elections cause violence, one of the most violent groups repeatedly and specifically threatens power infrastructure, and this election is going to have more nastiness than usual, most likely.

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Avatar Transporter_Room_3

Damn, sure have been a lot of "lone wolves" doing things lately...

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