November 19, 2021

Meanwhile, Outside

Covid is still raging, though the unvaccinated are (at least as of August of 2021) about 11 times more likely to die of the virus than the vaccinated:


But there's still the ongoing climate crisis going on.

According to the scientists at NOAA:

The global surface temperature for October 2021 was 0.89°C (1.60°F) above the 20th century average of 14.0°C (57.2°F) — the fourth highest October temperature in the 142-year record. Only Octobers of 2015, 2018, and 2019 had a warmer October. The 10 warmest Octobers have occurred since 2003. October 2021 also marked the 45th consecutive October and the 442nd consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th-century average.

Again, a chart: