How much do you worry about the shifting and intensifying of our Monsoon?

[GammaGlobulin]

My Dear Friends,

 

Yes. I am worried.

I worry that the monsoon we depend on may shift, temporally, and arrive a month or two months later than it normally does, here in Chiang Mai.

 

If this happened to me, then what should I do?

Bake in the Hot Season Oven for an extra month?

This would actually not bother me because I now have 70,000 BTU/h of Cooling Power, right at my fingertips, anytime I feel like flicking a switch and setting the temp controls to MAX.

 

What I worry about is that the monsoon that Thailand depends upon may become both more extreme and also unpredictable.

How would my lawn survive if that were to happen, I wonder....

 

And what about you?

Have you given this important Topic much thought, so far?

 

Of course, we know that this is Global-Warming-related.

And, we know that the two most likely candidates for the USA prez, and any others in USA gov, such as senators and congressmen, have ZERO interest and will to do the right thing.

Also, now that we have delayed many decades, there is no longer enough time to avert what is bound to happen, because....

 The inertia is already baked into the atmospheric system, not to mention the inertia of our oceans, and....etc., etc., etc.

 

So then, might as well forget about any unreasonable hope of ameliorating or lessening the impact already in the cards, Warmingly Speaking.....

 

How much do you worry about this?

What will you do to avoid, personally, the impacts upon both you and yours?

For example, will you try to find some Safe Haven, for the remaining twenty years of your life?

I think twenty is probably Tops, if one is feeling very optimistic.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/04/climate/south-asia-monsoon-climate-change.html#:~:text=Scientists blame global warming from,we see in monsoon patterns.”

 

AI is crazy, yes...but....much of what this AI has reproduced here seems OK, to me.

 

 

https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/07/18/climate-change-is-making-the-monsoon-more-dangerous

 

 

 

Listening to an AI tell us what we need to know about increasing Monsoon variability and intensification is always good for a laugh...

 

However, I see nothing else particularly funny about this Topic.

 

Do you expect to see huge changes during the next five to ten years, here in Chiang Mai?  And, in other areas of Thailand?

 

Fondest regards,

Gamma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by GammaGlobulin

[timendres]

It may shift. If it does shift, people will adapt. Nature plays rough. Wear a helmet.

[Lacessit]

I am in a reasonably high spot in the city. My GF's house is situated in a high point in the village. Several of the neighbor's houses flood every year, we never have.

 

If I lived in Bangkok or Florida, I'd want to be selling up ASAP.

 

IMO northern Thailand is one of the better places to be in absorbing the effects of a changing climate.

 

I just wish it would not keep screwing up my golf. I refuse to play in rain.

[Yagoda]

Climate change has very little to do with the damage caused by extreme weather.

[connda]

Don't worry, Be Happy.

[dinsdale]

Last year and this year the wet arrived late (late Aug/early Sept) and has just finished. So a pretty short wet season again. Yes folks the cool season is here. Next April is something I hope doesn't mirror last April. Basically everyday 100°F/37.8°C. 

Edited 2 hours ago by dinsdale

[Bandersnatch]

I designed my house here in Thailand to as prepared as possible for any potential changes.

 

I was asked to make a video on self-sufficiency for a teacher to use with his students. Apologies about the sound levels on the video.

 

 

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I am in a reasonably high spot in the city. My GF's house is situated in a high point in the village. Several of the neighbor's houses flood every year, we never have.

 

If I lived in Bangkok or Florida, I'd want to be selling up ASAP.

 

IMO northern Thailand is one of the better places to be in absorbing the effects of a changing climate.

 

I just wish it would not keep screwing up my golf. I refuse to play in rain.

 

You are correct that Chiang Mai, at least where I live, is one of the best for remaining comfortable and content as Global Warming related effects increase.

 

I have no problem dealing with temps up to 45 degrees C.

I doubt that, with all the tree cover and vegetation, temps in Chiang Mai will surpass 45, for the next decade.

 

Even if it gets hotter. I have plenty of cooling power.

May need to add a few solar panels, though.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Last year and this year the wet arrived late (late Aug/early Sept) and has just finished. So a pretty short wet season again. Yes folks the cool season is here. Next April is something I hope doesn't mirror last April. Basically everyday 100°F/37.8°C. 

 

In CM, the Raining Season arrived quite late, by about a month or more, if my observations this year have been correct.

 

I do believe that Global Warming change is speeding up.

Consequently, we may notice GW effects more severe, and sooner than we had anticipated.

Positive feedback effects is becoming even more significant.

 

Intensity, or the increase in the rate of change, is now much plainer to measure.

 

Last night, we really enjoyed a major rainstorm, which continued throughout most of the evening.

Therefore, if the monsoon is delayed, again, too much, I think many here in CM will not be happy...

Even though, this being Thailand, all people will continue smiling.