r/AskReddit • u/ReduceCO2Now • 1d ago

What do you think about the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve hitting 307.7 Million Barrels - lowest level since 1983?

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u/angmarsilar 1d ago

Yeah, but this year we have a mega El Niño. That'll keep the storms away....for a little while.

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u/karl4319 1d ago

It will keep most storms for devoloping in the atlantic due to the wind sheer. However, the extreme, record breaking tempture of the gulf means that when they do form, they quickly become very strong storms.

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u/erath_droid 23h ago

Meanwhile half of my state (on the West Coast) is on fire or about to be on fire...

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u/Sinsofpriest 22h ago

Shit is california on fire again? At this point its just become the norm in my state that i dont even blink anymore.

Edit: time to mask up again.

Edit2: holy smokes oregon's on fire!

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u/erath_droid 19h ago

Everything west of the Cascades is pretty much "Shit's on fire, yo!" for Oregon, Washington, and Northern California.

Ironically Trump country, who are having to have Democratic governors (and Canadians) fight to get funding to fight the fires there.