Lawrence Vulis

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Climate Data Scientist working on natural hazards and climate risk in the property sector. Interested in the science and management of water, climate, cities, and landscapes, along with food and dogs. Opinions are solely my own.

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“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.

This!! Start with “they want to end no fault divorce, sell national parks, and ban porn” end with tax structure.

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Campaign news has overshadowed this. For all those who missed it: the administration announced $1 billion to help communities be more resilient to climate change/natural hazards. www.dhs.gov/news/2024/07...

President Biden Announces $1 Billion in Project Selections to Make Communities More Resilient to Climate Change and Natural Hazards Through His Investing in America Agenda | Homeland Securitywww.dhs.gov President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell today announced the 656 project selections for $1 billion in clim...

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Bottom line from the latest Beryl discussion from Bob Henson and I: It is likely that Beryl will make landfall in Texas on Monday as a rapidly intensifying hurricane, most likely as a Cat 1 or Cat 2, but landfall as a major Cat 3 is looking less likely. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/trop...

Beryl slowly reorganizing over the Gulf or Mexico » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org Beryl is on course to reach Texas Monday as a rapidly intensifying Cat 1 or 2 storm, but most likely not a major hurricane.

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Hey 👋 everyone who added me from @costasamaras.bsky.social’s climate starter pack! Hi! I work on electricity policy for energy justice. I’m part of the California crew who fought for “equitable building decarb” and a member of @cplusc.bsky.social. I’m queer. And I’m a former oil and gas engineer.

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Awful. The entire land area in the map just looks like an overcooked steak. Stay safe everyone.

Maps show where California’s intensifying heat wave could be ‘dangerous and lethal’www.washingtonpost.com The heat wave is poised to set hundreds of records, and it may be more than a week before it relents.

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And here's my checklist in graphic form.

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I know we're all feeling a little down today. It feels like there's not much to celebrate. But action always helps. But one thing I want to encourage all of you to do today? 1. Check your voter registration at www.vote.org/am-i-registe...

Check Your Voter Registration Status - Vote.orgwww.vote.org It takes less than 30 seconds to check your registration status with our free 50-state tool. And if you're not registered, we'll help you take care of that too. Fast, free, secure, non-partisan.

The handful people working on river delta network topology and geometry gonna be blasting this space hopefully soon 😭

In the early Twitter days science types would show up and post when they had a new paper. Wonderful! But real talk y'all: papers take ages to write. So, post about other people's stuff! You read a paper and it was cool! Or you had a question! Or it tied to this other thing! Tag the authors!

Hyper local elections have insane consequences. If you live in San Diego, you can separately register and vote in your local community planning group which determines mobility/traffic, building zoning, community spaces. S/o for hillcrest, bankers hill, etc. www.uptowncommunityplanning.org

For the record: voting matters. So does turning up to school board meetings. Community board meetings. Planning and zoning board meetings. Making public comments on pending rules. Contacting public officials. Protesting. Running for office yourself.

Uptown Community Planning Groupwww.uptowncommunityplanning.org

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Folks with terribly unpopular, & terrible, ideas want you to believe everyone is with them. They are not. 3 years ago a US Climate Corps, electric school & transit buses, & green infrastructure investments that cool down cities were just ideas. Now they’re real. With hard work, we can have hope. 🇺🇸

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Check out #DogsAtPollingStations 🐕. You’re welcome.

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"Carbon offsets developer C-Quest Capital LLC said it reported former Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Newcombe to US federal law enforcement for his role in allegedly issuing millions of environmentally worthless carbon credits." finance.yahoo.com/news/ex-gold...

Carbon Offsets Developer Reports Ex-CEO to Feds Over Bad Creditsfinance.yahoo.com (Bloomberg) -- Carbon offsets developer C-Quest Capital LLC said it reported former Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Newcombe to US federal law enforcement for his role in allegedly issuing millions of...

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"European insurers’ stocks fell as the storm raised worries that an unusually active storm season will drive up claims. Munich Re and Swiss Re, the two biggest reinsurers, continued their slide Wednesday, after dropping 3.3% and 4% respectively in trading Tuesday." finance.yahoo.com/news/hurrica...

Hurricane Beryl Is Bearing Down on Jamaica With Tree-Snapping Windsfinance.yahoo.com (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Beryl is barreling toward Jamaica, where residents were told to stay indoors as the storm threatens to make landfall later Wednesday with tree-snapping winds and dangerous sto...

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Today on Volts: A new startup, Base Power, is effectively giving its Texas customers oversized home batteries for the cost of installation. Homeowners get reliable backup power; Base uses the extra storage capacity to trade in the market. Intriguing! www.volts.wtf/p/a-clever-n...

A clever new way to distribute storage on the gridwww.volts.wtf A new startup called Base Power aims to bring more stability to the volatile Texas grid by selling customers oversized home batteries at minimal costs and then using the excess capacity to trade on th...

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Anyone have good veggie burger recipes to share? Some kind of black bean mushroom burger maybe. In the spirit of reciprocity, this kidney bean beet burger was really good: nutriciously.com/kidney-bean-...

Ultimate Kidney Bean Burger – Nutriciouslynutriciously.com The best easy & healthy vegan beetroot kidney bean burgers! Hearty, filling and packed with flavor, they are perfect for BBQs & meatless dinners.

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Write postcards. Give money to swing state campaigns. www.turnoutpac.org/postcards-faq/

Knocking on doors is the best, but that's pretty useless for people who live in solid blue states, unless we're able and willing to leave the state for such campaigns. But our financial contributions, especially this early in the campaign, help to open and staff campaign offices.

Postcards to Swing States FAQ - Progressive Turnout Projectwww.turnoutpac.org Postcards to Swing States F.A.Q. ← Back to Postcards home If the following Frequently Asked Questions don’t answer your question, just email us at [email protected]! Why send postcards to voter...

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The latest on Cat 5 Hurricane Beryl from Bob Henson and myself: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/jama...

Jamaica prepares for record-breaking Hurricane Beryl » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org The Atlantic's earliest Category 5 hurricane on record will weaken as it heads further west, but is expected to affect Jamaica as a Cat 3, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a Cat 1.

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read this far-sighted story by @scrawford.bsky.social here (and spread the word): susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/its-called...

It's called the Waterfront Wonderland for a reasonsusanpcrawford.substack.com Cape Coral has 400 miles of navigable canals and a looming property value problem. It must believe in magic.

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New working paper by EDHEC Risk's Rebonato et al. looks into physical #climaterisk and finds Equities may be overvalued by up to 40% "Current valuations appear to imply either a very strong and effective abatement action, or that climate change will have a negligible effect on economic output"...

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The top five most damaging Jamaican hurricanes (in 2023 USD, according to EM-DAT): 1) Gilbert, 1988, $2.5 billion 2) Ivan, 2004, $920 million 3) Charlie, 1951, $630 million 4) Charley, 2004, $470 million 5) Dean, 2007, $420 million Below is a photo I took in the eye of Cat 5 Gilbert:

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The chairman of reinsurer Swiss Re said insurance premiums still aren't high enough to force a reckoning with #climaterisk US home insurance premiums increased 33% over 2020-23 yet "homes are still being built in places they shouldn’t be"... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Home Insurance Still Priced Too Low for Climate Risk, Says Swiss Re Chairwww.bloomberg.com Jacques de Vaucleroy said despite recent increases, premiums will have to climb further to encourage risk aversion.

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"Hurricane Beryl: A Climate-Driven Superstorm Threatens The Caribbean" by Monica Sanders for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/monica...

Hurricane Beryl: A Climate-Driven Superstorm Threatens The Caribbeanwww.forbes.com Hurricane Beryl is likely a climate-driven superstorm, a trend that could become the norm. Experts weigh in on why this is and how to address the threat.

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In my day job, I work on vote.gov. We’re currently working on an accessible form filler tool to help people register to vote — see it at vote.gov/national-vot... This is open for comment right now in the Federal Register. Comments of all kinds are helpful. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

NVRFvote.gov Vote.gov is a United States government website that provides trusted voting information and can help you find voter registration rules for your state.

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Second foray into La Jolla by bike. Instead of providing bike parking this cafe seem to encourage you to park your bike inside.

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Throw in an explicit supreme court endorsement of unitary executive theory, why not?

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Hello i've got another one of those #climateJobs and in fact this one might be - hands down - one of the best possible climate jobs you'll ever see. I've loved working with @cplusc.bsky.social on a number of projects, and we're just getting started!! www.climateandcommunity.org/energy-indus...

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There have been 24 Atlantic storms in the Satellite Era (1966-present) which have gone through a >70kt rapid intensification within a 36-hour period. (Min start of 35kt) All of those storms originally formed in Aug, Sep, Oct, or Nov. Until Beryl. #Beryl is doing this in June.

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Germany and the UK shifting from diesel-electric to electric trains. 🧪🔌💡 railuk.com/electrificat...

Siemens’ British battery trains set to save £3.5bn and consign diesel trains to history - Rail UKrailuk.com Siemens’ British battery trains set to save £3.5bn and consign diesel trains to history - Electrification

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Under the current Biden climate policies, if we work hard on implementing them, we can get to an 80% clean electricity system by the end of the decade. If those policies go away, there is zero chance we will get there. Let’s work hard to get to 80% and also add more climate policy to get to 100%.

80% total clean is the top end of the DOE model for 2030. Lots of things need to work out. Let’s make them work out.