We read today in our morning Bangkok Post how the temperature is going to be 41 (104F) today, with various Thai experts competing to explain why that will come to pass. No surprise to this observer that it is 33 with max 34 anticipated now at 11 am. Oh yes, it "feels like 41" whatever that means (it always feels like 41 when it's really 33 in Bangkok?)
Why this nonsense? The public discourse on weather and climate in Bangkok is becoming so foolish that it warrants a special series of posts here, beginning with this one, with some more coming up on such matters as the evidence for drastic warming in SE Asia, the coming drowning of Bangkok, etc.
I have a farm up in Isan, the elevation is about 200 meters. Last year my neighbor asked me if there was a danger of the sea reaching this height.
You might think that only simple Asian peasants would think this way, but I can assure you that many of the people at a dinner party I attended last year in Atherton, California, richest town in the world, had pretty much the same idea.
