Noted Climatologist Kamala Harris Explains How Weather and Climate Interact

When Kamala Harris talks, we listen. Not because she has something brilliant or interesting to say, but because, like a car wreck, we can’t help it; the cringe is just too cringy to pass up. The noted climatologist-meteorologist on Friday explained the interaction between weather and climate to weary Californians.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times, Harris joined state and local leaders at a Los Angeles County site recently upgraded to increase groundwater retention, where they lauded ongoing efforts to improve drought resiliency across California and neighboring states. Harris’s visit came after a series of storms battered the state for weeks, causing fatalities, flooding, and extensive damage — but also provided record-setting precipitation needed in the water-starved West. (Reason no. 7,594 why I don’t live in California.)

The above backdrop was all Harris needed to incisively [sarc] let the hilarity rip, silly hand motions for emphasis, and the whole bit. Ladies and gentlemen, your vice president:

In dealing with the various issues that are present when we look at the climate crisis, we think about water policy. Uh, diversifying water policy. Understanding that we must have the ability to diversify our approach and the resources. Everything in terms of what we do for conservation, recycling, desalinization, and source of water.

This plant and this facility in particular is doing some of the smartest and the most contemporary kind of work that is necessary to store water, understanding that the climate crisis presents exactly what we’ve experienced here in California.

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