Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 01, 2021

Winter vacations at the beach.

Janis checking for grass clippings.

I live in Texas it’s green all year round

This is HILARIOUS!

Arlo it has been rebranded to climate change

My pool company comes about the same time every year near the end of this month to winterize the pool. Over the years leaf fall has gotten later and later and there have been fewer and fewer leaves to scoop out of the pool before they get here. I used to be done with the majority of leaf blowing in the beginning of November. Now it takes until Thanksgiving.

I doubt it will ever be taken seriously until too late.

Irrefutable logic, what more do we need?!

Is it okay to mock people that believe in global warming?

Not in the current climate.

First we had an ice age, now there is global warming.

It’s almost as if the Earth is bipolar.

It’s not that we don’t take it seriously. We know as a fact from history that the earth’s temperature changes in cycles. We just don’t believe that humans are either the cause nor can we change these cycles.

God made the planet. God will take care of it…when and if the time comes.

It’s taking longer for the foliage to turn up here in New England. Those who booked their trips for this week were disappointed…

Is Jimmy chumming the waters again?

Try mowing the lawn in western NY during December.

Don’t ask, or we might be down to Hurricane Zelda

Fun Fact: During the Middle Ages the Vikings could actually farm Greenland. It was warmer then than now.

I believe in global warming, I just don’t think it’s man made

Where did he get that mower. It looks like it’s missing about half of its handle. Or it belonged to a very short person.

It’s already taken w…a…y too seriously!

Cutting grass in October through April is so much easier than June through September. The temperature makes a big difference.

I suspect that the combined output of all the active volcanoes put out much more toxic gases in one minute than all the combined human output in a year. I agree the planet is warming up; but to put it on human activity is more a case of hubris than science.

I remember in 70s in eastern Massachusetts most lawns were brown come October. There was a brief time when people would burn the lawns so everything would be clear and ready in the spring for grass to grow. I don’t know if it’s because of different types of grass, watering, or chemicals but many lawns are now green year round unless covered with snow, which is less often than it used to be.

I haven’t been able to use my ice shanty for a couple of winters now…hmmm…

If it keeps up I won’t have to move to Florida when I retire.

People are dying of a disease they declare doesn’t exist and Arlo asks a question like that?

Arlo is easily convinced?

jimmy must be looking to get lots of comments playing off the ‘science’ of people who____________

Here in Flagstaff things are settling down around the norm again. We had 2 1/2 years of La Niña, with its drought. El Niño returned just in time to change our wicked drought to rain… too much in places. The pine trees love it: they have the bright green puffy look of having all the water they need, preparing us for a heavy pine needle drop in October. Note to Mother Nature: “Thanks, Mom… I guess.” Honestly, we needed the water.

I think historians will consider us a superstitious lot, believing a boy chases away a girl to bring rain. For the non-US Southwesterners and non-Mexicans, those terms describe weather conditions caused by southeast Pacific Ocean currents – the El Niño Southern Oscillation. The “La Niña” phase of the oscillation brings cold water to the west coast of the Americas. That means less evaporation and – paradoxically – hot, dry weather. The “El Niño” phase brings warm water and humid air, with heavy late summer rains to this corner of the US and to much of the Pacific coast south of us.

From the tree/plant point of view: Finally, the humans are giving us more carbon dioxide.

living in Texas you can expect 90 degree temps from May-Oct and mowing usually stops in November…

The Earth has never been stagnant. It has always been changing.And it will keep changing despite the efforts to stop it from changing.Just another hint that we really are not in charge here.

It’s only Oct 1 and we’ve had a lot of rain this summer.

The ban of CFCs (air conditioner working fluid) has saved the ozone layer. This was a global effort which shows what can be achieved when all nations of the World take a climate problem seriously and work together.

The big orange guy comes back to the White House and mows all of the lawns with a push mower…

His gas-powered mower shows he isn’t really paying attention either

Next up for you, drought! We can’t water anything outdoors.

the total collapse of human civilization probably

Arlo and Janis live in the Deep South. Since when did lawns die during the winter down there?

Normally when I camp in the mountains in June, I have to worry more about cold than heat. This year, every day of our mid-June camping trip at 8500 feet was over 90 degrees. The average high for the area is 78 in June. The area normally gets 10 days a year with a temperature over 90. If it gets much hotter, I’ll have to stop camping in the summer altogether.

I didn’t know Arlo and Janis moved to western Oregon.

Geez, I hope this strip isn’t going to go PC.

Where I live, in September and October, I’ve often mowed the lawn, shoveled snow and later had to mow the lawn again.

“Global warming” – Et tu, Jimmy?

It’s hardly the whole globe that’s warmer. Some areas are unseasonably cooler. Here in Utah the young ladies have started quit wearing shorts and such 3 weeks earlier than usual. Flannels are returning as well.

… and then there is this: https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1443880525844844579

Not exactly indicative of things getting hotter.

First off, it’s now “climate change”, not “global warming”. Get with the program.Second, we’ve had lots of rain here in centra NH and about half of my lawn has turned brown.

I know this is just a comic but if Gene and MaryLou live by the coast and they have gators I was thinking Alabama or S. Carolina. Arlo and Janis live where it’s cold and snowy so obviously there is some distance between them…maybe NY or Pennsylvania? I obviously have put way too much thought into this!