re: #1210 shortshrift

No. I have long ago learned that fear is irrational, that people will base their emotions on the slenderest of reeds, that those who are psychologically susceptible to cataclysmic anxiety will always find something to worry about.
I am amused that you should up the ante of catastrophe in order to make people come to their senses. If a poster came on now who said catastrophe was coming next Sunday and the entire continent submerged, would that convert me more persuasively?
If a store said “ten days to Christmas” and another one “two days to Christmas”, would I shop in the latter?

Just look at the actual science then and decide for yourself if the projections constitute a catastrophe.

How about you do that?