All-Star event rained out...in '88 "drought"

Here's another reason why the climate change deniers need to have their mouths sewn shut.

For 30 years, the festivities surrounding baseball's All-Star Game have included something called the All-Star Home Run Derby. The derby was scheduled to take place in Cincinnati today, but is likely to be rained out. The only other time it's been rained out was also the only other time it was to be held in Cincinnati.

That was in 1988 - during our so-called "drought." Yes, the same "drought" that famously rained all over Bruce Hornsby's prized piano.

That was the local media's idea of a "drought." Rain, rain, and more rain. According to Weather Underground, average rainfall for Cincinnati for July is 3.85 inches - one of the highest in America. Yet July 1988 saw 4.38 inches.

The Media called that a "drought."

One day alone got 2.39 inches.

That's a "drought."

Yes, abnormally high rainfall in an area that gets a lot of rain even in average years is a "drought" - according to climate change skeptics. Other regions may have had a drought. We didn't.

July 1988 was even wetter than Weather Underground says. Their website lists no rain at all on July 18, but I know for a fact it rained a lot that day, because I remember exactly what I was doing. (Never argue with my long-term memory, because you will likely lose.) The website shows that it also rained on the day of the All-Star Game itself.

Saying there was a "drought" in Cincinnati in 1988 is not like right-wing climate change denial. It is right-wing climate change denial. It's no different from the talk radio droids who continue to spread their lying propaganda today denying climate change. And it serves the same corporate greed-driven aims. It doesn't sound like the same thing as their standard fare, but trust me, it is very much the same thing.

Incidentally, this year's actual All-Star Game might get rained out. This has never happened in the game's 82-year history. But with climate change a reality, there's a very strong chance of it.

I'm waiting for the day Cincinnati finally gets a real drought and The Media denies it.