My father in-law is a conservative who gets all of his information from Fox News, so whenever the subject of freaky weather comes up I mention global warming. He's started giving me looks like, "holy shit, this might actually be real."
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell