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26 April 2014

Climate change rally in Kalispell today at noon

There’s a Montanans for Climate Solutions rally in Depot Park in Kalispell today, beginning at noon and ending an hour later. Bring your rain gear and a warm sweater. The NWS’s forecast predicts 49°F, 10 mph south winds, and an 87 percent chance of precipitation.

Update, 1248 MDT. The NWS METAR station at Glacier Park International Airport is down, but Mesonet reports temperatures in the low 40s near Kalispell. At my place near Kalispell, it's 43°F. And, raining. I don’t attend climate change rallies in weather that dismal.

Is this a honk-and-wave? It might be, but I think the format is music and speechifying while the audience shivers. The Tropical Montana Marimba Ensemble will play.

There’s a big whoop-de-do in Whitefish this evening to wrap up the day:

…a unique and enjoyable experience is on tap — along with local beer — at the O’Shaughnessy Performing Arts Center in Whitefish at 7:30. Scientists, photographers, painters, farmers and renewable energy companies will be featured along with the Crown of the Continent Choir for a majestic multi-media program entitled, “Stories from the Mountain, Music From the Soul: An Evening of Art, Music, and Science Inspired by Glacier National Park.”