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Today was 90 degrees in Florida. It will get hotter as this is just the first of May. This is showing up on MSN news and local papers. Articles about Desantis and his in humane treatment of workers. I so wish we had a recall provision in Florida. With...
by Vetwife
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on Sun May 05, 2024 at 02:21 AM PDT
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For the first time in record history, temperatures with high humidity reached a scorching 144.1 degrees Fahrenheit. The Alerta Rio weather system reports what a temperature feels like, taking into account humidity combined with the actual temperature....
by Pakalolo
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 11:36 AM PDT
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The larger solar parabolic trough on the left I made in the 1970s for the New England Coastal Power Show, an energy show which traveled throughout the Northeast for a few years after the second Energy Crisis. We used it to heat water, make tea, and...
by gmoke
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on Wed Feb 07, 2024 at 07:33 PM PST
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A preliminary death toll of ten has been provided to the AFP by Chilean emergency officials as multiple wildfires burn across the Valparaiso and Viña del Mar regions, which are home to close to two million people. Residents attempt to flee to the...
by Pakalolo
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on Sat Feb 03, 2024 at 02:17 AM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
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on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
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on Mon Jan 01, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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More than a hundred million people in Brazil endure extraordinary and lethal temperatures. The heat index, a combination of temperature and humidity, shattered records in Rio de Janeiro with 108.5 degrees and a feel-like temperature of 137.3 F. The...
by Pakalolo
183 comments
on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 03:13 AM PST
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Hawaii does not often experience wildfires, and life did not evolve defenses to fire. However, with the rapid acceleration of heat and drought from global warming, that has changed for the North Pacific island chain. With help from the rainforest's...
by Pakalolo
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on Mon Nov 13, 2023 at 02:49 AM PST
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It’s Fall — We Easily Forget How Hot It Was Last Summer Notice that the media is full of news about Trump and Co. But really, we should not lose sight of how hot last Summer was — and how hot it will continue to become unless we take drastic measures...
by spicey
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on Fri Nov 03, 2023 at 03:26 PM PDT
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
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on Thu Oct 05, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event, in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �
This is the ...
by birches
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on Wed Sep 06, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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HOUSTON (AP) — Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.
Record high temperatures were recorded in ...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Aug 21, 2023 at 08:44 AM PDT
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You ever catch your amount of privilege in check? Because I did today. I'm in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. It's hot outside. Like really hot. Somewhere between 105-110 Fahrenheit, depending on what thermometer or app you believe. Except for a brief...
by Sarkazein
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on Fri Aug 18, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Well this is a thing I did not know about. One would think they would vomit before this happens. All things in moderation. You must drink water to stay hydrated in this heat BUT do not drink a lot at one time and too fast. When you are thirsty and I...
by Vetwife
35 comments
on Mon Aug 14, 2023 at 09:55 AM PDT
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Waves of severe thunderstorms in the U.S. during the first half of this year led to $34 billion in insured losses, an unprecedented level of financial damage in such a short time, according to Swiss ...
by Associated Press
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on Wed Aug 09, 2023 at 01:46 PM PDT
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I’m passing along a pictorial from Reuters showing the heat in Phoenix. Do click on the link. www.reuters.com/… No comment beyond “wow.” Here is a 1920’s song about dealing with the heat. I used to think it was funny.
by Curious therapist
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on Mon Aug 07, 2023 at 09:39 AM PDT
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I just noticed that weather.gov has a new sister site, National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), specifically to address issues around excessive heat and health at www.heat.gov. On first glance it looks useful, not only addressing...
by joyful575
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on Fri Aug 04, 2023 at 05:13 PM PDT
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The Washington Post published (not behind a paywall) a somewhat hopeful response to global heating by suggesting that training your body with small exposure to intense heat can build up a tolerance to the increasing heat crisis. The article primarily...
by Pakalolo
248 comments
on Mon Jul 31, 2023 at 05:57 AM PDT
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Sahel means “border” in Arabic. The Sahel region in Africa is the border between the Sahara Desert in the north and the savannah and tropics further south. In the east, Sudan, a nation of 50 million people, has experienced fifteen military coups since...
by Alan Singer
16 comments
on Sun Jul 30, 2023 at 09:38 AM PDT
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