The Climate Change Thread

[Gomez Adams]

105 in Portland, Oregon.

121 in Lytton, British Columbia

101 in New York, New York

78 in Siberia, Russia

But there's no such thing as global warming, folks. Nothing to see here. Move along now...move along...

 

[Zeedox]

Lytton's being evacuated as of late last night.

 

[Gomez Adams]

The local news was also saying that nearly 100 people in British Columbia had died from heat related causes. We're losing a lot of folks as well in the Pacific Northwest. I think they have around 50 dead in the Portland area alone.

New York has resorted to having buses idle at certain locations running their air conditioning wide open as cooling spots for people.

 

[Zeedox]

The 100 is just for one area and much earlier. The current count (yesterday afternoon) is much worse at 486 and climbing across the province of BC.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sudden-deaths-heat-wave-b-c-1.6086770

 

[Zeedox]

710,117 lightning strikes hit western Canada in 15 hours

One expert called the weather 'really horrifying.'

www.sfgate.com

 

[Gomez Adams]

Sounds more like a world wide number to me.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Got curious and looked it up.

About 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth's surface every second That's about 8 million per day and 3 billion each year.

You had nearly 1/8th of the entire planets lighting strikes in less than a day. That's fucking unbelieveable.

 

[Gomez Adams]

And our big oil companies have once again outdone themselves. A leak in a gas pipeline on an ocean rig caught fire and now the ocean is literally on fire.

Video: Fire Rages In The Middle Of Ocean Near Mexico

A fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula early on Friday has been extinguished, state oil company Pemex said, blaming a gas leak from an underwater pipeline for sparking the blaze captured in videos that went viral.

www.ndtv.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1411084565377077250

 

[Grimhogun]

If the ocean keeps rising like it is most of Miami will be knee to waist deep in water in 25 years.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I read a year or so ago that by the time my son (he's 8) is in his 40's he'll be able to take a tour boat to the north pole during the summer.

While there he will not see a single piece of ice.

 

[Zeedox]

I read a year or so ago that by the time my son (he's 8) is in his 40's he'll be able to take a tour boat to the north pole during the summer.

While there he will not see a single piece of ice.

You can do that now in the USN!

 

[Gomez Adams]

Jesus.

Extreme heat cooked mussels, clams and other shellfish alive on beaches in Western Canada | CNN

The devastating heat wave that ravaged British Columbia last week is being blamed for a massive die-off of mussels, clams and other marine animals that live on the beaches of Western Canada.

www.cnn.com