Like, “country at the northern latitude equivalent to Macquarie Island gets Queensland weather for several days” is a big goddamned deal!
Apple growers: the climate has changed and now all our apple trees have suddenly started growing citrus
Orange growers: lol buttercup toughen up, we just call that an orange
Captain Inertia on
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Give the coastal cities of Australia 6 inches of snow, let us know how you get on ya smug bastard.
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Few things piss me off more than someone being a snotty shit about weather like that. Aside from being ghoulish, because people are dying, it's stupid as hell on its face. Of course places don't have infrastructure for weather that isn't normal, you absolute loser.
Few things piss me off more than someone being a snotty shit about weather like that. Aside from being ghoulish, because people are dying, it's stupid as hell on its face. Of course places don't have infrastructure for weather that isn't normal, you absolute loser.
I'll joke about "ooh Alabama got an inch of snow, guess they're shut down!" because I'm in Vermont and that's just a summer day for us. But it's more of a wink wink nudge nudge because I know that's going to fuck them over because there's no plows, no road salt, and summer tires.
But also I'm not a news source, influencer, or whatever the fuck.
Having had something like 45 days of 100+ degree weather means it's dry as shit here in Texas, and we've had a lot of wildfires lately. This one is pretty big and close enough I can see it from my house, so that's fun. People have been evacuated, and several were able to load up and save their cattle. People in the surrounding areas are offering to let people use their land for the cattle, and others are gathering food, water, and supplies for those whose homes have been destroyed. Thing is, there's another wildfire not too far off also, so we don't have any planes available to drop water on this one. They're having to fight it from the ground, and last I heard it's a wall of fire. So this is fun
Britain's transport secretary says the railways and overhead lines are only built to handle up to 35C. When it gets past that the lines sag so much they can't run the trains. Happened here a few times in Portland with the MAX lines during heat waves.
Swamp coolers don't work very well in humid places, unfortunately.
The ice cooler being referenced there does. People use swamp cooler to refer to two different things unfortunately - passive evaporation coolers and DIY ice bucket coolers. The latter is what is useful in an extreme heat wave like this (presuming you remember to change the ice regularly).
idk hard to know the context, but it really seems like the filmer was just being a douche to someone trying to have a nice dip in the bin. Don't have to keep goading them and ruining their day, just move on with your life. Fucking tiktok.
That said, my sincere sympathies to everybody else slow roasting right now. I remember our stupidly hot and smoky stretch last year.
That movie is supposedly a comedy, but I just found it incredibly depressing. We went to bed right after watching it and I just laid there in the darkness for a few hours staring at the ceiling.
In unrelated but better news, the wildfire outside of town has died down somewhat, or at least it isn't spreading like it was. Burned about 6700 acres so far, hopefully it won't burn much more before they fully stop it and put it out. The dinosaur footprint shape of it made me laugh though, because it's right on the edge of Dinosaur Valley State Park which is where dinosaur footprints were found in the riverbed.
It looks like a really frustrating movie, but good lord those people after the movie clip complaining about how meteorologists had all become so fatalistic made me so incredibly angry.
It looks like a really frustrating movie, but good lord those people after the movie clip complaining about how meteorologists had all become so fatalistic made me so incredibly angry.
it's almost like they know something, like they're looking at the evidence and drawing the obvious conclusion!
Coming off three days in a row of at least 93F it's now forecast to get as cold as 65F twice in the next 10 days
The last time I really complained about a winter was the time my area got a foot of snow a day for a week while I was in college. I'm not saying I wouldn't complain about that if it happened again this winter, but I'm at least now considering it
One of my coworkers told me her electric bill was over $500 this month. Nice to know the electric companies aren't trying to fuck us to death here in jolly old Texas.
You'd think they'd have enough money to fix the fucking power grid handing out bills like that.
One of my coworkers told me her electric bill was over $500 this month. Nice to know the electric companies aren't trying to fuck us to death here in jolly old Texas.
You'd think they'd have enough money to fix the fucking power grid handing out bills like that.
They were handing out $10,000+ bills last year for the privilege of people freezing to death. They didn't fix it anything after that, or when the grid failed for the same reason before that , or the time before that...
Just remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence.
oh well you see for-profit utility privatization is actually the most efficient way to distribute public goods because reasons so actually your electric bill being $500 is good and how dare you complain you communist *runs away with a big bag of money*
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Like, yeah, that’s the point of why this is dangerous for the UK….
Apple growers: the climate has changed and now all our apple trees have suddenly started growing citrus
Orange growers: lol buttercup toughen up, we just call that an orange
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I'll joke about "ooh Alabama got an inch of snow, guess they're shut down!" because I'm in Vermont and that's just a summer day for us. But it's more of a wink wink nudge nudge because I know that's going to fuck them over because there's no plows, no road salt, and summer tires.
But also I'm not a news source, influencer, or whatever the fuck.
I am currently sitting in the darkest, coolest place in the house. And I'm just surviving.
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If you want it, here is a list of how-to DIY inexpensive, effective cooling devices.
Swamp coolers don't work very well in humid places, unfortunately.
The ice cooler being referenced there does. People use swamp cooler to refer to two different things unfortunately - passive evaporation coolers and DIY ice bucket coolers. The latter is what is useful in an extreme heat wave like this (presuming you remember to change the ice regularly).
Intense video from a fireman yesterday on the ground. At least today we have planes scooping water from the nuclear power plant reservoir to fight the fire.
idk hard to know the context, but it really seems like the filmer was just being a douche to someone trying to have a nice dip in the bin. Don't have to keep goading them and ruining their day, just move on with your life. Fucking tiktok.
That said, my sincere sympathies to everybody else slow roasting right now. I remember our stupidly hot and smoky stretch last year.
That movie is supposedly a comedy, but I just found it incredibly depressing. We went to bed right after watching it and I just laid there in the darkness for a few hours staring at the ceiling.
In unrelated but better news, the wildfire outside of town has died down somewhat, or at least it isn't spreading like it was. Burned about 6700 acres so far, hopefully it won't burn much more before they fully stop it and put it out. The dinosaur footprint shape of it made me laugh though, because it's right on the edge of Dinosaur Valley State Park which is where dinosaur footprints were found in the riverbed.
I wanted to scream the entire time I watched it
Regular cold showers to remove dried salt and crud from sweat on skin.
Drink lots of water.
Increase air circulation.
Place feet in cool water in a bucket/tub.
Fill a small cooler with ice, pour in water, place in 2-3 hand towels. Drape towels across head/neck, rotating them in and out of the cooler.
it's almost like they know something, like they're looking at the evidence and drawing the obvious conclusion!
Only if you only look at Tuesday and only if you ignore that Phoenix has much more direct sunlight.
I don't think it's been below 85F here for like a month. 100+ every day, 85-95F at night.
Ran part of a mile before work the other morning, and it was 87F at 5am.
Our weather was like that too then all of a sudden this morning turned chilly fall
I'd be cool (heh) with that right about now. I like hot weather and hate cold, but this shit is ridiculous.
The last time I really complained about a winter was the time my area got a foot of snow a day for a week while I was in college. I'm not saying I wouldn't complain about that if it happened again this winter, but I'm at least now considering it
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Oof, right in the hubris.
You'd think they'd have enough money to fix the fucking power grid handing out bills like that.
They were handing out $10,000+ bills last year for the privilege of people freezing to death. They didn't fix it anything after that, or when the grid failed for the same reason before that , or the time before that...