Climate Change? Nahhh ...

I often forget how far north most of Europe is. Rome is roughly on the same latitude as Boston.

 

It's fine.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/14/100-degree-days-streaks/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/13/heatwave-california-arizona-florida-texas-records/

 

No, seriously, don't give it a second thought.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/clim...13/vermont-flooding-rainfall-warming-climate/

The rainfall that hit parts of Vermont on Monday had less than a 1-in-100 chance of occurring in any given year, according to federal flood data. And yet, for some residents, it brought a sense of déjà vu — it rivaled the devastation of another so-called 100-year storm, Hurricane Irene, from a dozen years ago.

 

Insurer’s Retreat in Florida Signals Crisis With No Easy Fix

 

Our house is set at 25.5 in the summer and 21.5 in the winter.

Wife will come home from work when I haven't turned on the AC and exclaim, "Нифига! (roughly "Holy shit!"), it's 28!"

 

Was at the pub across from Vicarage Road before a Watford match and a Swedish fan I met mentioned he couldn't handle these 35 degree temps. Still doesn't compute for me. Didn't change my phone to C either. My hotel room was set between 18.5-21 degrees so I guess that's cool-ish?

 

I know what 0 and 100 C are in terms of F, and I acknowledge it's a much easier system, but anything in between is a mystery.

 

I’ve been keeping mine set at 24.4 the last couple of weeks and it is killing me. I may as well live in a swamp.

(76 degrees on God’s thermometer. I had to look the other one up.)

 

You just have to learn the equivalences.

20ºC=68ºF, 30ºC=86ºF, 35ºC=95ºF, etc.

Fun fact: The scales are equal at -40º.

 

At which point kids still have to go to school in Yakutsk.

Little kids (ages 7-11) can stay home once it hits -53C (-63.4F). But older students don't get to stay home until it gets below -55C (-67F).

In Charlotte, they started classes two hours late because it was +20F in the morning.

 

“You go or Gazprom pays the tow.”

 

Celsius to Fahrenheit -- double it and add 30. That's what I was told. Gets you in the ballpark.
(I don't know how to do it if C is below zero.)