Death toll hits 33 in Canadian heatwave

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  1. Deidre

    Deidre Follow thy heart

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  2. Running Horse

    Running Horse A Buddha in hiding from himself

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    Damn. Yet people still deny global warming
     
  3. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    they dont mention ontario though...where most people cant afford to run their a/c due to the jacked up hydro rates from liberal government

    i mean previous liberal government...boy did they get their asses kicked good last month lmao
     
  4. relaxxx

    relaxxx Senior Member

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    It's just fake news, actors...
    There's no global warming going on.
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  5. newbie-one

    newbie-one one with the newbiverse

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    Periods of very hot or very cold weather are not unexpected under normal conditions, so no one event is proof for or against global warming.

    It's really the average global temperature, and the frequency of severe high temp events that is proof for global warming.
     
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  6. Noserider

    Noserider Goofy-Footed Member

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    Took the words right outta...well, my keyboard, I guess...
     
  7. Running Horse

    Running Horse A Buddha in hiding from himself

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    Yes this I know. This however is as you said just another in a long & ever increasing chain of severe high temp events. One don't need to be a scientist to witness the average temp increase even in just the last twenty years
     
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  8. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    The dumbass part about the argument is there is only one solution, nobody wants to say out loud

    Global warming is (hu)man made, then cut the number of humans, by like 7 billion

    There will be an extra 3 billion fuckers on the planet in 30 years, but sure all we have to do is bring our our bag to the supermarket.

    Its all relative anyway, that supervolcano under yosemite goes off, we will all know what global warming is
     
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  9. Noserider

    Noserider Goofy-Footed Member

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    Just the American West. I think you guys will be fine.
     
  10. relaxxx

    relaxxx Senior Member

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    [​IMG]

    We are all frogs in a pot set to slow boil.
    Relaxxx. Enjoy the heat!
     
  11. Monkey Boy

    Monkey Boy Senior Member

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    We're almost up to the medieval warm period.
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  12. Noserider

    Noserider Goofy-Footed Member

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    I'm assuming another little ice age will happen in the near future. I remember seeing a documentary on that one time. It was really interesting.
     
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  13. SpacemanSpiff

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    most of our population actually lives further south than the northern borders of all your northwest states

    72% of us are below the 49th parallel


    50% of Canadians Live South of The Red Line
     
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  14. Aerianne

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    Yes, the sun is headed into it's sleep cycle aka Solar Minimum. We're supposed to be due a mini-ice age in the next 15 years.
     
  15. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    One country gets a heat wave and they all say global warming! On the other side of the hemisphere another single country gets a record low and they say what global warming!
     
  16. Deidre

    Deidre Follow thy heart

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    I'm not sure if people outright deny that global warming exists, (well, some do) but more of the naysayers fall on the side of ''how'' it's being formed. A lot of people feel it's not largely human-made. It's seasonal and cyclical. That is true, but the fact that as the population across the globe grows, global warming gets worse, should say something about our collective footprints.

    Well put.

    I have much to learn about Canada. lol Good stuff to know.
     
  17. Meliai

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    I just find it odd that what amounts to normal every day weather here from June - September is enough to kill so many people in Canada. I'm guessing they just dont have ACs? Or maybe they're manual laborers, the article did mention it was mostly men who died
     
  18. tikoo

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    Cool hat for the summer , warm one for the winter . My cool hat is both vented and can hold water when
    soaked, ah , the old fisher-man . Always camping . All the power (of electricity ) you demand is not an entitlement ,
    and one can die from being stupid about it . It's like being whisky-drunk fallen in a snow bank . Where's the
    warm hat ? But let's count the dead . Count the dead ... and glory to your ideal of power .
     
  19. Deidre

    Deidre Follow thy heart

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    I think that's what caught my eye more than anything. I'd suspect just not enough hydration, and preparedness for that weather.
     
  20. SpacemanSpiff

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    i didnt read the article but im sure its most likely older poor health folks who are stuffed into public housing
     

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