SwarmingLocal officials want extreme heat to be declared a federal disaster
IverCoderUnusually very hot here in the Philippines too but for a several days every two weeks it gets cancelled out by the biweekly typhoon.
carbonpropJust a normal year in the Philippines. š
Wouldnāt that imply that the federal government needs to do something to prevent similar events in the future? Like actually doing something to reduce CO2 emissions in the US?
Kit SorensIt would activate the FEMA fund and allow for a pool of executive spending for disaster relief, yes.
Oh you mean, oh no, big oil and legacy auto are struggling with the switch to EVā¦ they need relief money so they can destroy the ecosystem and come up with a 0 emission plan by 2050ā¦
No, I mean that our dear president and his cabinet get to decide to continue with BPās BS and lose 2024, or prove that heās tackling climate change earnestly and with all due seriousness over the next 5 years.
PatI do lawn care and I've had heat exhaustion/minor heat stroke more times this year than every other year combined. I'm in Canada and I remember when 30 celsius with the humidex was hot. Now it's getting to nearly 40 fairly consistently.
Honestly, with how crap everything is getting and how many times governments have had to give out various relief funds the past few years, why do we not have a universal basic income yet? At least that way they wouldn't have to pass a new law every few months to give out a bit of pocket change that doesn't actually make a difference with how high the cost of living is now.
Itās been over 100Ā°F for two or three weeks here. Of course I live in a redhat reichwing state and people are quick to point out āyeah, itās always 104Ā° in Julyā the problem is its been over 100Ā° every day since June. Thatās unusual. Or it was unusual.
Let's declare summer a federal disaster. But sure, it's primarily Arizona and Nevada. Two states that shouldn't exist and already receive more than their fair share of federal aid. Why not add a few more bucks who cares?
While this is a pretty callous take, I do think it that a mass relocation effort from desert cities primarily reliant on the rerouting of rivers that are beginning to shrink due to climate change (i.e. Colorado River) needs to start being considered. What are they going to do once their water source is completely gone?
I think we are on the cusp of some seriously epic population migrations. Itās going to be ugly,the other is going to be in serious danger. Hopefully Iāve checked out before it happens, because Iām pretty much completely lacking in survival skills.
A majority of Nevada isnāt even owned by the state of Nevada, so of course a majority of their funds also arenāt state-generated.
"Oh, haha, now that I am personally getting inconvenienced by climate change, I demand the government take action to assist me."
More than a century ago in fact;
I usually donāt like this type of stuff, but this made me laugh.
How Scientists gonna act when the Climate finally Messes up the Earth
Its kind of silly for Nevada, Arizona and Texas to ask for aid. They are basically asking for a yearly donation which is stupid. You guys live in ~100% arid areasā¦ your leadership should be crating infastructure given your needs by taxing higher. The constituents pride themselves on affordable housing and low taxes yet the governement is asking for a yearly bailout.
The problem with neoliberal capitalism is that other peopleās money runs out.
Especially when all your policies are devoted to hollowing out the middle class for the benefit of the rich.
Its kind of silly for Nevada, Arizona and Texas to ask for aid. They are basically asking for a yearly donation which is stupid. You guys live in ~100% arid areasā¦
Houston is not arid. The Rio Grande Valley is not arid. Corpus Christi and Beaumont are not arid. Texas has 367 miles of oppressively humid coastline.
Naw, itās what we do as a nation. Blue states subsidize red states every year because itās the right thing to do. The govāt helps coastal states in the Gulf and East Coast when they get hit by hurricanes every year. The govāt (ie, all of us) support midwest towns when they get hit by tornados, floods, or train derailments, becauseā¦ we are a country. Less and less these days, but still.
Lol thatās the best stock photo they could find?
This article didnāt even mention deadly wet bulb conditions (ie, humidity so high that sweating no longer cools a person down).
Weāll be hearing more and more about that as climate change progresses. Talk about a disasterā¦ combine that with a power failure, and youāll start seeing a true catastrophe.
LaunchesKayaksIt was 95F and 98% humidity at my house the other day. I thought I was going to die every time my dogs had to go out to pee.
This prompted me to look up how humidity percentages work. Itās the amount of water in the air relative to itās current maximum based on temperature and pressure. Going above 100% is possible above 25000 ft due to the purity of the air. Clouds formed when impurities are introduced or pressure and temperature allow. (This is all just my cursory pleb āknowledgeā and may be partially or entirely wrong)
style99How about we compromise and just declare the oil industry itself a federal disaster and nationalize it?
HubertManneBetween fires and floods half the country already is. Add in heat and you will be hard pressed to find an area of the country not in a disaster. How can anyone at this point not see global warming is a thing and has horrible effects.
Goes beyond warming. Wait till Nashville gets buried under a foot of snow and theyāll all cry āhur dur whereās the global warming!ā
Or that time a fucking senator brought a fucking snowball to the floor to repeat the same bullshit ālogicā.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) Snowball in the Senate (C-SPAN)
I have it on good authority from the butcher down the road who says climate change is bullshit because he has lived in this town his whole life. Checkmate!
I asked him why we never had temperatures above 40c prior to 1960 and now we have rolling heat waves that are that hot. Apparently they are lies that all scientists say so that climate scientists can get grant money.
Flying SquidYou should ask him who has more money invested in being right- scientists or fossil fuel companies.
He would have to wait for Joe Rogan to say something about it to have an answer