Mastodawn

Relieved that pleasant temperatures have returned after the heatwave in Western Europe last week, breaking all the records while we are still only in June.

It ended two days ago with a thunderstorm that felt even more directly dystopian as those hot days. 20/30 minutes with 3-10 flashes of lightning **per second**, the thunder a constant roar. Trees outside almost horizontal, the house struggling to cope with the water.

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Joost Rekveld

Very much outside of the normal state of affairs around here where the weather is supposed to be boring.

Our minds seem to be hard-wired to downplay and forget such events and to continue with business as usual.
How to not do that ?

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Joël 12h ago

@joost_rekveld I kind of hope, that since it felt so extremely dystopian, that this time the thought will remain. The #heatdome and the images in the #media helped this time I think, using black instead of red to stress the absurdity of the situation. And of course, keeping the conversation about #climatechange alive. By ourselves, here on Mastodon, with colleagues, friends and hopefully it will reach the people that can do most about it.