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The maple leaves have popped out of their buds today perhaps a week later then average.They look funny as they are only about an inch wide today. The sole remaining dairy farmer has turned the dry cows out to pasture also a week behind but all in all the spring is within its normal variation range. Black flies come next.
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RenewableCandy wrote:I quite often use a different language for the weather: old Dutch I think. But most of it's unrepeatable on a family forum :)
Give us an example.
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RenewableCandy wrote:I quite often use a different language for the weather: old Dutch I think. But most of it's unrepeatable on a family forum :)
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May was the hottest in the UK since records began about 100 years ago.
Breaking the record for the hottest month is arguably of greater significance than a single exceptionally hot day.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44341030
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It's not just the UK that is sweltering at the moment:

Yahoo: U.S. East coast swelters under lingering heat wave
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And also in Canada, 33 lives lost in exceptional heatwave.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44730887
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And Northern Siberia:

https://wxclimonews.com/2018/07/02/extr ... this-week/

Seems to be quite a few extreme weather events going on at around the same time. Climate Changed.
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An overview of all the recent places that are feeling the heat:

https://www.sciencealert.com/all-time-h ... ate-change
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Record temperatures have been recorded in parts of japan, with dozens of lives lost to heatstroke.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44910435

Many parts of Japan are still flooded, and the high temperatures are hampering rescue efforts.
It is ironic that one of the worst affected places is Kyoto.
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The Japanese heatwave has been declared a national disaster, with 65 lives lost to the heat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44935152
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And what're we doing about all this chaos? Sweet Frances Adams.
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There's also more record heat and droughts in South West USA

Michael Snyder: Heat and drought in southwest America not seen since the dustbowl of the 1930s

Monday was the hottest day on record for Waco as temperatures climbed to 114 degrees just after 5 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

“Officially and by two degrees, this is the hottest it has ever been in Waco,� National Weather Service meteorologist Dennis Cain said.

Please keep in mind that a record was not just set for that particular date.

114 degrees was the hottest that it has been in the city of Waco ever.
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And the solution to this problem would be?
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vtsnowedin wrote:And the solution to this problem would be?
You're on PowerSwitch. The name says it.

Sorry vt, sarcasm aside, it's too late for a solution. We're fecked.

Indeed, a man I spoke to last night, who was talking about his motorway driving habits: I said, "You used to be a green". He said, "I still am and, as such, I know we're headed for disaster anyway. I'm going to enjoy it while I can."
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