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I wish our Government public information websites were (at least) as good as Australias (Original Post) Sunlei Jan 2018 OP
Australia is HOT!!! BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #1
to hot to survive.Think the country should build HUGE shade/reflection/solar collection structures Sunlei Jan 2018 #3
They probably don't have the money to do that. BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #4
Where did you get that 20 deg above normal from? canetoad Jan 2018 #5
I heard it on the Weather Channel 2 days ago. BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #6
Look at the chart you posted canetoad Jan 2018 #7
I didn't post that chart. BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #8
It would appear so. canetoad Jan 2018 #9
The articles said that it is HOT enough to cook bats and asphalt. BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #10
The Southern Hemisphere is going to feel it sooner than us. roamer65 Jan 2018 #2

BigmanPigman

(51,660 posts)
1. Australia is HOT!!!
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 12:53 AM
Jan 2018

Over 20 degrees above normal. Climate Change is all about EXTREME weather from now on. Too bad it is a hoax.

Since the words "climate change" are scrubbed from all current Govt records per The Moron. All the scientists are gone, all their research is under lock and key and the GOP sleeps well at night sleeping on mattresses overstuffed with rich donor money.

Fortunately other countries do not have greedy sociopaths running their govt institutions and are collecting data and research which we will be able to use. The US sinks lower and lower in the eyes of the world thanks to the kiss ass GOP and the Fucking Moron.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
3. to hot to survive.Think the country should build HUGE shade/reflection/solar collection structures
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 01:24 AM
Jan 2018

I mean huge, covering miles using their natural resource a lot of iron ore, sands.

That kind of baking heat will turn their entire country into a barren, windblown desert.

BigmanPigman

(51,660 posts)
4. They probably don't have the money to do that.
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 01:55 AM
Jan 2018

This year the amount the US spent in natural disaster aid (I won't even get started on Puerto Rico) is the highest ever. We can't just pay for "after the disaster" issues, we need to be taking precautionary measures like you suggested in Australia. At least they don't treat this as a joke like the Moron and his greedy psycho pals. They have the brains(Australia) and we have the money(Us). We need to be preparing raising entire cities and moving them inland for starters. There will be strange and dangerous changes with insects, diseases, immigration, collapsing countries' economic and governmental institutions, wars will be started, everything is going to be effected.

canetoad

(17,216 posts)
7. Look at the chart you posted
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 03:24 AM
Jan 2018

The average anomaly for the last five or six years have been around +1 to 1.5 degrees C. Granted, it's increasing and becoming more frequent but it is accurate to say that our temperatures are around 1 deg C above long term average.

BigmanPigman

(51,660 posts)
8. I didn't post that chart.
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 03:28 AM
Jan 2018

However, if you know about the temperatures more accurately than the 2 articles that I posted than you are more knowledgeable than I am.

canetoad

(17,216 posts)
9. It would appear so.
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 03:31 AM
Jan 2018

Refer to the chart posted in the OP. It clearly shows that Australia is not and nowhere near 20 deg hotter than it used to be. I should know. I live here.

BigmanPigman

(51,660 posts)
10. The articles said that it is HOT enough to cook bats and asphalt.
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 03:34 AM
Jan 2018

These are two of several sources that I read besides the Weather Channel info. But you live there so you should know.

roamer65

(36,748 posts)
2. The Southern Hemisphere is going to feel it sooner than us.
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 01:02 AM
Jan 2018

Last edited Wed Jan 10, 2018, 03:52 AM - Edit history (1)

The Earth is about 3 million miles closer to the Sun at perihelion in January. That means Earth is closer to the leading edge of its “Goldilocks Zone”, which is also moving farther out due to CO2 emissions.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/mar/25/earth-is-closer-to-the-edge-of-suns-habitable-zone

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