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Rhiannon12866

(205,145 posts) Mon Jul 12, 2021, 03:16 AM Jul 2021

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Heatwaves are becoming more common. Here's how the U.S. must plan for them - PBS NewsHour

Extreme heat and drought are baking the Western U.S. and Canada again this week, following hundreds of heat-related deaths in the Pacific Northwest last week. Record-breaking temperatures are expected to return to California over the weekend, including in the San Joaquin Valley. William Brangham, currently reporting from the city of Visalia, joins Judy Woodruff with the latest on the heat.

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Heatwaves are becoming more common. Here's how the U.S. must plan for them - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 OP

Has a Republican senator held up a snowball lately? Grokenstein Jul 2021 #1

I remember him! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #2

Gonna steal those. Grokenstein Jul 2021 #3

Fine with me! These guys have earned their place in history - as a national joke! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #4

Grokenstein

(5,721 posts)

1. Has a Republican senator held up a snowball lately?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Jul 12, 2021, 05:04 AM

Jul 2021

You know, to prove none of this is happening?

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/02/3-years-ago-we-all-laughed-at-james-inhofes-snowball-the-joke-was-on-us/

Rhiannon12866

(205,145 posts)

2. I remember him!

Reply to Grokenstein (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 12, 2021, 05:43 AM

Jul 2021

Grokenstein

(5,721 posts)

3. Gonna steal those.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 12, 2021, 06:08 AM

Jul 2021

As for Ol' Jimbo, it won't be long before he's in a place a LOT hotter than Arizona will ever get, even under the circumstances.

Rhiannon12866

(205,145 posts)

4. Fine with me! These guys have earned their place in history - as a national joke!

Reply to Grokenstein (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 12, 2021, 06:16 AM

Jul 2021

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