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Emile

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42. 634 mile long river dried up! Wow

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2022, 08:50 AM

Aug 2022

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This is the Loire, the longest river in France. It's gone now. [View all] ItsjustMe Aug 2022 OP

We were warned misanthrope Aug 2022 #1

You probably knew this already but the explanation I heard is the estimates of impact are like a LT Barclay Aug 2022 #29

That's one aspect, too misanthrope Aug 2022 #37

Half of all, ALL emissions Brenda Aug 2022 #39

Like this? PCIntern Aug 2022 #40

Exactly like that. Brenda Aug 2022 #41

Possibly World Meteorological Association - Prof Petteri Taalas (Secretary-General of WMA) (?) Donkees Aug 2022 #45

;-( elleng Aug 2022 #2

And France has a a fair amount of nuclear power plants dependent on Uncle Joe Aug 2022 #3

Yeah, they're bending the rules to allow some to continue running muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #46

Kick dalton99a Aug 2022 #4

Is that a building or an old bus in the bottom photo? nt AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2022 #6

Looks like a boat. Earth-shine Aug 2022 #7

Probably a passenger barge for river cruises. JHB Aug 2022 #10

thanks, if so there is a story in how the passengers made it back to the dock. AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2022 #12

Wild guess- they walked. hay rick Aug 2022 #18

it is docked. ZonkerHarris Aug 2022 #21

After putting my glasses on, it looks like you are right. nt AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2022 #25

My guess is they walked off at one of the regular stops when it could still move JHB Aug 2022 #22

That... is horrifying. 😞 crickets Aug 2022 #5

OMG! Talk about 'let that moonscape Aug 2022 #8

8 BILLION IS TOO MANY. roamer65 Aug 2022 #9

Agreed and we should have stopped at 2 billion. airplaneman Aug 2022 #30

So you're saying Thanos was the good guy. tclambert Aug 2022 #31

Bookmarking this post in case I live that long. nt KPN Aug 2022 #32

Almost can't comprehend this. yorkster Aug 2022 #11

And RWers world-wide are doing their best to stop anyone from mitigating climate change. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #13

Unbelievable DET Aug 2022 #14

Holy shit!!!!! BigmanPigman Aug 2022 #15

Oh it will be back -- rapidly carrying houses, cars, bodies, and topsoil to the sea progree Aug 2022 #16

Shocking... progressoid Aug 2022 #17

It's not "gone", but it is low. LudwigPastorius Aug 2022 #19

I feel relief. TY Hekate Aug 2022 #23

Thank you for the objectivity. Of course, it isn't good, but it's KPN Aug 2022 #33

This is not exactly correct. Its an estuary of the Loire that is shown here. drray23 Aug 2022 #20

Thank you Hekate Aug 2022 #24

OK..That is explains why it is so wide! LeftInTX Aug 2022 #34

Thanks for the objectivity. KPN Aug 2022 #35

+1 demmiblue Aug 2022 #44

Thanks, Drrray23, and Progree, for the injection of honest information. Hortensis Aug 2022 #47

Not an estuary - it's an arm that runs around an island in the river, but well inland muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #48

Not quite as serious (yet). N.J. is in the beginning of drought. I volunteer in the 3Hotdogs Aug 2022 #26

This makes me very sad. Owl Aug 2022 #27

I recall An Inconvenient Truth. spanone Aug 2022 #28

Little too much doom and gloom 4 me try this BootinUp Aug 2022 #36

I've seen scary predictions of runaway warming by 2026 IbogaProject Aug 2022 #38

634 mile long river dried up! Wow Emile Aug 2022 #42

To counter this news newdayneeded Aug 2022 #43