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NWProf

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15. Here in the Great NW we broke heat records in April

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:15 AM

Apr 2016

We are in the midst of a horrific temperature climb that is a direct result of Global Warming/ Climate Change and it will not get better anytime soon. When the massive migrations start because there is no water or it is too hot to plant crops, or people watch helplessly as their children die from the heat, will our lame stream media even report it?

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Parts of India ban daytime cooking as hundreds die of heat [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2016 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2016 #1

Yeah... Ghost Dog Apr 2016 #2

Climate change - This could be us soon. Baobab May 2016 #25

Is there nothing we can do to help them Samantha Apr 2016 #3

Solar cookers would get rid of the fire hazard IDemo Apr 2016 #4

Top Chef used these solar ovens and grills IcyPeas Apr 2016 #21

Omg that's terrible, AuntPatsy Apr 2016 #5

I just returned from India. Paka Apr 2016 #6

That's 122 F. !!! PADemD Apr 2016 #7

wow - i was complaining we were 840high Apr 2016 #8

That is why I tell people do not complain when it is cold. glinda Apr 2016 #10

I love cold weather. 840high Apr 2016 #12

Me too. They need to figure out how to blanket the planet in cold. glinda Apr 2016 #13

Won't stop me. kentauros Apr 2016 #14

Monstrous! Thanks for the info. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2016 #11

Yikes! meow2u3 Apr 2016 #22

I was in Kolkata last June and couldn't leave my room La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #9

Here in the Great NW we broke heat records in April NWProf Apr 2016 #15

Weather.com only shows Kolkatta at 101° today ffr Apr 2016 #16

The link is at the bottom of the posted article. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2016 #17

Ah-huh. I know. It says 44C. Was looking for the 50C referenced above. ffr Apr 2016 #18

That doesn't appear in my article. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2016 #19

Some local papers claim the ban concerns the fires, with wind, have burned down thatched houses, Judi Lynn Apr 2016 #20

Climate disruption is now becoming lifestyle disruption GreydeeThos Apr 2016 #23

yeah but as long as a clown senator can bring a snowball to the floor it does not really exist dembotoz May 2016 #24