How long will it be until it's too hot?

[Anonymous]

In the news, we hear scientists suggest 2030 and 2050 being milestone years on the climate change front. But I think that's being conservative and within 5 years, we are facing a major adjustment in how we live. And I think within 10 years, this country is going to go through a climate crisis to the effect that there are days we won't be able to go outside. Between the flooding, heat and wildfires, I just don't see us getting to another 10 years of status quo. Even now, we're so affected by weather around the country.

What might the summer look like in 2027, just 5 years away? My youngest will only be 16 years old - I have a hard time grappling with this.

Not like I can do anything about it I realize, but just wondering why people don't seem to dwell on finding solutions to how we are going to get by in the near future if we are impacted by the weather instead of focusing on the desire to enact change. Isn't that kinda a losing battle at this point? I mean do we really have another 10-20 years before we have to alter our lifestyle? I just don't see us stopping/slowing down the results of our technologies and consumptions quick enough. Are there organizations looking into what we do when we hit that no return point cause you never hear about that?

[Anonymous]

Get a grip. The average temps have barely increased. You’re incredibly dramatic and you should stop watching the news. If climate change wasn’t on the news you wouldn’t even know it was happening.

[Anonymous]

I worry about this too. There are organizations that focus on protecting the environment, but there is no unspoken plan to course correct AFIK. No one even seems to be suggesting ways to mitigate the wildfires in Canada. It all feels very nihilistic. Too many people are still in denial as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the news, we hear scientists suggest 2030 and 2050 being milestone years on the climate change front. But I think that's being conservative and within 5 years, we are facing a major adjustment in how we live. And I think within 10 years, this country is going to go through a climate crisis to the effect that there are days we won't be able to go outside. Between the flooding, heat and wildfires, I just don't see us getting to another 10 years of status quo. Even now, we're so affected by weather around the country.

What might the summer look like in 2027, just 5 years away? My youngest will only be 16 years old - I have a hard time grappling with this.

Not like I can do anything about it I realize, but just wondering why people don't seem to dwell on finding solutions to how we are going to get by in the near future if we are impacted by the weather instead of focusing on the desire to enact change. Isn't that kinda a losing battle at this point? I mean do we really have another 10-20 years before we have to alter our lifestyle? I just don't see us stopping/slowing down the results of our technologies and consumptions quick enough. Are there organizations looking into what we do when we hit that no return point cause you never hear about that?

Life on earth is always changing and will evolve over time. Think of how much change has occurred over the last century.

Climate change is talked about a lot and therefore likely isn’t as big of a problem as it’s made out to be. A lot of horrible events and problems are unexpected.

[Anonymous]

A lot of scientists are actually alarmed, OP. I’ve heard that there’s already enough CO2 in the atmosphere that even if we stop all emissions right now, the global warming process will keep going.

[Anonymous]

Things will be getting progressively uglier over the next few decades - think regular heatwaves with hundreds if not thousands dead because the hot bulb temperatures are becoming unsurvivable and far too many people have little or no access to AC. Increasing that access will save lives but will also exacerbate emissions so it will be a vicious cycle.

And no, I do not believe that humans will find the will to make the changes on the scale that is necessary soon enough to avert the coming catastrophes. Life on earth will be bleak for humans a hundred years from now. Good job us.

[Anonymous]

Some people here should really read this book.

https://www.amazon.com/Parrot-Igloo-Climate-Science-Denial/dp/039386670X

[Anonymous]

Yes. Because the people in power that can do the most to change don't want to sacrifice their comfort and profit. And they have the $ so their families will be ok as they move to places where its ok. Same reason why most americans dont care that their fast fashion clothes and iphones come from child slave labor.

[Anonymous]

I tend to agree.

There are the "get a grip, everything is fine" people and then there are the rest of us who are noticing that things are changing.

I grew up in Texas and always though I'd go back there, likely for retirement, but am really leaning against it and climate is a part of it. I grew up in an arid part of TX where 100 degree days in the summer were not out of the ordinary, but now there are heat waves lasting a week at a time and the evening temperatures don't drop.

The state doesn't manage its water supply responsibly, and it's management (or lack thereof) of its electrical grid speaks for itself.

I think states like TX, FL, to some extent CA, will face major challenges in managing resources like water and electricity.

[Anonymous]

Two days back to back in Boston at 90 degrees today and tomorrow. There's a noticable difference here vs ten years ago for sure

[Anonymous]

I live in Austin. We will likely have more than 60 days over 100 this summer. Never happened before. It is miserable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Austin. We will likely have more than 60 days over 100 this summer. Never happened before. It is miserable.

+1. I went to UT in the 1990s. Summers were hot but not like they are now.

Last August, I was able to swim in the water off Maine fairly comfortably without a wetsuit. 20 years ago, it was too cold for me to swim in the same spot without a wetsuit.

Anecdotal, yes, but the data backs up our observations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two days back to back in Boston at 90 degrees today and tomorrow. There's a noticable difference here vs ten years ago for sure

I’m on Cape Ann north of Boston and it was broiling today. 92+ I’ve been coming here for 20 years and have never used A/C. We wore sweaters at 5pm until of years ago!

Anyone who thinks this is “normal” isn’t paying attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Austin. We will likely have more than 60 days over 100 this summer. Never happened before. It is miserable.

+1. I went to UT in the 1990s. Summers were hot but not like they are now.

Last August, I was able to swim in the water off Maine fairly comfortably without a wetsuit. 20 years ago, it was too cold for me to swim in the same spot without a wetsuit.

Anecdotal, yes, but the data backs up our observations.

We have a family camp in Maine on a small lake. I hadn't been in 10 years when I went last summer. The difference was astounding - in temperature, the wind, the landscape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Austin. We will likely have more than 60 days over 100 this summer. Never happened before. It is miserable.

+1. I went to UT in the 1990s. Summers were hot but not like they are now.

Last August, I was able to swim in the water off Maine fairly comfortably without a wetsuit. 20 years ago, it was too cold for me to swim in the same spot without a wetsuit.

Anecdotal, yes, but the data backs up our observations.

We have a family camp in Maine on a small lake. I hadn't been in 10 years when I went last summer. The difference was astounding - in temperature, the wind, the landscape.

Or maybe your bodies are older and your temperature tolerance is different?