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

[Anonymous]

I can’t remember which thread had a climate change denier who claimed that because Australia had the lowest low temp ever in May of last year (their winter, may I remind everyone), climate change isn’t real.

Well the southern hemisphere just recorded their highest temperature ever. In winter. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-04/south-america-extreme-heat-mid-winter-climate-change-scientists/102678662

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Anonymous wrote:Our plan is to move before the great climate change migration is in full swing. Our plan is to move north near a large body of fresh water. We're thinking Michigan near Lake Michigan or Lake Superior.

Be prepared to freeze your tail off.

[Anonymous]

So why is the government still allowing the sale of Suburbans and Expeditions and the like, while people sit in their 5,000sf homes set to 65 in the summer? If anything the popularity of this lifestyle (and the 3-4 kids to go with it) is only gaining in popularity.

[Anonymous]

I feel pretty good about this area. Not too far south, not too far north, not too prone to flooding (we are in western Nova), not very tornado/hurricane prone. We don't tend to get wildfires or mudslides or earthquakes. I know all this can and will change, but I like starting with little to no severe weather.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our plan is to move before the great climate change migration is in full swing. Our plan is to move north near a large body of fresh water. We're thinking Michigan near Lake Michigan or Lake Superior.

Be prepared to freeze your tail off.

Not for long!

[Anonymous]

The elephant (s) in the room are too many people.
And no one wants to address that 3rd rail.
Other countries like China will not make concessions either.

[Anonymous]

It's too hot now. It feels like the heat has been endless, and I don't want to do anything outside. I go for walks and return dripping wet. I love summer, and I hate to say this but I'm ready for fall.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our plan is to move before the great climate change migration is in full swing. Our plan is to move north near a large body of fresh water. We're thinking Michigan near Lake Michigan or Lake Superior.

Be prepared to freeze your tail off.

NP. I'd rather be too cold than too hot, but it's good that not everyone has the same preference. You can still enjoy the hot summers here.

Also, many of these areas are not as cold for as long as they used to be. I grew up in a different part of the great lakes and we didn't even have air conditioning growing up, you just didn't need it. Much more common now.

[Anonymous]

More people will live. Deaths by freezing are 800 percent higher than by warmth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So why is the government still allowing the sale of Suburbans and Expeditions and the like, while people sit in their 5,000sf homes set to 65 in the summer? If anything the popularity of this lifestyle (and the 3-4 kids to go with it) is only gaining in popularity.

This is a serious question: People set their AC to 65? Aren't they too cold?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So why is the government still allowing the sale of Suburbans and Expeditions and the like, while people sit in their 5,000sf homes set to 65 in the summer? If anything the popularity of this lifestyle (and the 3-4 kids to go with it) is only gaining in popularity.

This is a serious question: People set their AC to 65? Aren't they too cold?

No. PP is going for exaggeration just to try to make a point. Most also don't have 5,000 sf houses.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

That’s so sad. I remember when that was only a possibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Our plan is to move before the great climate change migration is in full swing. Our plan is to move north near a large body of fresh water. We're thinking Michigan near Lake Michigan or Lake Superior.

You're not taking flooding into account, mom is still in the midwest (Indiana) near Lake Michigan. In the past decade they've already had two "once in 1000 year" floods, after the second one she moved to a house without a basement. We lost a lot of family photos, and there were all sorts of mold problems. If you think the midwest is somehow shielded then you're overlooking just how much water they get doused in for a good 6 months out of the year, especially around the great lakes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

That’s so sad. I remember when that was only a possibility.

Don’t look up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So why is the government still allowing the sale of Suburbans and Expeditions and the like, while people sit in their 5,000sf homes set to 65 in the summer? If anything the popularity of this lifestyle (and the 3-4 kids to go with it) is only gaining in popularity.

I would be directing my ire at large emerging economies which we won’t name long before I thought twice about cars individuals are driving.
Or the fact that we all have to fly everywhere all the time. Apparently. Because.