• 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    True, but we need to get them to acknowledge that okay, it was 102° F one day in 1972. Yesterday and today were the first days in 2 weeks or more where the high was less than 100° F where I live.

    It was not this hot for weeks in 1972.

    • bitsplease@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      hell, you don’t even have to go back to 1972. I remember in my area growing up (90’s), breaking 100 was something that would maybe happen one or two days out of a whole summer, and it was a whole thing - treated in the same way you might treat a really bad storm in winter.

      This summer half of every week has been above 100 since July - our “breaks” from the heat are like mid-90’s.

      I wonder how bad it’s going to have to get before everyone who isn’t literally mentally ill will have to admit that this isn’t normal