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Originally Posted by Michael G.
In the news lately, why, in most parts of the country, are people having trouble dealing with 90+ degree heat?
Isn't this something we all expect every year in July and August nationwide?
I don't like to hear about the heat related fires that is taking place out west, but I need to say.
We Floridians experience 90+ degree days for months on end and we don't make the news.... 
Maybe people just have to use a little common sense in the heat. |
Well........Florida is less affected than the midwest because we are an island surrounded by ocean and gulf water which moderates our daily high temperature. London has had temps of 104 degrees recently. Their airport runways have been shut down due to sections actually melting. Rail lines have been shut down in England due to fears of the steel rails buckling. Italy has had many heat-related deaths. The US has had many temperature records set in cities in the last 2 years. There is that video of a YOUNG UPS driver delivering a package to a home and then collapsing due to the heat. Glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate and also oceans are rising and worrying scientists, who are trying to warn US citizens that they are leaving a mess for their grandchildren.
.......A US heat map shows Florida in orange while Texas, Oklahoma, and other midwestern states are shown in dark RED indicating extreme HEAT and DANGER for outdoor activity. And in Texas, the indoor use of A/C is once again threatening the breakdown of the electrical grid. Florida has to worry about increasingly strong hurricanes for the next months due to the high temperatures of the surrounding water.
......All these facts and many more make it hard for me to NOT come to the conclusion that the globe is dangerously WARMING.