“By the end of the century, the Twin Cities area could see eight times as many deaths annually due to extreme heat as it does now, according to a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “
Stopped reading right there.
This must account for why they can’t travel to California and Texas, they just fall over dead.
Are people are losing it, or are they desperately putting out distracting headlines, so we won’t notice the elephant stampede heading our way?
Everybody knows to lie down with a wet towel when it is hot, and read a really good book, with a fan on their face.
Or, did everyone under 40 forget that? Maybe air-conditioning has them all dumbed down, dependent on “Jerry Kilowatt” .
We have much more pressing issues to worry about - like the collapse of the fiat dollar, our banking system, and all that follows after - urban riots, the end of “just-in-time” delivery, no more ATMs, and empty grocery shelves with non-functioning check out registers.
Killer heat is the least of the toils and snares in our path. (As usual, just my off-the-wall take, best taken with a tidge of sea-salt tossed over the dominant hand shoulder)
Since most of you receiving this prefer to gamble on the present paradigm of good times forever, I pray you are lucky.
But if you aren’t, do you have a Plan B?
If not, why not? Who will suffer the most if you do not have a Plan B?
Why are you so afraid of thinking about the failure of the overly complex system that “forms/shapes/enables” our daily lives.
If it ceased to be - would you be ready to carry on?
“because extremely oppressive heat waves would be more of a shock to northern residents’ systems.”
Adapt or die.
We are all DOOMED. Not the dreaded summer heat oh my.
Al Franken will fix this because he knows everything.