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It’s so hot, roads are buckling, they’re putting foil on a bridge and roofs are melting around the world (only 8.51 years left)
CNN ^ | 7/22/22 | Amir Vera

Posted on 07/22/2022 2:19:05 PM PDT by Libloather

(CNN) - It’s so hot across the globe, roads and roofs are melting.

The deadly heat waves of the last week have sparked strange infrastructural events around the world as millions endure searing temperatures that are still on the rise.

The heat-related events also speak to aging infrastructures worldwide, most of which – roads, bridges, railroads, buildings – are not prepared for the sweltering conditions as of late.

So how hot has it been, exactly? Well…

It’s so hot, the runway at a London airport melted

The United Kingdom saw its hottest day on record Tuesday, when temperatures breached 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

It’s been so hot that a runway at London Luton Airport on the capital’s outskirts had to be closed off as it melted in the heat.

“Flights are temporarily suspended to allow for an essential runway repair after high surface temperatures caused a small section to lift,” the airport tweeted Monday.

Heat causes materials to expand and crack when temperatures rise, according to the Pennsylvania State University College of Engineering – concrete and asphalt, found on runways and roads, are no exception.

It’s so hot, a museum roof melted in China

A heat wave has now engulfed half of China, affecting more than 900 million people – or about 64% of the population. All but two northeastern provinces in China have issued high-temperature warnings, with 84 cities issuing their highest-level red alerts last week.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Local News; Science
KEYWORDS: bridges; ecoterrorism; ecoterrorists; foil; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; melting; roofs; unitedkingdom
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To: HighSierra5

All my life, I’ve lived within 10 miles from where I was born in DC.

Some Summers are very hot, some Winters very cold. I haven’t seen much difference at all through almost 7 decades.


21 posted on 07/22/2022 2:30:21 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: joshua c

Evaporative cooler. The high temperature in London is 70 degrees. Fahrenheit. Total hype.


22 posted on 07/22/2022 2:31:44 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: gitmo
When I was a young’un in GITMO, 104 was normal.

When did they let you out?
23 posted on 07/22/2022 2:32:29 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: HighSierra5

I got sick of the heat. That’s why I live at 5,000 ft.


24 posted on 07/22/2022 2:33:52 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Libloather

Gee. Never in my life, ever, ever, have I seen asphalt soften and melt in the sun.

We are doomed, no doubt.


25 posted on 07/22/2022 2:34:09 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: dforest

Wait wasn’t it back down to the 70 degree F yesterday?


26 posted on 07/22/2022 2:34:16 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Sacajaweau

No kidding - I am guessing the asphalt got sticky.


27 posted on 07/22/2022 2:34:24 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: TigersEye

I love that movie.


28 posted on 07/22/2022 2:34:31 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: Libloather

Bkmk


29 posted on 07/22/2022 2:34:37 PM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Libloather

And when I was in Wisconsin, it got warm then cold, and the bridge dropped a couple of inches. Weather does things, especially if the structure is under-engineered or poorly made or just old.


30 posted on 07/22/2022 2:34:52 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Libloather

Considering the quality of many CCP construction projects, it’s not really surprising about that museum’s roof.


31 posted on 07/22/2022 2:35:08 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Museum wax, although usually used to hold things in place


32 posted on 07/22/2022 2:35:52 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: Dr. Sivana

Well, they sent us to the States when Kennedy and Khrushchev got in their little tiff. But we went back for a few more years.


33 posted on 07/22/2022 2:35:54 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Wuli

That does it. Ship everyone who wants to go to Siberia!
Wait, Russia’s going to have the last laugh!


34 posted on 07/22/2022 2:35:57 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Libloather

It is 112* where I am right now streets are fine, roof is fine, cart paths on golf course are fine, ducks and geese are out flapping around in the ponds GEEZE!! These people NEVER STOP with the created chaos people should be getting damn sick of it by now!!


35 posted on 07/22/2022 2:36:07 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: HighSierra5

Here in South Jersey we are in the middle of a heat wave. Another 4 days if reports are accurate.


36 posted on 07/22/2022 2:36:45 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Libloather

When I was a kid many, many, many years ago, they were frying eggs on the sidewalk. Beach sand would burn your feet.


37 posted on 07/22/2022 2:36:49 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: rlmorel

:) It was a good one! Great balance of humor and tension.


38 posted on 07/22/2022 2:38:44 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: joshua c

Also known as a swamp cooler - a version of A/C that only works in dry climates. You can make your own (basically air flowing over/through water.


39 posted on 07/22/2022 2:39:10 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: skr

Ain’t that the truth. China builds crap.


40 posted on 07/22/2022 2:39:46 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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