Posted on 07/26/2021 10:29:38 PM PDT by nuconvert
Security forces are firing on protesters to stop demonstrations.
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The protests began in the arid, oil-rich province of Khuzestan on July 15 amid weeks long water shortages, and have since spread to other regions.
According to Weather.com, the temperature in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, was 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 Celsius) on Monday afternoon,
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Reports of at least 8 protestors killed.
Seems to be some serious water inequity at work in the world this year.
The Ayatollah/Mullahs told the demonstrators re the water shortage, “Let them drink oil”!
Floods, fires and droughts......everywhere....but then it is Monsoon season, and Fires Burn every year in California etc, and droughts are common in Middle East....soooo sounds like weather is doing what weather does every year...some more than others but weather reporters love to juice the skid as we know.
Yeah. Some serious flooding going on, though.
The flooding in China is usual every year...the difference is they’ve had no time to recover from the last hit and still keep building dams they have to blow up. Whatever they keep trying to do isn’t working.
Yeah. Germany’s getting hit hard, too.
I’m having some difficulty summoning sympathy or empathy for the plight of those who call me an “infidel” and are sworn to cut my head off. I guess the best I can do, is say “gee, I guess it sucks to be them”.
Me too.
WELL... I’m NOT alone!
So what? i’m still waiting for the Iraqi people to say “thank you” for inventing air-conditioning.
“gee, I guess it sucks to be them”.
…..a bit of Hell on earth. Without the flames.
Considering that fossil fuels are derived from dead things that sustained heat and pressure to form oil (simplistic version), it must be a renewable resource that is renewing itself. Just takes a while longer than growing trees.
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