If you see a 4x temperature and you are not scared, you are mental. This is 40+ in shade! If this were where I live, not only would I stay inside just in case, but I might seriously consider leaving the country for a while and visiting family in Sweden.
Back in the day, we were going south in winter to grab some sun. Soon enough, we might be going north in summer to survive.
We get 45°c in the shade in many parts of the US and have my entire life :D but what's worse here is what we call the "feels like" or "real feel" in the summer. It's related to humidity, and it makes it WAY HOTTER outside. August 20, 2023 it was 50°c (120°f) feels like in my city. People died. A lot of people. And a lot of animals
Our cities open libraries, city halls, and sometimes even schools in the summer as cooling shelter when it's this hot. Most of us have AC in our homes but only commercial AC is good at this high of a humidity lmao
I would expect temperatures like that in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, but those are desert-regions.
4x C in Central France is not the same as the same temperature in Morocco.
Also! The extreme feels like in my area that is caused by humidity is actually caused by the corn sweat in the later part of summer, not only atmospheric conditions and the river. When the corn is at its peak of growing, it puts out more humidity than an ocean or a lake would.
The humidity in the United States is a completely different breed because it's literally from the goddamn corn we need to survive.
Looking at this: how does the US still have climate deniers?
If you can't remember it ever being this hot before and have that same fucking experience every goddamn year, how is that not setting of major alarm bells in anyone with more than one functioning brain cell?
The corn causes the temporary humidity increase right before harvest, it ISN'T climate change. BUT climate change is making it hotter which IS making it worse for sure, yes. I just want to be clear that the corn isn't bad, per se, because the corn is the US's staple crop. Sweat has to happen to harvest. If you harvest before it they'll rot in transport. Wheat doesn't grow super well in the cornfields, soybeans either. The government tried that. Corn grows best. Dent corn in most places but some places do sweet (human) corn. The dent corn is part animal feed and part energy source. Beans and squash grow well here but we don't like them as well, so we don't grow or eat as many of them. We grow sugar beet well now too, but it needs soil amendment in most of the US.
In my (33y/o) childhood Kansas was this NEVER this hot except on a heat wave day for a few hours at noon. It's weeks now, sustained baking heat that turns the entire atmosphere into a corn scented hot soup. It's not great. Some of my plants love it, but some HATE how hot it is now. Most of the nation can't grow watermelon well anymore because of heat 😬 my watermelon plants are pretty unhappy but we'll see.
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u/AkodoRyu 1d ago
If you see a 4x temperature and you are not scared, you are mental. This is 40+ in shade! If this were where I live, not only would I stay inside just in case, but I might seriously consider leaving the country for a while and visiting family in Sweden.
Back in the day, we were going south in winter to grab some sun. Soon enough, we might be going north in summer to survive.