cross-posted from : https://slrpnk.net/post/39583818
Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact
cross-posted from : https://slrpnk.net/post/39583818
Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact
Still hearing people say “We had warm summers in the past” over the sound of ambulance sirens in the background…
Record setting
Technically they are all recorded.
Well yeah, last year was a record hot year. And the year before that! And the year before that! We should be used to record hot years by now!
Similar to Covid when people said “it’s just like the flu”.
Which was always so odd to me…like, yeah, maybe you can compare it to the flu, but…had those people ever had the flu? That shit is serious, so calling something “just like the flu” and there’s no vaccine yet? Better lockdown the shit out of everything 😅. It was kind of an argument for measures, not against.
Those are called old people, and they are the ones most likely to be in the ambulance.