Friday, July 28, 2023

How Hot is It? Cactuses in Phoenix are Collapsing from the Record Heat

Who knew?

Saguaro Cactuses apparently have a limit on how much heat they take before dying a slow suffocating death.

Phoenix, Arizona ended a record streak of 16 days above 90 degrees last Wednesday. Since then, the heat has gone up to 110 degrees yesterday and today.

How hot has the earth been this summer?

There's been record-breaking temperatures from heat waves sweeping the world. From Death Valley to Xinjiang, China, from Phoenix to Rome the planet has been suffering in the extreme heat for weeks.

Unfortunately, American tourists pick this time of the year to travel to Europe which is experiencing record temperatures that are closing tourist sites everywhere.

Italy's weather service has nicknamed the nation's latest heat wave "Charon," after the Greek mythology figure who ferried the dead across the water of Hades to the underworld.

People experienced the hottest June on record globally. 

Over 100 million Americans are now under heat alerts. A cap of extra-hot air, known as a heat dome, has settled over the West and South, pushing temperatures relentlessly higher.

The climate crisis is only going to get worse. Climate scientists are warning that next year will be an El Nino event and that means we'll experience new levels of hell on earth in 2024.

There's not a snowball's chance in hell that mankind is going to reverse the effects even though it's still possible to lessen the impact in the coming years. 

Major countries aren't willing to commit to carbon reduction because of the dangerous influence of the fossil fuel industries who bribe lawmakers.

The pandemic changed a lot of lives, and not for the better. But a vaccine was developed and stopped the spread. 

As it stands, there is no vaccine for saving the planet from greedy and stupid people.

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