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[–] Yondu_the_Ravager@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (4 children)

When I look at the weather app on my phone and it tells me of an “excessive heat warning”…. Yeah.

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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

This summer so far I've had either a non stop smoke warning or a non stop heat warning. Or both!

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[–] Yondu_the_Ravager@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

Yep, same here. The smoke was so bad there for a while, I’m glad that has subsided.

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

But that's like everyday.

Shit we had an excessive heat warning in the middle of winter last year... It was like 90 fucking degrees. 2 weeks later we had snow!

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[–] Yondu_the_Ravager@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

That’s climate change for you. The extremes become more extreme, the weather can fluctuate near daily, and you can have events exactly like you described.

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