Originally published at: The temperature in Iran reached 126°F, the hottest recorded on Earth this year | Boing Boing
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Coming soon to a thermometer near you.
The Abadan = Abaddon jokes write themselves, though they aren’t funny.
At least its a dry heat. /s
In Kansas you need gills some days.
“It’s so humid I can take my fish for a walk.”
Days in Ohio, when both the temperature and humidity were in the 90s…
And yet this will probably be the coolest summer of the rest of our lives. Enjoy!!
Ugh, I was recently reading Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future and the deadly Indian heat wave that helps kick off the story was a pretty terrifying glimpse of likely things to come.
Not making light of the situation, empathizing.
Crikey, I like me a jammy Shiraz.
I just read grapes start to shut down at 95F (how do I convert Furlongs to Celsius?), so too hot for them too.
How Heat Waves Impact Wine Grapes - Growing Produce.
Dark humour for dark times…
Some parts of the U.S. get the worst of Canada’s winter weather (which hasn’t been too bad in recent years, I wonder why?) and the worst of the Gulf’s summer heat & humidity.
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