The temperature getting that high in July in southern Italy is apparently fairly common, but no things are not fine. This just isn't necessarily an example. The 3"+ per hour rain New England is getting this weekend is probably a better example of "not fine" as that's highly unusual.
Has a mini hurricane in my old town in Southern Germany yesterday. Blew the roof off a supermarket. (Was a Netto so only 52€ of damage to stock was done)
Where did you read that? The higest temperature recorded in Italy was 48.8°C in Sicily in 2021. Southern Italy is hot, yes, but whats is considered “farly common” is 40-42°C in August, not July, and not 48°C
Just a Sunday afternoon in Phoenix. Hope it's at least a dry heat there or they'll sail over wet bulb max easily, though I'm fairly sure southern Italy does get that hot in July.
The difference is, most people in Phoenix have air conditioners. The danger, aside from the heat itself, is that there is little refuge other than going to a place that does have AC, which isn’t an option for everyone.
Why do Americans always believe that Europe is a homogeneous entity? ACs are rare in the north of Europe. But as an Spaniard currently living in the north of Italy, I can asure you that ACs are super common in both countries.
Part of it is ignorance. Part of it is scale. And part of it is our media (and anecdotal posts) saying that many Europeans (as a whole) don’t have AC in their homes, which is why the heat waves are so dangerous. I’m sure it’s annoying, but it’s kind of like an American getting annoyed if a European only thought of the US as a whole and not per state, as states are comparable in autonomy and size to most European countries. I wouldn’t expect you to know specifics - New York is very different than Florida, which is very different than Iowa, which is different than Alabama, which is very different than California, etc. Hell, the main regions of California alone are all very different from each other.
48 degrees Celsius (predicted temp) and 53% humidity (the humidity in Southern Italy today) is a wet bulb temperature of 38.52 degrees Celsius. In the danger zone.
It was 38°c the last time I went to Pisa (five years ago now, fuck) and that was utterly miserable at times. Can’t even begin to imagine 10°c on top of that.
Pisa is notoriously shit during the summer, it's in the middle of a valley and a big slow river runs through it. The humidity in Pisa is insane, and mosquitoes are active 24/7.
My sister lives there and I refuse to visit from June to September.
Ha, it wasn’t that bad when I went but it was during May! A day in luca (I think?) was the hottest day, and Florence was just eurgh.
Being a Brit, I naturally moan about the weather a lot. It’s a different kind of moan nowadays, as it now seems to be humid and uncomfortable more often than not.
People that question everything and enjoy a good discussion? Yeah considering the downfall of western democracies I can tell you I’m a rare breed. Anyway, even though I doubt stuff I believe that we should steer away from burning shit ASAP.
Id also bet that most people throwing insults here at me are in the same group of people who were anti nuclear and caused Germany to going back to burning coal.
Also didn’t enjoy being censored by the retard mods. Probably migrated from Reddit.
The “common belief” is one that is based on very real data showing that human activity is increasing average Earth temperature at a dizzying pace. Where’s your data proving that this is normal?
You were upset that Lemmy seems to be copying the Reddit culture of dogpiling someone who has a different belief than the herd. I’m here to say that my “belief” has ample data backing it up.
Worst of all is that I didn’t even said I have a different belief, people just can’t read or are too eager to attack someone. I said that hasn’t happened yet, like the article said it’s just a prediction. Everyone came attacking me anyway.
So yeah. Not very different from Reddit and mods 🖕
What bullshit did I spread anyway? Am I lying? July is indeed the hottest month in southern European countries, I should know it I’ve lived in one for about 20 years now.
I also said if it happens will indeed be scary, not denying anything. This is yet another censorship cesspool just like Reddit. You can blame Reddit admins for much, but about of 70 percent of the issues are from its users being toxic af.
The delusion about being censored just because people are objecting you view is bullshit. Equating people taking climate change serious to sucking sick is bullshit. Crying about people being toxic while being toxic yourself is bullshit.
Max temperatures in Sicily (the hottest region in Italy) reaches 42°C (not 48) in August (not July), so it is quite a difference. It will really be miserable and outright dangerous for a lot of people, not only scary.
The elderly and otherwise vulnerable should be spending a lot of time in the bathtub with lukewarm or even cool water. It’s unfortunate, but this deadly heat wave is looking to be the new normal.
48 degrees Celsius (predicted temp) and 53% humidity (the humidity in Southern Italy today) is a wet bulb temperature of 38.52 degrees Celsius. In the danger zone.
That’s bad. 38 is at the upper limit of survivability in general. Might not be survivable for more than a few hours for elderly/sick/children.
To clarify for anyone reading, human bodies lose the ability cool themselves via evaporation/sweating at around 36 wet bulb degrees C, and body temperature starts to rise to match its surroundings. So it’s like having a constant high fever. 40 WB is survivable for like a couple of hours.
Ahh yes. Very normal temperatures. Super slow onset indicative of periodic warming of the planet over thousands of years. Definitely not man made. Nothing to be concerned about.
So, I’m all for discouraging disinformation and propaganda. China is absolutely guilty of that, and there are a lot of shills out there who deny the Uyghur genocide, violence against Hong Kong, etc. Fuck them.
This article is just about technology though, so personally I think it is fine. This kind of tech will inevitably find it’s way to other countries.
Anyway. To recap, if they are a CCP shill, ban them. If its just news about China, it should be fine.
I’m not disputing the story. I think knowing the OPs motivation for posting it is useful info.
The best propaganda is based in truth. The intent here is to promote the idea China is amazing, and that the West is rotten and corrupt through and through.
This is one post of many that the OP is spamming across multiple communities every couple of hours. Reviewing his post and comment history will give you the bigger picture.
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