Without Climate Change, U.S. Heat Wave Called ‘Virtually Impossible’

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Scientists have said the conditions are the result of a climate that is “fundamentally different” from the time before fossil fuel use started rapidly warming the world.

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Gonna be pretty interesting to watch Donvict stand out in 101 degree temps (with DC humidity, no less) and give a really long speech just to show everyone….

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i am going to laugh my ass off if he gets heatstroke and passes out on live national television

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With Adderall all is possible.

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The dams on the Colorado River being below their penstock intakes is going to be catastrophic. They’ll need to open low level outlets which aren’t designed for continuous flows. The last time they had to divert the Colorado around the dams it severely damaged them and this time they might not be able to shut them off when they want to

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But but some rando on YouTube says it’s God’s will, and all those Commudem scientists are a bunch of snowflakes!

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