California power grid urges consumers to conserve energy in heat wave

Big Battery

Woah... Cant they just spin the wind mills faster??  Those pesky fossil fuels, who needs them!!

SoCalGas issued a gas curtailment watch on Monday, notifying customers to be prepared to reduce gas use if needed, with power generators expected to burn more fuel this week than usual to keep air conditioners humming.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/socalgas-issues-natgas-curtailment-watch-ahead-california-heat-143930810--finance.html

mustang190

Where is all that “renewable “ energy??
its a safe bet all of those elitist envirnazis have their thermostats set to a comfy 71degrees and their swimming pools filled to the rim !

Soda Popinski

Too many people.   and they can all stay there.  

frank

these unprecedented global heatwaves are hurting everyone 
texas is in dire straits as well 

mustang190

Unprecedented????

Cyclist

frank said:

these unprecedented global heatwaves are hurting everyone 
texas is in dire straits as well 

Japan soars to its highest temperature ever recorded: 106 degrees

Cyclist

At 114, Waco sets all-time temperature record

Cyclist

Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/07/03/hot-planet-all-time-heat-records-have-been-set-all-over-the-world-in-last-week/?utm_term=.f89a4a41861a

mustang190

Cyclist said:

frank said:

these unprecedented global heatwaves are hurting everyone 
texas is in dire straits as well 

Japan soars to its highest temperature ever recorded: 106 degrees

Probably so since the Japanese did not know  what a thermometer was 107 years ago. 

SAENole

mustang190 said:

Unprecedented????

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It gets hot in the summertime.  

Cyclist

(This article, originally published Tuesday, was updated Wednesday to add all-time heat records at Mount Washington, N.H., and Tbilisi, Georgia set since Monday. On Thursday, the story was updated to include information on heat-related deaths in Canada and extraordinary heat in Siberia. On Friday, it was updated to add the likely all-time heat record in Africa and Southern California.)

Cyclist

In 1988, James Hansen warned the nation about climate change. Decades later, is American public opinion finally catching up?

This summer marks 30 years since Hansen’s famous warning. Since then, we’ve been cautioned about the threats of climate change countless times and heard overwhelming evidence that it’s caused by humans. In these three decades, according to a recent report by the Associated Press, average temperatures in the United States have risen by 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Ski season has become less reliably snowy, and summer heat waves more common. We’ve witnessed multiple megastorms, like hurricanes Sandy, Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Wildfires, especially in the Western U.S., are routinely larger and more violent than in the past.

Fish Haid

Easy enough to move the thermometer to get a few extra degrees.  Highest temperature ever?  I assume you just mean this time around?  Not counting 50,000 years ago?

Beats the heck out of freezing! 

SAENole

Is it too early for me to warn everyone about the next impending ice age?

You heard it here first!

Cyclist

Fish Haid said:

Easy enough to move the thermometer to get a few extra degrees.  Highest temperature ever?  I assume you just mean this time around?  Not counting 50,000 years ago?

Beats the heck out of freezing! 

I would go out on a limb and say **** does 50,000 yo have to do with man made climate change at say, 2:19 pm on July 24th, 2018??

Fish Haid

You said "all time temperature record"!

Reptile Dysfunction

frank said:

these unprecedented global heatwaves are hurting everyone 
texas is in dire straits as well 

Unprecedented? Are you kidding me?

Ever heard of the "dustbowl"?

Reel Teal

Florida hit 109 in 1931
Alaska was 100 in 1915
Arizona was 128 in 1994
Georgia was 112 in 1989
Alabama was 112 in 1925
Maine was 105 in 1911
South carolina was 113 in 2012
South Dakota was 120 in 1936
Virginia hit 110 in 1954
Rhode island hit 104 in 1975
Nevada 125 in 1994

If you look at a lot of dates from the table, seems heat waves have been around and have actually gotten less powerful, some were even tied from previous records set even earlier in time. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_temperature_extremes


One thing that is common with a lot of high and low temperatures I come across are that they are usually less than 200 years old. Making the sample size extraordinarily small and not really random.

dave44

Not only are they not random, they aren’t really relevant either. Something about not taking temperatures all over the world for eons.

kellercl

Reptile Dysfunction said:

frank said:

these unprecedented global heatwaves are hurting everyone 
texas is in dire straits as well 

Unprecedented? Are you kidding me?

Ever heard of the "dustbowl"?

Wasn't the dustbowl more about the lack of precipitation than temperature?

Cyclist

kellercl said:

Reptile Dysfunction said:

frank said:

these unprecedented global heatwaves are hurting everyone 
texas is in dire straits as well 

Unprecedented? Are you kidding me?

Ever heard of the "dustbowl"?

Wasn't the dustbowl more about the lack of precipitation than temperature?

The dustbowl was caused by farmers and drought.

mustang190

Cyclist said:

kellercl said:

Reptile Dysfunction said:

frank said:

these unprecedented global heatwaves are hurting everyone 
texas is in dire straits as well 

Unprecedented? Are you kidding me?

Ever heard of the "dustbowl"?

Wasn't the dustbowl more about the lack of precipitation than temperature?

The dustbowl was caused by farmers and drought.

And 1934 was the hottest year on record. 
And FYI, no one had HVAC! 

mindyabiness

Fish Haid said:

Easy enough to move the thermometer to get a few extra degrees.  Highest temperature ever?  I assume you just mean this time around?  Not counting 50,000 years ago?

Beats the heck out of freezing! o

That's pretty funny..

Reptile Dysfunction

kellercl said:

Reptile Dysfunction said:

frank said:

these unprecedented global heatwaves are hurting everyone 
texas is in dire straits as well 

Unprecedented? Are you kidding me?

Ever heard of the "dustbowl"?

Wasn't the dustbowl more about the lack of precipitation than temperature?

It was a combination of the two. I hope I didn't confuse you.

Google it if you don't believe me.

kellercl

Reptile Dysfunction said:

kellercl said:

Reptile Dysfunction said:

frank said:

these unprecedented global heatwaves are hurting everyone 
texas is in dire straits as well 

Unprecedented? Are you kidding me?

Ever heard of the "dustbowl"?

Wasn't the dustbowl more about the lack of precipitation than temperature?

It was a combination of the two. I hope I didn't confuse you.

Google it if you don't believe me.

I did and temperature wasn't mentioned.  Lack of rain and farming practices were.  But fair enough, we can call it a tertiary contributor.  Which means it wasn't a primary contributor as you seemed to imply, which was my point.  Hopefully I didn't lose you. 

surfman

This is almost worse than that time the planet froze over! Yikes!

Walker Dog

I was just reading this mornings weather forecast and it talked about the Caribbean water temperatures being 2 degrees below normal averages for this time of year.. Whichever humans caused this to happen, thank you for what you're doing to help reduce hurricane intensity and frequency.