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Frightening heat projection map...

Susan Louise — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:17:03 GMT

To use the map, along the bottom are date/year ranges. Click on one of them, then click on the dot closest to where you live...

I checked the entire range for our area...OMG!

We might need to move to Alaska, Canada or Scandinavia!

Map is HERE

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fourpaws56 — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:18:04 GMT

Not a fan of hot weather...106 here tomorrow(yuck)

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Susan Louise — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:20:33 GMT

@fourpaws56 wrote:
Not a fan of hot weather...106 here tomorrow(yuck)

@fourpaws56 So, what is the projection the map for your area?

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fourpaws56 — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:28:03 GMT

The closest city to me was Fresno CA,but that is 60 miles away.I am in the mountains near Yosemite National Park

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Susan Louise — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:33:40 GMT

@fourpaws56 wrote:
The closest city to me was Fresno CA,but that is 60 miles away.I am in the mountains near Yosemite National Park

@fourpaws56 Nevermind...I give up...lol. Some folks don't think about the future temps rising due to global warming...whether in the mountains or not.

The closest dot from us is 100 miles away...The map gives general info...not specific.

We will have to move I know that for sure!

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hckynutjohn — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:37:45 GMT

Never have paid that much attention to the weather prognosticators since I retired. In hot weather makes no difference to me, i know when it is hot and/or humid, or both. Not much i can do about it 'cept dress for it.

Heat doesn't bother me. Guess between working in the heat/having hobbies that involved being out in the heat, my body must still retain some of that acclimation.

I do think it is a good idea to check on the elderly in extremely hot weather to make sure all is well.

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Susan Louise — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:48:17 GMT

@hckynutjohn wrote:

Never have paid that much attention to the weather prognosticators since I retired. In hot weather makes no difference to me, i know when it is hot and/or humid, or both. Not much i can do about it 'cept dress for it.

Heat doesn't bother me. Guess between working in the heat/having hobbies that involved being out in the heat, my body must still retain some of that acclimation.

I do think it is a good idea to check on the elderly in extremely hot weather to make sure all is well.

@hckynutjohn I am a lung cancer survivor with less than 2 lungs. I can't go outside if it is too hot or too cold. I mentioned this in the 'heat index' thread...stating issues I have of hyperventilating...difficulty breathing...

Count your blessings on your health...

Young children and babies are also at high risk too. Anyone can have issues in extreme heat...

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Kachina624 — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:49:41 GMT

Funny, here in the high desert, there are 0 danger days but they skyrocket in the South and Midwest, I imagine due to the humidity.

Don't count on staying cool in Alaska. They've had little snow the past two winters and have been plagued with forest fires all summer. You just don't hear much about what's going on there.

Weve had a heat wave past few days, same one as Arizona but we've stayed a chilly 99 degrees. I just stay inside and pretend that it's January in Minnesota.

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Desertdi — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:53:58 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Funny, here in the high desert, there are 0 danger days but they skyrocket in the South and Midwest, I imagine due to the humidity.

Don't count on staying cool in Alaska. They've had little snow the past two winters and have been plagued with forest fires all summer. You just don't hear much about what's going on there.

Weve had a heat wave past few days, same one as Arizona but we've stayed a chilly 99 degrees. I just stay inside and pretend that it's January in Minnesota.

It's the altitude that knocks me out in ALBQ!!!!

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newziesuzie — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:16:41 GMT

Wow.

Intetesting info @Susan Louise. Thanks for sharing

the link.

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caf in va — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:55:25 GMT

The big question is who created the heat Map? I don't get excited by these things because each and every group is trying to project their own agenda. It is rather like voting, you must do your own research and reach your own conclusion.

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CrazyDaisy — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:07:53 GMT

Funny how they cannot even get the 10 day forecast right around here, yet we are to believe what will happen decades from now.

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Say Nay — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:21:15 GMT

@caf in va wrote:
The big question is who created the heat Map? I don't get excited by these things because each and every group is trying to project their own agenda. It is rather like voting, you must do your own research and reach your own conclusion.

From their website:

Climate Central scientists publish peer-reviewed research on climate science; energy; impacts such as sea level rise; climate attribution and more. Our work is not confined to scientific journals. We investigate and synthesize weather and climate data and science to equip local communities and media with the tools they need to visualize the threat of climate change and the need for practical solutions.

Their staff and board members:

http://www.climatecentral.org/what-we-do/people

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ValuSkr — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:29:42 GMT

It's probably too late, but we should do whatever we can to help the environment / alleviate climate change. None of us individually will make a difference but collectively we can.

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151949 — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:53:41 GMT

I live in Florida - it's supposed to get hot there.

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Meowingkitty — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:30:00 GMT

By 2025 according to that chart Phoenix is going to cool down. Yipee. Just have to survive another 110 degree day today.

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chickenbutt — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:29:05 GMT

We used to have a couple of weeks of hot and many months of winter. I loved that because I always hated the heat.

Now we have hot days from January on. But, at this point with the autoimmune thing, now I can't even be outside for more than a few minutes even if it is only 70 and I start falling out, turning purple, and getting sick.

I miss our long, cold, snowy winters!!

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debic — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:38:05 GMT

@meowing kitty wrote:
By 2025 according to that chart Phoenix is going to cool down. Yipee. Just have to survive another 110 degree day today.

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And live that long. LOL My niece lives in Phoenix and I have a couple SIL's that live around Lake Havesue. All are suffering this heat. They want us to move there, no way.

I'll take our harsh winters over the cold anyday.

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NoelSeven — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:27:04 GMT

@caf in va wrote:
The big question is who created the heat Map? I don't get excited by these things because each and every group is trying to project their own agenda. It is rather like voting, you must do your own research and reach your own conclusion.

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No, actually it's nothing like that. You say we must do your own research, but unfortunately, most people don't. The warnings have been out for years and if people had paid any attention, you would already know the most ominous sign is that our oceans are warming, which is the reason our ice shelves are melting, and that it's already affecting animal life.

Here's the bottom line: it's not an agenda, it's science.

It's a big question as to who created the map? No, it's not. The name of the creators is right there on the map, as is a statement of who they are.

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esmeraldagooch — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:25:56 GMT

Still waiting for the doom and gloom AlGore predicted to occur.