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Location: Southern Ireland

Picture: Cerberus heatwave over the Iberian peninsula and southern France

  • wabooti@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Location: Central Germany

    Cerberus heatwave mostly spared us here with only Saturday being a freakishly hot day (28°C --> 38°C temp jump for a day) but it showed me once again how badly prepared most older buildings are for what is to come.

    • MojoMcJojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Location: Florida

      In the past it was normal after driving the highways to have the front of your car covered in insect splatterings, especially during the two love-bug seasons per year. There was a small industry for bug wash, but nets, etc. After a long drive from one end of the state to the other you have to stop and wash the front of your car off just to see. Now, nothing. Nothing at all. First the tiny things go, then the small things, then the food.

    • eleitl@lemmy.mlMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      We have been very lucky so far. It’s only a question of time before we’re hit by a heat dome like the one that wrecked BC.

      I currently make about 100% of my power during the sunny days but it will take an upgrade and investment into a insular and black start capable system with a few kWh storage buffer to be able to run AC when the grid is down. Not cheap and will take some planning.

    • Gloomy@mander.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It unfortuablty also triggers the usual idiots here [as in: here in Germany] that think this is the navel of the world and are shrugging heat waves in other places of because their stupid asses are not sweating. Behaviour like this is so fucking frustrating and one of the main reasons I am very skeptical about humankind surviving in the long run.