• Lojcs@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Honestly it feels like a miracle temperatures are as low as they are. It was way hotter last year

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    3 months ago

    I’ve heard air conditioning is not very common in Europe, is that the case for much of the heat wave area? Would Spain and Portugal at least typically have air conditioning?

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      3 months ago

      Am Greek, most buildings and almost all businesses are air conditioned. I would expect any country neighboring Africa directly across the Mediterranean to be the same, at least in their southernmost regions

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    3 months ago

    How is this a heatwave? Just two areas are hitting 37. The rest are straddling 30. You’re in paradise compared to other places that are tipping over 40 in mass areas. It’s not even a dome there. It’s a few air bubbles.

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    This map is pretty innaccurate in hungary its bout 35 and in croatia its 30+. Even in sweden(where i live at least) its 20+. Tho in iceland it is like 8-10. Ive been bouncing arround europe a lot this summer so ive literally felt the heat.

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    3 months ago

    40°C here in my corner of the US. I have to walk an hour in that surrounded by asphalt most days because of our shit infrastructure 😐

    Edit – Heat index, 100°F is about 38°C and 112°F is about 44°C (they didn’t have it in celsius for some reason):

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    This will be Europe during spring and autumn in a few years. In 2070 I bet we’ll be missing the good ol times when summers were only 40°C. And we’ll miss when most of Africa still existed