Climate induced catastrophe in British Columbia, Canada 📂 Archived Message Posted by Jackie on November 16, 2021, 7:10 pm BC is Canada's westernmost province, bordering the Pacific Ocean and including part of the Rockie Mountains. This summer a large area of the province was covered by a 'heat dome' for weeks, and experienced record breaking high temperatures. At the same time, forest fires burned uncontrolled over large areas, causing thousands to be evacuated from their homes for weeks and actually totally destroying one town. And now large parts of the province are experiencing flooding and landslides that are literally washing parts of major highways away. Travellers have been trapped in their cars, some for two nights so far, with washouts ahead of and behind them. A couple of hundred people were rescued by helicopter yesterday. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-floods-tuesday-update-1.6250367 Message Thread: Climate induced catastrophe in British Columbia, Canada - Jackie November 16, 2021, 7:10 pm Sympathy for the locals. Imagine what will happen when we hit 2.5 C mark. - Tomski November 16, 2021, 7:29 pm At 4 C the human body loses its ability to cool itself by sweating. - Der November 16, 2021, 8:18 pm Re: an explanation of wet bulb temperature... - John Monro November 17, 2021, 4:51 pm Re: an explanation of wet bulb temperature... - Der November 17, 2021, 6:03 pm Re: an explanation of wet bulb temperature...thanks Der - John Monro November 17, 2021, 9:28 pm Global heating pushes tropical regions towards limits of human livability - Der November 17, 2021, 7:09 pm Re: Sympathy for the locals. Imagine what will happen when we hit 2.5 C mark. - Jackie November 16, 2021, 8:53 pm Not sure about the costs, Jackie. Sure, they are enormous in terms of $ etc. - Tomski November 16, 2021, 11:56 pm Re: Not sure about the costs, Jackie. Sure, they are enormous in terms of $ etc. - Jackie November 17, 2021, 12:01 am Canada has the 2nd highest emissions per capita in the world. - Der November 16, 2021, 9:31 pm We need a chart that shows per capita emissions per well-off bastard within each country. - Der November 16, 2021, 9:40 pm Re: Canada has the 2nd highest emissions per capita in the world. - Jackie November 17, 2021, 12:04 am I think the point being is that we or say 'someone' needs to rise up : ) - Tomski November 17, 2021, 12:13 am Obviously, I want them all to die as quickly as possibly. And as painfully as possibly. - Der November 17, 2021, 2:41 am Sorry. Ignore that. Contributes nothing. There's quite enough of heat at the moment. Nm - Der November 17, 2021, 8:49 am Thanks for saying that. - Shyaku November 21, 2021, 6:20 pm Well, it struck me as highly disingenuous for Jackie not to mention Canada's huge emissions. - Der November 27, 2021, 7:43 am Canada: Take the red pill .. - Shyaku November 28, 2021, 9:45 am « Index   Searching