Thanks to global warming mostly just dark in the winters these days! Last winter was ridiculously warm in the south of Finland.

    Homegrove

    Supposed to be 100 F / 38 C here today. Brutal. This is the fifth heat wave we’ve had since mid-August. Granted, the Indian Summer around here has always been a thing, but it’s never been this bad this frequently. We really have fucked the planet, haven’t we?

        jonattonyeah been wearing shorts every single day. Its low 60s today. 20 years ago it would have been in the 40-30s this time of year in PA. Its terrifying.

          oh i’m not happy. it’s 15 degrees below normal and we’re supposed to have a brutally long and cold winter again. last year was october to april and we haven’t had a proper summer since 2014. climate change has fucked the jet stream and we’re on the wrong side of it.

          303abuser

          Hey I get it. Neither are ideal even if moaning about clear skies seems daft. But we don’t have the infrastructure to support constant triple digits. The housing isn’t built for it; air conditioning is rare.

          Furthermore, the places we could go to escape the heat - libraries, bars, coffee shops - ,the places with air conditioning, are all shuttered for indoor activities. We bake outdoors or we bake at home.

              Smallman1 might as well. not many, but there have been a couple of days in the last few years where we’ve been the coldest place on the planet. we’re the northernmost provincial capital. i’ve been trying to convince my wife to move for 15 years, i thinks she’s finally on board.

                jonattonyeah for sure. we basically have the opposite issues. i’ve been running outside and going to patios to maintain my sanity, but as winter creeps in, running sucks at -25 and i’m not pumped about going into restaurants with the virus floating around (which is also likely to get worse with short, cold days).

                  Labour in NZ got over 50 % of the vote, so I’m sure they’ll be the next Venezuela soon.

                    My understanding is also that Venezuela is all eggs in one basket situation with oil.