Record Breaking Heat Wave Around the World
@DeborahDiane (40053)
Laguna Woods, California
July 24, 2018 6:08pm CST
It is hot in Southern California, with temperatures in many places exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Near Palm Springs, the temperatures are over 119 degrees.
Fires are burning near Yosemite National Park, causing the park service to ask people to leave because of the poor air quality.
The Arctic Circle is burning in northern Sweden.
Fires are burning in Greece, forcing people to have to flee into the sea to reach safety.
Suicide rates are higher when temperatures soar, causing officials to estimate that there will be 20,000 additional suicides in the United States and Mexico over the next four years.
How is the weather where you live? Are you facing the consequences of a heat wave?
Or, are you dealing with the heavy rain which is happening in the Eastern United States?
One way or the other, it seems as if the weather is extreme. It is still July, but I am already looking forward to October!
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
24 Jul 18
Just wait, hottest month to come. I so hate August and that is my birthday month how screwed up is that?
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@crossbones27 - I'm sure it is very hot in Redlands, since it was hot when we were in Sacramento a week ago. I hope August is better, but I think that is just wishful thinking.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
25 Jul 18
@DeborahDiane They are neat and believe they still do that.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@crossbones27 - Good! I like to think of wild burros roaming free in some part of California!
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@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
25 Jul 18
@DeborahDiane It was so strange this afternoon. I fell asleep in my chair, calm outside and hot, cat on my lap. He freaked so I woke and looked out the window to see tumbleweeds flying by high in the air.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@sallypup - Wow! I can see how the tumbleweeds could have scared your cat. I hope the winds do not spread any fires up in Washington. That would be sad.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@sallypup - I'm glad they got the fire out quickly. I agree that gusty winds can be a huge problem, once a fire does get started!
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
24 Jul 18
We are enjoying the rains and it is cool here. It will be that way until October and hot weather will then follow
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@allknowing - I am glad you are having cool weather. Enjoy it while it lasts!
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@LadyDuck (457967)
• Switzerland
26 Jul 18
@DeborahDiane Even where you live is scary. We had a serious fire on the hills around Monte-Carlo in the 80's. I remember that we could not breath inside the apartments. I was so scared that we decided to spend the night on the beach, to be close to the water... just in case.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@LadyDuck - That is so heartbreaking. I cannot imagine how scary it would be to have a fire hit while on vacation in a foreign country. You would not know where to go or what to do.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
26 Jul 18
@LadyDuck - Yes, it is risky where we live, mainly because we live just a few blocks from a 20,000 acre wilderness area which has caught on fire in the past and burned hundreds of nearby homes. We try to always be on alert. We get text messages and automatic phone messages whenever there is a brush fire in the wilderness area, just so we know what is going on. If a fire starts, we try to go somewhere safer. In order to get to the nearest beach, however, we have to drive right through the middle of the wilderness area, so that is not always the best option for us.
I can understand why you were scared when there was a fire in Monte-Carlo. I have a healthy respect for fire.
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@moffittjc (118433)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Jul 18
We're flooded out right now because of the deluge of rain that hit us over the weekend. Our rivers are expected to crest today, and remain over flood stage until Sunday. As far as heat, a freak dip in the jet stream (which is what caused all the rain) also brought us cooler temperatures. I'm not going to complain too much, because I am enjoying the fact that we have been below 90 degrees for the past three days!
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@moffittjc (118433)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Jul 18
@DeborahDiane I'd rather have all this rain than be in a drought situation. I'll try to send a little rain your way, but I don't want to give it all up! lol
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
27 Jul 18
@moffittjc - Yes, please! Send us some rain!! Otherwise, it could be December or January before we get any!
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@moffittjc - I'm glad you are cooler and, if you and your family are safe during the flooding, then that is good. We could sure use some rain in California. Could you send some our way?
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Jul 18
I am in your neck of the woods so you know our weather.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@JohnRoberts - Yep ... miserably hot!
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
24 Mar 19
@Torunn - The huge wildfires which were going on around the world last year were awful. California is trying to clean up its forests right now to minimize the risk this coming summer. I hope they are successful.
@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
11 Aug 18
Thanks for sharing the weather around the world, in Israel, the weather is humid and hot, this is summer.
I don't like it so much, I like staying in doors or at least under the shadows, having a ventilator, air conditioner, water to cool my skin, and remind me to get sun glasses that blocks uva and uvb radiation.
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@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
12 Aug 18
@DeborahDiane It gets better, the autumn is coming, the sun starts shine later and later each day, and goes down sooner everyday. We will have some more fun, I'm sure.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Aug 18
@stringer321 - It is hot and humid here in Southern California, too, as well as many other places. I hope it cools off soon.
@wolfgirl569 (95079)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Jul 18
It has been back and forth here in Ohio, either hot and muggy or too much rain.
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@wolfgirl569 (95079)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Jul 18
@DeborahDiane Yes we havent had the flooding problems but some areas have been hit very hard. It is still more rain than normal this time of year
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@wolfgirl569 - I have seen some of the heavy rain you have had on the news. It looks like it has been pretty bad in some areas!
@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@wolfgirl569 - It sounds like what happens in California sometimes. We either seem to have no rain, or we have flooding and mudslides. There doesn't seem to be a happy medium with rain.
@RasmaSandra (73365)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jul 18
Pretty normal here in Florida. It is 9:30 PM and 79 degrees.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@RasmaSandra - That is about what the temperature was here in Southern California this evening. It was very hot!
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
10 Aug 18
@RubyHawk - With the fires burning near us, and the excessive heat we have been having, summer has not been very nice lately in Southern California. I look forward to fall, too!
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Aug 18
@RubyHawk - You would think we would run out of places to burn, wouldn't you? However, our national parks and state parks just keep burning. It is awful.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
10 Aug 18
@DeborahDiane I thought the fires burned up so much forest last year that not much was left. But it looks fierce again.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@Icydoll - I'm glad your weather is cooler. Enjoy it!
@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@porwest - Yes, I understand. My sister in St. Louis prefers summer to winter. She can stand the heat much better than the cold!
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Jul 18
@porwest - Yes, the winters are milder than in Wisconsin and the longer summers are nice. I think the winters in Missouri are milder and the summers warmer than they were when I was a kid. You are right about the humidity, though. All those creeks and rivers produce a lot of humidity.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
29 Jul 18
@DeborahDiane I have been in the St. Louis metro on the Illinois side of the river for about 4 or 5 years, transplanted from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and I am STILL not used to the heat and humidity. But I DO like the longer summers here. And the winters here are fairly mild.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
25 Jul 18
Our weather here is not so hot . 21 degree Celcius or 70 degrees Fahrenheit is the hottest temperature here, that was in the month of April. As of now, it's rainy season here..
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@Jessabuma - We don't really get much of a rainy season in Southern California ... perhaps 10 to 12 inches of rain in an entire year.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
24 Jul 18
Like you, I am looking forward to the cool weather in October. It is very hot here every day.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@caopaopao - Try to stay cool. I am trying to stay inside as much as possible. It is just so hot!
@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@rakski - I'm sorry to hear there may be some flooding in the Philippines. Stay safe!
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Jul 18
And many fools keep saying that climate change is a hoax.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Jul 18
@JamesHxstatic - One of my friends who is 79 and a die-hard Republican told me the other day that she may "re-think her position on climate change." You could have knocked me over with a feather. Perhaps reality is starting to sink in, at least with a few Republicans. They seem to be pretty stubborn, for the most part, however.
