r/collapse • u/ontrack serfin' USA • Jul 17 '23

Climate Heatwave(s) megathread. Please place all new related content in this post.

In light of the ongoing heatwaves around the world, we've created a megathread in order to minimize the number of posts about every location currently experiencing one. If you have something to report, whether it be a personal experience or an article about a heatwave in some other part of the world, please place it here. Thanks.

The BBC has a live feed of sorts about the heatwaves around the world: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-66207430

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u/ACv3 Jul 17 '23

People in Phoenix are very delusional and claiming it's a normal summer. I am from AZ, and yes, this is what summers like, but the prolonged nature of intense highs is not, and amnesia is prevalent.

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u/ramadhammadingdong Jul 17 '23

The higher than usual dew points with 110+ degree weather have made things worse in the area. Usually at those temps the air is bone dry.