Climate change (because it's still political for some reason)

[wonko the sane?]

Canada's under an el-nino, so my spring (and my summer.) are looking to be cold and wet.

Which suits me just fine. The normal weather of 30C+ and 100% humidity is damned near debilitating.

 

[Fullstrength Motleypuss]

Not really. Particularly as it’s forecast for 5-6 days of weather 32C or hotter from this Sunday onwards. It’s very difficult to cope with when buildings don’t have air conditioning, and the majority of homes are made of bricks. Which isn’t great for dissipating heat.

Well, at least you're not being uprooted by tornado's every 3 days like mid/southern Illinois and Indiana.

 

[Rhinox]

It's muggy as hell, hot as hell and trying to wear my uniform and gear outside results in immediate swamp ass.

 

[Anonymous X]

Well, at least you're not being uprooted by tornado's every 3 days like mid/southern Illinois and Indiana.

Oh, I realise we’re lucky here in Britain mostly, as it’s just mild boring weather for the most part, and the more extreme events just don’t happen. (Yet?) Just it is miserable when heatwaves or actual snow happens, as everything is still built around the notion that weather is only ever going to be somewhere between 3-18C.

 

[wonko the sane?]

You should come to canada. I've survived -40C (almost -50C after the wind chill.) and dug my car out from on top. We also routinely get temps in summer between 45C and 50C after the humidex. Air so hot and wet you cannot breath, and even if you could, you couldn't sweat out the heat anyway.

Case in point, in quebec: the moving day for the majority of the population is on july 1st... usually the hottest day of the year. I've had to move sofa beds when the official recommendation was to throw yourself into a pool or an airconditioned building.