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Posted By: Hazymac, 7/3/2026 9:06:47 PM

More ignorance from the New York Times: “Without Climate Change, U.S. Heat Wave Called ‘Virtually Impossible.” Heat and humidity as severe, prolonged and far-reaching as this week’s would have been “virtually impossible” in the Northeast and eastern Canada before humans began warming the planet, a team of scientists said on Friday. *** To estimate how much climate change increased the likelihood of this week’s sweltering conditions, the scientists analyzed records of a measurement of heat stress called “wet bulb globe temperature,” a figure that accounts for humidity, wind and direct sunlight. Given that the heat wave is still unfolding, the researchers combined weather observations and forecast data. Of course they did.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: mc squared 7/3/2026 9:27:39 PM (No. 2124239)
I've been around many decades and remember several 'unprecedented' heat waves. My high school graduation was so hot the pavement was softening and NYC bridges were sticking due to steel expansion. Over 100 for days. A few since then.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 7/3/2026 9:32:32 PM (No. 2124242)
Totally fraudulent propaganda. Not even a particularly hot summer.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: JunkYardDog 7/3/2026 10:12:52 PM (No. 2124246)
The 'journalists' who write for the NY TImes are the same kind of 'journalists' who were telling Europeans for years that America was a bad place with rude people. Then the World Cup happened and a virtual FLOOD of Youtube videos appeared from foreigners who said they were LIED TO about America. These 'journalists' who warn about climate change usually travel first-class in alirliners we hoi polloi are supposed to be avoiding, according to these selfsame journalists. Do as I say, etc.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 7/3/2026 10:23:12 PM (No. 2124248)
Liars tell lies. It's what they do. And when pushing an agenda, no lie is too big. It's all an ends to means.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: hurricanegirl 7/3/2026 10:34:45 PM (No. 2124249)
If you read fiction (yes, I realize it's made up) from the late 1800s, you will see that characters (particularly the wealthy) left NYC & other large northern cities in droves to get away from . . . . (wait for it) . . . the heat. I'm pretty sure these fictional accounts were based on reality because every story I've read has the characters do the same thing.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: NorthernDog 7/3/2026 10:51:02 PM (No. 2124254)
If you watch the movie 'Rear Window' it depicts a typical New York City summer in the 1950s. No A/C. Everyone slept with their windows wide open. An occasional rain shower cooled things down. And Grace Kelly was gorgeous.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Newtsche 7/3/2026 11:27:41 PM (No. 2124257)
No one is buying your shite, clowns, can it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: crashnburn 7/3/2026 11:28:30 PM (No. 2124258)
There are lard, damned liars, statistics, and climate scientists, in that order.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: crashnburn 7/3/2026 11:28:46 PM (No. 2124259)
Liars
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Reply 10 - Posted by: BarryNo 7/3/2026 11:34:21 PM (No. 2124261)
I've lived through two of these - both before Central air was a thing. Utter BS.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Catherine 7/3/2026 11:39:45 PM (No. 2124262)
We usually have a few days in Oklahoma that are over 100, every summer. In Louisiana, we had summers with 103 degrees. Went horseback riding one of those days and boy did I get a sunburn. But had a lot of fun.. And one summer trip to Texas, they had temps of over 100. This is all cyclable.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: whyyeseyec 7/3/2026 11:39:51 PM (No. 2124263)
Six months from now, everyone will be complaining about being knee deep in snow.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Proud Texan 7/3/2026 11:45:44 PM (No. 2124264)
Been around for over six decades. Not very many years do we make it to July 4 without a few 100 degree days. Has gotten there yet this year.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: jalo1951 7/3/2026 11:55:23 PM (No. 2124265)
Oh, please, give me a break. Every climate disaster they have thought up has not come to pass. Yes, we need to be good stewards of the earth but letting old people die of heat exhaustion when AC is readily available is disturbing. AC is to summer what your furnace is to winter. Stupid nonsense.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Nimby 7/3/2026 11:58:48 PM (No. 2124266)
This commie clown has the audacity to tell the residents to conserve energy, while letting the celebrity luddites to use MSG for a fancy affair?
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Reply 16 - Posted by: MindMadeUp 7/4/2026 12:07:37 AM (No. 2124267)
"Climate change"... Of course the climate is changing. It's always been changing since the atmosphere formed on Earth. But humans haven't caused it to change any differently than it's been changing for billions of years.
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