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Roland99

(53,342 posts) Sat Sep 8, 2018, 05:11 PM Sep 2018

How much has your hometown warmed since you were born?

How much has your hometown warmed since you were born, and how much hotter could it get? The New York Times' Climate team built an online tool to help you find out: https://nyti.ms/2LPfBhZ
Our data shows that 39% of Americans think people in the U.S. are being harmed "right now" by global warming: https://bit.ly/2jnIZzV

Since 1966, Louisville went from ~17 days at 90 or higher to 31.

Orlando went from 115 to 130.

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How much has your hometown warmed since you were born? (Original Post) Roland99 Sep 2018 OP

dont know the changes in temps but im 68 and i have pix of me as a young child..6 and under.. samnsara Sep 2018 #1

In the 60's had a 7? acre lake that reliably froze over for skating. empedocles Sep 2018 #2

samnsara

(17,615 posts)

1. dont know the changes in temps but im 68 and i have pix of me as a young child..6 and under..

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 05:38 PM

Sep 2018

..standing in very deep snow. That town hardly gets any snow now...

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

2. In the 60's had a 7? acre lake that reliably froze over for skating.

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 05:56 PM

Sep 2018

No more skating, only some thin ice in parts.

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