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Mountain Mule

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23. The SouthWest will soon be unlivable

Reply to bronxiteforever (Original post)

Tue Aug 27, 2019, 12:44 PM

Aug 2019

Not only have we been experiencing heat waves, we also are struggling with a climate change related drought that has been going on now for almost 20 years. Water levels in Lake Mead as well as Lake Powell have been falling almost every year. The major cities of the SW like Phoenix and Las Vegas are heavily dependent on Mead for their water and the Colorado River is being used for irrigation at an unsustainable rate. Of course all these things are a "hoax" perpetuated by "globalists" and the "coastal elite." If IQ45 gets a second term, we can say goodbye to our planet.

Great article - thanks for posting it!

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Can We Survive Extreme Heat? Humans have never lived on a planet this hot. [View all] bronxiteforever Aug 2019 OP

Chart in this article... Mike 03 Aug 2019 #1

Interesting about the map. I think you are right bronxiteforever Aug 2019 #4

Yes, it is Stryst Aug 2019 #11

And outside arid areas, it's the wet-bulb temperature dalton99a Aug 2019 #2

That is pretty frightening stuff. bronxiteforever Aug 2019 #5

Yeah, wet-bulb predictions are terrifying The_jackalope Aug 2019 #7

yep wet bulb means more than kozar Aug 2019 #8

Parts of the world will BOIL, as others will FREEZE.... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2019 #3

5.4 F? The long term rise we have locked in now is about 9.5 F (5.5 C) The_jackalope Aug 2019 #6

We can avoid apocalyptic suffering by building a million carbon capture machines at $30,000 each. ancianita Aug 2019 #16

causing some places to cool off as my state that never did see a 90 deg temp this summer yaesu Aug 2019 #9

Yes the species will survive bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #10

Humans are going find out what the late Cretaceous was like. roamer65 Aug 2019 #12

The very reason that climate change MUST be the primary concern of any D, especially the president. in2herbs Aug 2019 #13

That's why I'm still upset about losing Jay Inslee as a candidate. calimary Aug 2019 #17

I'd like to see Inslee at the top of an energy post, say Sec of Energy?? Maybe Trump and R's gag in2herbs Aug 2019 #21

This is one of the many reasons we are moving out of Florida shortly. Oppaloopa Aug 2019 #14

Sad but smart. Florida doesn't do well with rising seas too. bronxiteforever Aug 2019 #19

Can we? Yes as other mammals have. We would of course have to change some things such as how and cstanleytech Aug 2019 #15

Evolve or die. SCVDem Aug 2019 #18

More roads, more parking lots, more centralized living -- LiberalFighter Aug 2019 #20

In hindsight, this may be seen as a period of evolutionary punctuated equilibrium Politicub Aug 2019 #22

The SouthWest will soon be unlivable Mountain Mule Aug 2019 #23

+1000 bronxiteforever Aug 2019 #24