Monday, July 02, 2018
Trying to temper a bias, failing
This morning I was trying to temper my biases in Morris style. After skimming through "local" fake "news" and seeing nothing but virulent demonic infinitely wicked superlies, I tried to calm myself by thinking that maybe the fake "news" occasionally gets a trivial fact right, such as the current temperature.
Nope.
From UK Daily Mail:
The Chicago Fire Department was forced to hose down bridges after the record-breaking heat caused them to expand and block river access to boats as more than 60 million people across the Northeast brace for day four of the suffocating heat wave. Video shows the moment a boat from the fire department propelled water onto the steel beams of the Michigan Avenue bridge on Saturday. Chicago has several 'movable bridges' made of steel that raise up and let boats pass through. But in extreme heat cases, the steel expands and causes the bridge to become inoperable and unable to raise up or close. The sweltering heat is expected to continue baking the majority of the US for the rest of the week as temperatures are predicted to drop after the Fourth of July. Meteorologists described the rising three digit temperatures experienced in many parts of the country as 'relentless' and 'dangerous'.Granted that Brits have a different standard of temperature. Anything above 65 is a suffocating heat wave, and anything under 64 is an Arctic deepfreeze. Even so, many days of triple digits, though HARDLY UNUSUAL for Chicago, can be hard on people and machines. Well, let's check the Weather Bureau. The Chicago office had an unsensational special listing of the last few 'unusual' days. Shocking records? Nope. Low to mid 90s, no triple digits at all. This is fucking JULY. What do you fucking EXPECT? = = = = = Meanwhile on this side of the country, we've had a HEAVENLY COOL June, which we DESERVE after three hot summers. Today is even cooler, bringing SNOW to the mountains. A ferocious world-ending blizzard by British standards, hardly noticeable by local standards. Still, it was enough to build a little snowman!
Labels: Carbon Cult, From rights to duties
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