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> a singular event like this. It's quite a stretch at this point to call these events "singular".
by user-the-name 5y ago
> a singular event like this.
It's quite a stretch at this point to call these events "singular".
- brink 5y agoUnique weather events around the world get _a lot_ of attention, and almost always make the front page. A harsh weather event that happens nearly anywhere in the world is seen nearly everywhere in the world.
- qayxc 5y ago> It's quite a stretch at this point to call these events "singular". How so? What else would you call an all-time record set since the beginning of data recording? Especially when the new record exceeds all previous ones by several degrees instead of fractions of a degree as is commonly the case.
- user-the-name 5y agoBecause these all-time recording-setting events keep happening. Every time, people try to say "well you can't judge anything from this SINGULAR event", as if none of the other ones had happened.
- walkedaway 5y agoThe data here doesn't seem to align with your claim, at least in the US. Perhaps its happening in other places? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_and_territory_temperature_extremes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_and_territory_tempe...