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Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat warning
- kochikame 3mo agoUnlike all of the things referenced in the Alanis Morrisette song, this is actually ironic
- ndsipa_pomu 3mo agoHowever, by calling her song "Ironic" when it doesn't discuss actual irony is itself ironic.
- delichon 3mo ago> Hosted in collaboration with the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance. Their climate resilience seems low. > The event will finish with a fire side chat Is this a prank?
- bluefirebrand 3mo agoA fire side chat does not mean there will be an actual fire It's corpo speak for "a more casual discussion"
- pkaye 3mo agoMaybe an "ice cream social" would be better.
- rasz 3mo agoAt first I thought it was just virtue signaling. But no, its the venue. >Venue: LSE Shaw Library, Houghton St, Old Building, London https://halls.lse.ac.uk/story/25006031/deal-with-the-uk-weather-while-you-live-in-halls https://halls.lse.ac.uk/story/25006031/deal-with-the-uk-weat... > LSE halls (like most houses in the country) don't have air conditioning, it can be quite suffocating. I blame LSE. Uni should provide safe and comfortable environment for students.
- SecretDreams 3mo agoUni is just preparing the students for the realities of the real world =[
- ceejayoz 3mo ago> At first I thought it was just virtue signaling. Maybe examine the reflex to dismiss out of hand without evidence?
- inigyou 3mo agoEveryone should provide a safe and comfortable planet for everyone. Instead we said this is fine, as we literally set ourselves on fire, and then literally melted our faces off
- zaik 3mo agoReminds me of "dermatology convention in Hawaii": https://youtube.com/shorts/1uRxIe1dXGU https://youtube.com/shorts/1uRxIe1dXGU
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- shitloadofbooks 3mo ago"Extreme Heat" seems to be 37-40 degrees Celsius which is bafflingly mundane to me as an Australian who grew up in rural New South Wales. We'd pack 30 kids and a teacher into an un-airconditioned classroom with just a ceiling fan and the windows open in that temperature. I imagine the buildings there just aren't built to support that heat plus the body height of hundreds or thousands of attendees?
- nomilk 3mo agoAnd that was after running around a semi-arid playground playing 'tips' or touch footy during recess and lunch!
- contingencies 3mo agoNo worries as they'd had their vegemite for brekkie providing all the salt they need to offset the constant sweat. None of this soft modern electrolyte bullshit, just beer dregs on toast.
- winstonp 3mo agothe British are notoriously sensitive to heat. They'll call 30 Celsius weather a heat wave.
- jorl17 3mo agoI'm from Portugal and I start losing it at 25. 30 degrees is insane. Last summer my house got to 39, and I didn't have AC (it was broken). I think I'm still recovering.
- ornornor 3mo agoI had 40 Celsius today at around 9pm. Middle of the night now and it’s 34. It’s as cool as it’s going to get before it starts heating up again tomorrow. Where I live there are no laws on max temperature in residential housing so the owner (I’m renting) doesn’t have to do anything about it. Never mind the poorly insulated, black slate roof (I’m on the last floor) or lack of AC (I’d have to foot the bill anyway).
- lwansbrough 3mo agoEuropeans don’t get scolded enough for their resistance to air conditioning. In terms of accounting for preventable deaths, Greece has 2x more heat-related deaths per capita annually than Mississippi has gun deaths. By comparison, the worst US state for heat related deaths, Nevada - a literal desert - has >10x fewer deaths per capita than Greece.
- PaulKeeble 3mo agoI completely agree. Historically AC has not been necessary for the one to two days a year it was needed, but that world is gone now and the situation has changed and the widespread adoption of AC is now necessary. Its going to be a huge challenge because the buildings are not designed with that in mind, many buildings are hundreds of years old making these sorts of renovations notoriously difficult and expensive, but it has to start because climate change is only going to get worse and worse.
- jatora 3mo agoSo you are saying temperature has risen enough to warrant an AC now? Due to climate change? I thought climate change was on aggregate ~1C difference but my data is a decade old the last time i looked into it
- colechristensen 3mo agoThe average temperature across the entire globe averaged over a year does not mean that each day is subject to the exact average added to it. Global warming intensifies differences in weather patterns. Hotter hots, colder colds, more intense storms, etc.
- fc417fc802 3mo agoSeeing as it's so commonly misunderstood I wonder if "catastrophic climate variance" wouldn't have been a better term in hindsight.
- kiriberty 3mo agoSo calling for the conference and cancelling it raises awareness of extreme heat? Well played
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- mikelitoris 3mo agoI love a good self reference
- stronglikedan 3mo agome!
- indigodaddy 3mo agoApparently, NOT a theonion article
- westurner 3mo agoRecently - from YT recommended - I learned about Glauber's salt (sodium sulfate). Glauber's salt is a PCM phase-change material that melts at 90F / 32.4C and starts absorbing thermal energy.
- regnull 3mo agoIt's either terrible planning or the most persuasive presentation they’ve ever given.
- astrobe_ 3mo agoThe title reads "too little, too late" to me.
- deadbabe 3mo agoThis may be overly simplistic, but if we shut down the AMOC would that help Europe balance out the temps and solve its heat problems?
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- PeterStuer 3mo agoThe dowside of hosting your conference in exquisitly beautifull old locations is that they have no airco. While well managed traditional cooling management can keep them pleasant enough, this would require light programme adaptations, basically shifting to starting early morning - noon, covering the glass dome, and night ventilation, but that seems to be more insurmountable than cancelling. Apparently the LSE does have airco spaces, but these aren't as inspirationally nice it seems.
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- zombot 3mo agoThere is a certain irony to a conference about extreme heat getting canceled because of extreme heat.
- tim333 3mo agoSitting here in central London on the day of the conference it seems a bit wimpy to me. Max today is 34C which is hot but not life threatening. Some trains may be delayed but they do that all the time. I assume the LSE library is aircon. Most such buildings are these days. You'd think a bit of heat would be a bonus given the topic.
- ianmarcinkowski 3mo agoI find it unintentionally hilarious to see our weather reporting channel (Weather Network in Canada) constantly ringing the "extreme weather warning" bell! They manage to have an alert or warning at least every week. In the winter, -10C is extreme cold; in the summer 34C is extreme heat. The words have lost meaning to me along with old advertising terms like "premium." 34C is hot and it's legitimately difficult to work indoors without AC, but there are probably people in London working outdoors in the sun. Air conditioners can be had for as little as $150CAD.
- jfil 3mo agoReminds me of a forecasting book I read. The author highlighted that services such as The Weather Network are entertainment/ad-media services first and foremost, and they'll serve you inaccurate forecasts to make sure you return. This isn't the same goal as something like the gov. of Canada forecasts. Now, despite that, for some reason the Weather Network forecasts do tend to reflect reality than the Govt. ones. Maybe their hype is working on me.
- mancerayder 3mo agoIt's extreme heat because there's a strong moral opposition and infrastructure immaturity when it comes to air conditioning. Look no further than France where there's even air conditioning in trains but they keep it borderline off, and where nursing homes and hospitals don't have A/C. It's a mix of cheapness, climate change as things got hotter, and the unfortunate influence of Green types who believe in suffering.
- ianmarcinkowski 3mo agoSo sad, such a lack of fortitude. Canadian here. Window air conditioning units work in any fully-openable window. They are $150CAD. Portable air conditioners work in almost every configuration of openable window. They are $250-500CAD. It takes time to build AC units and ship them to Europe. However, if you delivered a shipment of small units to local retailers normal lower-and-middle-class people could buy one for the price of a month's worth of beer. Canada's economy is much smaller than the EU, yet somehow you can walk into a Walmart, Home Depot or Canadian Tire and buy a $150 air conditioner to install in your own home with 15-20 minutes of effort. Canadian houses and older buildings are built to withstand winter and somehow we manage. We have a lot of 100 year old buildings (my house for example). Office buildings and hospitals are slightly more complicated, but I think Europe invented windows a long time ago. The climate is warming; but also, the alarmist types who feint in "extreme heat" of 33-36C are kind of silly.
- sazz 3mo agoyeah. lets plan the conference in one of the hottest weeks in the year and then cancel it due to hot weather. Well ... it speaks for their competence. It's like creating a Teams meeting about classified security issues on Windows 95 systems...
- simonw 3mo agoI didn't realize "hottest week of the year" in the UK was predictable enough that you could plan your conference schedule around it. Is there a known week during which nobody should plan any events at all now?
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- nerdyadventurer 3mo agoEveryone is rooting for wars till we all die from environmental degregation.