24 January 2019

All-time heat records shattered in Australia

"Temperature records have tumbled across South Australia, with the city of Adelaide experiencing its hottest day on record, as the second heatwave in as many weeks hit southern parts of Australia.
Adelaide hit 46.6C [115.9F] on Thursday afternoon, the hottest temperature recording in any Australian state capital city since records began 80 years ago... In Port Augusta, 300km north-west, an all-time record was also set, as the city hit 49.5C. [121.1 F]

In central and western Australia, local authorities were forced to carry out an emergency animal cull, shooting 2,500 camels – and potentially a further hundred feral horses – who were dying of thirst. "
This seems like an appropriate place to repost this uber-stupid tweet by some guy who doesn't comprehend what the word "global" means or what the implications are:

8 comments:

  1. Far be it for me to assume I have more nounce than local authorities, but reckon it would have been easier/better to take a few shaded paddling pools and some water trucks rather than kill the animals off.
    Some of us consider the animals as important as the humans, often more so.
    Present company excepted, of course.

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    1. and how do you propose to move and distribute the 125000 liters of water a day these feral animals will need, given that they live in remote sandy desert. also where do you expect to find the water on the driest continent on earth that is currently in a heatwave and which humans should put their lives at risk driving thousands of kilometers in 45 degree heat to help

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  2. In Australia, culling of feral camels and horses is something that has been going back and forth in government for years, even without the heat factor. They are an invasive species and cause considerable erosion and degradation of the natural landscape, and they breed at a pace that far outweighs the ability of the pasture to regrow.

    The culling argument is that if they are not systematically culled, they will end up starving/dehydrating to death.

    Not saying whether it's right or wrong, just saying it's not as idealistic as bringing a few water trucks and pools for 3000 animals. Especially given there has been a very serious ongoing drought situation within large parts of inland Australia for a while now.

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  3. If WilliamRocket would like to know a bit more about why paddling pools and water trucks wouldn't be a possible solution, this article spells out some of the issues:
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-01-24/feral-camels-cause-chaos-as-pastoralists-shoot-thousands/10737400

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  4. I just love Trump ... he saved us from that loony tunes nut bag Hillery

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  5. Doesn't all-time include the future too? Ain't that too bad then?

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  6. The global temperature kind of evens out when you look at the other side of the world right now.
    https://weather.com/forecast/national/news/2019-01-28-polar-vortex-midwest-arctic-air-coldest-two-decades

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