Real Climate Science

The BBC says we are having a climate emergency caused by the burning of fossil fuels and indicated by a heatwave in the Pacific Northwest.

They also say that people are being kept alive by air conditioning – which is being powered by fossil fuels.

Canada weather: Heatwave hits record 46.6C as US north-west also frazzles – BBC News

During past heatwaves, people didn’t have the option of air conditioning and they died from heat prostration or suicide.

The 1911 Heat Wave Was So Deadly It Drove People Insane – New England Historical Society

En 1911, Paris suffoquait déjà sous la canicule – Le Parisien

This week in 1901, New York was shut down by the heat.

Later in 1901, the heatwave expanded to Europe

THE HEAT WAVE IN EUROPE.; Numerous Deaths in London — Effects of Drought Serious — No Signs of a Change in England.

And continued into August.

UNPRECEDENTED HEAT IN ITALY.; Vineyards Shriveled Up — People Forced to Sleep in the Open Air.

A ten day heatwave in 1896 killed more than 1,000 people in New York.

1896 Heatwave

Australia had their worst heatwaves on record during January of 1896.

TimesMachine: August 18, 1896

23 Jan 1896 – THE HEAT WAVE. – Trove

18 Jul 1896 – Great Heat in Europe. – Trove

17 Jul 1896 – HEAT-WAVE IN EUROPE.

28 May 1896, 4 – Ironton County Register at Newspapers.com

National Geographic reported that Alaska’s largest glacier retreated 40 miles by 1896.

The National Geographic Archive | April 1896 | page 1

127-Degree Heat in Zaragoza. – The New York Times

08 Jan 1906 – THE HEAT WAVE – Trove

08 Jan 1906 – EXTENSIVE HEAT WAVE. – Trove

13 Aug 1859, 2 – Pointe Coupee Democrat at Newspapers.com

18 Jul 1852, 7 – The Observer at Newspapers.com

21 Aug 1901, Page 3 – Shelby County Herald at Newspapers.com

03 Jul 1913, Page 2 – The Logan Republican at Newspapers.com

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17 Jan 1857 – BLACK THURSDAY. – Trove

The reality is that heatwaves are declining in the US, and deaths are way down due to fossil fuels.

Temperature Changes in the United States – Climate Science Special Report

The claim from the BBC is based on misinformation, appeals to authority and speculation based on superstition. It is not journalism, it isn’t science and it is very dangerous.

Adiabatic winds can be very hot.  On June 17, 1859 Santa Barbara, California reached 133 degrees.

29 Jun 1859, 4 – The Sacramento Bee at Newspapers.com

13 Jun 1877, Page 2 – San Francisco Chronicle at Newspapers.com

13 Aug 1859, 2 – Pointe Coupee Democrat at Newspapers.com

A few weeks after the record heat in 1859 came the largest Coronal Mass Ejection on record.

14 Sep 1859, Page 1 – The Louisville Daily Courier at Newspapers.com

06 Sep 1859, Page 2 – Brooklyn Evening Star at Newspapers.com

31 Aug 1859, 1 – The Cadiz Sentinel at Newspapers.com

Tomorrow, Seattle and Portland will have a few hours of hot adiabatic winds which the press will blame on global warming.

Pacific Northwest braces for historic heat wave, and experts say climate change could be to blame – ABC News

Ventusky – Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps

“Countless scientists, climate experts, and governments officials agree that 350 ppm is the “safe” level of carbon dioxide.”

Why 350? – MN350

The last time CO2 was at the safe level of 350 PPM was 1988, when Yellowstone burned, the Mississippi River almost dried up, and Cancun was largely destroyed by the second most intense Atlantic Hurricane on record.

Yellowstone fires of 1988 – Wikipedia

1988–89 North American drought – Wikipedia

“Hurricane Gilbert, the mightiest storm to hit the Western Hemisphere in this century, concentrates so much of its destructive energy into a narrow core that meteorologists say the storm resembles a monster tornado.”

Meteorologists Say the Hurricane Is Similar to a Monster Tornado – The New York Times

Hurricane Gilbert – Wikipedia

Perhaps 350 PPM isn’t quite right? Maybe we need to get down to 320 PPM, which occurred in 1970.

“The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India’s West Bengal on November 11, 1970. It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded and one of the world’s deadliest natural disasters. At least 500,000 people lost their lives in the storm”

1970 Bhola cyclone – Wikipedia

In 1974, fifteen percent of Australia burned.

Australian bushfires: Why 2019 fire season is different from others

Darwin was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974.

Northeast Australia turned into an inland sea due to record rainfall and flooding.

28 Jan 1974, Page 12 – The Cincinnati Enquirer at Newspapers.com

The US had its worst tornado outbreak on record.

List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak – Wikipedia

Phoenix had their worst heatwave.

30 Jun 1974, Page 31 – Arizona Republic at Newspapers.com

And experts said we were headed into another ice age.

TIME Magazine Archive Article — Another Ice Age? — Jun. 24, 1974

29 Jan 1974, 5 – The Guardian at Newspapers.com

Hot weather was much more common when CO2 was below 350 PPM. But I lack the qualifications to dispute “Countless scientists, climate experts, and government officials”

Seven years ago, California Governor Jerry Brown predicted the LA airport would drown.

Brown says rising sea levels could force costly move of LAX – Los Angeles Times

Sea level at LA has been rising an average of 1 mm/year over the past century, and has hardly risen at all over the past 40 years.

Sea Level Trends – NOAA Tides & Currents

The LA airport is more than 30 meters (30,000 mm) above sea level, so it could potentially drown in only 30,000 years.