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2026-06-22 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Europe roasts in killer 45C [113F] Saharan heatdome - as France bans outdoor boozing and warns it could be as bad as 2003 heatwave that killed 15,000 people

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-22 09:02|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1816 views ] Top

1 Saves the STATE oodles pension money.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-22 09:10|| 2026-06-22 09:10|| Front Page Top

2 Reuters Climate Monitor

Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-22 09:25|| 2026-06-22 09:25|| Front Page Top

3 The 'colonists' will be right at home with this.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-06-22 09:28|| 2026-06-22 09:28|| Front Page Top

4 In the afternoon its been pretty much 112F here this past week.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-06-22 09:51|| 2026-06-22 09:51|| Front Page Top

5 Where have all the Climate Doom Sayers gone?
Has the theme worn itself out and no longer profitable. Given all the facts have repeatedly proven them just Climate $$$ Pimps.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-22 09:52|| 2026-06-22 09:52|| Front Page Top

6 The recent IPCC report admitted that their highest estimates were not supported by the data, NN2N1. Without the scary numbers, the whole thing just isn’t scary. Besides, screaming about ~~the Joooos Israel~~ the Jooooos is much more satisfying to a certain type of mind.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-06-22 10:19|| 2026-06-22 10:19|| Front Page Top

7 nice forecast map at

https://www.meteoradar.co.uk/en-gb/continent/eu/maps/temperature

btw, as the air mass is of Saharan origin, the dewpoints are in the 40sF and 50sF mostly.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-06-22 11:22|| 2026-06-22 11:22|| Front Page Top

8 Based on comments I heard from some of the Europeans here for the World Cup a/c is a lot lesson common there.

Posted by Chantry 2026-06-22 17:37|| 2026-06-22 17:37|| Front Page Top

9 Somebody on TV this past weekend said more people die from European summer heat waves than from guns in the US.

"a well regulated ~~militia~~ climate, being necessary to the security of a free ~~state~~ lunch, the right of the people to keep and bear ~~arms~~ air conditioners, shall not be infringed."

Posted by Melancholic 2026-06-22 19:04|| 2026-06-22 19:04|| Front Page Top

10 a/c is a lot lesson common there.

Yes. That’s why during hot Augusts the elderly die in France while their families are away on holiday.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-06-22 23:46|| 2026-06-22 23:46|| Front Page Top

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