As vast parts of Florida sweltered in oppressive heat over the weekend, South Florida TV meteorologist Steve MacLaughlin criticized the state’s new legislation that deleted most references to climate change from state law, and urged his viewers to vote.

Meanhwhile there are signs like Monkeys ‘falling out of trees like apples’ in Mexico amid brutal heatwave. And there’s Rare tornado hits Haiti, injuring more than 50 people and leaving hundreds homeless

Also this

Record-breaking heat in the Atlantic could fuel an unusually active hurricane season.

And this could affect the weather in other regions such as Europe, Africa, Central and South America.

  • ganksy@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Steve MacLaughlin trying to single-handedly get Florida to put down the crack pipe.

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    5 months ago

    As if declaring a term as verboten would make the problem go away somehow.

    He probably also thinks that declaring the term “gravity” as illegal would make them all float.

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    5 months ago

    This hurricane season is going to be nuts, and it is going to smash the comfy Republican consensus around climate change denialism into pieces.

    People will still deny it, but it will be more of a desperate mantra of denial than a casual hand waving “it will be fine” kind of denial.