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Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heatwaves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week and the National Weather Service (NWS) warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday.
California’s state capital of Sacramento on Tuesday hit an all-time high of 116F (46.7C), breaking a 97-year-old record. Six places in the San Francisco Bay Area and central coast set all-time record maximum temperatures, including Santa Rosa, with 115F (46C).
Scary hot. Lethally hot.
[T]he high temperatures fueled wildfires in both northern and southern California. Four deaths were reported over the Labor Day weekend as some 4,400 firefighters battled 14 large fires around the state, with 45 new blazes on Sunday alone, said Anale Burlew, a deputy chief with the California department of forestry and fire protection (Cal Fire).
The new normal.
Santa Rosa is in wine country, or what was wine country but will soon be a desert. It won’t be long before we have to import our grapes from what had been boreal forests in BC and Yukon. Maybe then the denialists will finally accept that we are witnessing the changes now that have been predicted for 50 years. Hit ’em where it hurts – import duties on their wines.