Irelands heatwave media coverage

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119371081#Comment_119371081

My apologies, confusing you with a different poster.

As to wear you did post, did you comment on then yourself? Because you definitely are the poster who posted 'ramdom' links - then it's a bit arrogant to ask others to connect on stuff you can't be bothered commenting on yourself...

Steve F

All countries, all citizens, have to pull together for "Climate change" to be slowed or halted.

Just like we all did during the Covid 19 pandemic...oh wait!

It's not going to happen is it?

fryup

its only if the *big polluters hop on board that any significant change will be made

*China, Russia, USA, India, Brazil

EOQRTL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119371152#Comment_119371152

Of course it's not and there is zero point worrying about it. What we will see though unfortunately is middle and working class people's lives made increasingly hard with made up taxes and virtue signalling efforts that "address climate change" whilst the elite of society continue on as before.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119364699#Comment_119364699

You are right about the whole private jet thing. In fact most of the problem with flying is the top 20% of flyers who take 80% of flights. Greenism is very much an upper middle class or rich ideology now

It doesn’t have to be. If we had a voucher system for 1-2 short haul flights a year we’d get rid of 80% of carbon while most people wouldn’t be affected.

dePeatrick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119371099#Comment_119371099

Apology accepted, I just gave you an example of a quick google search for alternative sources, but you can’t be bothered to investigate for yourself, bye…

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119371449#Comment_119371449

Ye-ah... you see, if you've going to debate, then YOU have to explain YOUR viewpoint, not hide behind someone else's. I can throw links out to prove climate change is real and serious, world you automatically believe them? I'm guessing not, so why should anyone believe yours?

If you've read then objectively, comment on them. If you haven't, it's just confirmation bias and my point is proven.

Brid Hegarty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119353868#Comment_119353868

Unlikely to ever again see temperatures above 30c in their lifetime again???????????????????????

https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2022/08/12/temperatures-could-break-august-1995-record-met-eireann-says/

PTH2009

Will we finally get a white Christmas

Given that this heatwave is unusually late in the summer

Brid Hegarty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472992#Comment_119472992

Well if there was a heat wave in June, would you say it's early?

AllGunsBlazing

Rte news department will be casting envious glances towards their European counterparts for the remainder of the summer.

TooTired123

I’m 57. What has happened in this country in the last few years that has resulted in Met Eireann/RTÉ finding it necessary to explain to adult viewers, as if we were toddlers, that following a hot spell, it was now likely to rain, heavily, for a couple of days?

Followed then by finger wagging warnings about driving carefully in heavy downpours (“wow! Thanks! I always thought it was best to put the foot down and speed up when I can’t clear the rain from the windscreen!”).

Have people become addicted to constant fear mongering and being nannied?

cnocbui

BBC weather just announcing that next week will be a lot cooler with thunderstorms and heavy downpours of water. It must have really hurt that climate catastrophism spearder of climate faeces to allow that to go to air. No doubt some climate spinmasters such a Ross Aitkins will be busy preparing a special trying to downplay it and dismiss it as a one off.

No doubt RTFingE will be similarly unenthusistic about the thunderstorms and rain out here in the mid west.

The auld storm earlier was great though. Didn't do much to clear the air, there's still plenty of squeezing out of the atmosphere left - but you can't beat a summer storm. Love the smell after it too. And while it's still pretty warm, the crazy mugginess that had the back of my neck wet is gone.

BrianD3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119473880#Comment_119473880

It is happening across the world or at least the Western world - the public is being bombarded with dire warnings, emergencies, and critical incidents. Here in Ireland, ME can't go a week without issuing a warning of some sort and often there are multiple warnings at the same time or one after the other. Also, naming of storms seems to have become much more common in meteorology.

I noticed it in my own job in the public service in recent years - things were getting catastrophised more and more however very little progress was made in addressing actual issues.

This proliferation of colour coded warnings, notices and statuses, where has that come from I wonder, some trendy management theory "how to scare people and achieve compliance".

Also, there appears to be a form of arms race for authorities and NGOs to promote themselves and remain relevant e.g. the RSA has to get its rainfall warnings out and not allow ME and RTE to hog the limelight.

murpho999

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472992#Comment_119472992

How is early August late in the summer? Summer is summer?

Also what has that got to do with White Christmas Totally unconnected, we also did have one a number of years ago. Was not that pleasant or exciting.

An interesting point is when RTE shows beaches, and swimming in the hot weather its always the southside often the 40th foot, yet north county Dublin has some fabulous beaches but bar the locals it's as if no one ever heard of them I went for a swim in Portrane at the weekend and while the beach was mildly busy there was parking, anywhere else would have been jammed.