World's hottest day since records began

RTE doing live coverage from Athens again this morning, it is summer in Greece again this year

while johnny CEO next door drives round in two panzer tanks, has reproduced 97 times, is about to go on the 12th holiday to Florida this year and burns actual dinosaur fossils to heat his 42 bedroom house.

As long as there is profit in it for someone you will always be able too do those things.

How much is a tonne of Barley off the combine this year and how much was it last year?

The fear mongering and hyperbole from you is astounding.

I was in Crete last week. The temp was mid 30s every day. On the news they said it was over 40c at some point. When I got home I couldnt believe how the media here were hamming it up.

These temperatures are fine unless you are from Ireland and going out at midday with no water and lying in the direct sun to get a tan.

Locals (and tourists with any sort of brain) can handle the temps just fine. Its just normal there for the summer. So a few days it might be hotter than usual for a few hours. That happens every few years and you just deal with it. Drink more water. Eat in the shade. Wear a hat, etc. You would think it was hell on earth the way the media here are portraying it.

After I got home im getting calls from people asking me how it was, like i was just home from a war zone and lucky to survive. Some were even talking about cancelling their own holidays. Talk about an over reaction.

Best advice. Bring yourself a little hand held fan for the first few days til you get used to going from 17C to the the 30s. After a few days you wont even bother with it anymore. Dont cancel your holidays because its a bit hot.

Theres just no point watching the news anymore. Even the state broadcasters are just in it for the clicks now. There is no such thing as balanced news anymore, about anything,

Mid 30s is significantly hotter than the normal summer temperatures in July for that island.

30c is the typical max summer temperature for the hottest part of the year. (That's the equivalent of Ireland bring 30c instead of 25c in summer)

But even still, Crete wasn't mentioned in any of the extreme weather alerts that were on the news bulletins that I have seen. Can you show me the 40c temperature report you saw for Crete that you're calling bullshit on?

I just get Tesco to deliver.

No gaps on the virtual shelves and if there were I’d go to my overpriced greengrocer who has plenty of stock

Yeah it’s what suits the narrative at a given time really.

Im there almost every summer. My sister in law lives there. mid 30s is not at all unusual. Id say if it didnt hit the 30s in the summer people would be moaning. Sorry I cant roll back the weather forecast on greek TV. Its much like the ones we get here. Big red and yellow balls with numbers in them on a map, so it doesnt really matter about the language when you are watching it. Most pharmacies have a big board outside with the current temp on it too. Also all cars have the outside temp displayed too.

I was in Athens too for a couple of days. Getting texts from people about it being on the news. It was no hotter than its ever been when I was there before. Its all about how you deal with the heat. But its fashionable now to be shocked about the weather. Governments are afraid not to be shocked and be seen to be worried. Media are looking for clicks. Dont cancel your holidays and go and enjoy them is my advice. Just know how to act when its hot which it will be in most southern european destinations every year.

Well RTE shouldn't have been reporting from Athens this morning at 7.15 then - still, as all the experts tell me, I never confuse the weather with climate change

But you can change reality, all you have to do is alter the data you are reporting on.

A researcher in Australia, Dr. Jennifer Marohasy caught the Bureau Of Meteorology adjusting the raw data from measuring stations so that a 1°C cooling trend per century, was turned into a 2.5°C warming trend.

Things that I don't get.... Climate change deniers.

All of the world's Governments agree that man-made climate change is a reality. Every country in agreement - think about that for a moment. How many issues is there unanimous agreement on?

There is no argument about this. We may as well be arguing if Gravity exists.

Scientists are debating how the world is warming, not if it's warming. It is linear or is the rate of change increasing.

Having read the full article it's clear he's talking about the problems of some veg earlier in the year. Then a different person mentions about our over reliance on imported veg.

Therefore there is no shortage of vegetables in stores at the moment. To claim so is a fabrication.

The Source is Tony Heller, a known charlatan and liar and the worst possible source for any climate or science information

here's a good example of the kind of deception he routinely employs

https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/08/how-steve-goddard-a-k-a-tony-heller-does-bad-science/