It's so hot. Could we have some of that global cooling please?

This thread is so much fail. America just broke cold weather records. Should people here say that's proof that global warming is a hoax? How is that any different than you saying your hot summer time is proof that global cooling is a hoax? It's all so childish.

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Aye, but it's not been cold - quite the opposite. That was my point. Though ironically Scottish ski resorts seem to be doing okay (the wind has helped drift snow into the corries), especially compared with, for example, Bulgaria where the lack of snow in the resorts this winter has been exceptional.

Well regardless of the global warming / cooling debate, that is one heatwave I hope to not have to experience again for a long time. I'm from Canberra and we just experienced five days in a row of above 37 degrees, a couple of 40 back-to-back. I don't have air conditioning. We were fortunate to get cool nights though. I seriously felt for the folks in Melbourne and Adelaide with such high and enduring heat temperatures. And yeah I can remember the 1980s too, I was born in 70. Lived in Sydney (South West Sydney where it gets a bit hotter) all my life until moving to Canberra 6 years ago. While I recall hot weather, and yeah there were days over 40 degrees, but when they were they were singled out like a freak hot weather day even back then - I don't ever recall such protracted high temps. The Canberra Times just mentioned today it was the first five consecutive days over 37 degrees in Canberra since records began in 1934. Again not contending in support of global warming but just to mention Australia has experienced some very hot and prolonged heatwave weather in recent years, notably 2009, 2013 and 2014. The Victorian bush fires in 2009 due to the extreme heat wave then resulted in 173 deaths, which is the highest death toll due to bush fires in Australia's history. Australia learned a lot from that tragic event - as it was acknowledged for helping save lives during this recent heatwave and bush fires.

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O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
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Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger:
But O, what damnèd minutes tells he o'er
Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves! - from Shakespeare's Othello

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