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Elleanior wrote on 2013-07-03 08:24
Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 8:40 PM -
British Columbia didn't quite live up to pre-Canada Day predictions of all-time record shattering heat, but while the mark for the highest-ever Canadian temperature was not reached over the long weekend, the sizzling weather fried many local records.
In all, Environment Canada lists 15 new heat records set on Canada Day in communities from the south coast to the north and southeastern corners of BC.
Forecasters had predicted the sub-tropical heat wave would smash Canada's all-time high temperature of 44.4 degrees set in Lytton and Lillooet in 1941, but while Lytton reached a steamy 40.5 degrees on Canada Day, making it a hot spot for the country, the Fraser Canyon village didn't break its all-time high, or even its daily record.
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Rolling blackouts in Alberta due to extreme heat
The soaring temperatures have pushed Alberta's demand for electricity beyond what it can deliver, so the power regulator has ordered some utility companies to use less, causing rolling blackouts. Epcor in Edmonton and the City of Lethbridge are cutting power to certain areas for up to an hour after the Alberta Electric System Operator ordered them to shed 100 megawatts of demand. The operator says flood-affected areas, such as Calgary and High River, as well as hospital and emergency services do not have to reduce power load.
AESO says the record demand is due to a number of factors, including temperatures higher than 30 C across the province.
It also says other factors include a number of generators being offline for maintenance, a transformer unexpectedly went out of service and wind generation was low.
The operator says it is importing electricity from B.C. and Saskatchewan to help meet demand.
A cold front is expected to help cool the extreme humidex values across the west Tuesday evening, but it could also help trigger strong thunderstorms in some areas.
With files from The Canadian Press
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Tuesday's thunderstorm risk
Again, people were convinced that global warming is bullshit. We've been having progressively hotter and more humid summers here in BC.
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Aubog007 wrote on 2013-07-03 08:35
But, it didnt break the 1941 record...?
How does this prove global warming exists?
/doesnt understand.
And here in wisconsin, we had a nice cool and rainy summer compared to last year's drought.
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Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2013-07-03 08:39
Global Warming is real. But not in the way people think. It's nothing special. The planet goes through cycles of heating and cooling, and it has for millions of years. Right now we're in the hot cycle. Would you prefer a new ice age?
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Aubog007 wrote on 2013-07-03 09:12
I meant humans causing global warming
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Mentosftw wrote on 2013-07-03 09:32
Third day and it's already significantly cooler. Sigh I can already imagine all the air conditioners being refunded...
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Osayidan wrote on 2013-07-03 14:26
Global warming is a normal thing. It's not just global though, the entire solar system has been showing signs of getting hotter.
Doesn't mean we should keep polluting, since that doesn't help and causes other health/environment issues.
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Thorne wrote on 2013-07-03 17:18
Quote from Space Pirate Nithiel;1116182:
Global Warming is real. But not in the way people think. It's nothing special. The planet goes through cycles of heating and cooling, and it has for millions of years. Right now we're in the hot cycle. Would you prefer a new ice age?
Finally someone else realizes this other than me.
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-07-03 20:28
Quote from Thorne;1116348:
Finally someone else realizes this other than me.
My father has been telling me this for years. Plus it's common sense Earth Science. However, we could do with less pollution in general.
Regardless of Climate Change.
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Elleanior wrote on 2013-07-04 03:54
Quote from Space Pirate Nithiel;1116182:
Global Warming is real. But not in the way people think. It's nothing special. The planet goes through cycles of heating and cooling, and it has for millions of years. Right now we're in the hot cycle. Would you prefer a new ice age?
This makes sense. I never took a class that would give me this information, because history apparently has better things to teach us, and I never took earth science.
Regardless, it still means that things are heating up, and may or may not cool down within the next century.