121 degrees
Fahrenheit = 49,5 degrees Celsius in LA County !!!!
California
is slowly becoming an immense Death Valley !!!!
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two articles below
OVOODOCORVO
DEATH VALLEY On the afternoon of Sunday/August 16, 2020
At 121 degrees, Woodland Hills hits all-time high temperature for L.A. County
By ALEX
WIGGLESWORTH, JACLYN COSGROVE
SEP. 6,
20207:58 AM UPDATED6:25 PM
As a
historic heat wave left Southern California broiling, Woodland Hills on Sunday
recorded an all-time high of 121 degrees, which the National Weather Service
said was the hottest temperature recorded at an official weather station in Los
Angeles County.
It broke
the old record of 119 degrees set in July of 2006 and was one of several
records to fall on Sunday. The NWS said Riverside hit its highest temperature
ever for September at 117 degrees; Santa Ana hit a record high for the day at
106.
Escondido
achieved an all-time high of 115 degrees, shattering a record set in 1909. Paso
Robles also hit an all-time high at 117, as did Idyllwild (104) and Chino
(121).
Woodland
Hills is one of the hottest parts of Los Angeles and often records extreme
temperatures. But the 121 degree reading — taken at Pierce College — marked the
highest temperature from an official NWS station from both only L.A. County but
also Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
In some
areas, Sunday was even hotter than Saturday, where the mercury hit historic
levels in some areas. Officials said at least three areas tied or topped
all-time record highs Saturday: Alpine (113), El Cajon (114) and Idyllwild
(103). The weather service said Burbank appeared to tie an all-time record at
114 degrees.
A slight
cooling trend should begin Monday. Even though areas could see temperatures
drop by 10 degrees, many locations will remain in the triple digits.
All-time
record heat across Southern California fuels fires, threatens power supply
Sep. 6,
2020
Officials,
meanwhile, are warning of possible rolling blackouts because of demand on the
power supply brought on by the heat.
The
California Independent System Operator, which runs the electric grid for much
of the state, declared a Stage 2 Emergency on Saturday night and warned it
could order utilities to institute rotating power outages.
But shortly
after 9 p.m., the body announced the emergency had been lifted with no outages
necessary, crediting consumer energy conservation.
Still, the
ISO said that rolling blackouts could be necessary Sunday, most likely between
5 p.m. and 9 p.m. The body was forecasting peak demand to outpace supply by
about 4,000 megawatts.That could force utilities to cut off power to 2.5 to 3
million customers statewide, Eric Schmidt, vice president of operations for
California ISO, said Sunday in a press briefing.
The ISO was
urging consumers to conserve energy, particularly during the peak demand time
of 3 and 6 p.m.
“I think
it’s fair to say that without really significant conservation and help from
customers today that we’ll have to have some rolling outages,” Schmidt, said.
“So this is really an appeal for people to help us out to get through what will
prove to be a very, very difficult day.”
Thousands
lost power Saturday across the region as the demand caused by the heat strained
the system. Both the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Southern
California Edison reported scattered but small power outages.
OPINIÃO
Califórnia. De paraíso a inferno
Em plena crise
corona continuamos na nossa vida quotidiana a não considerar o determinante
problema do clima com a urgência que merece.
António Sérgio Rosa de Carvalho
27 de Agosto de
2020, 6:06
https://www.publico.pt/2020/08/27/opiniao/opiniao/california-paraiso-inferno-1929394
Em 1970 os The Mamas & The Papas
anunciavam o paraíso da Califórnia.(1) Paraíso
garantido por clima ameno e referências culturais “mediterrânicas” residuais da
antiga colonização espanhola, características largamente apreciadas pelas
classes abastadas, estrelas de cinema e também os hippies de São Francisco.
Na tarde de domingo/16 de Agosto de 2020 o
famoso Vale da Morte na Califórnia registou a temperatura de 130 F, ou seja 55
graus C, talvez a mais alta temperatura jamais registada no Planeta. Ora, este
local é um dos mais inóspitos do planeta, constituído por uma paisagem de
ficção cientifica.
Precisamente, nos filmes desastres/ficção
científica a ruptura do sistema através das alterações climáticas é sempre
imaginada em mega eco-cataclismos, facilmente reconhecíveis pela Humanidade. No
entanto, em plena crise corona onde podemos experimentar um “cheirinho “de
distopia, na qual todas as nossas assumidas seguranças desaparecem
instantaneamente, continuamos na nossa vida quotidiana, apesar dos sinais
progressivamente visíveis e dos avisos permanentes da classe científica, a não
considerar o determinante problema do clima com a urgência que merece.
Na Califórnia, o Verão, devido à conjugação de
altas temperaturas, seca e tempestades tropicais transformadas em trovoadas
“secas”, fontes de ignição de milhares de focos de incêndio em áreas mais e
menos remotas, transformou-a num verdadeiro inferno. Portanto, aqui temos um
exemplo concreto e nitidamente visível, digno de um “filme-desastre” anunciador
de cataclismo/distópico/global, de que a Califórnia se está a transformar num
imenso “Vale da Morte”.
Façamos uma comparação em números do fenómeno:
No mesmo período do ano passado a Califórnia registou 4,292 wildfires nos quais
arderam 56.000 hectares. Este ano o número subiu para 7002 ‘wildfires’ nos
quais arderam 1 milhão e 400 mil hectares com a destruição de 12.000 estruturas.(2) Ora num discurso “normal” de predicados e
atractivos turísticos, é comum comparar Portugal à Califórnia. A 13 de Outubro
de 2018, aqui no PÚBLICO (3) eu afirmava “que
segundo as estimativas de alterações do clima, a Península Ibérica vai
transformar-se num imenso deserto inabitável.”
Muitos poderão considerar esta imagem
alarmista, mas basta, por exemplo, consultar a “estratégia” esboçada por Costa
e Silva para a Floresta Nacional, para ficarmos informados sobre o rigor, a
“visão” e a efectividade da qualidade planeadora do mesmo.
Num outro artigo aqui no PÚBLICO (4) intitulado
retoricamente “Coronavírus, o dia seguinte” eu, referindo-me à pausa distópica
provocada pelo vírus, perguntava: “Vamos, finalmente, aprender alguma coisa,
parar para reflectir, durante esta pausa a que fomos obrigados por este ‘factor
externo’, microscópica mensagem emitida pelo macro organismo onde estamos
inseridos?”.
A resposta a esta pergunta fundamental, vamos
obtê-la muito brevemente no determinante resultado das eleições americanas.
Determinante para todo o mundo, quando o actual Presidente dos EUA,
simplesmente, nega categoricamente que o problema do clima existe. Segundo ele
trata-se de mais uma teoria da conspiração
Historiador
de Arquitectura
1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk
3- https://www.publico.pt/2018/10/13/opiniao/opiniao/apres-nous-le-deluge-1847403
4- https://www.publico.pt/2020/03/16/sociedade/opiniao/coronavirus-dia-seguinte-1908033
Opinion
California. From
paradise to hell
In the midst of
the corona crisis we continue in our daily lives not to consider the decisive
climate problem with the urgency it deserves.
Antonio Sérgio Rosa
August 27, 2020,
6:06 AM
https://www.publico.pt/2020/08/27/opiniao/opiniao/california-paraiso-inferno-1929394
In 1970 The Mamas
& The Papas announced california's paradise. (1)
Paradise guaranteed by mild climate and
cultural references "Mediterranean" residual from the ancient Spanish
colonization, characteristics widely appreciated by the wealthy classes, movie
stars and also the hippies of San Francisco.
On the afternoon of Sunday/August 16, 2020,
the famous Death Valley in California recorded a temperature of 130 F, or 55
degrees C, perhaps the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet. Now,
this place is one of the most inhospitable on the planet, consisting of a
landscape of science fiction.
Precisely, in disaster/science fiction films
the rupture of the system through climate change is always imagined in mega
eco-cataclysms, easily recognizable by humanity. However, in the midst of the
corona crisis where we can experience a "smell" of dystopia, in which
all our assumed security disappears instantly, we continue in our daily lives,
despite the progressively visible signs and the permanent warnings of the
scientific class, not to consider the decisive climate problem with the urgency
it deserves.
In California, summer, due to the combination
of high temperatures, drought and tropical storms turned into "dry"
thunderstorms, sources of ignition of thousands of fire outbreaks in more and
less remote areas, turned it into a real inferno. So here we have a concrete
and clearly visible example, worthy of a cataclysm/dystopian/global heralding
"disaster film" that California is turning into an immense
"Valley of Death".
Let's make a
comparison in numbers of the phenomenon: In the same period last year
California recorded 4,292 wildfires in which they burned 56,000 hectares. This
year the number rose to 7002 'wildfires' in which burned 1.4 million hectares
with the destruction of 12,000 structures.( 2) In a "normal" discourse of
predicates and tourist attractions, it is common to compare Portugal to
California. On October 13, 2018, here at PÚBLICO (3)
I stated "that according to estimates of climate change, the Iberian
Peninsula will turn into an immense uninhabitable desert."
Many may consider this image alarmist, but it
is enough, for example, to consult the "strategy" outlined by Costa e
Silva for the National Forest, to be informed about the rigor, the
"vision" and effectiveness of the planning quality of the same.
In another
article here in PÚBLICO (4) rhetorically titled "Coronavirus, the
next day" I, referring to the dystopian pause caused by the virus, asked:
"Will we finally learn something, stop to reflect, during this pause to
which we were forced by this 'external factor', microscopic message issued by
the macro organism where we are inserted?".
The answer to this fundamental question, we
will get it very briefly in the decisive outcome of the American elections.
Crucial for the whole world, when the current Us President simply categorically
denies that the climate problem exists. According to him it is another
conspiracy theory
Historian of
Architecture
1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk
3- https://www.publico.pt/2018/10/13/opiniao/opiniao/apres-nous-le-deluge-1847403
4- https://www.publico.pt/2020/03/16/sociedade/opiniao/coronavirus-dia-seguinte-1908033
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