#heat-wave — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #heat-wave, aggregated by home.social.
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RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/117190389552428891
See thread from @Nonilex
"A record-breaking #ElNiño & a #marine #heatwave in the #Pacific Ocean have combined to load the atmosphere with moisture, helping fuel the deadly #flooding. "
https://mastodon.social/@Nonilex@masto.ai/117190396820708316
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A record-breaking #ElNiño & a #marine #heatwave in the #Pacific Ocean have combined to load the atmosphere with moisture, helping fuel the deadly #flooding.
On the backdrop of #ClimateChange, these factors have driven atmospheric moisture levels 5 to 15% higher than average. That has loaded the dice for downpours this summer, such as those that hit the #GrandCanyon Saturday.#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #FlashFlood #monsoon #weather
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Why you might notice cracks appearing in your home — especially in London
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CNN: A massive heat dome is bringing storms to the Northeast, and causing sweltering temperatures heading into fall
By Meteorologist Tyler Ory, CNN
Updated: 3:02 PM EDT, Sun August 30, 2026
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/08/30/weather/northeast-storms-heat-climate
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In case you wonder if my expensive service plan is worth it, oh yes indeed. In every rental home in Phoenix the homes every summer would have some sort of AC crisis. And yes, each time I had to get us to a hotel room for 1-2 nights. There is also a regular worry if we will have a power outage. I bought a big gas generator that sits on a cart in the garage if we are desperate.
I learned today the #1 top reason to buy that monthly plan: turns out tariffs are a big problem in getting repair parts. The tech said the reason they have to honor that AC replacement about 3-4 times a year strictly because of the problems caused by The Orange Guy!!!
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Oh wow the tech just left and it was caused by a panel that blew off in the dust storm middle of the night! We didn’t even know there was one. Now we know why the filters in the house were chock full of dust! So now we are quickly getting cooler—79° right now. Let me tell you, this is substantially better than the 87° we had gotten to!
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Tech just arrived and on roof. He told me there was a dust storm here the middle of the night! I had no idea. However he just changed the 2 large filters in the house and they were chock full of dust! And we change them once a month.
#Heat #Heatwave #Emergency #Phoenix -
Sooooo today we will learn if my wager I was better off getting the monthly service plan was worth it 3 years ago when we got a new AC and extended ductwork. As of noon it is 83° inside as our system isn’t working. The company is a big national one and the guarantee is a service call with no charges. If they can’t get it fixed completely within 3 days they must install a new one. The call is set for 3-4 pm. Worried.
Son with seizure disorder can start seizures from the heat. Even his anticonvulsants may not work. Planning to get the car running to cool him down. If the house gets to 95° I will take off to see about a hotel. This is nerve wracking. #Heat #Heatwave #Emergency #Phoenix
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"Heatwaves show UK must do more to promote sustainable transport, campaigners say"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/26/heatwaves-uk-promote-cycling-walking
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Feeling raindrops, but not sure it's sweat, a localized rain cell from my tomato sauce steam, or actual rain. #heatwave
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@GuillaumeRossolini/117174532853462972
Some statistics about why this experiment
In France, our grid is mostly (two thirds) nuclear powered with a lot of hydro (10%) to fill the gaps, and then the usual suspects with wind (9%) and solar (6%), according to ElectricityMaps [1].
So that’s a good three quarters reliable energy and I’m not aware of spot prices from my utility.
Our prices are constant and mostly regulated, but we can also opt into some degree of variability, where we know by the end of the morning what the next day will be like. And even that is a contractual price that gets revised once or twice a year.
So…
During a heat wave, the following happens at the same time (this is according to CarbonBrief [2]):
- nuclear generates 9% less than usual due to rivers warming up (8 of our 57 reactors use rivers for cooling) and we need to protect the downstream environment, so these reactors are slowed down;
- solar generates a little less than usual due to efficiency loss, but that’s probably compensated by the absence of clouds;
- wind generates 30-50% less energy;
- much increased energy demand due to air conditioning.
So there. The national grid is all well and good but we can’t draw from it infinitely or at any cost, and we have to do our part.
Perhaps “not drawing from the grid” whenever possible could work? My experiment shows that a handful of solar panels can completely solve this.
In France, there are 37 million homes [3] with 8% of them being empty, for 69 million people. About 60% of the inhabitants own their home [4], and 79% of them inhabit a house [5] rather than a flat.
I’m going to go on a limb and guess that a lot of them have space for 2 solar panels.
That’s a huge chunk of people who could do the same that I did and not be part of the problem in a heat wave.
[1] https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/FR/all/yearly
[2] https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-how-nuclear-gas-wind-and-solar-power-are-affected-during-heatwaves
[3] https://www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/edition-numerique/chiffres-cles-du-logement/partie1-la-composition-du-parc-de-logements
[4] https://www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/edition-numerique/chiffres-cles-du-logement/partie2-les-menages-et-leur-residence-principale
[5] https://www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/chiffres-cles-du-logement-edition-2022?rubrique=&dossier=1055 -
Deploying something I purchased awhile back as a heatwave mitigation experiment. This is "aluminet", a reflective tarp which reflects a significant amount of sunlight yet lets air pass through. My thought was having this in a vehicle would enable you to better shelter from heat if you, for example, got stuck in Death Valley if your car broke down in summer. Or the Mojave. Or wherever. #heatwave
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Algeria Wildfire Deaths Surge to 73 as National Mourning Declared
Death toll from Algeria wildfires jumps from 12 to 73 as President Tebboune declares three days of national mourning, with 64 blazes still active.
https://pulseofnations.lol/algeria-wildfire-deaths/
#Algeria #Climate #Emergency #Heatwave #Mourning #NorthAfrica #Wildfires
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Hmm, at least one local radio amateur ended up at the emergency room for a medical issue, likely triggered by the heatwave. #heatwave
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"...Some callers also asked for ambulances because they wanted transportation to a location with air conditioning.
“And some people just said, ‘I don’t care, just send me an ambulance,’” he said. “And when you say that, I just kind of have to. We’ve only got so many ambulances, so the people that really, really need to be transported as the temperatures quickly went up, those ambulances weren’t available because they were transporting people that just wanted a ride.”..."
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St. George News: 15 calls to 911: Power outage strains emergency services across Washington County
"...While many residents called 911 seeking information about the outage, others needed emergency assistance because of the loss of electricity. Some reported problems with oxygen concentrators, others could not operate electric garage doors and about 10 calls involved people stuck in elevators, ..."
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Plug-in solar in an urban setting
Having a really hot summer in France and very few clouds for weeks, I thought I’d do a little experiment with my beginner’s plug-in solar equipment.
The idea was to change my habits every week and to see how effective my two panels could be at offsetting my house’s power draw from the grid.
The gist of it is that by merely having my equipment and a small garden, I could avoid drawing almost a third; and by optimizing panels placement, erase two thirds of my weekly electricity usage.
I’ll be adding my notes further down.
The solar equipment that I have is
- 2x 400 W panels
- 1x micro inverter with two 400 W solar inputs, also one battery connection and one grid connection, each of which can sustain 600 W in both directions at the same time, and maximum 800 W combined to the grid
- 1x battery with 1 kWh capacity, 1200 W charging rate from the grid and 1800 W output rate (or 2400 W in short bursts)
- supports for the panels so that they can be placed on the ground, oriented and tilted towards the sun
The house also has a water/air heat pump (but no air conditioning) that cycles every now and then to keep the water at temperature. It is responsible for perhaps half of the remaining power draw at the best of times (August 11).
Appliances in the house: ventilation system, fridge, freezer. The house draws 110-280 W depending what appliances wake up.
As far as using the kitchen this August: I usually took eggs and coffee in the morning, a pot or two of tea during the day, then cooking that required sustained boiling water in the evening. Lunch didn’t require using the kitchen.
Disclaimer: I’m not an electrician, but I have an understanding of the concepts involved and my place is up to code.
[edit] follow-up here with my rationale for this
https://infosec.exchange/@GuillaumeRossolini/117179981290970094 -
A massive new wave of deadly wildfires is sweeping northern Algeria ravaging the land and choking the skies with smoke.
Our hearts ache for all those affected.
The biggest fossil fuel polluters continue to profit while ordinary people pay with their homes and lives. It's time to hold big polluters to account for climate harm.
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RHS issues warning to gardeners after record-breaking heatwave but says 'don't panic'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-to-save-garden-heatwave-37601226
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Spiderman and heatwaves help cinema chain Odeon enjoy best summer since 2019
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/spiderman-heatwaves-help-cinema-chain-37603596
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France links rise in drownings to heatwaves https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlxlp4lx9yo?at_medium=RSS/Mastodon
#France #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #swimming #drownings