Region in France bans outdoor gatherings & concerts until officials declare heatwave over
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Counter Signal: “Everyone now faces a health risk,” official Fabienne Buccio told France Bleu radio, after announcing the regional restrictions around Bordeaux. Officials in France banned people from attending concerts, outdoor gatherings, and events due to safety concerns over a heatwave. … Outdoor events – including, ironically, annual ‘Resistance’ celebrations – are banned until the officials declare the heatwave is over. They’re even restricting some indoor events that don’t have air conditioning. … Nonetheless, rather than let people take responsibility for themselves – to hydrate or stay home – French officials are comfortable deciding for them.
By: Admin – Climate Depot
June 17, 2022 4:02 PM
By MIKE CAMPBELL
Officials in France banned people from attending concerts, outdoor gatherings, and events due to safety concerns over a heatwave.
“Everyone now faces a health risk,” official Fabienne Buccio told France Bleu radio, after announcing the regional restrictions around Bordeaux.
Outdoor events – including, ironically, annual ‘Resistance’ celebrations – are banned until the officials declare the heatwave is over. They’re even restricting some indoor events that don’t have air conditioning.
However, private weddings are still allowed.
Temperatures reportedly hit 40 degrees Celsius on Thursday, and the heatwave is expected to peak on Saturday.
Nonetheless, rather than let people take responsibility for themselves – to hydrate or stay home – French officials are comfortable deciding for them.
Indeed, democratic governments seem comfortable stripping citizens’ freedoms for safety as of late. From COVID lockdowns to climate.
Recently, The Counter Signal reported that climate change lockdowns were likely on the horizon.
For example, unelected IGOs recently advised the British government to outright ban driving on Sundays to curb rising gas prices and address an energy crisis.
The advisement came from the International Energy Agency (IEA) as part of a 10-point plan, central to which is achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
And this isn’t as conspiratorial as it might sound.
For example, while speaking on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO), International Council of Nurses CEO Howard Catton claimed that climate change is the “grandmother of all health threats,” suggesting that the WHO may get involved with climate change-related health risks, like heatwaves, in the future.
Moreover, Nicole Schwab, the daughter of World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab) recently said she wants governments to take advantage of COVID infrastructure and policies to fight climate change.
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I want to ask — “Is this satire?” but I know it isn’t.
40C+ is normal in the Coachella valley of California in the summer. Somehow approximately 300,000 people who live there in the summer manage to survive. I used to go out cycling in the early morning when the temperature was only 90F and on a long ride it could reach 110F. Many others were out as well.
The “Officials” now know best. The compassionate “it’s for your own good”, the new improved authoritarian newspeak. I saw a tee-shirt that said, “Keep 1984 Fiction. Apropos?
M1984FA
Make 1984 Fiction Again!
We are PAST keeping 1984 fiction, it is reality in the US, just watch a White House press conference.
They’re re-writing history before it’s even happened…
Something like this I guess…
<nasal haw haw haw>
“Remeberez vous le deez wheetiem de la junvemier al la annee dux et dooz.
Ah oui, je remeberez le well
Parceque les Gasses de Vert Maison, lez temepartoursz est trop chaud pour tootz les everyone.
Et ooh la la, nous ad to avez un fait et enforsay Un Lockdown de la La Francais
Malheurisment il est Pas de Fun dans le Sun pour tootz Les Francais mais les est soooo dumb et nooz est so Clever et Intelligente = nooze simply had to fait accompli.
Bonjour et regardez forward a la next lockdown
They practiced on Covid and now there is no limit to what they think they can do with new powers.
How about this cold wave up in the Arctic? No other year in the DMI data shows such a cool start at the start of summer. … http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php
Yes, things are looking a little cooler all over, despite periodic heat waves.
Ahem – those ‘periodic heat waves’ are what we used to call summer! I’m not used to having the heating come on in the middle of June on a chilly morning.
You’re on the “wrong” side of the jet stream, Richard. 🙂
Seriously, f*** Macron.
“Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Article 11 protects the right to freedom of assembly and association, including the right to form trade unions, subject to certain restrictions that are “in accordance with law” and “necessary in a democratic society”.
June 18th – Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Just saying.
Yeah, I think that was at a time when we actually got on fairly well with the Dutch, Germans and Belgians, though!
The Belgians were not invented yet.
For many days, French TV news was almost only talking about “la canicule” (with still time for “Macron rencontre Zelensky”).
It’s “heat in Paris” “heat in town X” “heat in town Y” etc. Booooring.
Who gave bureaucrats this power? Do they actually have this power? It seems like the sort of thing that could be challenged in a court of law.
This idea that the primary responsibility of a government is to keep people safe came as a great surprise to me when people started telling it to me – maybe it’s near the top, but I would have thought protecting my freedoms was higher up the list.
It should be a compromise between freedoms and safety; with the proviso that some muppets will still always break the rules. These days it’s looking more like the balance is way off with the governments making the rules for muppets and forcing compliance on the rest of us.
Of what use is Socialist power over people’s lives if it doesn’t get used?
France locked down over 104 degree F heat? The French had best stay away from Arizona in the summer if they think 104 F is that bad. Ditto for a great part of the world in the So. Hemisphere. Wusses.
It’s odd that people from the northern climes and Canada keep moving to Arizona. Those folks seem to be the only Clinate Refugees the IPCC/CAGWers keep warning us about. They’re all moving to get away from the COLD!
To be fair, I should add Florida and the US South to the list of places Northern Climate Refugees are fleeing. However, they do seem to be particularly fond of Florida and Arizona.
I vividly recall the heat wave of 1980 in the Mid-West USA. I was pregnant with our second child which made it even more memorable and miserable. Many elderly died from it, especially, the poor and, in particular blacks living in poor and high crime areas. They died because the elderly often don’t realize how hot it is. That is a part of the aging process and they did not feel nor realize how hot it was. It affected the poor in high crime areas because many had their windows nailed such to keep out intruders and couldn’t open them even if they realized how hot it was getting.
That is when I learned, back then anyway, A/C would only cool your house 20 degrees below the outside temperature. It was very HOT!
And a water cooler, which is what I had available way back when, when I was a kid, is useless above about 100F. At some point all it does is blow hot air.
From the article: “For example, while speaking on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO), International Council of Nurses CEO Howard Catton claimed that climate change is the “grandmother of all health threats,” suggesting that the WHO may get involved with climate change-related health risks, like heatwaves, in the future.”
There is no evidence that human-caused climate change (which is what they are talking about) is real. Not enough to be noticeable, anyway. So there are no human-caused climate change-related health risks.
“grandmother of all threats” As if Mr. Catton knows this. He doesn’t. He is taking someone else’s word for it. The “someone else” is wrong. So Mr. Catton is wrong. You are assuming too much, Mr. Catton. Evidence, Mr. Catton. Evidence. You don’t have any.
Wouldn’t a daylight curfew enforced by shoot on sight be simpler to administer and more effective.
Do not, I repeat, do not give them any ideas. China’s likely to trial it then our wannabe socialist’s will insist we adopt the ‘successful solution’.
I mowed, now where are my climate reparations checks and reporters lining up to do interviews and film the sweat?
Did they ban Juneteenth festivals?
Never let a good heat wave go to waste. Isn’t that right Rahm?
Training, conditioning, call it what you want. Seems to have worked.