From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
By Paul Homewood
h/t Paul Kolk
The latest fake news from the BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/av/66818689
According to BBC weatherman Simon King:
“Canada, the US and Mexico often get extreme weather. We’ve seen heatwaves, droughts and wildfires in recent years.
And with the 2026 World Cup being held in these locations, how much of a problem is extreme weather going to be?”
He uses as his example this year’s heatwave in Texas, which he falsely claims to be “record breaking”:
Far from being record breaking, temperatures of 38C (100F) in Dallas occur virtually every summer. The record there is 112F set in 1980.
And although the heatwave lasted a bit longer than normal this summer with 43 days of 100F or more, there is nothing unusual about this either:
http://climod2.nrcc.cornell.edu/
It’s the same story in Miami, where temperatures of 35C (95F) occur most years.
In neither city is there any evidence that temperatures are increasing.
Maybe Simon King should go and check what the weather was like the last time the US hosted the World Cup in 1994:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup
From the article: “Far from being record breaking, temperatures of 38C (100F) in Dallas occur virtually every summer.”
Has there ever been a year when Texas did not hit 100F or higher? I bet there is no record of this ever happening.
And why do those charts begin in 1942? Texas was keeping temperature records before that time. The chart leaves out the 1930’s temperature highpoint.
Typical Alarmist propaganda technique:
“Could extreme weather hit the 2026 World Cup?” – Yes that’s possible.
Could a bolt of lighting strike a player as he is about to attempt a penalty kick? – Yes, that’s also possible.
But to varying degrees neither are likely.
The more important point they have finessed is that extreme weather events have not increased in severity or intensity over the last 100 years, so the chances of that happening are the same as they were in say 1930.
San Francisco has a Mediterranean climate?
Since when?