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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Global warming blamed as China endures freak weather |
| 2007-07-30 |
| Global warming was under a fierce spotlight in China on Monday as forecasters said Shanghai was set for its hottest summer on record, while flood and drought wreaked havoc in other parts of the country. Shanghai experienced its second hottest day on record on Sunday when the mercury touched 39.6 degrees Celsius (103.3 degrees Fahrenheit), with similarly high temperatures expected this week, the Shanghai Daily said. Sunday's heat wave caused power and water consumption for the 17 million people of China's economic hub to hit all-time highs, which posed a "grave supply threat", according to the paper. Weather forecasters are now expecting Shanghai to swelter through at least 22 days of temperatures above 35 degrees this summer, which would make it the hottest since records first were kept, the paper said. Meanwhile, flood and drought are continuing to cause major problems across much of the country, with scientists blaming global warming for the unusual weather, the China Daily reported. "Unbalanced distribution of rainstorms, persistent high temperatures, severe drought and powerful typhoons are all the result of climate change," the China Daily said, citing a number of weather experts. Floods have killed 90 people over the past week in the mountainous regions of northwest China's Xinjiang region, while hailstorms and rain claimed another 10 lives in central Hubei province over the weekend, according to the paper. More than 700 people have died from flood-related disasters across China so far this year, the China Daily said. Meanwhile north and northeast China is enduring its worst drought in two decades, according to the director of the China Meteorological Administration climate change monitoring office, Xu Ying. |
| Posted by:Delphi |
| #5 "Unbalanced distribution of rainstorms, persistent high temperatures, severe drought and powerful typhoons are all the result of climate change," the China Daily said, citing a number of weather experts. You know I was waiting for them to blame China's deviation from strict commie orthodoxy for the bad weather. There were never typhoons, hot spells or floods when Mao boy was in charge. |
| Posted by: WTF 2007-07-30 22:31 |
| #4 aren't they cracking down on Islamists? Maybe it's just Allah's Will™...or does that meme get superceded for China? Ima confused on the meme priority |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-07-30 22:29 |
| #3 Hey... China pollutes more than anyone now. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-07-30 20:24 |
| #2 Has anyone noticed a panic sell off of ocean front property lately ? IIIII didn't think so. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-07-30 19:49 |
| #1 Glowball Wormening? Howzabout it's just WEATHER? Idiots. When the global climate cools (coming shortly or possibly already in the process) slightly, China's gonna be in a world of hurt. And they're gonna wish for some warming. But the warming won't come back because they've hurt its feelings. So there! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-07-30 18:25 |