The entire planet is getting hotter so it no longer matters where you live. Why this is becoming such a big deal is more and more people have most west in America particularly the desert southwest where it has always been friggin' hot (it is a desert after all).
Problem is temperatures not only have reached well into the triple digits they are staying there - for weeks. Tourist shitholes like Vegas has already seen several weeks with temperatures reaching above 110F (43C), and it expected to break the record for its hottest day, potentially reaching or exceeding the record of 117F.
Phoenix has reported over two weeks of temperatures reaching or exceeding a high of 110F and expected to remain above 110F breaking the record for 18 straight days of 110F degrees or hotter and nighttime temperatures remaining in the mid-90s also breaking records for the longest run of nights above 90 degrees.
Despite what morons like lee and Ajax say with their stupid maps and horseshit Fossil fuel industry propaganda this record heat and its deadly consequences are the product of capitalist-induced climate change and the complete indifference of governments around the world to do a god damn thing about it.
Look at Canada where hotter
and drier conditions resulted in massive wildfires with the smoke has oscillating down into Trump MAGA country, posing a risk to human health, as people breathe in the smoke hundreds of miles away. I was just looking at the NOAA website and they are saying there have been 12 individual disasters thus far causing more than $1 billion in damage in the America and not only that, this heat wave has caused over 100 fatalities and more than $32.7 billion in damages - and that's in America alone and the year is what, 2/3rds over?
Those pesky scientist has speculating we as humans have about a 6 to 8 years or so left before the
irreversible and drastic changes to the Earth's climate happen. This goes from heat, to increased tornadoes in places that usually don't see them, massive flooding, more powerful hurricanes and cyclones, widespread drought and the billions and billions in loss and damages from infrastructure to food supply.
I admire the courageous work of Extinction Rebellion in the U.K. and of Last Generation in Germany; but its way past time to admit that their tactics have not succeeded in accomplishing the changes necessary to stop and reverse climate change impacts. Most of them are just pissing in the wind as far as I'm concerned.The reason for the failure of idealistic tactics based on moral appeal is that the real solutions to the climate change problem would require the overthrow of the capitalist political-economic system. Appealing to politicians and business executives is a waste of time and energy.
So who knows? When summer does come to the Southern Hemisphere will it be worse in places like Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and so on? Only time can tell and time is not looking good.