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Re:September was the most anomalously hot month ever by rando_dfad on Thursday October 05, 2023 @06:19PM (#37784998)
> And the annual variation in temperature of ~50 degrees C many places on earth does not really support it.

Ummm, hello? so "most anomalously hot month ever" does not suggest a change in the underlying system??

Would you predict that handrails in Arizona now can give 3rd degree burns? https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/health/arizona-heat-burns-er/...

Because I remember conversations like this when I was growing up:

"Mommy, can I go to the playground?" "No, Johnny, the slide will fry your ass"

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Re:September was the most anomalously hot month ever by zosima on Friday October 06, 2023 @04:19AM (#37788309)
Please read what you're replying to, before pressing reply.

"equilibrium so precarious that a couple degrees in mean temperature change" does not really mesh very well with having annual (and even daily) variation much larger.

If you never experienced a hot slide as a kid, maybe you were just coddled? Lots of the modern so-called environmentalism is driven by people having ridiculously little first hand experience with nature or even being outdoors.

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