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An acute heatwave roasting much of India has claimed at least 100 lives, with more deaths feared because the annual monsoon rains have yet to come, officials said Thursday.
In the eastern state of Orissa, at least 58 people have died due to sunstroke since April, disaster management official Durgesh Nandini Sahoo told AFP in the state capital Bhubaneswar.
Local newspapers have reported at least 12 deaths in the impoverished northern state of Bihar, and 17 deaths in neighbouring Jharkhand state.
The Press Trust of India has reported 18 deaths in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, and six more in the south-central state of Andhra Pradesh. In the eastern state of Chhattisgarh authorities have ordered schools to shut.
Indians have been watching the skies anxiously after the monsoon failed to appear two weeks ago, prompting concerns about the impact on agriculture and water supplies as lakes run dry after a long, hot summer.
In the capital New Delhi temperatures over the past week have touched 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit).
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- JanforGore
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What about the idea of we are moving in cycles...not on a linear path that is unchanging.I'm not saying that the earth isnt warming..but people really believe that this is a man made "problem" that can be fixedwhen in "fact" there could be numerous reasons for these climatic changes..for people to become aware of that truth is very important...just because 1 group believes doesnt mean we all have to.The changes that are occurring are more complicated than just some co2 emissions..we need to begin thinking BIG..Btw Great article just the opening liner got me started..my heart goes to the families..
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Look up the words " climate forcings" in science. That will give you the complication you need to explain the severity and rapaciousness of what is now happening. Because with all due respect, I am tired of arguing about the same stuff here while people are dying because a certain selfish group refuses to believe they are responsible for anything.
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- JanforGore
- 5 months ago
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it seems to me that things are going slow because the rich and powerful people are trying to figure out how to make the energy transition without losing their class stature and money.
to which I say, it's time for socialism.
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- stephenthomson
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Personally, I think it's time for a revolution.
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- JanforGore
- 5 months ago
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I've heard global cooling is a much more likely scenario but who knows. Here in Utah it snowed late into the year and now it's raining a lot. It's hard to say for sure.
Hey Jan check this article out.
http://current.com/items/90273655_weatherman-predicts-weather-events-one-year-in...
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- Mikeysfake1
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