Global warming hits hard as we experience the coldest winter I’ve ever had in this region. Canadian levels of cold. I almost closed the window all the way at night. Which means it’s Arctic weather for real. The window is still open a crack but if things continue this way, I might really close it.
Yes, I’m loving every second of it. That moment when you feel like your eyeballs have frozen solid and might actually crack? Paradise.
When the temperature first drops below freezing, say 30F, it can feel bitterly cold. Then it drops to below 0F and we are astounded. When the temperature rises to 20F we are amazed at how wonderful it feels.
Raymond R, a Canadian
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Snowpocalypse is real. Don’t make fun of it…
https://www.wral.com/story/snow-in-raleigh-2014-glenwood-ave/13390109/
https://www.wral.com/wral-tv/image_gallery/13392751/
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SA has a similar climate coast to coast to the southern US. People often compare SA provinces to US states.
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The New Mexico bit is very puzzling to me, actually the entire map is but New Mexico in particular. There is no seashore in New Mexico, it is high altitude and extremely low humidity. Parts of it are like a landscape on Mars (Mars rovers and related robotics are actually tested over there). Florida is the opposite of that. That border between the “New Mexico” and “Florida” in SA must be quite something…
But, I am impressed that someone knew that New Mexico is actually in the US. Most Americans do not know it is one of the states, which can get quite funny.
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I don’t agree 100% with this map. The Northern Cape and Karoo desert look much more like Mars.
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The true Mars is Namibia.
https://www.africanbudgetsafaris.com/blog/mars-unaffordable-namibias-way-better-anyway/
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“SA has a similar climate coast to coast to the southern US. “
Why? Shouldn’t it have a much colder one? I mean it’s kind of close to the South Pole, isn’t it?
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Cape Town is on the same latitude as Los Angeles. Most of Africa is actually in the northern hemisphere.
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OT: but do you know anything about Chilean politics? Some interesting commentary about their most recent election, but I don’t know if any of it is real:
https://x.com/DailyDosOfChaos/status/2000569101086040271
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