As of Friday, 93% of the West is experiencing some form of drought. Add the threat of dry thunderstorms for some areas in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, California and Oregon and that creates the perfect conditions for wildfires to ignite, CNN meteorologist Rob Shackelford said. "The risk of dry thunderstorms can spark wildfires, and the fact that so much of the entire West is under a drought, that could lead to wildfires popping up quite easily," Shackelford said.
Hide Caption 10 of 14 Photos: Historic heat wave in the Pacific NorthwestAn abandoned pint of ice cream melts in Portland on Sunday.Hide Caption 11 of 14 Photos: Historic heat wave in the Pacific NorthwestPeople rest at a cooling center that was set up at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on Sunday.Hide Caption 12 of 14 Photos: Historic heat wave in the Pacific NorthwestParamedics respond to a heat-exposure call in Salem, Oregon, on Saturday.
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Burn more oil… Re-leave the Paris agreement. If you are dumb, you must live with the consequences…
Just IMAGINE how crook it could get by 2050 if we don't press our Government's around the Globe to ababdon fossil fuels & start proactively cleaning up the planet & EMBRACING ALL, instead of Nationalistically competing & start GLOBALLY COLLABORATING? We've NEVER done it before?
This is CNN's precursor for global warming. Don't be fooled. Its just summer and people who were stuck in regulated air because of lockdowns are now having to get used to unregulated temperatures again.
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