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(CNN)   Well, on the plus side, the incoming hurricane will probably help with putting out all the wildfires started by the extreme heat wave in California   (cnn.com) divider line
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Stormneedle [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-07 1:13:37 PM  
The silver lining isn't supposed to drop on our heads from 10,000 feet.
 
raerae1980 [TotalFark]
2022-09-07 1:25:36 PM  
It's supposed to rain all day here on Saturday.   We really need it, I feel so bad for all the wild critters having to look for water.
 
Short Victoria's War
2022-09-07 2:03:37 PM  
Firracane.
Followed by heavy rain to put out the fires <phew>.
Followed by massive land slides.
 
thealgorerhythm
2022-09-07 2:06:37 PM  
Shouldn't that be a typhoon?
 
thealgorerhythm
2022-09-07 2:07:13 PM  

Short Victoria's War: Firracane.
Followed by heavy rain to put out the fires <phew>.
Followed by massive land slides.


And sharks to shore up the land slides
 
Harry Freakstorm [BareFark]
2022-09-07 2:07:21 PM  
I'm pro-global warming as much as the next guy but these 'extreme events' are just pandering to Gen X and the Millennials.  If Global Warming keeps this up, I might just have to throw my support up to Giant Space Rock or Super Volcano
 
ElwoodCuse
2022-09-07 2:09:38 PM  
that's the beauty part, when winter comes the gorillas simply freeze to death

/My favorite hobby is collecting antique spoons that have been struck by lightning
 
jvl
2022-09-07 2:10:19 PM  
Heat waves don't cause fires. They just make them worse. On the other hand, hurricane remnants bring thunderstorms and lightning does start fires.

Subby is completely backwards: the hurricane remnant will start fires not put them out
 
ImmutableTenderloin [BareFark]
2022-09-07 2:10:23 PM  
Wildfire is a good thing. Its Mother Natures way of cleaning her self off.
 
AnyName
2022-09-07 2:10:30 PM  
"A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-07 2:11:29 PM  

Harry Freakstorm: I'm pro-global warming as much as the next guy but these 'extreme events' are just pandering to Gen X and the Millennials.  If Global Warming keeps this up, I might just have to throw my support up to Giant Space Rock or Super Volcano


Gen X was promised a global thermonuclear war, possibly followed by a nuclear winter to take care of any survivors.
 
Harry Freakstorm [BareFark]
2022-09-07 2:11:42 PM  
Hurricane Kay will bring strong rains and high winds to the Mexican coast, but far from its center, the storm will also dictate the weather pattern for Southern California

Hurricane, kay?

/built a life-sized replica of the Great Wall of China out of popsicle sticks
 
jvl
2022-09-07 2:12:19 PM  

AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars


This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.
 
common sense is an oxymoron [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-07 2:14:13 PM  

thealgorerhythm: Shouldn't that be a typhoon?


In the Pacific they're hurricanes east of longitude 180 and typhoons to the west.
 
thealgorerhythm
2022-09-07 2:14:16 PM  

Ivo Shandor: Harry Freakstorm: I'm pro-global warming as much as the next guy but these 'extreme events' are just pandering to Gen X and the Millennials.  If Global Warming keeps this up, I might just have to throw my support up to Giant Space Rock or Super Volcano

Gen X was promised a global thermonuclear war, possibly followed by a nuclear winter to take care of any survivors.


But like all the promises we were made, none delivered.

Whatever.
 
thealgorerhythm
2022-09-07 2:16:04 PM  

common sense is an oxymoron: thealgorerhythm: Shouldn't that be a typhoon?

In the Pacific they're hurricanes east of longitude 180 and typhoons to the west.


I know, it's because of all the Taino language speakers on the west coast of North America and the lack of any Mandarin speakers in the same area.
 
raerae1980 [TotalFark]
2022-09-07 2:16:51 PM  

AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!


I have no idea what this person is trying to say.   Can someone translate?
 
MurphyMurphy
2022-09-07 2:17:16 PM  

thealgorerhythm: Shouldn't that be a typhoon?


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Apparently the international date line is a better delineator than simply hemisphere/ocean?
Idgi either
 
AnyName
2022-09-07 2:17:52 PM  

jvl: AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars

This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.


Then why are they telling people not to charge them :-)

I actually agree, but the timing is still kinda funny
 
cyberspacedout
2022-09-07 2:19:04 PM  
Nope. It'll be 220 miles south of San Diego, according to the article. That sucks for Baja California, but not so much for Alta California
 
fat boy
2022-09-07 2:19:36 PM  

jvl: AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars

This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.


charging in the middle of the night using Lunar power, Got it.
 
thealgorerhythm
2022-09-07 2:20:28 PM  

MurphyMurphy: thealgorerhythm: Shouldn't that be a typhoon?

[redcross.org image 714x374]

Apparently the international date line is a better delineator than simply hemisphere/ocean?
Idgi either


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Paging Alanis Morrisette ...
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-07 2:23:43 PM  

fat boy: jvl: AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars

This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.

charging in the middle of the night using Lunar power, Got it.


Nuclear, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass, waste-to-energy incinerator, etc.
 
raerae1980 [TotalFark]
2022-09-07 2:26:00 PM  

AnyName: jvl: AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars

This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.

Then why are they telling people not to charge them :-)

I actually agree, but the timing is still kinda funny


So they don't overwhelm the power grid during peak times.   This isn't that hard to understand.
 
wxboy
2022-09-07 2:26:58 PM  

MurphyMurphy: thealgorerhythm: Shouldn't that be a typhoon?

[redcross.org image 714x374]

Apparently the international date line is a better delineator than simply hemisphere/ocean?
Idgi either


It's a combination of local terms for a tropical storm, and the government entity responsible for monitoring and issuing forecasts and warnings for those specific areas. 180E/W marks the difference between responsibility being the Central Pacific Hurricane Center under NOAA in Honolulu and the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo.

https://community.wmo.int/latest-advisories-rsmcs-and-tcwcs
 
AnyName
2022-09-07 2:27:16 PM  

raerae1980: AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!

I have no idea what this person is trying to say.   Can someone translate?


There were multiple threads when Texas was in a similar situation where farkers were saying how dumb Texas was for being on their own grid and also for just being Texas.  Best part was there never was any rolling balckouts.

For some reason the same problem in CA hasn't generated any threads till now.  Go figure.

On a serious note, I thought being on a grid that covers half the country was supposed to avoid this.  Was that just more BS?
 
iron_city_ap
2022-09-07 2:28:11 PM  
That storm needs to take the 515 from Newport Beach to the 91, then get on the 15 to Las Vegas and GET OUT OF HERE.
 
KCinPA
2022-09-07 2:28:29 PM  

raerae1980: AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!

I have no idea what this person is trying to say.   Can someone translate?


He's just pointing out rampant hypocrisy.
 
ski9600 [TotalFark]
2022-09-07 2:29:51 PM  
So people in Southern California are happy that a devastating hurricane will hit Mexico causing vast destruction, just so the temperature drops a few degrees in Southern California soonish?
 
advex101
2022-09-07 2:32:59 PM  

AnyName: raerae1980: AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!

I have no idea what this person is trying to say.   Can someone translate?

There were multiple threads when Texas was in a similar situation where farkers were saying how dumb Texas was for being on their own grid and also for just being Texas.  Best part was there never was any rolling balckouts.

For some reason the same problem in CA hasn't generated any threads till now.  Go figure.

On a serious note, I thought being on a grid that covers half the country was supposed to avoid this.  Was that just more BS?


If I have a choice between the power going out in the summer or winter, I choose summer.
 
ski9600 [TotalFark]
2022-09-07 2:33:30 PM  

ImmutableTenderloin: Wildfire is a good thing. Its Mother Natures way of cleaning her self off.


wow, yes you are correct sir.
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-07 2:35:15 PM  

AnyName: raerae1980: AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!

I have no idea what this person is trying to say.   Can someone translate?

There were multiple threads when Texas was in a similar situation where farkers were saying how dumb Texas was for being on their own grid and also for just being Texas.  Best part was there never was any rolling balckouts.

For some reason the same problem in CA hasn't generated any threads till now.  Go figure.

On a serious note, I thought being on a grid that covers half the country was supposed to avoid this.  Was that just more BS?


They would have been blacked out much sooner if they had isolated their grid like Texas. The imported power is helping a lot but it's not an infinite resource.
 
ski9600 [TotalFark]
2022-09-07 2:36:33 PM  

jvl: AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars

This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.


I'm still not happy with the replies I've received when I ask "if people don't use the power at night when it's available where does it go"?
 
StoPPeRmobile
2022-09-07 2:41:06 PM  
Good thing we are switching to electric vehicles.

At least we just have 2 more years to go of it getting worse and then 2 years later we will back at this point again. Oh wait. I almost forgot that it's the cars and not the sun. I'm such a big dummy.
 
TheRedMonkey
2022-09-07 2:42:36 PM  

AnyName: jvl: AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars

This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.

Then why are they telling people not to charge them :-)

I actually agree, but the timing is still kinda funny


They are also telling people to not do laundry, cook, and to turn off everything they can. So electric refrigerators and washing machines are stupid and we should all use propane.
 
AurizenDarkstar
2022-09-07 2:46:44 PM  

raerae1980: AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!

I have no idea what this person is trying to say.   Can someone translate?


They're an idiot, don't even bother trying.

/Chief Sloth Wrangler
 
fat boy
2022-09-07 2:47:49 PM  

Ivo Shandor: fat boy: jvl: AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars

This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.

charging in the middle of the night using Lunar power, Got it.

Nuclear, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass, waste-to-energy incinerator, etc.


Nuke plant soon to close
Water? what water?
 
cyberspacedout
2022-09-07 2:48:19 PM  

Ivo Shandor: fat boy: jvl: AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars

This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.

charging in the middle of the night using Lunar power, Got it.

Nuclear, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass, waste-to-energy incinerator, etc.


Bicycle generator?
 
cowgirl toffee
2022-09-07 2:49:57 PM  
It will sweep up the hobo turds and drop them on Colorado... so its a win win.

/Director of Hilarious Antics
 
fat boy
2022-09-07 2:52:07 PM  

cowgirl toffee: It will sweep up the hobo turds and drop them on Colorado... so its a win win.


Damn, I've missed you
 
boozehat
2022-09-07 2:52:50 PM  
FTA: issued a Flex Alert for the 8th consecutive day, calling on residents to conserve power as operators anticipate peak demand to reach 51,211 megawatts.

That's pretty close to a Flux capacitor, and wouldn't 51,211 megawatts be 5.121 gigawatts?

That's heavy, Doc.
 
fat boy
2022-09-07 2:53:13 PM  

cyberspacedout: Ivo Shandor: fat boy: jvl: AnyName: telling people not to charge their cars

This is not the big deal people think it is. You charge in the middle of the night when there is plenty of available power instead of during the evening when everyones AC is maxed out.  And this request to conserve is extremely rare.

charging in the middle of the night using Lunar power, Got it.

Nuclear, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass, waste-to-energy incinerator, etc.

Bicycle generator?


24hr fitness should be carbon neutral
 
cowgirl toffee
2022-09-07 2:56:13 PM  

fat boy: cowgirl toffee: It will sweep up the hobo turds and drop them on Colorado... so its a win win.

Damn, I've missed you


<hugs>

How is it here now?  I left because of all the liberal bullshiat.  EVERYTHING was a political statement and it was no longer fun.  If I wanted that... I would have spent more time on the politics tab.  :/
 
EvilVanMan [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-07 2:58:34 PM  

boozehat: FTA: issued a Flex Alert for the 8th consecutive day, calling on residents to conserve power as operators anticipate peak demand to reach 51,211 megawatts.

That's pretty close to a Flux capacitor, and wouldn't 51,211 megawatts be 5.121 gigawatts?

That's heavy, Doc.


51.21 Gigawatts.  We're going waaaay back
 
wxboy
2022-09-07 3:00:55 PM  

Ivo Shandor: AnyName: raerae1980: AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!

I have no idea what this person is trying to say.   Can someone translate?

There were multiple threads when Texas was in a similar situation where farkers were saying how dumb Texas was for being on their own grid and also for just being Texas.  Best part was there never was any rolling balckouts.

For some reason the same problem in CA hasn't generated any threads till now.  Go figure.

On a serious note, I thought being on a grid that covers half the country was supposed to avoid this.  Was that just more BS?

They would have been blacked out much sooner if they had isolated their grid like Texas. The imported power is helping a lot but it's not an infinite resource.


Also, after some recent wildfires blamed on electrical infrastructure failures, operators in CA created a policy of shutting down transmission lines under wildfire high-risk conditions. Record heat would contribute to those conditions.

Caveat: I don't know if that's specifically at play right now.
 
hammettman
2022-09-07 3:02:02 PM  

ImmutableTenderloin: Wildfire is a good thing. Its Mother Natures way of cleaning her self off.


We're too lazy to go out and rake the forests anyway.
 
majestic
2022-09-07 3:04:35 PM  

AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!

This BS again. They did no such thing.
 
xalres
2022-09-07 3:08:02 PM  

AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!


Why're you asking others to do your work for you? You a commie or sumpin'?

/codswallop!
 
farkitallletitend
2022-09-07 3:11:47 PM  

xalres: AnyName: "A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California."

Could someone w/ way too much free time please pull a bunch of posts from the multiple Texas threads (where people were asked to lower electric use due to a record heat wave), replace "Texas" w/ "California" and re-post them here.

Bonus points if you can somehow work in telling people not to charge their cars days after passing a law banning ICE cars by 2035.

Thanks!!

Why're you asking others to do your work for you? You a commie or sumpin'?


bootstrap that info yourself you farkin' socialist.
 
ArcadianRefugee
2022-09-07 3:12:38 PM  
A sign displays a temperature of 109 degrees on September 6, 2022 in Petaluma, California.

c.tenor.comView Full Size
 
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