Eastern US Headed for Many More Extreme Heat Waves With Warming, Study Finds

[unhappycamper]

Washington D.C. is projected to see 100 summer days above 90 degrees by 2050, if emissions continue unabated.


Eastern US Headed for Many More Extreme Heat Waves With Warming, Study Finds
Sunday 15 August 2010
by: Elizabeth McGowan | SolveClimate

Washington - When "snowmageddon" buried the nation's capital in February, Sen. Jim Inhofe's grandchildren delved into the record-shattering drifts to construct an igloo near the U.S. Capitol.

They jokingly labeled it Al Gore's new home.

Six months later, the thought of taking refuge in an icy shelter is quite appealing to heat-weary Washingtonians. While the Oklahoma Republican senator used the igloo to tweak the former vice president and as a prop in his relentless crusade to prove global warming a hoax, climate scientists are once again emphasizing that current and upcoming weather extremes are no laughing matter.

Oppressive temperatures gripping Southern and Eastern U.S. states this summer will only worsen if little is done to curb greenhouse gases, according to an August report update from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a conservation group.

"2010 is a sample of what's to come," said Amanda Staudt, lead climate scientist for the report titled "Extreme Heat in Summer 2010: A Window on the Future."

[liberal N proud]

1. When water is lapping at the Capitol Steps because of rising sea levels...

Will Inhofe still be joking about it?

Global Warming was a label put on Climate Change to misguide the public. Just like every other piece of propaganda in this country, they polluted the message in Climate Change as well.

Greed was again the culprit.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. K&R