1/ Like Anthropocene risk specialist Mike Tyson said - Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
2020 would be a blaring climate emergency if it weren't for the pandemic. Nature does not stay at home. All in one week in the US. ⬇️
2/ 10+ day long heatwave predicted in California & Western US states. Heat+humidity kills elderly ppl; It's as dangerous as the virus & requires cooling & social care. Already, wildfires & electricity blackouts for millions. weatherwest.com/archives/7427
3/ A straight ~400kms wall of hurricane speed wind suddenly formed (too numerically unstable to be predictable on models) and just mowed down farms & cities in midwest.
4/ Its not just one crazy week of disasters coast-to-coast in the US. Pandemic has sucked away oxygen from extreme events across the world. We must rebuild this fossil-fueled Doomsday machine. Thread.
5/ Fire tornado warning today in tinderbox of California Sierra Nevada-California region. The heatwave is predicted to persist for 10+ days making more impacts likely. windy.com/-Aerosol-aod55…
6/ Not to be left out from wild week of US weather, a Haboob rolls into Phoenix, Arizona! #azwx
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