I'm in central Japan and this summer has been by far the worst in the 9 years I've been here. Energy prices are also through the roof right now since TEPCO chose to slander and FUD nuclear energy instead of admitting that their chain of penny-pinching, engineer-ignoring poor decisions was ultimately responsible for the Fukushima meltdown. I suspect a lot of people, particularly the elderly, are going to be squeezed past the breaking point as electric bills are doubling and tripling and air conditioning becomes an unaffordable luxury.

[–] jerome@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

we should all take the wealthy with us as we die.

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And in Denmark we just had the most rain in July since 1931. Seems like new weather records are broken every year now.

[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul 3 points 1 year ago

In my part of Florida it historically rains every afternoon throughout the summer, it used to be like clockwork that at 2 PM the sky turns dark and the downpour begins. It wasn't quite like that last couple of years and it's been nothing like that this year.

[–] Ukuli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I was just visiting Tokyo and Osaka for the first time during summer season, and my god was it hot! I was actually not that surprised by the heat and humidity per say, but by the intensity of the sunshine, considering I was coming from PH, the sun in Japan somehow stronger.