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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Heat dome wasn't a word in 2013. Fire weather meant a dry day, not a tornado forming inside of a wild fire.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Heat dome and heat island have been used for a couple decades in Arizona.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It did in parts of Canada. America just wasn't paying attention.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's worse now. But it's not super dramatic.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You're like the Black Knight from Holy Grail