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If for some reason you have been hidden away in a cave here is some news you need to know:

Monday was the hottest average day ever on planet earth. That is until Tuesday which was a bit hotter and then became the hottest day ever on earth. That is until Wednesday which was a bit hotter than Tuesday. Get the picture?

It is hotter than it has been for 125,000 years. 125,000 years. We can only speculate on what the climate was like then, but we know what is happening now.

Widespread forest fires that beget choking smoke being sent around the world. People dying of heat related causes. So far we have been spared power outages, but they can be expected. 

Melting glaciers and icecaps. As they melt we will see rising seas wiping out populated coastal areas and small islands. Fresh water will be affected as salt water moves inland. Teperatures will rise even more as rest that act as global air conditioners burn to nothing.

Folks it don’t look good. 

Ever wonder why somebody didn’t warn us? Scientists have been warning us for decades. Their predictions have been pretty accurate. As we look out at predictions for the future it ain’t good. But sellers of fossil fuels overwhelmed the lines of communications to drown out the reality of the coming problem.

Just to remind you, here is a list of the ten hottest years on record:

Top 10 Rankings (Updated in 2023)

The top 10 hottest years globally on record according to NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Source, bottom of page and newest version):

1. 2016
2. 2020
3. 2019
4. 2017
5. 2015
6. 2022 (tied with 2015)
7. 2018
8. 2021 (tied with 2018)
9. 2014
10. 2010

Just an aside. As I drive these days (which is infrequent) I no longer have a windshield smeared with bug bodies. It is like the bugs have disappeared. Because of what? Pesticides? Drought? Cars? It is simply pretty scary. As bugs disappear, so does the food chain they and we are a part of.

Think and try to do what you can, for our children.

graphic from https://www.ecowatch.com/global-temperature-average-highest-record.html