“HISTORIC Extreme day >50C – Morocco for the first time reliably surpasses 50C [122F]…
“50.2 at Agadir Airport; All time records also: 48.7 Essaouira AP; 48.3 Tiznit; 48.2 Tan Tan; IRAQ: 52.5 Kannaqin monthly record; 50.6 Kirkuk all time high; 49.0 Mossul monthly record.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1690072214719037442
“Morocco: sandstorm turns Marrakesh streets orange.
“The streets of Marrakesh were bathed in an eerie orange light on Thursday as a sandstorm hit the city, blotting out the sky. Local media reported that one man was killed by a fallen tree during the storm in the Moroccan city’s Medina quarter.”
https://tvpworld.com/71959564/morocco-sandstorm-turns-marrakesh-streets-orange
“Brutal conditions in the Canary Islands: At midnight local time at La Aldea de San Nicolas, Gran Canaria,the temperature was 41.9C [107.4F]!
“Not much better in La Gomera: 39.2C at Vallehermoso; During episodes of “calima”,the Canary Islands can have among the hottest nights in the world.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1690162546982965248
“A Spanish lagoon has dried up completely for the second year in a row as the holiday hotspot swelters through its third heatwave this year…
“The largest permanent lagoon in southern Spain’s Donana national park has completely dried out for the second summer in a row due to a prolonged drought and the overexploitation of aquifers, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) said on Thursday.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/spain-third-heatwave-summer-temperatures-b1099717.html
“Spain’s eastern city of Valencia set a new temperature record on Thursday as the country baked under its third heatwave of the summer.
““The mercury soared to 46.8C [116.2F] at Valencia airport, shattering the previous record of 43.4C set on July 6th, 1986, state weather agency Aemet said on social media.”
https://www.thelocal.es/20230811/valencia-shatters-heat-record
“Spain’s largest glacier in terminal phase: Study…
“Spain’s largest glacier, Aneto, is in a terminal state, according to a recent study by biologists and geographers. The black mucus appearing on the ice surface trap heat, accelerate the melting of the ice, according to the scientists cited by the Spanish daily El Pais on Wednesday.”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spains-largest-glacier-in-terminal-phase-study/2965322
“Historic heat also for Andorra:
“Tropical nights (Tmins >20C were recorded even above 1600m asl) and the station of La Comella (1225m) with a Tmin of 21.4C [70.5F] had the highest Tmin ever recorded in the history of Andorra.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1689686036912451585
“Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ) General Manager Şafak Başa on Aug. 11 called on Istanbulites to save water.
“Speaking at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for Wastewater, Rainwater and Stream Rehabilitation Investments in Istanbul’s Şile district, Başa said they are experiencing a “catastrophic drought,” ANKA News Agency reported.”
“Breaking news.
“Cizre in Turkey rose to 48.6C [119.5F] breaking again the national record of highest temperature in August and just 0.5C from Turkish all time high. Iraq, Georgia and Armenia are also sizzling with extreme heat.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1689621310186328064
“New research published on Wednesday in Nature suggests that the Horn of Africa is likely to become even drier, not wetter in the future as predicted by most climate models.
“An international team of researchers have found a pre-historic climate tipping point that helps explain the disparity between these model predictions and the intensifying drought conditions in the Horn of Africa.”
“Heatwave takes toll on Yemen’s precious indigenous Arabian horses.
“In Sanaa, the plateau that once provided a refuge from the heat now poses risks for animals. The high altitude and lack of shade make it difficult for animals to cool down in the unbearable summer heat this year, and the dry air can exacerbate respiratory problems.”
https://english.news.cn/20230811/6ded1bedef2f4870b168bdd2f19de3cc/c.html
“Another record in Agalega Island: With 32.0C [89.6F] it beat again the Mauritius national record of highest temperature of August. That’s after beating those of May, June and July multiple times each one.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1689894417170362368
“Endless record heat in Sri Lanka with a new August record pulverized at Ratnapura today with 37.2C [99F].
“Record heat is also in the Philippines (Tmins >29C),Vietnam and Thailand. In just 10 days of August about 1/3 of world countries broke heat records, while only Italy had low records.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1689978807992639489
“Five dead, 40,000 evacuated as monsoon floods hit Myanmar…
“Myanmar is hit by heavy rains every year around this time, but extreme weather events have struck around the globe in recent weeks, events scientists say are made worse by climate change. In Bago, northeast of Yangon, some residents evacuated early while others were caught off guard by the rapidly rising water.”
“The residents in Yamunanagar and Ambala [Haryana state] woke up to waterlogging in residential premises with many getting a reminder of the floods that wreaked havoc last month…
“As per the office of Yamunanagar deputy commissioner, Jagadhari tehsil received record-breaking 215 mm [8.5 inches] rain in 24 hours till 8am…”
“No respite from deadly rains and landslides in Uttarakhand [Northern India], 9 more killed in the state.
“Two siblings were killed and a third got injured when the hut they were sleeping in was hit by a landslide in the early hours of Wednesday amid incessant rains in Gaurikund, the base camp of Kedarnath.”
“A flash flood in northwest China on Thursday night killed five villagers who were in the hills rounding up their sheep…
“A group of seven villagers in a rugged part of Gansu province were trying to herd more than 80 sheep when a sudden storm forced them to take shelter in their cars which were parked by a river, local officials told state media.”
“China floods hit rice, corn crops; trigger food inflation worries.
“Floods have damaged corn and rice crops in China’s key northern grain-producing belt, traders and analysts said, with more rain in the forecast as another typhoon approaches, threatening to add to global food inflation pressures.”
“China Faces Early Attack From Crop Pests After Extreme Weather.
“China’s farmers are facing an earlier than expected assault on their crops this year as extreme weather accelerates the spread and growth of destructive diseases and pests such as the dreaded fall armyworm.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-faces-early-attack-crop-000000869.html
“North Koreans ordered to protect Kim dynasty portraits as Tropical Storm Khanun batters east Asia.
“After battering Japan and South Korea, Tropical Storm Khanun is heading towards North Korea, where citizens have been told they must prioritise safeguarding propaganda portraits of their leaders, according to the country’s official newspaper.”
“How Japan tries to beat the heat.
“The heat has been brutal in Japan this summer. Weeks of stifling heat and humidity have led to a record high for June of 40.2C [104.4F] at Isesaki, followed in July by 41.1C at Kumagaya, the highest ever recorded temperature in Japan. It was also the nation’s overall hottest July on record, and which followed the warmest spring on record.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-japan-tries-to-beat-the-heat-pqrv5xb8w
“**JAPAN RECORD**
“On Thursday, the temperature in Itoigawa of Niigata Prefecture did not drop below 31.4°C/88.5F, making it the highest daily minimum ever recorded in all of Japan. Eight other places recorded among the top 20 highest lows on the same day.”
https://twitter.com/sayakasofiamori/status/1689756074482753536
“Unrelenting Hurricane Dora set to make history by becoming a typhoon [it did]…
“…when it crosses the international date line late Friday, it will become Typhoon Dora and only the second tropical system on record to remain at hurricane strength across the eastern, central and western Pacific basins. Hurricane John, the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record, previously accomplished the same feat in 1994.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/11/hurricane-dora-typhoon-hawaii-record/
“As the death toll from the devastating wildfires on the island of Maui, Hawaii climbs to 67, officials believe it could be the deadliest disaster in the state’s history.
“On Friday morning, Hawaii Governor Josh Green said search and recovery efforts were underway for the approximately 1,000 people still unaccounted for.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/maui-fires-hawaii-wildfires-cause-b2391721.html
“Hawaii’s endangered plant species face a long road to recovery after wildfires…
“Though Hawaii makes up less than 1% of U.S. land, it contains 44% of the country’s endangered and threatened plant life. While some native plants can gradually recover from wildfires of this scale, others will likely be scorched beyond regrowth, experts said.”
“Uruguay Wasn’t Supposed to Run Out of Water… A devastating drought has hit a country that seemed to have abundant fresh water…
“I asked Ramón Méndez, a former national director of energy, what went wrong this time around. He said Uruguay was caught by surprise because its people thought it would never run out of fresh water. After all, it had so much.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/uruguay-wasnt-supposed-to-run-out-of-water.html
“Intense hail and flooding reported in Magdalena Contreras [Mexico] after heavy rains…
“Through videos shared by users on social networks, it was announced that in some streets of the demarcation there were large currents of water, which affected passers-by and drivers in the area.”
“Is Climate Change Causing More Record-Breaking Hail?
“…It’s easy to assume less ice would be falling from the sky in a warming world, but the connection isn’t quite that simple. Experts say some areas will likely see an increase in hailstorms, along with more potentially damaging hail, even as the global surface warms.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-climate-change-causing-more-record-breaking-hail/
“Miami has now spent 120 hours at or above a 105°F heat index so far this year… the most in any other entire year was 49 hours (in 2020).
“This summer is not comparable to any other and there’s still lots of it left! …Waters around the Florida Keys and Southeast Florida is between 4°F and 8°F warmer than average for this time of year, and well above the typical seasonal peak.”
https://twitter.com/BMcNoldy/status/1689571535541907456
“Breadfruit – a staple in the Caribbean – is growing in Florida…
“A breadfruit tree is growing in Loxahatchee Groves. It shouldn’t be there. For untold centuries, the Borneo native has been confined to the warmest, gooiest tropical climates, unable to withstand much below 50 degrees or much above the 25 degrees latitude of the lower Keys.”
“PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order to improve future statewide heat response efforts on Friday. She also declared a state of emergency in regards to this summer’s record temperatures.
“Her announcement came 11 days after the Valley saw 31 consecutive days of 110+ degree weather… The heat state of emergency declaration will also open two new cooling centers on Capitol Mall grounds.”
“Drought emergency declared in Yakima.
“In 2021 Washington had the second driest conditions on record, causing the department of ecology to issue a drought emergency for 96% of the state. Then in 2022, there was a nice amount of rain and snow runoff, but it wasn’t enough. Now five watersheds in eastern Washington, including Yakima, are in another drought emergency.”
https://www.freshplaza.com/europe/article/9550254/drought-emergency-declared-in-yakima/
“BC drought most severe in history, temperatures set to climb again in August.
“32/34 basins in British Columbia are at a level 3/5 drought or higher – 28 are a 4/5 or higher. At a news conference this morning (Thursday), Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma said “This level of extreme drought has never been seen in this province before.””
“Ottawa rainfall records teetering already with soggy start to August.
“Even before Thursday’s deluge, Ottawa had already recorded 50.3 millimetres of rain in the first nine days of this month. Thursday’s downpour, which flooded underpasses, neighbourhoods and the Merivale Road Costco, came barely a year after another deluge…”
“Further evacuations are being considered in Norway as flood waters continue to swamp houses and coat cars with mud in the south east of the Nordic country.
“Up to 2,000 people have already been moved away from their homes after days of torrential rain.”
“Cost of living crisis: What impact is climate change having on food inflation and grocery prices? …prices creeping up at the supermarket till is linked more closely to rising temperatures than some may realise. Britain’s era of cheap food is over, economists have told The Telegraph…”
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/cost-living-crisis-impact-climate-162640892.html
“As the Atlantic hits record temperatures, what does it mean for marine life?
“The removal of a single organism in a food web can have drastic effects on the entire ecosystem. A lack of a predator’s typical food source leads to starvation and extinction. A food web disruption caused by heat waves has been observed before.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/9888888/sea-temperatures-atlantic-marine-life/
“The desperate race to create a protection zone around the rapidly melting Arctic.
“The ice once protected the Arctic ocean from threats – but as it melts it exposes the sea to fishing, shipping, mining and pollution. Would a marine protected area help secure this fragile ecosystem or is it too late?”
“What Happens in Antarctica, Doesn’t Stay in Antarctica…
“The other fear is that Antarctica stops being our planet’s refrigerator and starts acting more like a radiator. At the moment, Antarctica’s ice reflects a large amount of solar radiation back into space, helping keep the world cool.”
“Strong El Niño Odds Increasing, NOAA Latest Update Says…
“El Niño has an increasing chance of becoming strong, with potential influences on the weather we see through this winter, according to a just-released monthly update from NOAA.”
https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2023-08-10-el-nino-august-forecast-update-winter-noaa
“‘We’re in serious trouble’: Why a hotter world will be bad for our health…
“As other countries and continents tackle the comparatively new issue of extreme heat, Lee is conscious that lessons from those where it has long been a problem have not yet been learned. “We almost forget about it,” he says of intensely hot periods. “We complain, we suffer. And then this whole thing repeats again next summer.””
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“‘We’re in serious trouble’: Why a hotter world will be bad for our health…”
LOL – The guardian rushes to our rescue with an explanation of the obvious.
Thanks Justin…this is getting REAL…real fast…I live here in South Florida and the same day in and day out….the local TV weather reporters are having a difficult task of repeating it over and over without sounding too alarmist…..one almost broke down when she pointed out that Key West low nighttime temperature was 88 degrees F and the high 92F…remarkable record…another broken.
Never mind the ocean water temperature that resembles a hot tub…
Hello VPK,
Just a quick question.
What I wonder is how in Florida they are currently avoiding the term ‘climate change’, which according to my info is banned by decree, with these never-ending heat waves and warming sea.
Are they indeed sticking to the term ‘resilience’ or does re still shutter some uncertainty in this ‘piece of conversation’
I hope hurricane season doesn’t get too bad.
Vince, Florida has been dealt a bad hand in the climate casino this summer (h/t Paul Beckwith). That endlessly sweltering weather must be miserable to live with and fill you with deep foreboding – a constant reminder of the climate system’s destabilisation.
is it possible to report wet bulb temps were we have records broken?
Ian, those tend to be quite under-reported but I will keep my eyes open. It can also get confusing because heat index is becoming a popular metric, too (heat index is calculated for shady areas and the wet-bulb for areas in direct sunlight).
As the “Climate change is a hoax” avatar still garners maniacal support from close to half of the US population, any chance that the “American way of life is non-negotiable” stance of both of the US political parties will change remains close to zero. Of the 3 petro states of the US , Russia, and bone-Sawdi Arabia, it is only bone-saw that has curtailed its production. Yet of the 3, it is the least polluting as it doesn’t need to use hydraulic fracturing. Having reconfigured dCorporate law and political attitudes in the last quarter of the 20’th Century, such that everything must be monetized, or it doesn’t matter, there is no possibility that the dredging up and combustion of fossil fuels will be curtailed. Thus do we get the latest scam of CSS: yet another of a series of Corporate boondoggles used to fill corporate coffers with taxpayer dollars so as to provide a “solution” to our dilemma.
Few people today are familiar with Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People”, but it tells the story on a local scale of what is now a global phenomena:
The State sponsorship of Corporate Fraud. It is the sine qua non of the Disaster Capitalism that promises nuclear annihilation in response to any threat to its ascendancy. The real meaning of SDI: Some Deserve Incineration.
Very interesting piece by Ibsen. thanks for the reminder.
Just a brief ‘synopsis’
Doctor Stockmann discovers that the spa water in his village is polluted. Therefore, he sets out to warn the public. But fixing the evil would require expensive work. The municipality, whose mayor is none other than the doctor’s own brother, is also trying to silence Stockmann.
The latter, who naively expected the people of the village to show him gratitude and thanks, instead saw the villagers rise up against him. Little by little, he lost his clients, his house was besieged; he became an ” enemy of the people” who eventually declared that “the strongest man in the world is also the one who is most isolated” against the tyranny of the majority .
At the end of the play, Stockmann wants to emigrate to America…. the land of great promise 🙂 But in the end he does not go because his ‘windows’ are made anyway and decides to continue his struggle in Norway. The country that does now benefit the most from the total ‘energy dichotomy’ imaginable. I would happily advise my children to emigrate to Norway. 🙂
Little caveat I see in all that is people tend to forget about the relative homosapi- free state of the Boreal world . Scandinavia , and Canada for that matter could long take pride being top in all kinds of rankings , life quality, science , etc
I’m a European nativity guy but also a neo malthusian and it wouldn’t be that easy to set up fancy power infrastructure or to do anything with a population of 400 million instead of the negligible 4 million that Norway had so far
How much damage overpopulation and with that , auto over consumption and pollution can do Is something the euro liberal elites will find out sooner or later
I’m both extremely cynical about the myth of the noble refugee and 3rd world aid efforts leading to carrying capacity problems , and stories about tiny rich countries being super successful as well
Both are liberal myths about to be obliterated
Hi Harmon ever heard of Poe’s law?
you referred the other day to the ‘dutch disease’ that was a term after the discovery of the huge gas discovery in Groningen that made the Dutch economy ‘too expensive’ and put it into a short-lived recession. I remember it well
Just a question. You travel a lot and you write a lot about it. Are those professional trips or is it purely ‘pleasure’ to explore the world for a change?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
Zip (ik blijf wel in Engels voor de anderen) regarding Poe’s law , if I have misrepresented any intended irony on your part , my bad . My own opinions are , must be my Dutch half , pretty blunt and clear cut . I’m openly green-right wing which makes me very popular with both the left and right wingers , but it’s what I see as the mess that is reality , soon overpopulation will be countered with half baked geoengineering , and there the game goes .
Regarding my travels , I was born in the fortunate position to be able to travel in between anything jobs , studies , whatever other enterprise I have been on .
Because i understand I was fortunate , I always try to be fair towards people wherever I go , but as you eluded to in the past , I’m also not falling for sauvage noblesse concepts or sugar coating reality . I met people from India for example that found my honesty about their country refreshing , and appreciated my knowledge of Vandana Shivas work
Coming european winter I will be heading for asia , trying to write something about what I see there , but mostly trying to have a last look at some nature areas soon to be gone
In Dutch you might call me a ramptoerist, or more positive, an appreciator of past times and endangered flora and fauna
I’m trying to be as honest about my own shortcomings as I am about the ridiculous liberal system we currently have with history as my guide .
I closed the book on children for good once I learned about the consequences of climate change , it also redefined the sort of right wing thinking I thought was reasonable.
To be a parent now , like Justin, one needs endless optimism or blissful ignorance
“To be a parent now, like Justin, one needs endless optimism or blissful ignorance.”
The birth of my second son coincided with my “road to Damascus” moment when I started to see the absolutely absurd unsustainability of our modern way of life. I’d love to claim that this put all my day to day worries irreversibly into perspective and filled me with unwavering gratitude for the people in my life and the fleeting abundance around me – but of course it hasn’t been like that. At times it has, but it is still all too easy to get sucked into life’s trivial dramas.
Re my kids, I fall back on the hope that the Universal Intelligence knows what it is doing. I found this Adyashanti clip helpful back in the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4XxMVH9hmk
Zip, I read “A Doll’s House” as part of my university course many years ago but I can’t remember the first thing about it. Google tells me it is about the role of women in society and that Ibsen may have been a proto-male-feminist.
“Of the 3 petro states of the US , Russia, and bone-Sawdi Arabia, it is only bone-saw that has curtailed its production.”
Even if there were some voluntary curtailment of production, I would find it hard to draw comfort from that from an economic standpoint. The resulting contraction would (probably will, although coming via thermodynamic constraints, financially expressed, rather than good intentions) become self-reinforcing or, as David Korowicz puts it:
“…the strength of the feedback processes is greater than any stabilizing process. There may be an early period of oscillating decline, but that once major structural components (international finance, techno-sphere) drop or ‘freeze’ out, irreversible collapse must occur.”
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2010-04-14/tipping-point-near-term-systemic-implications-peak-global-oil-production-collapse/
” bone-Sawdi Arabia,” 😉
One time something didn’t go over my head.
Humans have no concept of geologic time yet alone the expodential function working in tandem. When we are in an extinction period brought on by petrofuels and those promoting growth for the sake of growth regardless of resources. The thermodynamics science of the warming ocean and the super El Niño effect is just the start. Along with the BOE of the Arctic and the continuing decline of the Antarctic region and the rapid acceleration of the Greenland sheet. There is only so much that our bodies can survive heat wise not matter how much they push for sustainability or adaptation it will not happen. I have seen first hand how the infrastructure is being destroyed and it will continue to be destroyed. I think those in office will prove to be the clowns they are and frauds at the end. I do not expect the state or government will not be saving us they will be trying to save their own hides from the mobs that will try to search them out looking for food or revenge or something in the end.
Heather, I keep remembering Nicole Foss’s warning: “Government is not your friend!”
All these links are consequences for a species that thinks it is above the laws that affect all other vertebrate mammals.
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How many women are pregnant with more fossil fuel burners & environmental polluters of the water,air & land at this moment of weather weirding? I pity all newborn who can’t pick intelligent parents. Those with stupid parents are are just stuck.
Overpopulators are the problem.
I was going to say fuck ’em but they have that covered.
I have no problem bringing tears to the eyes of the stupid with a dose of reality.
Who doesn’t appreciate dark humor?
Don’t shoot the messenger, wasting lead & powder. It’s easy to wash the blood off a knife & reuse it. This should not be offensive to a species that is destroying it’s habitat. 😉
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I’m in favor of ending fossil fuels as long as I don’t have to do without anything. I think I’ll change my handle to Effen Hypocrite. Too much fun at the edge of NTHE.
I can’t help myself!
Trump complains about infringement of speech. Then it’s ok to go to Mara- La-Go & yell FIRE?
Get out of the way,I’m on a roll!
Gorillas share ~98% of DNA with humans.
The 2% they don’t share with us is their intelligence.
“In 2020, 11,654 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving alcohol-impaired drivers, accounting for 30% of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.1 This was a 14.3% increase compared to the number of crash deaths involving alcohol-impaired drivers in 2019.”
So 70% of traffic-related death are caused by sober monkey minds?
Bet gorillas can drive better.
Mother Nature has had just about enough of humans, and, frankly, so have I. – Kyle Keegan
TR, who is Kyle Keegan? All I can find is this benighted individual who kicked a dog to death:
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/dog-killer-warned-he-will-go-to-jail-if-he-doesnt-give-up-drugs/41790096.html
It’s from this site – http://all-hat-no-cattle.blogspot.com/
It’s was just a random quote,for humor,on Friday.
I don’t know who Kyle is either but I thought I was alone about my disgust with this self destructive species. I can’t seem to call the Clever Ape – “human beings”, “civilized” or “man”. There are too few of this species including dog kicker killers to meet that high of a standard for the 8 billion. Maybe “Clever Virus” is more appropriate.
FMTT!
TR,
Your comment on traffic fatalities caused me to do a little more digging on the subject. I found the contrast between the US and the EU during the years of 2020, 2021, and 2022 to be quite interesting.
In the US there was a huge increase in traffic fatalities in 2020 and 2021 with a leveling off in 2022. A tiny increase in 2022 to be precise. In the EU there was a huge drop in traffic fatalities in 2020 with moderate increases in 2021 and 2022. Which left the the number still lower than in 2019. In Germany the number went down in 2020 and in 2021. Then it increased a bit in 2022 back to the 2020 level but still below the 2019 level.
Of course one has to wonder if any stats that are published anymore are realiable. But if these stats are reliable I have to wonder if an increase in road rage accounts for a large part of the increase in the US traffic deaths.
In the late 70’s,I was driving home after work in heavy traffic & a guy started yelling at me, & waving hands. He pulled into a parking lot on the left side of the road while I’m at a traffic light. He yell some choice words & reached toward his glove box. I reached for my glove box & yelled: I’ve got one too. The light changed,I waved a facetious “Good Bye! & he was stuck in the parking lot surrounded by wall to wall traffic.
I hate antonyms. Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off!
This old codger forgot to post the link in my above comment.
https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html
The word you are looking for is acronym, dahling; an antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning, such that the antonym of antonym is synonym.
Apologies,
I haven’t been paying attention, too much going on personally, and politically.
My dd & s-i-l with their 3 kids going on the kids first ski-trip flying off to NZ, excitement very much up to “Next level”. Yes TR, they are selfish “breeders” with their young fossil-fuel burners 🙂
Australia has been super-excited as our Aussie ‘Matildas” beat France in the FIFA World Cup quarter-final (7-6 in a sudden death penalty shoot-out. It was a nail-biting exciting game, and I HATE football?!? Go Figure. But it was on every damn channel with record crowds in the cities watching on the big screens). Next up – England in a semi-final…. Matildas vs Lionesses. The PM is considering declaring a National Public Holiday if we do somehow get to the Final LOL And politically, the upcoming Referendum on Constitutional Recognition of the First Australians, is heating up and gaining momentum on the streets as well.
And my section of the country is still in a ‘normal’ winter, still damp and frosty, though gradually warming into its last days. Some signs of colourful spring with buds, with the first wattle blooming, (Wattle Day coming up on 1 September).
Some of us, snatch our moments of joy and pleasure wherever we can find it in these dark days, before its all gone 🙁 As I get older, I try to enjoy every such moment while it lasts, you never know which one might be the last.