tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10266737.post115330856086668865..comments2023-03-22T14:30:58.661+00:00Comments on the belfry chronicles: 80 years youngRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10531053701988853381noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10266737.post-1153409383136704382006-07-20T16:29:00.000+01:002006-07-20T16:29:00.000+01:00But it's the hottest summer in history in London A...But it's the hottest summer in history in London AND New York.<BR/>And as I said, recorded history. If you want to go beyond that we could certainly argue that it was rather hotter several billion years ago when the entirety of existence was separating out into its component atoms, but that would be stupid, so that's why we start 175 years ago. Now stop arguing with me, it's too hot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641565547161707737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10266737.post-1153352783857753092006-07-20T00:46:00.000+01:002006-07-20T00:46:00.000+01:00It's the hottest summer, in certain places, since ...It's the hottest summer, in certain places, since records began. However, in relation to the rest of history, temperature records are lacking. They start, at the earliest, about 175 years ago. Recorded human history dates back much further, say about 10,000 years. But because they lacked thermometers, we don't know how hot it was. We know that most of southern England was under vine in Roman times, and famous for its wine, suggesting it was pretty hot. Geological evidence suggests that the world has gone through periods of unbearable heat on a far larger scale than what even the worst case scenario for global warming. <BR/><BR/>So it's not a simple fact. It's a loaded fact. And I was talking about London, not New York. :-PRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10531053701988853381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10266737.post-1153332277792784792006-07-19T19:04:00.000+01:002006-07-19T19:04:00.000+01:00Well, but...it IS the hottest summer in history. W...Well, but...it IS the hottest summer in history. We hit 112 yesterday, broke every record on the books. So ok, make that recorded history, but still. When the tarmac is melting to the bottom of your feet, it stops being hyperbole and starts being simple fact.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641565547161707737noreply@blogger.com