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*Maryland Flooding: Climate Nightmare on Main Street (videos) 
<https://climatecrocks.com/2016/07/31/maryland-flooding-climate-nightmare-on-main-street/?theclimate.vote>
*Shocking water rise during Ellicott City flood. Nearly 20 feet in 
minutes. Smashes old record going back to 1868...Shocking water rise 
during Ellicott City flood. Nearly 20 feet in minutes. Smashes old 
record going back to 1868...video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-shmNbxAqs and Watch as*locals form a 
human chain to rescue a woman trapped in her car *as Maryland flood 
waters rise to dramatic depths*. 
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5j_OBNr8OY and *Why Climate Change 
Makes Stronger **Storms * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K2s2EjsXJI

*Heat waves, productivity, and the urban economy: What are the costs? 
<http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/news/heat-waves-productivity-and-the-urban-economy-what-are-the-costs/?theclimate.vote>*
London School of Economics and Political Science...*hot summers can have 
devastating effects on worker productivity*. As temperatures increase, 
workers feel decreased energy, loss of concentration, muscle cramps, 
heat rash, and in extreme cases heat exhaustion or heatstroke....We find 
that, in the future, costs to London’s economy in warm years could 
amount to between 1.9 billion euros and 2.3 billion euros, which 
represents over 0.4% of 2005 city GVA. ...Our study suggests*additional 
costs due to productivity losses may also be substantial.* This is all 
the more troubling when we consider that climate change means 
temperatures like the ones of 19th July will become more and more 
common. It is therefore vital that policy makers understand how heat 
affects productivity in different urban contexts and what adaptation 
measures work better.

** The WetBulb Globe Temperature (WBGT)* is a measure of the heat stress 
in direct sunlight, which takes into account:  temperature, humidity, 
wind speed, sun angle and cloud cover (solar radiation). This differs 
from the *heat index*, which takes into consideration temperature and 
humidity and is calculated for shady areas. *NOAA weather map (Wet Bulb 
vs Heat Index)* <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tsa/?n=wbgt>
<http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tsa/?n=wbgt>


    *Climate*quiz for hopefuls
    <http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=172216>

Hong Kong Standard (press release) 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

A green group has posed a "climate challenge" to Legislative Council 
hopefuls, and is *asking voters to pick candidates who support combating 
climate change.*
... it will ask all candidates to answer 14 questions in its Fighting 
Climate Crisis Survey, including whether they support the introduction 
of a "carbon tax" .. They will also be asked if they want the government 
to be more aggressive in cutting carbon emissions.... it was 
disappointing to find most candidates did not focus on climate change. 
.. "Climate change is not a political issue in Hong Kong," ... "Some 
people may think 'it's no big deal, just turn on the air-conditioners' 
but that will worsen the situation."


    China's Coal Peak Hailed as Turning Point
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/chinas-coal-peak-hailed-as-turning-point-20572>

Climate Central 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The global battle against*climate change*has passed a historic turning 
point with *China's huge coal burning finally having peaked*, according 
to senior economists.


    UK Prime Minster Theresa May scraps*climate change*department as
    doomsday fears grow
    <http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/534178/doomsday-killer-heatwaves-floods-theresa-may-axes-climate-department>

Daily Star 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has axed the climate change department — 
despite grim doomsday warnings KILLER heatwaves, floods, droughts could 
bring Britain to its knees....And if action to tackle*climate 
change*completely fails, the report warns, deadly heatwaves reaching 
temperatures of 48C could become the new normal across the UK....May 
abolished the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) just days 
after she was appointed as the new Prime Minister, raising fears over 
her attitude to the looming global climate emergency....The *decision 
was widely condemned by MPs, campaigners and scientists, with some 
branding it "plain stupid*", "terrible" and "deeply worrying"....five 
ways that climate change could cripple Britain:
*Heatwaves*  Searing heatwaves, .. above the 40C mark, will be 
commonplace by the 2040s.
*Floods*  as global warning increases, rainfall will intensify across 
the UK, putting more homes at risk of flooding.
*Food *... about 40% of goods coming from abroad.
*Environment* - farmland...useless as water becomes more scarce and soil 
is degraded. Only 9% of prime farmland will remain by 2050,
*Water shortages*  .. heatwaves will mean water shortages ...more 
frequent by the 2050s.


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