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27/5/2019

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1936 -

WHERE'S THE CARBON?



We need something better than we're getting!

What we're getting is a snow job - literally. What we've seen this so-called spring are cold hard facts on the frozen ground.

Below is a reproduction of somebody else's hard work and it should help us decide for ourselves whether or not we're being had on the carbon tax issue.

Because "those who don't know history ..." and especially if you don't know the rest of that maxim. 

​"40 in the shade" is 104F folks, for those who still don't speak metric (I had to look it up myself). And this occurred in 1936 in Toronto at a time when there were few cars on the road, most people heated with coal or wood, electricity had just barely got to urban homes, very few electrical appliances existed -- we were still using ice boxes during the 1940's, and horse-drawn milk and bread wagons! -- and "carbon" was called by its real name: "carbon dioxide or CO2" (so not to be confused with black, sooty stuff) and it was -- and still is -- vital to our very existence.



​40 in the shade: Toronto’s worst heatwave

​July 9, 2016 | By Chris Bateman, SpacingToronto

With temperatures in the low 40s and no mechanical means to cool themselves, the people of Toronto flocked to the waterfront. Toronto Daily Star, July 9, 1936.

For an excruciating week in July, 1936, Toronto, the province, and much of Canada burned. An unprecedented and deadly continent-wide heatwave forced temperatures into the low- to mid-40s, killing hundreds, incinerating food crops, and forcing many more from their homes to sleep in parks, beaches, and cars.

The temperatures seen on July 7, 8, and 9 are still the hottest ever recorded in Toronto. The blast of searing weather also set records for Manitoba and Ontario that still stand today. The heat was so severe apples cooked on trees, crops died, houses burned, and bridges and roads buckled and warped.

The heatwave that hit Toronto swept in from the west. In Emerson, Manitoba, the temperature spiked at 45 Celsius—the second hottest temperature recorded in Canada to date. Toronto Daily Star, July 7, 1936.

The first signs of trouble came with the morning paper on July 7. A scorching heat that had menaced the Prairies and Northwestern U.S. was now sweeping east, forecasted said, with temperatures expected to linger in the low- to mid-30s in Ontario.

The situation in Ontario was already strained. Starved of rain for weeks, farmers in Western Ontario complained of dry wells and local creeks reduced to a languid trickle. The area from Hamilton to Niagara and Lake Erie was a “parched waste,” according to the Toronto Daily Star, with grain crops wilting and fruits and vegetables spoiling on the vine.

“The soil is bone dry and ground plants are sure goners unless we get some rain soon,” said Thomas Richardson, a fruit farmer in Normanhurst, Ontario. “The creeks are dried up, and many farmers here are hauling water from the nearest town.”
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Temperatures on July 7 topped out at an uncomfortable 31 Celsius, but much worse was to come.
The temperature in Toronto surpassed 40 Celsius three days in a row on July 8, 9, and 10. The Globe, July 11, 1936.

“The official temperature at 1:30 o’clock was 95 Fahrenheit [35 C] and is reported going higher,” the Star told its readers on July 8. In the sun, meteorologists recorded the temperature at 60 C, but that didn’t stop people crowding streetcars and ferries to the beach.

Sunnyside, Balmy Beach, and the Toronto Island all recorded record visitor numbers, while drivers lined Fleet Street hoping to fill the cabins of their vehicles with a whisper of lake breeze.

Over in Riverdale Park, the keepers gave the zoo animals extra water and tried to offer shade. However, there was no ice bath for the polar bears. “Ice isn’t put in the pool for the polar bears, because once wen this was tried in American zoo, the bears died,” a zoo official explained.

The city water supply was hit hard early on. Parched citizens chugged 104 million gallons from the tap and sprayed what was left onto their lawns that day—close to a record amount.

Though the Hospital for Sick Children reported no heat-related admissions, the effects of the weather began to manifest in people’s frayed tempers and angry outbursts. “The nervous strain and irritation caused by the heat would make noises seem more annoying than usual,” said University of Toronto Professor G. R. Anderson reliably informed the readers of the Star.

During the afternoon, the temperature hit 40 C—a new record.

Some businesses had air conditioning in 1936, but the feature hadn’t yet arrived in homes. Cold pans of water were one of the only effective ways of cooling down. Toronto Daily Star, July 9, 1936.

Forecasters interviewed by the Globe and Star predicted the temperature would plateau, and they were right. On July 9 the official thermometers again read 40C in the shade. In the sun, meteorologists recorded a mind-boggling 70 C.

“Weary to a point of exhaustion, men, women, children and animals sought refuge from scorching rooms and flocked in tens of thousands to the waterfront,” the Star reported. “They found little comfort there. The lake was like a mill pond. What slight breeze there was struck the face like a blast from a furnace.”

Without home air conditioning or any real way to cool down, people began to expire in increasing numbers. In Caledon, a 61-year-old man died while haying on a farm. Two drownings were reported—one in Hamilton, the other in Welland—as people headed to the water. James Gibbs, the Hamilton victim, leapt into the water though “he couldn’t swim a stroke,” according to his wife.

Fruits and berries cooked on plants across the city and people fried eggs on the searing sidewalk. At Sunnyside, a peanut and popcorn salesman named Tony tried to pop popcorn on the scorching asphalt without success.

The heat was so intense it caused the metal deck of the Cherry Street bridge to swell dangerously. Firefighters poured gallons of water on it to shrink it back down to size.

When stores ran out of electric fans, creative citizens reversed their vacuum cleaners, filled hot water bottles with ice cold water, or camped out in front of their refrigerators. Air conditioned movie theatres stayed open round the clock.

The most visible effect of the heat wave was the human exodus. Clutching mattresses and blankets, the Toronto waterfront from the Beach neighbourhood to Parkdale was jammed with people desperate to escape the temperature, even for a few moments.

“With no relief in sight, thousands of citizens went native, abandoning their houses,” the Star reported. “Donning bathing suits, pyjamas, shorts and the lightest of garments, they climbed into motor cars and made for Toronto’s thirteen miles of lake front to spend the night.”

In the early hours of the morning, beaches from Sunnyside to Kew were a sea of people—some sleeping, others enjoying the bizarre spectacle of the city uprooted and dumped on the lake shore.
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“It was the younger crowd … who turned night into day,” wrote the Star. “They frolicked on the now cooled sands, swam in the refreshing water, built bonfires, turned on portable radios, strummed on guitars and whiled away the night with song and laughter.”

Thousands of people slept on Toronto’s beaches and in parks during the heatwave. The air closer to water was slightly cooler. Toronto Daily Star, July 11, 1936.

The third day of the heatwave, July 10, was when things started to unravel. With the temperature again 40.6 C, people began to die in significant numbers.

The Star and Globe newspapers started publishing lists of the deceased, which mostly consisted of old people and children. Some expired due to heart attacks, others due to drownings in rivers, canals, and lakes. Many fainted and didn’t wake up.

The Star recorded 22 deaths in Ontario at the time it went to press on the 10th. By next morning, that number had spiked to 80, and by the end of the week it had reached 550—225 of them in Toronto. The heat other associated misadventures were claiming so many victims morgue staff, grave diggers, and florists worked overtime to keep up with the demand.

Despite the extreme heat, the humidity was mercifully low—around 25 percent (a Humidex reading of 45 C.) Had it been higher the death toll would certainly have been worse.

By the time the heat finally dipped into the high 20s on July 15, more than 200 people in Toronto were dead. Across Canada, the final death toll was approximated to be 1,180.

A million dollars worth of crops across the province were ruined, the city’s water supply was about 30,000 gallons short of its normal level, and tarmac all over the city was rucked and curled.

“It is Hudson Bay air we have been getting last night and today,” said one weatherman on July 10, the first day of cooler weather. “It surely makes a difference.”

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7 Comments
Penny link
29/5/2019 06:47:38 am

Hey Yaya:

yesterday was positively freezing. Monday was okay at around 22C or about 72F- Sunday had been nice as well- a bit cool, but, nice and sunny.

Then the bottom dropped out on the temp Tuesday- and I, who was wearing shorts, was all goose bumpy- It was maybe 12- 13 C (about 55F) by mid afternoon! Ya know, peak hot time. Usually. And of course it was raining. (I was briskly riding my bike)

Today it's cold again and well below seasonal norms are forecast for all week- Therefore it's been persistently below average temps for months now other then the odd day here and there where is warmer.

About that 'carbon' warming?
Globally, speaking?
We aren't seeing it. And eastern Canada is not alone.

In the 30's it was very hot- That's actually when the city I reside in measured it's hottest ever temperature- way before the AGW meme and the nonsense that spins around it.

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yayacanada
29/5/2019 09:55:42 am

Hi Penny: I think of you every time I'm out walking. You wouldn't like the look of the lilacs here, nor how quickly the tulips seem to fall apart. It gets quite cold at night. Right now it's only 11C.

Very clever of "them" to switch to the term "climate change" instead of "global warming". But, of course, it has nothing to do with carbon and everything to do with natural weather patterns that no carbon tax is ever going to affect.

It's really hard to get a handle on the wildfires issue because the data are not specific enough. The overall claim is that they are far worse than they used to be, but they don't seem to take into account increased populations, more flammable structures, higher damage costs not being related to inflation, and one article I read talked about the kinds of chemicals left behind by firefighting equipment that can fuel future fires, and the fact that a number of the fires were deliberately set. So how does one draw conclusions about that at all?

I hadn't seen this website (Climate Debate Daily) before today (maybe you have?): https://www.climatedebatedaily.com/

Although it's now defunct, it looks like a very good reference source for all kinds of info on both sides of the issue.

On the topic of "stress": I kind of like Canadian physician, Gabor Mate, and was lucky enough to find his book at the public library: "When the Body Says NO - Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection". If you're interested, you may be able to find it where you are. Very pleased to discover that he dedicated it to the late Dr. Hans Selye, whose books are impossible to find locally, so I'm expecting to find some of Selye's theories in his book.

Mate has tons of videos on YouTube as well.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gabor+mate

He focusses on childhood experiences as adult stress sources, but his theories can just as easily apply to the kinds of stress being foisted on us through media and government.

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yayacanada
29/5/2019 11:49:43 am

Re: Wildfires

Here's a link to a report on the potential long-term ill-effects of fire-fighting chemicals on vegetation, animals, water and humans - considered by some to do more overall damage than the fires themselves.
http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2012/08/27/how-toxic-are-fire-fighting-chemicals-and-dispersants

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Penny link
29/5/2019 01:20:02 pm

Yes, it was quite a rebrand, Necessitated when the 'warming' was not appearing- so they quickly moved the 'climate change'. Duh, the climate always changes..

It's been cooler, warmer, cooler in my lifetime alone-
The climate is not static- that's the biggest fallacy in all this spin

"I hadn't seen this website (Climate Debate Daily) before today (maybe you have?): https://www.climatedebatedaily.com/

I'll check out the videos on line- thanks Yaya

Not seen it until today

Re: comment below- I'm going to take a look at that as well, because I've no doubt the chemicals are worse then the fires... Fire has many benefits for the planet (trees and plants) One is carbonizing the soil enriching it for new life

these fire fighting chemicals surely do nothing for soil. Or water.

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Penny link
29/5/2019 01:21:22 pm

oops, comment above not below :))

Penny link
29/5/2019 04:44:47 pm

Just a quick blurb on the benefits of fire - Fire ecology

http://www.pacificbio.org/initiatives/fire/fire_ecology.html

"Benefits:

The ecological benefits of wildland fires often outweigh their negative effects. A regular occurrence of fires can reduce the amount of fuel build-up thereby lowering the likelihood of a potentially large wildland fire. Fires often remove alien plants that compete with native species for nutrients and space, and remove undergrowth, which allows sunlight to reach the forest floor, thereby supporting the growth of native species. The ashes that remain after a fire add nutrients often locked in older vegetation to the soil for trees and other vegetation. Fires can also provide a way for controlling insect pests by killing off the older or diseased trees and leaving the younger, healthier trees. In addition to all of the above-mentioned benefits, burned trees provide habitat for nesting birds, homes for mammals and a nutrient base for new plants. When these trees decay, they return even more nutrients to the soil. Overall, fire is a catalyst for promoting biological diversity and healthy ecosystems. It fosters new plant growth and wildlife populations often expand as a result."

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yayacanada
29/5/2019 11:00:29 pm

Penny: Thanks for that link! It seems obvious the hype about wildfires is no more than just that - purposeful hype.

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