Alright man. Maybe you’re tough. Maybe you train for marathons in 120-degree weather with 95% humidity. (Even though you’re more likely typing this from the comfort of a 72-degree climate-controlled home, or even a pleasant evening outside in mid-April.) I don’t know you.
But not everyone is as tough as you. People will die if we don’t do anything. Everyone from your grandma to your roofer to your landscaper to your children trapped roasting in a daycare without power will be “dropping like flies.”
Maybe you consider 116 degree heat to be “normal” for Atlanta. I doubt it actually is normal, even for Atlanta, but whatever — it will soon be moot. Get ready for 125 degree heat waves, because that’s what’s coming next.
Thank you for reminding us again that the Republican solution to heat waves and basically everything is to “toughen up,” or just “be luckier.” It works until it doesn’t.
Meanwhile, Democrats are the only party serious about building infrastructure that will mitigate the worst of climate change and help us survive what’s coming next.
Remember, we can’t plan for “normal,” “predicted,” and “expected.” We have to plan for “bad,” “unexpected,” and “worse.”