Why are we so obsessed with apocalypse?
You’d think there was catastrophic climate change or something!
(CBS News) There seems to be no end to end-of-civilization movies. David Edelstein reviews the latest: Much of “Elysium” is set in 2154 on a ruined Earth, and isn’t it weird how in every other would-be blockbuster this year, the planet is dead or being demolished?
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“On Monday, the temperature reached 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Shimanto in southern Japan, setting a new national record, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/13/world/asia/asia-heat/index.html
Neuer Hitze-Rekord: 40,5° C in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
http://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/klima/news/neuer-hitze-rekord-40-5deg-c-in-bad-deutsch-altenburg
China floods ‘worst in decades’
Source: Reuters – Tue, 13 Aug 2013 http://www.trust.org/item/20130813090033-97hkv
China Falls Under Suspicion of Covering Up Deaths as Ocean Heat Dome Expands to Blanket Korea and Japan
http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/china-falls-under-suspicion-of-covering-up-deaths-as-ocean-heat-dome-expands-to-cover-korean-and-japan/
Record heat wave bakes Canada’s North
Temperatures 10 degrees above normal across Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/08/13/north-weather-heat.html
Climatic Schizophrenia: Despite One of Wettest Julys in United States, Drought Conditions Expand http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2013/08/14/climatic-schizophrenia-in-july-fifth-wettest-on-record-drought-conditions-expanded/
Mangled Jet Stream to Collide with Tropical System over Southeastern US for Major Rain Event?
http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/mangled-jet-stream-to-collide-with-tropical-system-over-southeastern-us-for-major-rain-event/#comment-4506
A Song of Flood and Fire: One Million Square Kilometers of Burning Siberia Doused by Immense Deluge
http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/a-song-of-flood-and-fire-one-million-square-kilometers-of-burning-siberia-doused-by-immense-deluge/