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I'm just waiting for the first "wet bulb" event.
I'm not sure what else it'll take for people to take climate change seriously, but by then it'll probably be too late...
In 2021, southern British Columbia was exposed to temperatures of 40C and above for a week straight - June 25 to July 1st, and a reportedly 719 people died.