Gov. Inslee: Heat Wave Is Beginning Of Permanent Climate Emergency

“This is the beginning of a permanent emergency. That is why it is so disturbing,” says Gov. Jay Inslee on the blistering heat wave gripping the Northwest. 

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[mantronixtube]

omg i’m in portland but i feel like i’m in death valley
it’s insane

[djb]

Water management and alternative fuel options are critical priorities now and going forward. The entire infrastructure needs to be reimagined for a future that will have more weather extremes than what we see today.

[jamesricker]

The Republicans miscalculated this wasn't supposed to happen until after they were dead and buried
This was supposed to be their children's problem

[t.d]

We’re addicts, coming down to every addict’s choice: change or die🩸

[RonWinter]

We will be fighting each other for water soon. Seriously.

[Chpow]

I live near Seattle... it's bad. When I was growing up 40 years ago we had a week or two in august that was death (90 degrees) and the potential for maybe a bad winter (snow on ground for over a week at a time) maybe every other year.

Look back at the climate history in the NW, it's fairly jaw dropping the difference between then and this craptastic situation known as "now". I vote we turn off air conditioning in all republican congress member's houses, cars, and the entire congress building for a month mid July, make them try to make arguments that climate has not changed while sweat pours down their face like that one scene in Airplane.

[danieldravot]

The Republicans had better get on board because between the abnormal cold in Texas and the abnormal heat across the Pacific Northwest, the climate is going to get worse, and the infrastructure they’re afraid to improve is going to be stressed to the breaking point.

[igi-chan]

I remember kindergarden when they warned us that if in a few decades change wasnt made that we would reach a point of no return….and here it is

[medor]

I’m an outdoorsman and a mountain climber, and I’ve been documenting weather patterns for the last 23 years in the PNW, especially Oregon and I can assure you that the last two years are by far the worst I’ve ever witnessed!

[thomasmccracken]

Writing this from Spokane right now almost eight o'clock it's a hundred and six freaking degrees. Almost ten down to eighty four mucho better. Ok next day it's right before 3 in the afternoon and it's 110 in Spokane. I'm 64 and have never been in heat like this thank God for ac.

[DavidJ]

No one says you have to like climate change, just don't pretend that it's not real.

[kevinbwillson]

Keep up the good fight Jay I we are with you.

[detritusofseattle]

I'm currently melting in my apartment in Seattle. It is, right now, about 100.

And I'm lucky. I can get up andgo get a cold shower. The homeless are roasting in their tents and cars.

Old people are cooking inside apartments. There's lots of misery at the moment.

Inslee is right.

[geoffreykeating]

Not just USA, Canada broke it's all time heat record 116F / 47C, pretty HOT 🔥, for Great White North 😲

[lonewolfmtnz]

Postponing humanities meritorious self--extinction .... PRICELESS!

[dannmarceau]

Having been born and raised in Seattle some 60 years ago, I've watched Western Washington change dramatically.

[dannmarceau]

One step I, you, we can do is make sure the Republicans don't win in '22 or '24.

[DavidJ]

You may not be interested in climate change, but climate change is interested in you.

[johnmcnulty]

Think it's bad now? Imagine temperatures going up to the 120's and 130's. Think it can't happen? Do you think your religion is going to help you? How's the praying for rain going like the governor of Utah requested? By the time you realize that the scientists were right, it'll be much too late..

[davidromney]

I've never regretted donating to Jay Inslee's Presidential campaign.