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Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Maybe that'll make them rethink drilling for more oil and gas there.

Of course not, they need that oil and gas to power the AC units everyone will be buying now. Won't somebody think of the revenue?

I don't expect Alaska residents will immediately start buying AC units just because 1 day in a year reaches 32°C.

32C is not that bad, a simple fan is more than enough to keep you cool.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Same copy paste on every climate change post is starting to feel like tedious spam at this point. I see from your history it's the only thing you have ever posted on HN.

Hey NeedMoreTea, you're right - so far I haven't posted so much else. Do you have any idea on how to raise awareness of community projects that you would feel are more respectful? 50+ people have joined the projects over the last week, attributing it to threads on HN, so it seems that for some users it is providing some value.

If you're only here because this place has high visibility, not because you're interested in the conversation, you're a spammer no matter how noble your goals are.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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My former co-founder of my SaaS was based in remote Alaska (I am in tropical Australia), and I remember one day a while back late in the year, it was +35degC here and she said it was -35degC over there. I couldn't believe we were equidistant on either end of the 0 datum, with a massive 70 degree C difference in temperature variation.

Weirdly, it is now our dry season, with temperatures around 21degC and I just Googled the weather in her area and they are expecting around 30degC - Alaska is actually hotter than Northern Australia is right now!

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course not, they need that oil and gas to power the AC units everyone will be buying now. Won't somebody think of the revenue?

I don't expect Alaska residents will immediately start buying AC units just because 1 day in a year reaches 32°C. 32C is not that bad, a simple fan is more than enough to keep you cool.

Subjective temp is relative to habituated climate though. Where I live (subtropics) people complain that it's 'cold' if temps drop below 20C.

I imagine 32C might feel damned pretty hot to an Alaskan.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Hey NeedMoreTea, you're right - so far I haven't posted so much else. Do you have any idea on how to raise awareness of community projects that you would feel are more respectful? 50+ people have joined the projects over the last week, attributing it to threads on HN, so it seems that for some users it is providing some value.

If you're only here because this place has high visibility, not because you're interested in the conversation, you're a spammer no matter how noble your goals are.

I'm (obviously) very involved in climate change and how tech (very represented in the HN community) can play a role in fixing it: many are asking themselves the question on how they can do something about it.

I want to help these people find a spot where they can find like-minded people interested on working on it - and I believe climate change posts on HN are a good match between people concerned about the climate, and who would be interested in joining tech communities working to fix it. I'm all ears to find other ways to give people avenues to work on their "climate" anxiety - let me know if you have better ideas.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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In the last 100 years. Missing from the title.

"The highest temperature ever recorded at Anchorage’s official station was 85 degrees"

Yes so in the last ~100 years it was the highest. How about 1000 years or 100000? Why is only the last 100 years relevant in the context of climate?

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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If you're only here because this place has high visibility, not because you're interested in the conversation, you're a spammer no matter how noble your goals are.

I'm (obviously) very involved in climate change and how tech (very represented in the HN community) can play a role in fixing it: many are asking themselves the question on how they can do something about it. I want to help these people find a spot where they can find like-minded people interested on working on it - and I believe climate change posts on HN are a good match between people concerned about the climate,…

I'm concerned about the starving people in sub Saharan Africa. It would still be inappropriate for me to constantly spam you about it, regardless of how hungry they are.

Re: Anchorage Has Never Reached 90° F. That Could Change This Week

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course not, they need that oil and gas to power the AC units everyone will be buying now. Won't somebody think of the revenue?

I don't expect Alaska residents will immediately start buying AC units just because 1 day in a year reaches 32°C. 32C is not that bad, a simple fan is more than enough to keep you cool.

The way you experience temperature heavily depends on the relative humidity.

E.g. I find 0C in London way colder than -15C in Northern Europe.

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