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AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce There is no longer any doubt, scientists say, there’s a direct correlation between our use of Fossil Fuel and weather extremes. 50 million Americans are experiencing extreme heat and 700,000 were without power last weekend. There are reports of large hail in Kentucky and So Indiana. NYC is expecting 1” hail today. How much suffering do we endure, before we seek remedies and new solutions to our energy insufficiency? Our infrastructure requires upgrades. Bridges are collapsing due to floods, Power when it shuts down in extreme heat causes an ability for us to remain hydrated, wildfires create intense pollution, drought causes water and crop scarcity. The good news, we have solutions. We can alter how we make steel. We can enforce safety on our facilities and cap emissions. We can curb methane gas by altering a cow’s diet. Change is a necessity and people are speaking and being heard.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/26/us-extreme-weather-report-national-weather-service-storms-torando-hail

More than 700,000 Americans were without power on Sunday evening, and about 6 million across the US were at risk for extreme weather, according to CNN.

The outages were concentrated in the south-eastern US, where there were severe thunderstorms in the Ohio valley as well as Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. There was a suspected tornado in Bargersville, Indiana, just south of Indianapolis.

There were also reports of large hail in northern Kentucky and southern Indiana.

At least half of the US population has faced an extreme weather alert since 1 May, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), which has been tracking the alerts sent by the National Weather Service. About one in 10 of the alerts have a clear signal linking them to the climate crisis, Juan Declet-Barreto, a senior social scientist for climate vulnerability at UCS, told the Guardian earlier this month. Scientists have established a clear link between the climate crisis and extreme weather events.

Last weekend, about 100,000 residents in Shreveport, Louisiana, lost power because of storms that hit the Texas panhandle and moved into Louisiana. The crisis left them facing extreme temperatures as high as 107 degrees without electricity to power air conditioning and other methods of cooling down.

Roughly 50 million Americans, including people living in Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, faced heat alerts Sunday. The high temperatures are expected to continue into the Fourth of July holiday weekend.AmericaSpeaks

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