It's time to name heat waves like we do hurricanes (2024)

[eigenhombre]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/opinion/heat-wave-names.html

[delichon]

Since cold waves are more deadly why prioritize heat waves?

[lesuorac → delichon]

Non-sequitor: We already name winter storms.

https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2024-10-11-winter-sto...

[Steven420 → delichon]

Because it goes with the narrative

[Daishiman → Steven420]

Climate change isn't a narrative.

[lesuorac → Daishiman]

Why not?

Not all narratives are fictional. They're just all stories.

Although the part I always find a bit weird with climate change is that all the counter-arguements seem so poor. Like even if somehow it's not man-made, if the earth is going towards a less habitable climate for humans then we should make it man-made in the other direction!

[Daishiman → delichon]

They are more deadly for now. Heat waves are just the most visible part of the changing climate.

[peterfirefly]

Or to stop naming hurricanes.