Meanwhile, In The Non "Polar Vortex" World...

While America is preparing to usher in the coldest days of the 21st century, some other places around the globe are hardly as worried. Below is a photo from Rio's Ipanema beach over the weekend, where temperatures hit 51 degrees. Celsius.

Maybe the global warming experts (and their rescuers) currently stuck in the Antarctic ice, should plan accordingly: plus the sights in Rio are certainly more enjoyable than in a barren ice wasteland...

Source: @pdacosta

Comments

[pebblewriter]

I guessing it's a typo. Looks like it was pushing 41, not 51 celsius.

http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/BRXX0201

[el Gallinazo]

Only the Hunger Game participants need conserve:

An investigation by the Tennessee Center For Policy Research published in February, 2006, focused on Al Gore's 10,000 square foot house in Belle Meade area of Nashville.  The former senator and former presidential candidate has been a leading voice for the environment and energy conservation.  His global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth won an Oscar for Best Documentary for 2006.  In the film he urges consumers to conserve energy by reducing the amount of electricity used at home.

Using figures from the Nashville Electric service, the report says that Gore's house used 221,000 kWh of electricity in 2006, more than 20 times the national average of 10,656 kWh.  The report says the gas usage of Gore's home is high as well and that Gore spent more than $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills in 2006.

[Flakmeister]

Yawn....

Seriously...