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ifd66
With weather related records being broken (wlidfires, arctic/greenland melting, droughts, temperatures, rainfall...) all over the globe it must be now impossible for even the most ignorant of leaders to ignore the realities of global warming
Belrick
The parents of the infant who died in the car need to be charged with murder. How stupid do you need to be to leave a child in a car on a hot day!
zatoizugoodo
Instead of wasting water how about you let those trees grow out to provide shade. Then, plant some more trees.
JJ Jetplane
@ifd66
I can't agree with you. There are many that would still question the affects of climate change due to human related matters.
Examples: Trump has gone on record this year saying he doesn't believe in climate change. Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and The Prime Minister of Australia before this current one have also gone on record as to not believing in climate change.
Hydration is important and a lot of Japanese don't hydrate properly. Many people don't like the idea of drinking while walking, or drinking in non designated eating/drinking areas. Things like that lead to a lack of hydration on these hot and humid days.
Anonymous
@Belrick
I believe the story was that the young woman returned home drunk very early in the morning and “forgot” her little girl was in the car until 9 a.m., outside temperature already 30°, by which time the toddler had already succumbed to heat stroke.
Heat wasn’t the problem, an irresponsible, drunken mother was. (The father was away on business.)
Toasted Heretic
Stay safe, stay hydrated. Climate change is upon us.
This is only the tip of the melting iceberg.
ClippetyClop
I’m glad that there are no global sporting events being held in Japan in such savage conditions in the next year or so.
Derek Grebe
I'm with Zato. Stop hacking the trees back to chopsticks and let them flourish. A bit of shade is so easy to achieve and makes so much difference.
Poor English Speaker
I'm going to go outside and lead visitors to the parking lot for more than one hour. I'm really afraid of getting heatstroke, so I purchased umbrella called "higasa" which is used at the hot sunny weather yesterday, and brought another shirt. Until now, "higasa" is not widely taken root in male workers, therefore I'll be a pioneer in this circumstance.
Ike-in-Tokyo-from-89
@Poor English Speaker
Good, sensible move. Don’t sweat it.
Bugle Boy of Company B
Can't wait for the Olympics! Particularly the "Survive the Heat" relay. I heard they're going to award points for style - how you sprawl yourself out on the ground when you pass out.
Vince Black
It's baffling how this happens every year like clockwork and yet people still don't get it
ifd66
Facts are facts - the existence of man-made climate change is no longer a debatable topic - you cannot debate facts ... despite the wishes of those in the Trump, Australian and Brazilian administrations to do so.
HBJ
Here is another one of those things that gets you to question the amount of common sense / intelligence prevalent in Japan.
Sure 'uchimizu' cools down the sidewalk...for a short time until all the water evaporates. It's also a colossal waste of water.
Plant. More. Trees. Trees don't evaporate in the heat, and will provide areas of shade cooler and therefore more comfortable than walking in the direct sunlight.
Use the 'uchimizu' water to feed the trees, so they grow and stay healthy. Water not wasted.
Come on Japan, this really isn't rocket science.
Derek Grebe
HBJ - hear hear. Throw water on the ground, let it evaporate, hey presto! More humidity.
Let the trees grow tree-shaped, throw water on them, you've got some shade and you've not wasted any water.
But, as you'll know by now, the rule here is "People used to do this years ago, so we must continue doing it, regardless of how pointless it is."
kwatt
One of the heat wave problems is everybody turns on the billions of air-conditioners that make a lot of heat outside. Once all people shut down, hot temperature is slowly cooling down naturally like some cool tropical islands. Nobody shuts down, hot temperature is going up and up,,,,,,,,,far up. Throwing water on street seems almost nothing.
Douglas Whitman
Pure waste of water.
The Avenger
Trees are our friends.
kwatt
No waste of water. Almost all water dams are full of water 80-100% this year. More typhoons come.
rgcivilian1
I need to mow the yard but it is just to hot...tried to do some light yard work under an umbrella but even that didn't work as it just too hot. Well staying indoors in the cool ac.
JJ Jetplane
@idf66
I am not saying I don’t believe in climate change. Also, as you said, facts are facts. Those leaders said they don’t believe in climate change. That is why I said I don’t agree when you said “it’s impossible for the most ignorant leader to ignore.” Trump has even gone on record for burying a climate change report simply because he said he doesn’t believe in its findings.
Mocheake
Sidewalk watering is a colossal waste of water, people! Better off giving it to trees or to the people walking by.
rlperez@hotmail.com.au
ifd66: " it must be now impossible for even the most ignorant of leaders to ignore the realities of global warming"
Global warming is just a hoax, ask Trump, the expert on climate.
beentofivecontinents
Sad and mainly due to stupidity and ignorance. Nearly all if not all of these deaths were easily preventable.
Andrew Crisp
Say that in the middle of winter, when temperatures are breaking record lows.
I was in Japan two years ago, everybody was complaining about the heat then, the ambulance sirens were going all night and yet people still haven't changed their habits.
nothisrealname
https://www.climatesignals.org/data/record-high-temps-vs-record-low-temps
runner3
In response to JJ Jetplane.
Yout have your facts wrong Justin Trudeau does believe in climate change!
Toasted Heretic
That's what climate change is. Extreme temperatures.
JenniSchiebel
That's not the weather's fault. The poor baby didn't die from a "heat-related cause." He/She died from a parent's horrible negligence.
JenniSchiebel
Yes, climate change is real. It's so real, that it's been going on for millions of years.
Is it caused by human activity? Only a very little, if at all.
It's weather, people. Please don't be so unhinged from reality as to think that weather pattern changes, which have been happening for ages, are because of us and our cars and machines.
Amir Marzouk
Climate change, global warming. Semantics.
vanityofvanities
When I worked at the office they introduced computers decades ago, the room was kept freezingly cold and people wore winter clothes even in summer. Today, computer terminals are heat resistant but not the central computer maybe.
Douglas Whitman
If you are literally taking fresh water and throwing it into the street, then YES, it is a waste of water.
Andrew Crisp
Interesting that for every year that has a record high, its followed by a record low - the seasons are balancing things out.
Confirms there's nothing to worry about nature is keeping things in check.
Kobe White Bar Owner
Heat wave claims more lives in Japan
Next years headline
Heat wave claims lives at 2020 Olympics in Japan.
Shane Sommerville
Nothing new it’s summer
Strangerland
I showered three times today alone.
Kobe White Bar Owner
@stranger
Yep me too 3-4 showers and a bath. Otherwise I'd be kicking up like Gandhi's flip flops.
bass4funk
I agree, I could care less what anyone says or thinks, in my house, I turn the A/C as cold as I can get it, drink a lot of ice cold water. No way am I going to be another statistic.
bass4funk
Some can’t afford them or don’t want to, either way, it doesn’t matter what you do, each person should do what they want or need to keep cool
PPag
The heat wave is so crazy, I saw someone showing his melted keys on the laptop.
https://www.reddit.com/r/laptops/comments/ck4bf1/the_heat_wave_is_so_crazy_i_saw_someone_show_his/
PPag
The heat wave is so crazy, I saw someone showing his melted keys on the laptop. http://bit.ly/2ZyjteU