re: The wet-bulb set to kill hundreds of thousands of people

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Last year's high temps were extraordinary, and without precedent in my 74 years of life on the farm.

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Here is the high temperature data from the NOAA stations probably near where you live.

First is the BR Ryan Airport. There is a slight increasing trend at the Ryan station likely due to heat island effect as the concrete volume has increased around the station over time.





Here is the high temperature data from the NOAA stations in Alexandria and Covington (the Covington data does have a gap).

Note the slight downward trends in both these locations data. No heat island effect.






These data demonstrate while last summer's high temps were hot they were not unprecedented.