Belgrade Heatwave Part VII

*This was the hottest day ever recorded in Belgrade.
Fifty forest fires right, left and center. Hundreds of dead reported in Hungary. State of Emergency in Greece.
What next? Oh, the specter of famine...

It's supposed to rain tonight.

Link: BBC NEWS | Europe | South Europe hit by extreme heat.

In neighbouring Serbia, the agriculture ministry says 30% of the country's annual harvest has been destroyed because of the heat, with the wheat, soya and vegetable crops worst hit by the heat.

Belgrade has introduced restrictions on the export of agricultural products.

Simple statement of climate fact here: I mean, Britons were frying last summer, bailing this summer, their climate's obviously haywire...
but check out these *commentaries* by agitated British climate denialists. I bet you never realized that every scientist in the world is for sale and that belief in physical evidence is a religious conspiracy.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article2127599.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article2127599.ece

((("Yes, but what effective action can we take TODAY to deal with the consequences of this long-neglected problem?" That's simple: we can bury the dead.)))