Ready for the next Ice Age? Winter is coming.

[redrumloa]

The amount of private homes in Scotland with air conditioning is probably below 1%. It's only ever warm enough to justify on a couple of days each year. Even if we're lucky enough to get a hot summer, it's usually pretty cold at night.

It's the exact opposite here in South Florida. On average maybe ~1% of the year do we turn off the AC. I don't think we've turned on heat in maybe 10 years. I'm a native Floridian and I am damn tired of the heat!

We're moving to Crystal River in the coming months, which is west central Florida. The fall and winter there are slightly more real seasons. The leaves turn, can get a good bit colder etc. Just a ~4.5 hour drive away but a big difference.

 

[Robert]

I'm a native Floridian and I am damn tired of the heat!

I'm a native Glaswegian and damn tired of the driech cold. Perhaps we should do a house swap.

We're moving to Crystal River in the coming months, which is west central Florida. The fall and winter there are slightly more real seasons. The leaves turn, can get a good bit colder etc. Just a ~4.5 hour drive away but a big difference.

Yeah, it's easy for me to forget that your state is bigger than my entire country. Climate in Southern Scotland is cold and wet. In Northern Scotland it's the same except a bit colder and wetter. I live in Central Scotland where the climate is, well, have a guess.

 

[redrumloa]

But, but, it's a green battery factory fire.

Evacuations, Road Closures Begin as Fire Engulfs World’s Largest Battery Plant in California​

Officials are not actively fighting the fire, the Monterey Sheriff spokesperson said, and are instead leaving the building and the batteries to burn on the advice of fire experts.

Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California has been closed.

The Moss Landing Power Plant, located about 77 miles south of San Francisco, is owned by Texas-based company Vistra Energy and contains tens of thousands of lithium batteries, the Independent reports.

The batteries are important for storing electricity from such renewable energy sources as solar energy, but if they erupt in flames the blazes can be extremely difficult to put out.

“There’s no way to sugar coat it. This is a disaster, is what it is,” Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church told KSBW-TV.