Utah has first ever 'red flag' weather warning

[SamuelTheThird]

More climate change at work

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/26/utah-governor-fireworks-wildfires

Salt Lake City’s National Weather Service declared a “particularly dangerous situation red flag warning”, the first in the service’s history, according to a social media post.

“THIS IS EXTREMELY RARE … Wind gusts of 40-50+ mph, combined with hot temperatures and extremely dry air, could cause explosive wildfire growth. Any new fire that starts could spread rapidly and become difficult to control,” said Chase Thomason, a meteorologist for KUTV, Utah’s CBS affiliate.

Among the current blazes is the Cottonwood fire, which officials discovered on Monday and was described by Cox as the most destructive fire in the state’s history. So far, it has burned nearly 72,000 acres and is at 0% containment, according to Utah fire info.

[Deuxcents]

1. I think we're gonna experience things we've never seen before..look at France reaching 105* actual temp

And other places being displaced because of too much or too little water..all this just recently

[calimary]

2. It's started to get scary.

[DFW]

3. Here in Germany, we are at over 38 (100 F)

We have no air conditioning in the house. We are hosting my wife's cousin and her husband tonight since we are celebrating my wife's birthday tomorrow (74, which means we've been together for 52 years now--where DID the time go?).

We are finally considering getting some air conditioning installed, but we have no clue where it should go, or even where there is a firm that does that kind of thing. Air conditioning in Germany USED to be like heating in Death Valley--it never used to be an issue. If this keeps up, in ten years, they will be planting orange orchards in Lapland.