Olympics 2024: how extreme weather could impact Paris games
By Paul Homewood
h/t Paul Kolk
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More absurd propaganda:
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Simon King
Lead Weather Presenter
The summer Olympics and Paralympic games in Paris are just over a month away and there is concern about the potential effects of extreme heat.
Some parts of Europe have already registered temperatures over 40C and it is not unreasonable to suggest that elsewhere in Europe will experience heatwaves in the coming months.
In a report published on Tuesday, Lord Coe, President of World Athletics, says “climate change should increasingly be viewed as an existential threat to sport”.
Intense heat could affect the events, competitors, spectators and officials.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cqll9v0qynqo
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Somewhere in Europe might experience a heatwave? What an utterly idiotic thing for a weatherman to say! Does not the idiot know that heatwaves occur somewhere or other in the world every summer – it’s called WEATHER!
Perhaps it’s just as well they did not hold the Paris Olympics in 1911:
“Crushing” heatwave of 1911
French online Le Parisien here looks back at the “crushing”, “almost uninterrupted” heatwave of 1911, which dragged 70 tortuous days from early July to mid-September.
Le Parisien writes how Paris “cooked” under the scorching heat and how “thousands of babies were lost.”
Jardin des Tuileries (Paris) in July 1911. Dressed in heavy clothing, women struggle to find relief from the intense heat in the shade. Maurice-Louis Branger, public domain image.
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Not only Paris was “burning”, but so were other locations across western Europe. Le Parisien reports how temperatures soared to 40°C in Lyon, Bordeaux, and London.
For 15 days, the thermometer refused to go below 30°C
The French say that when July is hot, a cool August usually follows. But that was not the case in 1911. August was even worse: “For fifteen days in a row, the Parisian thermometer refused to go below 30°C!”
Le Parisien describes how the public turned sour against meteorologists, who had predicted the heat would soon recede and the heat nightmare would end. But that did not happen until mid-September.
41,072 dead, record mortality rate
In total the heatwave claimed more than 40,000 lives, Le Parisien reports. Parts of Paris ran out of water supplies and the dailies reported “the list of victims, mowed down by the heat or its consequences” and how “from July 23 to 29, then from August 13 to 19, mortality reached record highs.”
Le Parisien summarized: “In total, the 1911 heatwave, which lasted until mid-September, caused 41,072 deaths in France” and that most of the victims were either the elderly or babies under two years of age. Overall the tragedy saw infant mortality increase 20%.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/france-1911-heatwave-41000-deaths/
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There is a very good reason why the Olympics are held in the summer – because that is when it is hot! Previous Olympics have been held in much hotter places than Paris – Mexico , Athens and Los Angeles for instance.
As for Sebastian Coe, it is sad to see such an intelligent man spout such nonsense. An existential threat to sport? Really?
It is hardly beyond the wit of man to shift the Olympics back a few weeks if summers are too hot.
And how does he think they manage to play cricket at the Gabba in the heat of the Australian summer? Or cycle the Tour de France in mid-summer?
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
Is this the output of the “oxford climate journalism network” at work?
Adaptation must be possible for minor temperature increases. Otherwise as PH says, move the date away from mid-summer.
Minor temperature increases .
But it is quite strange that there has been very little in the media about the “Tour De Swiss ” cycle race of a few days ago . Where very heavy snowfalls caused parts of the route to be cancelled .
But I suppose that is not a temperature increase so it does not fit in with the propaganda .
If you want to be a weather presenter at the BBC you have to spout climate change nonsense at every opportunity. Otherwise, no cushy well-paid job.
Would that be a well-paid Green job? Part of the 650,000?
No, Sir Kneeler Flip Flop U-turn hasn’t created them yet, and they are also supposed to be ‘skilled’ jobs which probably rules out the BBC propaganda squad. That also depends on him winning a majority and the BBC’s terrorist friends Hamas may be a big player in that via The Muslim Vote and Gaza. Strange how a French TV station France24 is providing better insight into TMV than any of our legacy media.
I’ve just been reading about the temperature range at the Beijing games in 2008 and the Athens games in 2004 amongst others (https://www.snexplores.org/article/surviving-olympic-heat) and I’m trying to get my head around why this nonsense of hot temperatures in Paris has suddenly arisen. As you say, the globe trotting Seb Coe has somehow become the woke ambassador for climate.
Intelligent enough to know which side his bread is buttered.
Hang on, where was Olympia?
Gree….Greenland?
Gosh. Greenland can be a bit ” parky”, can’t it! Better move the games back there, then.
And to stop people freezing to death at the Winter Games, move them to Baghdad!
Sorted!
But in the original Games in Greece they competed naked. Now that would boost the TV figures (or maybe not ).
You would risk sunburn in Greenland. One place there, I seem to remember, holds the world record for measured insolation. After all, if the sun is almost directly overhead for 20 hours in a day, there is going to be quite the total influx for the day. The measurement of sunlight received on the surface of the earth is called actinometry. Meteorologists used to be interested in it.
I suspect that it will be quite warm around the burning barricades and vehicles subjected to arson.
Incidentally Mexico City isn’t really that hot, being at 7,500ft. In the summer months afternoon thunderstorms are common along with overcast muggy conditions. The altitude contributed to Bob Beamon’s long jump record with 34 ft, the first jump over 8m.
https://weatherspark.com/y/5674/Average-Weather-in-Mexico-City-Mexico-Year-Round#Figures-Temperature
Paris would be likely to be a little hotter and sunnier in July and August.
https://weatherspark.com/y/47913/Average-Weather-in-Paris-France-Year-Round#Figures-Temperature
The [Men’s] Long Jump World Record was 27′ 5″ [8.35m] before Bob Beamon jumper. He jumped 29’2.5″ [8.90m] – a huge improvement – more than the previous 2 years – and only beaten twice since – current record is 8.95m.
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Thanks for correcting my faulty memory. I should have checked before posting.
More likely the extreme weather will be another Hunga Tong induced deluge.
Speculation because they have nothing actual to push their climutt porn agenda. It is just a weasel way of keeping the crisis(invented) in the public mind. There are no consequences for them if nothing happens and they know that. Also as far as temperatures are concerned no down they will just lower the bar. The idiots in the Mail last week were spouting drivel about “scorching” 27 degrees! Give me a break!
They together with their partners in crime have completely confused the public deliberately into thinking weather is climate (but only when it is hot if you notice). Cold weather caused by cold plumes is reported correctly. However, when the reverse comes north, the hyperventilation amongst the ignorati is almost audible.
I just wonder if the Olympic Committee could sue the BBC for loss of business if people cancel their attendance because of this ‘fear porn’, but I suppose the OC are not obligated to refund people because of ‘bad’ weather.
“spouting drivel about “scorching” 27 degrees!”
The very same paper that carries adverts for the place that says
“Heated to 29.5C all year round and decked in lush green tropical plants and trees, it’s perfect for the whole family to enjoy, whatever the weather!”
I guess it must be hellishly hot at Centerparcs!!! or maybe “Paradise”
https://www.centerparcs.co.uk/discover-center-parcs/activities/subtropical-swimming-paradise.html
Like a lot of the agenda, this tactic has been ongoing for sometime. Ed Maibach at the “Center for Climate Change Communication”, (i.e. propaganda institute), at George Mason University, Va. was pushing it in 2013:
https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/April-2013-Climate-Change-Education-through-TV-Weathercasts.pdf
“In this article, we use the terms “meteorologists” and “weathercasters” loosely to include both in our discussion of using TV weathercasts as a conduit for informal science education on climate change.”
I think the weather will be the least of their worries compared to the large muslim population around Paris.
and french politics… left and right are about to go at it never mind the “followers of peace” There will be fun and frolics on the streets ….
Is there a French chapter of this lot of nutters?
Utter bunch of morons!
“The summer Olympics and Paralympic games in Paris are just over a month away and there is concern about the potential effects of extreme heat.”
If only the BBC had a Verify expert to realise that Lancet information is available and provides invaluable context for its attempted scaremongering:
“Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact
assessment study in 854 cities in Europe”
On page e276, Table 2: “Country-level annual excess number of deaths, attributable fractions, and raw and age-standardised rates for cold and heat for the population aged 20 years and older”
For France, data shows Excess deaths (cold): 17,730 (12,790 to 21,886), and, Excess deaths (heat) 1,388 (1,107 to 1,653).
So extreme cold kills 12x as many victims as extreme heat.
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-5196%2823%2900023-2
How many of those deaths were people likely to die within a short time anyway, due to ill health, old age etc.? Or should the question be: how many weren’t…etc?
Hi OB.
The paper touches on that subject “….relative risks in capital cities for five age groups” in Figure 2, page e275.
As I’ve said before, these data are misleading. It’s very rarely “cold” that kills people in Europe or the US as such but respiratory viruses. These are more common in winter for reasons which remain unclear. There is no correlation between cold and the seriousness of a flu variant for example nor how long epidemics last. And the winter/summer difference largely exists even where winters are very mild.e.g. Arizona has c.15% more deaths in the winter than the summer.
Humidity is much lower in winter than summer.
“…for reasons that remain unclear…”
(1) Huddling together. (2) Lack of ventilation. (3) Lack of Sun (low Vitamin D)*. (4) Lack of even mild exercise, i.e. being slothful.
It is not surprising that Arizona has a modestly raised death-rate in winter, despite not being particularly affected by these factors. After all, it has intercourse with the the rest of the USA, and infectious illnesses are introduced from regions which are so affected.
Incidentally, low Vitamin D is very common in hot sunny places (including Arizona.) People go to great lengths nowadays (having listened to excitable, ignorant, medical professionals) to completely avoid the sun, and in the rare cases when they can do not do this, they cover themselves up, and slather on “the protection.” Which of course is only necessary because they are as pale as albinos.
*It is not just a matter of Vitamin D. Living without the full spectrum (including the infra-red) of direct sunshine is DISASTROUS for health. We are not evolved to live in dungeons. Our modern way of life is, in this respect, incredibly recent. Our grand-parents lived active lives, for the most part in rural locations, and were in the open air, in direct or diffused sunlight, for much of the day. At night, they warmed themselves before sources radiating infra-red. Not a lot of people know that the retina is not the only tissue in the eyes which is specialised to react to electromagnetic radiation. There are infra-red receptors. Of course, many an incurable illness or accident carried them off prematurely. And, for example, one third of males of the labouring class in England in 1880 had untreatable hernias. Still, degenerative and metabolic diseases were (age adjusted) quite rare.
“…humidity is lower in winter…”
Yes, INDOOR (relative) humidity. When you admit moist air into your house at 5 C, say, and heat it up to 30 C you might as well be in the Sahara.
Gamecock has perfect solution: Don’t care about Olympics.
Ignore them. Amazing! Now Paris weather doesn’t matter.
caused 41,072 deaths in France
Precision unmatched until Covid-death accounting.
Surprised they stopped at whole numbers, a decimal point would have really impressed.
First, I suspect the ladies in 2024 will have less clothing. Second, locals could stockpile a few magnums or Sovereigns of clean water and a spray-bottle. Babies will appreciate the attention. Advice for city: Don’t run out of water.
as well as the hot Olympic cities mention by Paul, dont forget Atlanta in 1996. Not only hot but exceedingly humid. And Atlanta was also a venue when US held the world cup. Those old enough may remember Jack Charlton raising hell because the Irish played there in 100 plus temperatures. Also Mexico has been host to a couple of World cups, and as well as the temperature, participants have to cop with the altitude .
. . . and air pollution. Worst I’ve ever breathed was in Mexico City.
“Don’t drink the water.”
“Well, don’t breath the air, either.”
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And the mayor of Paris has decreed there will be no air-con.
OT but have many people noticed that on Gridwatch Templar that for the past 19 days the wind generation has been exactly the same. I have never seen this happen before. You only have to look at the figures over the past year to see how extraordinary this is. Has anyone an explanation for this?
It’s a software bug
I tend to use the newer version of Gridwatch:
https://gridwatch.co.uk/
On the other hand, maybe the renewable lobby has solved the problem of intermittency!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope that Leo Smith who runs the site (and sometimes comments here) is OK. The original BMReports site, from which much of the data come, was switched off at the end of May. Accessing the data from the new source will require reprogramming.
https://bmrs.elexon.co.uk/api-documentation
OT: The following article from Professor Gordon Hughes deserves a wider audience…
‘Labour’s energy promises – vision and reality’ [June 2024]:
https://cloudwisdom.substack.com/p/labours-energy-promises-vision-and
<blockquote>Whatever route is chosen, the costs of partial – and later full – decarbonisation will be very large. The notion that this strategy will bring down electricity bills is completely absurd. It is based on assumptions about costs that have been repeatedly falsified over the last 5 years together with claims that the electricity system can be transformed in less than a decade. This is the land of fantasies, not of practical engineers or even economists.</blockquote>
Wrong data, due to bug. Thank you for pointing that out. I do usually use the newer version, if only because it is easier on my poor old eyes. But the last couple of days my computer took me to the old version and there I was, starting to think wind power was getter more reliable. Delighted to find out it is not!
“Existential threat to sport.” Be still my beating heart!
“Of all the types I’ve ever met within our democracy
I hate the most the athlete with his manner bold and brassy
He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie!
Oh I hate men!”
From “Kiss Me Kate”
The ‘About’ tab ofGridwatch.co.uk informs:
“The site is written and maintained by Mark Stolworthy.”
https://gridwatch.co.uk/about
Mark also used to include parallel info on Gas, which provided much interesting info.
If the heat in Paris was really likely to be a problem then the Olympics should surely not begin at the end of July? I recall the Seoul Olympics actually began in Mid September 1988, whilst I was just a couple hundred miles away in a very warm Kyushu.
What was the weather like in 1900 and 1924, which were also a Paris Olympics years?
They got the nod this time on the basis of the 100 year anniversary.
Essentially that’s my point-that if there were reasonable grounds for concern over athlete’s safety in Paris, due to high temperatures, then they could move the games until later in the year. As they did in S Korea
“they manage to play cricket at the Gabba in the heat of the Australian summer?”
If I remember correctly the first test of an Ashes series is played at the Gabba precisely so that it takes place at the end of the Queensland dry season i.e. before “The Wet” – the horribly humid and hot time of year. ‘Summer’ if you like.
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They did the same nonsense in 2021 for the delayed Tokyo Olympics. The BBC gas to attach climate change to everything.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57255563.amp
The year 1540 was one with an even hotter summer than the heat wave year of 2003.
“This Europe-wide heat wave lasted for seven months, harvests were destroyed and thousands of cattle died, leading to wide spread famine and death. The Rhine dried up and it was reported that people could walk upon the Seine riverbed in Paris without getting their feet wet.”
9:10 BBC 1 live reporter from Delhi in a park commenting temperature just past 40°C. All the people in the background were either wearing long sleeves or some 2 layers. I no longer believe anything the BBC say.
The bigger threat to the Olympics is that the Paris organizers are trying to have the athletes live without AC as they prepare for the biggest race of their lives:
https://www.reuters.com/sports/no-air-conditioning-no-problem-paris-2024-athletes-village-2024-02-28/
https://apnews.com/article/olympics-paris-2024-air-conditioning-climate-change-78b47a6f1bf0e1fcae9889cce9debcd9
Is the BBC yapping on about extreme cold, wet, dry, wind, calm, … sorry I got bored.
On a more interesting note, Reform vote is surging. I might even call it an “extreme turn of events” … except that might annoy the BBC. LOL.
And Climate Sharknados. DW is still doing it too, then they act surprised when voters turn to the AfD as the new NSDAP.