30 augusti. US Heat. Super El Niño. Iceland voted against joining EU.

 

The southern US faces temperatures as high as 46C this week as forecasters warn of “dangerous record-breaking” heat for tens of millions of people.

A high-pressure system known as a heat dome is sitting over the Southwest and south-central parts of the country, acting like a lid that prevents heat from escaping into the atmosphere.

https://www.ft.com/content/ab090526-171c-4e85-b70b-65999fdc5c43?syn-25a6b1a6=1


Det som sker nu är inte normalt.

Vi har gått in i vad som ser ut att bli den kraftfullaste El Niño som vi som lever nu har varit med om. De indikatorer som forskarna använder för att mäta kraften i klimatfenomenet är just nu ”off the charts”.
Den amerikanska motsvarigheten till SMHI, NOAA, bedömer i  sin senaste uppdatering att risken för en ”mycket stark” El Niño – den högsta nivån på skalan – är 90 procent. Förra veckan gick den brittiska motsvarigheten Met Office ut med en ännu kraftfullare varning.
”Vi måste vara på det klara med att detta är något som vi aldrig har upplevt förut”, konstaterade professor Adam Scaife, chef för långsiktiga prognoser vid Met Office.

Att El Niño blir så kraftfull den här gången kan vara en slump.
Peter Alestig DN 29 augusti 2026

How Super El Niño Is Turbocharging Weather Disasters

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/08/heatwaves-expose-great-human-gift-for.html


Klimatkrisen kan omöjligt vara sant, för i så fall skulle jag redan ha vetat om det


Olav av Norge och prinsessan Märtha av Sverige var kusiner.
Dick Harrison SvD 29 augusti 2026

Förbud mot kusinäktenskap och äktenskap mellan andra nära släktingar 
I lagrådsremissen föreslår regeringen att det ska införas ett förbud mot kusinäktenskap och äktenskap mellan andra nära släktingar.  


Iceland has voted against resuming talks on joining EU.   52.8%  rejected the government's proposal, while 47.2% said yes.
BBC 30 August 2026








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