Introducing the ‘Heat Storm’: LA Times uses fictional term borrowed from Star Wars film series?! ‘Heat Storms’ ravaging California or Beware of the ‘heat storms’ in a galaxy far, far away…
By: Marc Morano - Climate DepotOctober 15, 2020
The Los Angelos Times employed a new phrase designed to gin up climate fear among the public — the rise of the “heat storm.†LA Times staff writer Sammy Roth, used a term associated with the fictional Star Wars film series three times in his article titled “Boiling Point.†See: LA Times: Boiling Point: Climate change is wreaking havoc on the power grid in ways you never knew
LA Times Staff Writer Sammy Roth
Roth reported, that “the state experienced hotter days and higher overall peak electricity demand during a July 2006 heat storm that did not lead to rolling blackouts.†In addition, Roth also cited the Sustainability officer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as using the “heat storm†phrase as well.
The term “heat storm†is a relatively new term in the climate debate. Wikipedia defines a ‘heat storm’ this way: “A heat storm is a Californian term for an extended heat wave. Heat storms occur when the temperature reaches 100 °F (37.8 °C) for three or more consecutive days over a wide area (tens of thousands of square miles).â€
Other news outlets have also sparingly used the term “heat storm†recently. See, here, here, here, and here.
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