Are we prepared for the consequence of global warming?
Climates fingerprints on Lytton fire, July 3  The heat wave that weve experienced (in B.C.) was unprecedented and records were broken across the country. We got awfully close to 40C, which is a little scary. According to Environment Canada, Lytton recorded temperatures of 45.7C on Monday, 46.6C on Sunday and more than 49C on Tuesday afternoon. Were breaking records like never before. COVID-19 has kept us indoors for the past year-and-a-half, and, now, this heat wave is doing the same. I dont remember what normal looks like anymore. Thank heavens, we still have ice cream, ice-cold beer, air-conditioning and cold showers! The biggest concern is in letting our guard down by not being cautious enough during these intense days; Im seeing way too many people not wearing hats, sunglasses, or suntan lotion. Also, a lot of people were caught unawares by not having sufficient fans or portable air-conditioners, and not nearly enough people kept properly hydrated. This weather phenomenon will certainly happen a lot more frequently in future. For those of you who are unaware, 486 people died in B.C. because of the recent, five-day heat wave, which is truly tragic. Ron Gobeil, Parksville, B.C. The Liberal government has stated its intention to purchase the U.S. F35 to replace our current Hornet CF18s. Last March, the Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee called the Lockheed Martin-produced F-35 Joint Strike Fighter charged was a rathole for money and was desperately looking for alternatives. Flying the F-35 currently costs $36,000 per hour, and it has a projected lifetime cost of $1.7 trillion.  Ouch! A rational aviation solution for a safer world could be a fleet of the new Viking Canadair 515 Aerial Firefighters to put out fires, rather than create them. Stop the ridiculous Cold War NATO rhetoric and face a real planetary crisis!