HelloMan wrote:
Hello


Western europe is suffering extreme weather conditions,
especially since the beginning of august.

Situation is said to have reached critical conditions
especially in Paris Area. (where an increaded death ratio is imputed
to heat)

Furthermore, the situation, although a little cooler today
since yesterday's storms, is supposed to climax again next week.

One thing comes to my mind whereas I am totally ignorant of
these meterorological / astronomical sciences.

Is it thinkable (I repeat, this is only an hypothesis of an
ignorant person) that these latest days vincinity of Mars could
explain meteorological extreme situation ???


What are your opinions on this ??

Absolutely no possible connection. Mars' gravititational effects on
Earth are miniscule compared to those of the moon, and there is still
scant evidence to any obvious effects on sensible weather caused by the
moon.

In spite of the media hype on the current Mars opposition, Mars is not
all that much closer this time than any other opposition, which occur
about every 18 months - a million miles closer maybe, but still nearly
40 million miles away. I've actually heard media people say things like
"Be sure to take a look at Mars on August 27 - after that day, you won't
be able to see it again for another 60,000 years!" Yeesh... It is a
beautiful sight, though, especially the other night when it appeared so
close to the moon in the sky.

I hope you folks get some relief soon; I've heard the terrible reports
of the many deaths in France caused by the heat.

Bob ^,,^

Absolutely no possible connection. Mars' gravititational effects on
Earth are miniscule compared to those of the moon, and there is still
scant evidence to any obvious effects on sensible weather caused by the
moon.

In spite of the media hype on the current Mars opposition, Mars is not
all that much closer this time than any other opposition, which occur
about every 18 months - a million miles closer maybe, but still nearly
40 million miles away. I've actually heard media people say things like
"Be sure to take a look at Mars on August 27 - after that day, you won't
be able to see it again for another 60,000 years!" Yeesh... It is a
beautiful sight, though, especially the other night when it appeared so
close to the moon in the sky.

I hope you folks get some relief soon; I've heard the terrible reports
of the many deaths in France caused by the heat.

Bob ^,,^


thanks for infos.

Concerning the weather here, things seem to lower a little for two days due
to two enormous storms in my area (Lyon, center east). Things strange,
these two storms were extremely filled with lightnings and winds (thus
NOISY !!!) but extremely poor in rain. we now have about 36-40 °C at day
(flat temperatures) and around 26-27 at night (flat temperatures).

Concerning the number of deaths, the official number claimed by the
government raises to 3500 today for the whole country (was 3000 yesterday
for only Paris area). I find it strange; it seems really huge, it is not
the first time France suffers heat wave at summer, see last year, for
example. Is is somekind of a showbizz gloss, an antigovernmental strike, or
was the temperature really higher than the figures given ?

here is a tight resume of the situation today.

bye