Hot Summer in Continental Europe; Is maith an Scéalaí...

Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir.

"Time is a great storyteller."

The Irish feminine noun 'aimsir' means both 'weather' and 'time.' Handy, that.

A few friends have been needling me about the hot weather we've been having in Hungary and much of Continental Europe in general. The idea, I guess, is that this proves Global Warming. A German friend of mine who is an AGW believer, though, always cautions me to understand there's a difference between "Climate" and "Weather". 

So, we've had very hot weather before now, interestingly enough. A few examples, FWIW:

This article is from 2003:

https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/more-than-52000-europeans-died-from-heat-in-summer-2003.html

And look at the Comments, where one person points out that it is often said cold weather kills more people than hot weather. A very short Internet search turned up the following:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150520193831.htm

Wherein it says cold weather kills 20 times more people than hot weather.

 See also:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/05/20/cold-weather-deaths/27657269/

Or check this out (excerpted from Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heat_waves

• 1906 – During the 1906 United Kingdom heat wave which began in August and lasted into September broke numerous records. On the 2nd temperatures reached 36°C (96°F) which still holds the September record however some places beat their local record during September 1911 and September 2016.
• 1911 – The 1911 United Kingdom heat wave was one of the most severe periods of heat to hit the country with temperatures around 36°C (97°F). The heat began in early July and didn't let up until mid September where even in September temperatures were still up to 33°C (92°F). It took 79 years for temperature higher to be recorded in the United Kingdom during 1990 United Kingdom heat wave.

And also this (note that my mother's mother died in July 1934 in Columbus, Ohio):

• 1936 – The 1936 North American heat wave during the Dust Bowl, followed one of the coldest winters on record—the 1936 North American cold wave. Massive heat waves across North America were persistent in the 1930s, many mid-Atlantic/Ohio valley states recorded their highest temperatures during July 1934. The longest continuous string of 100 °F (38 °C) or higher temperatures was reached for 101 days in Yuma, Arizona during 1937 and the highest temperatures ever reached in Canada were recorded in two locations in Saskatchewan in July 1937.

And of course, there were more of them listed at the Wiki article.

Aimsir, weather. Time and tide. 'Bíonn an bás ar aghaidh an tseanduine agus ar chúl an duine óig.'

"Death does be in front of the Old and a the back of the Young."

An Préachán