Who would have thought that climate change would bring about a new breed of dog days: puddles, puddles, puddles as far as the eye can see. No, kidding aside, the 40,000 dogs registered in Munich as lap dogs, fighting dogs and anything in between couldn’t pour that much on their own. As soon as you get up, the disaster control apps, which now fill several cell phone screens, warn of heavy continuous rain. Meteo alarm, reports the smartphone in capital letters. In the past you would have said when looking out the window that it was autumn and shrugged your shoulders, grabbed your umbrella, coat and sturdy shoes, but today the weather service for Munich and the district of Munich has to consider: “For example, landslides can occur. Close all windows and doors. “
At least the flood news service for Munich remains relaxed, louder green dots at the gauges of the Isar and Würm. So if something gets out of hand in the next few days, the rivers are not. Still, to put it in the words of the Spider Murphy Gang to say: ‘It’s never summer, summer in the city. One goes sniffing through the English Garden, stands frozen at the Monopteros, and a measure at the Chinese Tower is out of the question. Will that change again? From Munich’s point of view, the decisive question is whether there can be Oktoberfest weather without Oktoberfest. Well, a year ago it worked, highs of up to 25.6 degrees Celsius, more than 100 hours of sunshine and no more rain in the two weeks than there is currently in one day. A ray of hope at the gray end of August?
The Oktoberfest has an influence on the climate, there has been no doubt about it since the Technical University discovered that during the Oktoberfest, the emission of the greenhouse gas methane in Munich continues to rise significantly. The explanation for this is pending, Corona interrupted the researchers’ work. Until then you could examine the puddles. Or just jump in with both feet.
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