Q-and-A: Germany, AC, and the Heat Dome

 1.  This second 'heat-dome' chatter?

The current cooling off....probably 7 days of 25-to-29 C (max of 84 F).  Then the heat-dome returns to some degree....probably 2 weeks....of 31 to 35 C  (max of 95 F). Weather gal hint....another cooling trend occurs (week or two). 

She doesn't say if a 3rd heat-dome occurs.  

I would just say....as bad as 35 C (95 F) is....getting to 38 C (100 F)....is damn hot.

2.  The chatter of Germans asking if this is a permanent thing....is a daily thing now.

The cut-off point, I think.....if you say there's to be 35 C plus-temps over 60-plus days each summer.....most folks are going to buy a AC unit (roll-around) by spring of 2027.

3.  Could the grid handle doubling and tripling the AC unit count in Germany?

I have my doubts. 

4.  Mandates likely by spring of 2027?

Would not shock me if NO-Booze sales during heat waves (maybe beer/wine-coolers allowed).  France has some 'rule' like this currently.

5.  Buckling of pavement on a massive scale?  

Talked about a good bit.

6.  “Mallorca rule”?

Well....if you are a German public 'servant'....you can do home-office up to 8 weeks a year....out-of-the-country.  I'm not saying they do it much....but it's been brought up.

30 June 2026: Germany: 5 Stories

1.  Germany-Paraguay game.

This went on to like 1:30 AM.  Average play by German team....nothing spectacular. Some analyst over the weekend had said....one of the weaker German teams of the past 20 years.

From the games I've watched....France and Argentina look stronger of the entire group.  

Nagelsmann (the coach)?  I'd say he's gone by spring of 2027.  High expectations for past four years.  

2.    New whale drama....version 2.0....Timmy II.  They named the weakened whale....'Hartwin'....younger whale than Timmy.

No analysis yet on their strategy of handling this whale.

3.  Extremely high number of road 'blow-ups' being reported (because of the recent heat).

4.  Weather view?  About 7 more days of 25-to-28 C....then 35 C temps return.

5.  Sort of funny.

I  asked AI (Grok).....if El Nino was causing the US heat-umbrella/dome.....answer  yes.

So I asked.....the European heat umbrella/dome....also caused by El Nino....NO.

Grok explain the US problem is El Nino, and the  European problem is man-made climate change.

I paused here....asking if the US pattern of wind/Gulf Stream could be contributing....NO was the answer.

So, I asked Grok....assemble all reports/data from 1990 to 2005....asking if El Nno affects European weather patterns. 'Absolutely' was the answer.

Yeah....Grok/AI has been taught to answer in a certain way.  One problem can be answered one way....the other a different way.

Rest of the Story Over the Shooting

 From yesterday's shooting:

1.  Shooter was a Turk, with a connection to some crime-clan group.  Age mid-40s.

2.  When the cops stopped the vehicle to capture the guy....he was a passenger.  Some female relative was the driver.

3.  He's not from Hamburg/region....he's from Hannover.

4.  Authorities had ordered his wife/newborn child into a women's protection facility (just west of Hamburg).  Way that the comment comes across....he appears to have a short-fuse.  

5.  Disagreement with the staff members of the facility.....they appear to be all the dead.

6.  It does not appear that he had a gun license.

7.  Some comment from the police...'they knew him'....meaning he had a record.

8.  On court action....judge might ask for a mental exam.  If so....could be an effort to permanently hold him (threat for the remainder of his life). If no exam....I don't see him ever getting out of prison.  

My Morning Adventure

 This AM....I went early to the Wiesbaden Zollamt (tax-office)....to renew my pink-card (allows me to use the BX/commissary).

So I get there....plenty of parking.  Walk in....hand the card to  the uniformed Zoll-lady.  She spend 20 minutes....coming over to see me....a problem.

Well....her system connects to some server in Darmstadt (Zoll HQ for the state, I guess).  AC is down.  Server is off. 

I ask....can I come back in 2 hours?  NO.

Maybe in 4 hours?  NO.

Wednesday?  Maybe.

Thursday.....yeah.

I pondered this....all this connectivity in Germany....with AI being a priority, and if the AC fails....the whole system collapses.

Pretty critical weak point.

Is The German Mini-Job System In Trouble?

 Well....the mini-job status was simple.

You as a shop/store....hire a guy/gal to work minimum hours over the month....making a max of 603 Euro for the month (no taxes/pension).  It was mostly designed for women with kids.....to have a part-time situation

What came up in recent  years.....there's no pension.

So these older folks....upon reaching 67....had nothing.  They'd turn to the welfare office....who had to pay them some type of 'pay-deal'.  Eventually, the CDU-CSU woke up....realizing the system can't continue this way.

What happens?

Some believe that part-time jobs will dissolve drastically.

Shooting

 German police are in the early stages of a homicide investigation.

Six adults dead (one died at the hospital).  Shooter captured by the police (alive).

Occurred mid-afternoon....at or near a mother-child welfare facility (Mutter-Kind-Einrichtung) in the Dankersstraße area of Stade, Lower Saxony.  This is about 30 min driving west of Hamburg.

Victims at scene: four women and one man (all adults).

Ethnic info/names?  No....nothing released yet.

Note: Shooter arrested getting out of his car (Mercedes AMG 43 model).  Appears to be five-plus years old....something in the 20k  Euro range (if in good condition). 'Status-car'.  

Pool Assaults

 Police operations over the weekend at Frankfurt, Griesheim, Kriftel....at regional public outdoor swimming pools.

Plain assault, and alleged sexual assault.

Based off what the news says.....pools have been shutdown until facts are established.

Magnet for trouble?  Up until the past 20 years....you just didn't hear of brawls or sexual assaults at German public pool.  Now?  Some of them have gone and hired 'security' and bouncer-folks.

Burnham

 Andy Burnham gave his UK-I'm-going-to-be-your-PM speech this AM.

What I got out of it?  Well....he says to fix all of the UK problems...he'll need 10 years.

I had to quit at some point where that was said.....being unable to take anything serious.

I am reminded of a used car I owned....continually broke....the mechanic finally said something to the effect....'look, I can fix this once and for all but it'll cost you ten times the value of the car'.   The catch was....I  simply dump it and buy a brand new vehicle.

The UK needs a 'Jesus'....somebody very likeable like a Merkel but without a lot of BS or promises.

This UK-Jesus....does he/she even exist?  I doubt it.

Is anyone buying the 10-year plan guy?