With regards to the harsh northern climates thing, isn't the African savannah fucking WORSE? You have to contend with drought wiping out your civilization every few decades or so. These motherfuckers act like Germany/Europe in general was just Snowpiercer or something, WTF
I may be misinformed but I'm under the impression that Europe, sans like Finland and Norway more or less have pretty mild climates compared to like, Kansas or the goddamned Sahara desert
europe faces no severe winters or harsh summers, doesn't really get hurricanes or that many droughts, and does not have a section called "tornado alley" because they don't get tornadoes.
It actually blew my mind when I learned that europe doesn't have tornadoes. Hiding in the basement an hour a week was just a fact of life when I was a kid.
Excluding Russia because they aren't always white, you'd be working with Norway, Sweden, Finland, and iceland. Considering some of those countries are a rounding error away from not existing, I don;t think they have a massive enough impact on the general european perception of winter. I could be wrong, so please correct me if I am.
you’d be working with Norway, Sweden, Finland, and iceland.
No, you'd also be working with Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechia and more that I don't even care to name right now, all of which have numerous places which get as cold or much, much colder than Beijing. Hell, fucking Greece which is pretty much the warmest country in Europe has places which got almost as cold as the coldest it's even been in Beijing.
EDIT: Hell, even Ljubljana which is a major city and qualifies as southern Europe has gotten to -25.4C, which is significantly colder than the coldest it's ever been in Beijing. Same with Sarajevo and Zagreb.
EDIT 2: Ptolemaida which is in Greece (pretty much the warmest country in Europe) has gotten to -28C which is far colder than it has ever been in Beijing.
EDIT 3: LOL I confused you with the guy saying no place in Europe gets colder than Beijing. Regardless, here is a climate map of Europe: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Koppen-Geiger_Map_Europe_present.svg
Only southern Europe and the side facing the Atlantic don't face severe winters.
With regards to the harsh northern climates thing, isn't the African savannah fucking WORSE? You have to contend with drought wiping out your civilization every few decades or so. These motherfuckers act like Germany/Europe in general was just Snowpiercer or something, WTF
I may be misinformed but I'm under the impression that Europe, sans like Finland and Norway more or less have pretty mild climates compared to like, Kansas or the goddamned Sahara desert
europe faces no severe winters or harsh summers, doesn't really get hurricanes or that many droughts, and does not have a section called "tornado alley" because they don't get tornadoes.
It actually blew my mind when I learned that europe doesn't have tornadoes. Hiding in the basement an hour a week was just a fact of life when I was a kid.
yeah. They straight up have no idea what it's like when the sky just wants you dead.
we do have them sometimes... but also stone buildings ...
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/hallo-niedersachsen/tornado-hinterlaesst-spur-der-verwuestung-in-grossheide/ndr-niedersachsen/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS83NWUxNWY1Yy0xYmI3LTQ4NGMtOTQyNS0zMmVjMmUyYWY3MDU/
Yes, if you exclude Northern Europe, part of which is in the arctic circle...
The tornado part is mostly true however.
Excluding Russia because they aren't always white, you'd be working with Norway, Sweden, Finland, and iceland. Considering some of those countries are a rounding error away from not existing, I don;t think they have a massive enough impact on the general european perception of winter. I could be wrong, so please correct me if I am.
No, you'd also be working with Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechia and more that I don't even care to name right now, all of which have numerous places which get as cold or much, much colder than Beijing. Hell, fucking Greece which is pretty much the warmest country in Europe has places which got almost as cold as the coldest it's even been in Beijing.
EDIT: Hell, even Ljubljana which is a major city and qualifies as southern Europe has gotten to -25.4C, which is significantly colder than the coldest it's ever been in Beijing. Same with Sarajevo and Zagreb.
EDIT 2: Ptolemaida which is in Greece (pretty much the warmest country in Europe) has gotten to -28C which is far colder than it has ever been in Beijing.
EDIT 3: LOL I confused you with the guy saying no place in Europe gets colder than Beijing. Regardless, here is a climate map of Europe: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Koppen-Geiger_Map_Europe_present.svg
Only southern Europe and the side facing the Atlantic don't face severe winters.