Talk:2018 European heatwave

new article duplicating this one
FYI 2018 European heat wave was created today and seems to cover the same topic. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 16:10, 31 July 2018 (UTC) Nevermind, creator/sole editor at other article redirected it here. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 16:20, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Move to 2018 European heat wave
Imho, move the page to 2018 European heat wave, since that is usually the naming we used in past heat waves, ie. 2003 European heat wave, and drought usually comes with heat waves. prokaryotes (talk) 16:26, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Support: Seems sensible. This is Paul (talk) 16:36, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * SupportNewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 18:17, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:00, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

History note

 * The large addition at 16:21, 31 July 2018‎ by User:Prokaryotes, was likeliest a cut-and-paste from an editing history which is now at 2018heat. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:54, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * And? prokaryotes (talk) 05:23, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Nuclear reactor shutdown
There's a common misconception in the media, that nuclear reactors have to shut down because of increased river temperatures, making the water too warm for their cooling systems. This is incorrect, as the cooling system can still work just fine even when the incoming water is at a higher temperature than usual. The problem is, that the water flowing back to the river can overheat the river causing damage to the local ecology. This is an important distinction, as the original formulation seems to indicate a vulnerability for nuclear power plants (feeding the anti-nuclear agenda), which is certainly not the case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.20.241.226 (talk) 08:05, 8 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Excellent!  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 09:02, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Wrong focus
It makes little sense to organize this by country. It's a climate phenomenon, not a soccer match. A table of contents that consists of 20 little national flags is entirely distracting from the real story. 62.167.47.56 (talk) 10:15, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:2003 European heat wave which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 10:01, 24 August 2023 (UTC)