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Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Maybe

Andrus Lauringson — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:58:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Andrus Lauringson
Post title: Maybe

But the more important question is – has my work routine affected climate change?

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | CLIMATE DISRUPTION (change is too neutral)

Kay Denney — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:33:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Kay Denney
Post title: CLIMATE DISRUPTION (change is too neutral)

During the scorching summer of 2022 I couldn't take my dog out between about 10.30 and 7.00 pm because the pavement would have burned his paws, so I had to rearrange my schedule and take him out first thing. This kind of made it harder for me because taking him out is usually a very welcome break in the day.

And I'm only too aware that it's nothing to complain about compared to what other people here are experiencing.

I see that a staggering 5.7% of presumably well-educated translators refuse to accept the reality of climate disruption (ok they clicked on "I don't *believe* in climate change" but if not believing in it is more a matter of not wanting to understand)

I first became a climate activist in the 1970s and I so so wish we had got it all wrong. I would much rather have had to admit being wrong than saying "I told you so".

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Sure

Vanessa Dias — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:31:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Vanessa Dias
Post title: Sure

During some hot waves that happened in Brazil last year I had a hard time concentrating.

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Sea level advancing and too many floods

Cecilia Mattos (X) — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:20:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Cecilia Mattos (X)
Post title: Sea level advancing and too many floods

In Brazil we have been experienced too many floods in diferent regions in the past 5 years or more, and the sea is advancing somehow, as we see the need to put a great amount of rocks by the beach to protect the shore and the buildings close to the beach from the waves and high tides.

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Yes, last year...

expressisverbis — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:07:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: expressisverbis
Post title: Yes, last year...

In September last year, central and northern Portugal were ravaged by fires. I think it was the worst year since 2017.
The air was unbreathable, the sky very grey and you couldn't open the windows... the temperatures, which were already high, got much higher.
I saw the flames up close and... people lost their homes, their jobs, their animals and even their families... firefighters killed in the line of duty...
It was a terrible and frightening week, even for me, because the fire was very close to the building where I live, and I couldn't get my work done as usually...
I hope I don't have to live through this kind of situation again.
I was too scared, but I still had to find the strength to fulfil my work commitments.
From what I can remember, I think it was this situation that affected my work routine the most.

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Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | You are lucky

Rachel Waddington — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:59:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Rachel Waddington
Post title: You are lucky

[quote]Alexandra Villeminey wrote:

Yes, ever since climate activists started blocking the roads, commuting takes longer. [/quote]

If these are the worst effects you have experienced so far you can consider yourself very lucky.

People around the world already suffering from fires, flooding and deadly heatwaves are not so fortunate.

But we are all going to see the effects of climate change in our lives, probably sooner than a lot of people are expecting.

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Extreme events

CasaPhil — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:37:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: CasaPhil
Post title: Extreme events

[quote]neilmac wrote:
Storms and extreme weather events are becoming more common and worse in my area (Valencia, Spain), like the terrible one we had at the end of October. They increasingly involve power outages, which affects my work. [/quote]
Valencia floods were horrifying.
Grid reliability may become an issue indeed. In October 2023, winds up to 154 km/h measured at the US air base 30 km away left us without power for a few days. Many large, old trees in the area couldn't handle it and part of our (already weakened) perimeter wall collapsed.

Philippe

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Impact of Severe Rains on Work Availability

Lorena Trindade — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:36:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Lorena Trindade
Post title: Impact of Severe Rains on Work Availability

Yes. Severe rains in my country often cause power outages and, at times, internet disruptions, making it impossible for me to work.

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Klimakleber

Alexandra Villeminey — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:20:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Alexandra Villeminey
Post title: Klimakleber

Yes, ever since climate activists started blocking the roads, commuting takes longer.

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | When camping

Lingua 5B — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:28:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Lingua 5B
Post title: When camping

When I’m camping at campsites, solar panels are not powerful enough to keep my laptop charge going forever, so we need to use the electric plugs too, in the middle of a green forest full of life, ants, etc. Too bad.

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | I spend more time

WolfgangS — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:29:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: WolfgangS
Post title: I spend more time

...at the swimming pool.

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | fan

Johan Beyens (X) — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:38:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Johan Beyens (X)
Post title: fan

I keep a fan on my desk.

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Yes somewhat

CasaPhil — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:37:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: CasaPhil
Post title: Yes somewhat

I don't feel comfortable working at temperatures beyond 28°C in my study. My shutter and window positioning routine in the summer follows the sun to try and prevent the house from heating up, but it goes only so far.
Because the outside temperature exceeds 40°C more often in the summer, I have to turn the A/C on for longer periods.
I didn't raise my rates to cover these additional energy expenses, and full insulation overhaul would be too expensive.

Philippe

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Yes, somewhat

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:26:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Yes, somewhat

A lot of translations I have done over the last 5/10 years have been about climate change...

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine? | Somewhat

neilmac — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:22:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Somewhat

Storms and extreme weather events are becoming more common and worse in my area (Valencia, Spain), like the terrible one we had at the end of October. They increasingly involve power outages, which affects my work.

Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?

ProZ.com Staff — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:10:06 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Has climate change ever affected your work routine?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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