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Heat wave check in

#41
I was supposed to be felling trees on my property this weekend and called it off on Friday evening. Let the help (and myself) stay indoors for everyone’s health. Went to a car show on Saturday instead and a 5-piece group was playing on the tarmac under a small pop-up. At noon, the drummer was carried off in an ambulance. Music over.

I talked with the band for a few minutes. They weren’t making much bank for those conditions. Glad I wasn’t out there. We should see the break in temps like seen in Chicago on Monday. It’s HOT.
 
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PaulCISSA said:
I was supposed to be felling trees on my property this weekend and called it off on Friday evening. Let the help (and myself) stay indoors for everyone’s health. Went to a car show on Saturday instead and a 5-piece group was playing on the tarmac under a small pop-up. At noon, the drummer was carried off in an ambulance. Music over.

I talked with the band for a few minutes. They weren’t making much bank for those conditions. Glad I wasn’t out there. We should see the break in temps like seen in Chicago on Monday. It’s HOT.
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I bailed out of rehearsal tonight..... We've got a room on the 4th floor of a warehouse with about zero ventilation..... No way was I going to sweat to death tonight up there.
 
#44
Chris Fitzgerald said:
High of 97 today and about 233% humidity. Heat index between 110 and 115 Fahrenheit. This is hot even for Louisville in July! Our 3rd floor, where our family/tv room is and where we often spend our evenings, is not looking like the place to be today.

If you are so inclined, share your summer weather numbers so we can commiserate.
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Heat wave? In Texas, we call that “Monday” :D
 
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slobake said:
Good to hear
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The high temps were nothing compared to those out in the southwest, but when the humidity is over 90% and the sun is shining on you, gets nasty in a hurry. Sweating doesn't help only makes it worse (no evaporative cooling possible).
 
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MJ5150 said:
It might hit 80 here today. Blue sky as far as the eye can see. It's nearly perfect weather in my opinion, just a tad too hot. 70 is more my style.

-Mike
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You can tell you have been in western Washington for a while when you are unhappy with 80 degree weather. Same with weather below 40 degrees. I have become a climate wimp, and don't have any issue with being a climate wimp. I was not happy when it got up to about 90 a week or so ago.

I cannot imagine ever living in the midwest or on the east coast again. Those are uninhabitable climates, thank you very much. My son lives in LA - it's just too hot for intelligent life there, too.
 
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90s and 100s here is San Fernando Valley.

Funky Ghost said:
The wife and I took a trip to escape the heat this weekend. Santa Cruz was 68 degrees. Sacramento was 97.
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Took a trip to Santa Cruz 2 weekends ago. Mid sixties as well... low sixties in Carmel (hour south).



Going to Mendocino (Ft. Bragg and Willits ) in 2 weeks, how it cools off there by then. (90 in Garberville tomorrow!)
 
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Today was in the mid-high 80s and perfect at the clothing optional Lake Washington beach in Seattle :cool: I had the day off.

Right now it's 63°, and the next 3 days are supposed to be mid 70s, with a 40% chance of rain in the AM tomorrow, which I do have to work for a few hours.
 
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btmpancake said:
Good thread for people living in low to medium humidity climates that receives a blistering heat wave...but for native floridians down here we got a handle on the heat, but what we mostly worry about is somebody pissing off 'THOR' even on a clear day! When you hear rumblings and thunder way out there, you better give the man some respect.
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Hear, hear. The same goes for Georgia.

Speaking of lightning, we found out what took the main strike referenced here. It was an oak tree, roughly 100 feet tall, situated in between our house and our neighbor's. Looking at its scars tells a heck of a story.

The bolt hit at the highest branch, and split the oak apart all the way down as it went, tearing away long strips of bark as it traveled down the tree. When the bolt reached the thickest part of the trunk near the ground, the water in the tree was instantly heated and vaporized, causing the trunk to rapidly expand outward, with enough force to split the trunk in several places. That sudden expansion shredded the bark, blowing it away from the tree in a section about 10 feet tall, circling almost completely around the tree. As the bolt kept going down into the roots, it blew out several of those as well, making furrowed trenches in the ground that radiate out from the base of the tree. In a few spots, there are char marks next to the ground where the bark was burned away when the bolt went into the roots. Luckily, it was raining so hard, the burn didn't last long enough to catch any of the ground cover on fire.

One shard of the exploded bark came down hard enough that it was driven into the ground, sticking up like a little gravestone about 20 feet in front of the tree (visible below). The furthest-flung piece of bark we found was a good 80 feet away, on the opposite side of our driveway.

All of this happened in a fraction of a second.

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It's a shame in a way, because this was an otherwise perfectly healthy and strong tree. We're really sorry to see it damaged so badly that it has to come down, but there are several major vertical splits in the trunk that just can't be fixed. That, plus the stripped bark and severe root damage only hinted at by the burns and blowouts in the ground would pretty much seal its fate, even if we were to leave it standing. An arborist came out to check it, and said he thinks it's enough of a hazard, he may even try to get a crew together to bring it down over the weekend, before the weather here gets turbulent again.

On the other hand, the height, presence, and strength of that tree pretty much saved two, and possibly three houses from major damage. So our little group of neighbors certainly appreciates its stoic sacrifice.

As much as the heat sucks, we can deal with it. The power of lightning though, is concentrated viciousness on an unreal scale.

Be safe out there! :thumbsup:
 
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Winslow said:
As much as the heat sucks, we can deal with it. The power of lightning though, is concentrated viciousness on an unreal scale.

Be safe out there
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Yeah man! In fact, eight people got lit-up on Clearwater Beach just last week and one died. I thought about posting a thread about lightning but these heatwaves are very popular in huge areas through-out the USA.
 
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btmpancake said:
Yeah man! In fact, eight people got lit-up on Clearwater Beach just last week and one died. I thought about posting a thread about lightning but these heatwaves are very popular in huge areas through-out the USA.
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Ouch. :confused: Y'know, I just remembered that I need to talk to one of the new neighbors... His grandkid (~12 y/o) was visiting, riding his bike around the neighborhood early last week, when a (different) thunderstorm moved in. I looked out the window, and saw the kid pull up & stop under a tree. He fiddled with his bike chain a bit, so I walked outside and asked if he needed a hand. He said, "Nah, I just heard the thunder, so I just thought, 'Well, I better find a tree.'" I said, "Nah dude, a tree is the last thing you want to be under if a storm moves in." Apparently, no one has taught him about this stuff. o_O

I wonder if grandpa has taken notice of what happened here just a couple of days later. That's a good way to get fried in a hurry.
 
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btmpancake said:
Ah man, you may have saved his life and with a bike too? Jeez. Yeah some people don't know about such things even some grandpas.
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Thanks, you're most kind! :thumbsup: The kid didn't seem inclined to listen to much I said, but then again, what kid at that age wants to hear a grown-up dole out advice? :laugh: Grandpa seems like a good guy though, so I'll say hi & mention it next time I see him, just to cover the bases.
 
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Winslow said:
Ouch. :confused: Y'know, I just remembered that I need to talk to one of the new neighbors... His grandkid (~12 y/o) was visiting, riding his bike around the neighborhood early last week, when a (different) thunderstorm moved in. I looked out the window, and saw the kid pull up & stop under a tree. He fiddled with his bike chain a bit, so I walked outside and asked if he needed a hand. He said, "Nah, I just heard the thunder, so I just thought, 'Well, I better find a tree.'" I said, "Nah dude, a tree is the last thing you want to be under if a storm moves in." Apparently, no one has taught him about this stuff. o_O

I wonder if grandpa has taken notice of what happened here just a couple of days later. That's a good way to get fried in a hurry.
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My in laws have a farm. On that farm , they had cows. One day there was a thunderstorm and a bunch of cows grouped up under a tree. Lightning hit the tree , spread out on the ground along the roots of the tree and killed nine out of twelve cows that were under it. I don't think any of the cows were directly hit by the lightning. Just electrocuted from it following out the roots. Some of the cows were a pretty good distance from the trunk of that tree. Trees are a BAD place to be in a thunderstorm.

Back to heatwave info. It broke here about mid week. Temps. have been creeping back up but staying tolerable. Supposed to start cooking again on Monday. I hope it runs its course by the end of next week. I have two outdoor gigs the week after that.
 
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