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Gaolee
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The record high in Seattle is 103 in July 2008 or so. That almost went down yesterday. If it doesn't today, it will tomorrow. Trees are getting water now, and the vegetables and flowers will get water when that part of the yard is shaded this evening..
I suspect any vermin living in the walls of our house are now well cooked. Extra hot weather as pest control. I am working hard to find an upside.
I suspect any vermin living in the walls of our house are now well cooked. Extra hot weather as pest control. I am working hard to find an upside.
It's 91* here in Sacramento. Trying to see if I can find the pair of mittens I packed with me when I moved from the east coast, it is so cold.
One of my dogs was apparently imported with hookworms. They don't survive on surfaces for very long in the very hot, dry weather. So this is a very good thing, since I have three other dogs. All four have been treated, and will all be treated again in two weeks to catch any stragglers, but I can rest assured there's far less possibility that they'll pick it up again from the lawn in this weather.
Gaolee
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It is actually staying cool in the basement. But if it doesn't after a while, we may take you up on it.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the geography of the Pacific Northwest, our water supply and electricity supply is mostly stored in the mountains. It gradually melts, and by the time we've used most of it up it's back to raining (or snowing, up there) again, or that's the idea of the thing.
The freezing level at Mount Rainier right now is 17,000 ft.
The freezing level at Mount Rainier right now is 17,000 ft.
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Alkali Ike
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Unofficial but looks like we broke the old record high in Eugene of 108, and the day isn't over.
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We just hit 101 where we're at. It's a little cooler here since we're close to the water, so it's probably a few degrees warmer in town.
I sat out on the porch with a sun hat on and a glass of iced tea. I didn't move a muscle, just sat still. It felt good.
Not many birds flying around, rabbits hopping around, or other wildlife today. They must all be hiding out in the shade.
I don't like this kind of heat, but it's easy to deal with if I minimize my movement.
-Mike
I sat out on the porch with a sun hat on and a glass of iced tea. I didn't move a muscle, just sat still. It felt good.
Not many birds flying around, rabbits hopping around, or other wildlife today. They must all be hiding out in the shade.
I don't like this kind of heat, but it's easy to deal with if I minimize my movement.
-Mike
I'm here to tell you that 109 feels a TON different than 103. Wow.
Alkali Ike
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Yikes buddy. Be careful.
I hope everyone is/was OK at the track and field events.
-Mike
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Today’s events at Hayward Field were postponed until 8:30PM. It’ll still be very hot but no direct sun I guess.
Local news sources are claiming we officially broke the old record of 108. Currently they’re showing 111.
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Yep. 112 here today, 115 twenty miles to the east in The Dalles.
Last night my wife and I were trying to figure out how to deal with the swallow nest box just outside our kitchen window:
But the pups blew the coop this morning around 4AM, thankfully. They’d been looking ready to fledge for a few days and the river’s plenty close enough for watering down on the banks even if scooping on the fly might take a few days to catch on to.
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Ugh.
Editing this to be clear that that photo is in the a.m. and that the 89 was inside my house....
I woke up at about 2:45 and decided it was time to open the house. Opened every window and every door and crashed on the couch. Started at 91° inside, and by the time I shut it back up was down to 78, so I did pretty well.
98° at 11a.m. does not bode well for the rest of the day.
Editing this to be clear that that photo is in the a.m. and that the 89 was inside my house....
I woke up at about 2:45 and decided it was time to open the house. Opened every window and every door and crashed on the couch. Started at 91° inside, and by the time I shut it back up was down to 78, so I did pretty well.
98° at 11a.m. does not bode well for the rest of the day.
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I start work pretty early, 5:45am, and stepped outside beforehand. It felt like an early morning in Florida, really weird. Once again, I'm so glad we're fortunate to have central air conditioning. I'm a little concerned about our son. His first day of bicycle camp is today and while they say they'll have lots of shade breaks and we're sending him with about a gallon of water, I'm not sure today is such a great day to have little kids out on a big asphalt parking lot in the sun.
As I've thought about it further, he'll probably be just fine. I survived two-a-days in Ohio with 90 degree/99% humidity weather, so I imagine he can survive mellowly pedaling around for a few hours.
Back in the 80's I rode the Hotter n' Hell Hundred in Wichita Falls TX. It didn't live up to its name that year topping at 95 F. I was used to training in 90-100 degree heat of West Texas, but still, riding that long for time was brutal.
My favorite ride. I rode the HHH 27 times. Most years it does live up to it's name.
Gaolee
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I don't like heat like this so much. Fortunately, the office is air conditioned. The house isn't, although the basement may as well be. It's official that the temperature has been over 100 for three straight days now, which has never been recorded here before. Maybe it happened in the Pleistocene or something. It isn't even noon yet, so I'm not going to be at all surprised if it makes it to 110. I have an outside inspection coming up this afternoon. That's going to suck!
