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Post by va3pinner on Jul 9, 2024 4:14:09 GMT -8
Rebecca you can put the fan down now. Thanks for trying, but it won't work. Mid to high 90's with high humidity (feels like 102 - 108) forecasted for the rest of July. By then the peaches will be gone, and crabs will have gone from the Statosphere to the Mesosphere in price.
Good thing though, only 147 more days until ski season has a chance of starting here......
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Post by swiftdream on Jul 9, 2024 5:29:31 GMT -8
It’s summer and this will be the reality until mid October at the least. It hit 110 here yesterday and we rose at 4:30, slung the packs and rambled the canyons for four hours. Felt good and the half dry pint of ripe strawberries went well with the cold green tea girlfriend filled our canteens with. In the high afternoon heat we went out for a short walk through the desert sauna, took the long way to retrieve the mail and that felt good for the joints and muscles. We do enjoy the HVAC system while lounging with a book up here under the mountains as they loom above the desert as they have for eons. One of the best things is the time of heat and light thins out the tourons exponentially.
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Post by va3pinner on Jul 9, 2024 7:33:52 GMT -8
Here it's notso much the heat as the humidity that compounds it. I'm at work, sitting in a house being remodeled, 11:29 AM, and every piece of clothing I am wearing is soaked.
My understanding is that British soldiers stationed in what is now the DC area filed for tropical pay because it gets so humid around here. We're hoping the summer weather follows its usual pattern of a period of heat/humidity followed by some dryer air for a bit. W Looks like we will get effects from the hurricane, a good bit of rain at least, and we're hoping for that. Under a Severe Drought Warning across the whole area. Just weathering the weather at this point!
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Post by va3pinner on Jul 10, 2024 7:49:40 GMT -8
I'm a bit worried now - We're in a severe drought warning here because of this.
So what do I do about all the green spots in my brown lawn?
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Post by reuben on Jul 10, 2024 8:11:19 GMT -8
I'm a bit worried now - We're in a severe drought warning here because of this. So what do I do about all the green spots in my brown lawn? Glyphosate.
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Post by va3pinner on Jul 10, 2024 11:06:04 GMT -8
I'm a bit worried now - We're in a severe drought warning here because of this. So what do I do about all the green spots in my brown lawn? Glyphosate. Thanks Ruben, I'm on my way to Home Depot now.
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Post by sarbar on Jul 10, 2024 11:23:38 GMT -8
But “natural cooling” is getting to be less and less a viable option here. That is because you live surrounded by concrete. Not on the islands though. Our natural cooling works just fine. It topped out at 79* yesterday on the Salish Sea and by nighttime it went into the high 50's with a good wind. The winds rarely fail here - but we also are not paved over, which is a big factor.
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Post by rebeccad on Jul 10, 2024 12:58:17 GMT -8
sarbar, we can’t all live on the islands. There’s a lot more greenery than concrete in my neighborhood, but I couldn’t afford to buy on the beach, so I don’t get the sea breeze so well. Cities are heat sinks, though, and no two ways about it—even cities like Seattle with more than average vegetation. And, of course, the lower-income areas are the ones that have the least greenery and most concrete, but that could be too political for this thread ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) .
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Post by sarbar on Jul 10, 2024 13:23:06 GMT -8
we can’t all live on the islands. It's not just the islands, it's anywhere outside the cities and not against the Cascade Mountains. And yes, I get the snark about "affording it". I don't live in a $10 million dollar house on the water. lol. No, while I have a view of the Olympic Mountains I have a ridge between me and the water - but we have multiple county parks on the beach next to those palaces. That's why we bought a "diamond in the rough" and don't live in the San Juan Islands. Lots of Seattle workers live on this island, though - and commute using the ferry/bus/rail. I mean....Patty Murray, 3rd in line to the President, has her home on my island - she has waterfront though. Having said that, yes, if you wanted to do it, you could live on an island. It is a definitely different way of life, though. This island is 55 miles long so lots of room. You'd actually like the south end, it is mostly progressive retirees. Many dabble in the arts. But the hugest reason is the concrete. While Seattle has plenty of green spaces it's a lot of roads - and those store heat. At the same time, South East King County gets hot due to the mountains bouncing heat back. It's 20* hotter at a friend's place on the plateau of Auburn/Enumclaw than it is here. The weather was a huge reason we moved back to the island (which I was living here on the island in 2001 when I joined the forums, but moved away in 2003). We like the lower heat and less days of freezing in winter. Sure we get epic storms, no lie on that. We lose power more than you do in the city - so that is a bonus for you.
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Post by Travis on Jul 10, 2024 13:31:43 GMT -8
It topped out at 79* yesterday on the Salish Sea and by nighttime it went into the high 50's with a good wind. We did better than that last week and we are about as far from any islands as we could get. A thousand miles or so. Last week we had highs in the mid-70s with lows in the high 40s and plenty of wind. Now, of course, we are heading for 100°F by the weekend, But I can still keep the house mostly in the 70s by opening the windows at night. But drought has again taken over after plenty of rain last summer. I live in a steppe environment near the mountains. In drought years we near desert conditions. But at least I never worry about floods. The blizzards are tolerable, the tornadoes fairly tame, and the lightning void of resentments. And even the mountain lions keep to themselves.
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Post by sarbar on Jul 10, 2024 13:43:56 GMT -8
And even the mountain lions keep to themselves. I just see the Chonkiest raccoon. He practically waddles. He looked hot the other night at 3 am. I think he's mad at me because there's no water containers outside anymore (raccoons will kill chickens. I bet a mountain lion would eat it. Hehehehe
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jul 10, 2024 18:37:06 GMT -8
Prior to Beryl's visit today, it was so hot and humid (heat index = 116) that they closed the municipal pool. LOL!
My location was spared from the heaviest storms and we only tallied 0.5" of rain. There were several tornadoes within a 20-mile radius.
Right now it's 79F with 97% humidity. It's literally hard to breathe outside.
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Post by va3pinner on Jul 11, 2024 2:22:47 GMT -8
We got a break yesterday a "cold" front passed through, brought some decent thunderstorms, dropped the temperature and humidity down for today. Supposed to last one day and then back in the soup. We don't live in an urban area at all. where I live is rural Virginia. This is horse country. Nearly the entire state is in a severe drought warning right now.
I purchased a roll of burlap for my lawn furniture so it matches my grass.
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Post by hikerjer on Jul 11, 2024 17:49:53 GMT -8
103 here today. Supposed to be in the triple digits through Sunday.
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Post by driftwoody on Jul 15, 2024 18:16:58 GMT -8
Tornado spotted on ground near our house. Constant TV warnings, and phone alert.
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