Record heat wave

[Kinman]

111 @ 14:07 on my weather station today but I smoked the Alaskan Coho
Salmon I had in the brine the past few days.
Smoker is in the shade. Used Cherry wood chips this time.
Taste great!

I did a brisket the other day in the heat, smoker hardly worked to keep the temp at 180...there are worse ways to spend eight hours...like working.

 

[PALADIN85020]

It's really hot here when you see lizards carrying sticks...

Here in the lower half of Arizona, we don't need thermometers to tell us when it's excessively hot.

We know it's REALLY hot when we see lizards carrying sticks in their mouths.

They'll run along on the ground for a short while, then drop the stick and jump on it until their feet cool off a bit. Then they'll jump off the stick, pick it up, run on the ground for a moment, and keep doing that until they find some shade....

We've always judged the heat here by watching our lizards!

John

 

[rbrbrb6]

Finally cooled down yesterday but not before I lost a couple of my laying hens to the heat. Even with shade covers put up, plenty of water in the waterers and me misting the grass in the run, two just couldn't take it.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ooh! Oww! Ooh! Oww!

 

[Kinman]

One of the biggest laughs I ever had was while hitch hiking in Vietnam back in '70-'71. It was a common method we used to get to the PX, Beach, etc. while off duty. There was also a bus service but you could often pick up a ride on anything from a duece to an ambulance or jeep, you could hold out a cardboard sign with PX, etc. I was waiting with a buddy when this old papa-san walked up, he was barefoot and crossing from the other side to ours. The asphalt was so hot you could see tire tracks in it that would dissipate leaving a smooth shiney black surface. The old man saw his break and started across the road, he got about half-way across and started doing a dance of sorts while mumbling something that sounded like "Too Ta....Too Ta..." my buddy started busting up laughing and I have to admit it was comical watching this old man doing this funny, hopping dance crossing the highway. He got to our side and saw a piece of cardboard on the dirt and stood on it giving off a huge sigh of relief. He ambled off, my buddy was still chuckling, I asked him what was the old man saying that was so funny. He said it was the equivilent of "******n....******n..." That did make it funnier, they were usually so stoic.

 

[quikdraw67]

We just had our 2nd heat wave this June. Which is unusual for NEPA. Well get some 90 degree days, but usually not this early, and not this often.

You Rebs can keep the heat. I can function in cold. I know how to handle it.

This extreme (for the area) heat and humidity is a PITA.

 

[oldbrownhat]

BC town famous for record heat burns down

It's cooled down now, but on Monday (28th) my weather station registered 103.6ºF (Fraser Valley/near-coastal British Columbia). All around here heat records were falling like ninepins. Tuesday was 93º and the heat dome has now moved eastwards and we've been strangely cool in the high 70's and low 80's. Looking at the heat map across Canada this morning, I was looking at the Prairies and thought, "It was hotter than that here!"

However, aside from the discomfort, there was a tragedy. The town of Lytton in the Fraser Canyon, which inevitably records the hottest temps. in Canada, hit 121ºF. But on July 1 (Canada Day, no less) a wildfire devoured the town.

'Most homes' in Lytton, B.C., destroyed by catastrophic fire, minister says

More than 1,000 people fled village and surrounding area; RCMP working to find those unaccounted for

Lytton Mayor Jan Polderman signed the official evacuation order at 6 p.m. PT on Wednesday. He said the village was overcome by flames before officials had the chance to co-ordinate a place for people to go, so many just started driving.​

And even worse,

B.C. man says he watched in horror as Lytton wildfire claimed the lives of his parents
After the fire passed, he said he saw their bodies.

As the blaze engulfed the house as well as sheds and trees on the property, Chapman says he helped his parents take shelter in a trench that had been dug to repair a septic system.

Officials have been unable to confirm the deaths because the area is still inaccessible.​

CTV News posted a drive-through video of the town post-fire here..

They're going to rebuild, and the military has been called in to help with clearing debris etc. But a lot of lives have been shattered. Reminds me of the fire that devoured Paradise CA in 2018

 

[Ogandydancer]

Better hot than freezing. I lived in the glaciers and tundra of north eastern Ohio for 10 years. I will not complain about the heat.

Ilived two winters in Central Indiana (Huntington area) and yes they really have some yankee doodle dandy winters. Not only there but anywhere in that part of the U.S. and the lake areas seem bo be worse than other areas.

 

[Salty RI]

It's been in the upper 50's here all day, it doesn't feel like July.

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[Racer X]

And now, dust storm, hail and flash flooding in Surprise AZ, and it's still 98 degrees.

Why, WHY in the world do people flock here to the Devil's Ay noos?

 

[oldbrownhat]

...Why, WHY in the world do people flock here to the Devil's Ay noos?

Different (heat) strokes for different (heat) folks, I guess

 

[lihpster]

Why, WHY in the world do people flock here to the Devil's Ay noos?

After 30 years of lake effect snow, or 6 month downpours, or 3 hurricanes a year, or tornados every summer even an oven can look good.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Some pics of the devastation in Lytton BC

First look at Lytton reveals terrible extent of fire damage

They've allowed some residents back in to see what's left, albeit only on a bus tour. Looks a bit like Hiroshima

"...Lytton resident Jeff Chapman said he decided not to go on the residents' tour, preferring to mourn his father and mother in private. Chapman's parents, Mike and Janette, died when a burning power pole fell on top of a pit where they had tried to take shelter from the fire.

"I strongly feel that if the (regional district) can arrange a bus tour then surely we can drive our vehicles and tour our own community ourselves," he said. "Closure for me will be being able to come home to my home — not to come and drive and see what I don't have."

Christine Abbott, who also lost her home in the fire, also declined to return.

"You know that video of the burning house that's always on the news? That's our house. We see it burning over and over. We don't need to go back to know it's gone," she said. "It wouldn't be good for our healing."​

 

[lihpster]

Unfortunately, what happened in Lytton is becoming an all too frequent occurrence here in the west.

 

[moosedog]

Last Tuesday it was 87 degrees, sunny with 67% humidity. Played 18 holes with three other guys who are 85, 79 and 75 years old.
Had to drink extra beers.

Just think, they have only been recording the weather for about 137 years.
I read recently that scientists found core samples that indicated that about a 1,000 years ago, the Western part of the upper hemisphere, including what is now the USA, had a drought that lasted about 125 years.
Who knows what kinds of weather this planet has gone thru and what's to come.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Paradise CA raises funds and offers support for Lytton

In post #87 I said that the devastation of Lytton BC reminded me of the fire that devoured Paradise CA in 2018 . Apparently the folks in Paradise thought the same.

California town devastated by wildfire raises funds and offers support for village of Lytton

...During the [Paradise] blaze, which covered more than 150,000 hectares, 85 people died.

There were more than 50,000 structures in Paradise. After the fire, only 1,700 were left standing.... within five hours, the majority of the town was gone...

On November 6, 2018, Steve Crowder became a councillor for the town of Paradise, Calif. Two days later, he watched the majority of the town burn to the ground.

Now, two-and-a-half years later, the community continues to rebuild, people are returning home and Crowder is mayor.

After watching the news of the recent devastation of the village of Lytton, B.C., which was ravaged by a wildfire on June 30, Crowder and his community knew they needed to do something.

They began to raise funds.

"It brought back all kinds of memories. I sympathize and my heart breaks for every single person that was affected," said Crowder.

"We got help from across the globe [when Paradise burned], so it's our turn to pay it forward."...

 

[Nevada Ed]

Reno is getting a little "Toasty" with the 107 degree heat wave and we deceided to pack the bags and headd up to the summer cabin that is located at 7,000 feet south of Lake Tahoe, to get away from some of the heat.

When we finall unpacked and got out on the front porch to sit down and enjoy a light 10 mph breeze coming down the canyon, it showed the temp. at 82 degrees at 11:30 am. The high hit 88.

I took the two dogs for a little walk and showed them a place that they might like on warm days, I was right. They both were wagging their tails, Big time !!

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

June 28, 1778, the Battle of Monmouth was fought in 90 degree heat.
Here in Central NJ in the Summer of 1966 we had a couple of 104 degree day. I went through BCT at Fort Dix in the Summer of 1967, that was a hot one. There was a heat wave when I went through ROTC Advanced Camp at Fort Bragg in the Summer of 1975.
This August marks the 125th anniversary of the Great Heat Wave of 1896, killed about 1,500 people in the Northeast.