[HN Gopher] Weather Service warns: 'dangerous' and 'historic' he...
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       Weather Service warns: 'dangerous' and 'historic' heat wave in
       Pacific Northwest
        
       Author : hampelm
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2021-06-23 18:11 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.washingtonpost.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.washingtonpost.com)
        
       | nilram wrote:
       | Predicted to have a nighttime low of 74 degrees F, so the
       | strategy of cooling the house with fans overnight is going to be
       | less effective.
        
       | ashtonkem wrote:
       | Yeah, it's unseasonably hot here in Idaho, which is arguably on
       | the edge of the PNW. Gonna be 109 by next week.
        
       | mikestew wrote:
       | I've lived in Redmond, WA for over 20 years, and the heat
       | acclimatization gained from living in Indiana and North Carolina
       | is long gone. I'm going to _try_ to get that 20 mile run in on
       | Saturday as early as I can, but with an overnight low of 70F I
       | 'll probably still melt. That heat pump purchased 18 months ago
       | is starting to look like money well-spent, though. Unfortunately,
       | many/most other folks don't have any form of A/C or cooling. Who
       | needs it when you spend most of the summer wishing it would warm
       | up a bit? :-)
       | 
       | I was going to say that I don't recall ever seeing 100F in
       | Seattle, but I guess we did in 2009.
        
       | onecommentman wrote:
       | Recommend going to the weather.gov site directly and clicking on
       | the US map in the regions with "excessive heat watch" or
       | "excessive heat warning"...basically the PNW. Worth knowing about
       | the site anyway, and the NWS presents both raw data and relevant
       | information in clear and actionable formats.
       | 
       | PS: wonder if your town got as hot or cold as you thought? The
       | local weather page under weather.gov reports hourly temperatures
       | for the last 36 hours.
        
       | marshray wrote:
       | The big stores had all sold out of air conditioners earlier this
       | week.
       | 
       | Folks are checking into hotel rooms just for the AC.
        
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