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Fri Jul-22-11 07:18 AM
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Has there even been a seventeen state heatwave in US history |
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:20 AM
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I flew home through Chicago on a redeye yesterday and it was 82 and muggy at 4:30 in the morning. Freaky.
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:23 AM
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2. it's 90 and humid at 8:15am here in NH...... |
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fucking bizarre.
it's supposed to break here on Sunday, with thunderstorms early next week. hopefully.
i feel like my genitals have been replaced with a warm chicken parm sandwich.
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:36 AM
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5. 92 with 66% humidity here in SE Connecticut. |
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This day is going to be hell. Lots of us here don't have AC.
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:47 AM
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7. (Memo to Self: Scratch "chicken parm sandwich" from today's lunch menu...) |
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I've already scratched everything "warm" from my diet recently.
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:50 AM
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9. Hold the mayo on that, please. |
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:26 AM
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3. Yes, the summer of 1980 |
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It was godawful hot, and it lasted all summer. It got so bad here that it burned the humidity away, just leaving us with heat, heat and a wind like a breeze out of blast furnace. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_United_States_heat_wave>
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:27 AM
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4. I thought it was 34 states |
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The other aspect is the length of the spell.When it finally breaks here in Iowa we will have had close to 2 straight weeks. I have seen many a hot day, but 4 or 5 days at a time. We used to average under 10 days a summer over 90. We will have had that in 2 weeks easily to go with the 10 we have already had.
Remember last year Russia and China burned up? Guess it is our turn.
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:43 AM
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6. same in Indiana - used to be a summer storm would break the spell |
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followed by at least a few days at lower temps. The duration is what is different. I would *almost* long for the week under a sheet of inches thick ice that we had this past winter. Almost, but not quite.
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:49 AM
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Last night I got home at 11 pm. Heat index was still 93 degrees. It was ridiculously sticky and hot outside. It's currently 92 outside right now, and it's not even 9 am yet. Luckily, it seems like this is going to finally start passing over us tomorrow.
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:52 AM
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10. We have had temps above 100F for the last 17 days. We set a new record high yesterday |
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Fri Jul-22-11 07:53 AM
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11. Wheat is burning, cattle are being sent to slaughter |
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This is horrific. Stock up on groceries, prices are going to go up.
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Fri Jul-22-11 08:32 AM
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12. Sure. A number of them. |
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Edited on Fri Jul-22-11 08:36 AM by FBaggins
2006 is the most recent that I can think of. Right around this same time of year IIRC.
On edit - yes, it was the same time of year and a couple hundred people died. So far it's a couple dozen this year.
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Fri Jul-22-11 08:38 AM
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13. I Heard On The Weather Channel, That The Answer Is Yes |
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The guy said it was a 1 or 2 time per decade thing. Now, don't get me wrong. I accept global warming as an inevitable outcome of combution of massive amounts of fuel. But, this isn't a "never happens" event.
Now, if we have 4 or 5 of these in a decade, we might have something to really talk about. GAC
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Fri Jul-22-11 08:45 AM
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14. I'm sure there have been many |
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Perhaps someone can look that up.
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Fri Jul-22-11 10:10 AM
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15. dust bowl? (no, that's not a college bowl game.) eom |
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Edited on Fri Jul-22-11 10:10 AM by ellenfl
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