Heat dome!!! Scary :0!
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Heat dome!!! Scary :0!
Yes, not looking forward to it at all.
We had the hottest June 18th on record last Feiday. Then, followed by lovely weather all week. It’s warming up now, but we had a respite from the crazy hot weather.
But honestly I didn’t mind the hot weather. I minded the weather about two weeks ago when we had super high humidity and it was just miserable. Yes it was hot, but the humidity was unbearable. And then the following day it went back to normal hot summer.
We rarely see 100, but 102 is predicted for later this week. My friend in the Willamette valley is looking forward to 111! And their power grid is shaky under normal conditions.
We are just outside the Portland Metro area... I'm getting my gardening and dog walking done in the early and late hours. There are a couple of days were it won't get much less than 75 degrees at night. That is so not us in the land of trees and moss.
I've been making ice all day, and tomorrow early I'll top up the garden water. It's supposed to be record-breaking-hot here this weekend, and this is the coolest corner of the whole state.
Forecast for Walla Walla June 29: high 112F, low 80F
Already there was one wildland fire in the grass along Highway 12 near Sudbury Rd. The county fire department put the fire out.
With these high temps, stay safe, everyone! Hydrate well!!!
We had 1.5 inches of rain last night, good to wet everything down. The mad chaos of illegal fireworks continues here in the ‘Hood.Quote:
Originally Posted by dado potato
On the news last night at a local feed store there was a truck loaded with hay that spontaneously combusted. Everything went up in flames.
How's everyone holding up?
I'm staying hydrated, if not cool.
Just one challenge after another here at Chez Decay...:help:
Staying in my AC-cooled house with all drapes drawn. Go out occasionally to fill the birdbaths which are now basically drinking bars for the bees--although a fat robin took a bath early this morning.
Here's how it feels here:Attachment 3840
Ha, Jane....I was reading your post and when it came to Chez Decay I said it aloud and it also sounds like Shady Kay! ;-)
If the shade fits...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by KayLR
Hillbilly-design swamp cooler with box fans is saving the day, a bit. 92 degrees here, an all-time high. It would typically be 65 degrees today.
I was up at 6a getting the garden watered. We are topping off our koi pond with cool water and I put some milk jugs in the freezer to make ice to put in later. There is no shade on the pond.... Pulled out all the salad veggies today. I don't think they are going to make it. Big salad for dinner tonight on our way to 107 degrees.
Can you describe how to rig that up? We don't have AC, but it would be nice to be able go to one step further than our ceiling fans on really hot days.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Box fan. Large bowl of water in front of it. Large damp kitchen towel sorta draped over fan and dipped into bowl to wick up more water. Not effective for my large rooms, but is blowing nice cooler air over my desk chair area, lowering the temp ~12 degrees from room temp.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I’m surprised the swamp cooler works for you where are. In order for this to be effective they require very very low humidity.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
A common misconception. They work "OK" up to "moderate" humidity. (Optimal performance is at < 50% humidity, and I started the day at about 36% outside, and my indoor humidity with the cooler running has now only just hit ~45%)Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
It typically is quite dry here in the summertime - so much so that we bumped up our fire danger levels the other day, and turned on the burn ban.
Usually 65 and now up to 92 degrees! It must be difficult in the cities not used to these temps.
Excellent poor man's AC video.
Thanks, KayLR! Good to know as we don't have AC.Quote:
Originally Posted by KayLR
Got up at 5:30 this morning to water and it was already nearly 80. 2 pm now, it's 111.
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Originally Posted by bae
oh, ok. I had a swamp cooler in New Mexico 40 years ago. It’s funny that I didn’t know what it was and I probably lived there for a year before somebody told me what the switch on the wall was for..
Our house had one here and it worked well in our low humidity. It was much cheaper than AC.
When are these temps supposed to break for you all?
Tomorrow the temperatures are predicted to plummet to the 90s. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
Oh man. Everyone take care.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
They're still saying 113 for us here today. :(
erhm ma god!Quote:
Originally Posted by KayLR
Yuck. And I thought it was bad last week when we got up to 102 and 103 a couple of days. But at least we still got down into the low 60's at night. And now we're back to normal. 50's at night, 80's during the day.
The temps are definitely above normal here, was in the 90s, but considering that's much cooler than Portland (!) and our scorching days are still no doubt to come, I can't really complain. We aren't being hit that hard yet. And more people probably have AC as hot is not unheard of.
We will be 102 today. I waited until 8:30 to walk the dogs last night and usually it’s 80 by then. It was 95. We walked slowly and only half the distance. I really feel for those hotter. I remember when no one had AC. Very grateful for it!
Yeah. If I ordered a swamp cooler from Amazon, we'd probably never have another day over 80. :~)
So far, I'm just toughing it out, but I'm on my third quart of liquid and supplementing with electrolytes.
Wow Jane that’s awful! I hate heat.
Do you have a fan at least, a box fan or a floor fan?Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
I have a fan, but with this level of heat it's just blowing hot air around.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I survived this round; I have my windows open and the cool breeze is heavenly.