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John T Smith
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June 27, 2021
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Hot Weather

  • June 27, 2021
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Right now (3:23 PM) it is 111 degrees in Portland OR (weather station is at the airport) and supposed to get to 114 on Monday

 

Too hot to do anything outside... wife watered plants in pots this morning and I gave some food to goldfish in the pond

 

We put a note inside the rain flap on our mailbox, and yesterday the US Postal driver came to the door and accepted a cola

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      Nancy OShea
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      October 20, 2021

      @John T Smith,

      Did you see this article in The New Yorker?

      Seventy-Two Hours Under the Heat Dome

      A chronicle of a slow-motion climate disaster that became one of Oregon’s deadliest calamities.

      https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/18/seventy-two-hours-under-the-heat-dome?utm_source=pocket-newtab

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      John T Smith
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      October 20, 2021

      I had not see that... interesting, informative... and sad about the people who died

      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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      September 8, 2021

      In the wake of hurricane Ida, this chilling 3:42 minute home video from New Jersey has gone viral.  I'm posting 2 links below in case one doesn't work.

       

      New York Post:

      https://nypost.com/2021/09/08/nj-man-captures-moment-tornado-devastated-his-home-in-chilling-video/

       

      Facebook:

      https://www.facebook.com/100007786577088/videos/1696299003895842/

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      KShinabery212
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      KShinabery212Community Expert
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      July 7, 2021

      I so do not miss the HOT HUMID summers in New York City.

      Here in Germany summer is much milder.  You get one or two super hot weeks. Which is no fun as in Germany air conditioning is rare unless you go to certain stores.

      Let's connect on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshinabery/
      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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      July 7, 2021

      Death Valley, the hottest place in North America and one of the hottest deserts on planet Earth is the benchmark standard for HOT.  When Portland, OR and Lytton, BC reached/exceeded Death Valley's high temperatures last week, it underscored (again) that climate change is here and we need to fix it.  BTW, this isn't political.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      John T Smith
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      July 7, 2021

      Long before the industrial age the nation of Greenland was much warmer than it is now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland

       

      The current climate change could certainly be influenced by what mankind does, but there have also been climate changes in the past that have nothing to do with mankind

       

      I don't know the solution

      EuanWilliamson
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      EuanWilliamsonCommunity Expert
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      July 1, 2021

      Just wish I could send you some of our typical dreich Scottish weather for a swap !!

       

      Best regards, Euan.
        John T Smith
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        July 1, 2021

        >send you some of our typical dreich Scottish weather

         

        A bottle of Macallan 12Yr Double Cask would be better 🙂

        EuanWilliamson
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        EuanWilliamsonCommunity Expert
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        July 1, 2021

        Sadly John, in your current heatwave I suspect it would evaporate as soon as you took out the cork.

        Either that or accelerate a disastrous forest fire !!

         

        Best regards, Euan.
        gerikp
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        gerikpCommunity Expert
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        June 30, 2021

        That's pretty bad for you all up there. Hope you get some relief soon.

        John T Smith
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        June 29, 2021

        >pouring water onto my hat

         

        I don't have one now, but I've ridden my Harley from Vancouver WA to the Sturgis rally twice

         

        Simple cooling was to fill my helmet at each stop, and let the water run all over me when I put my helmet back on (I had my wallet in a zip lock bag in my pocket) to keep cool for 1.5 to 2 hours... then another stop and helmet fill

        Nancy OShea
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        Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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        June 29, 2021

        Stay safe and well-hydrated. 

         

         

         

         

        Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
          Peru Bob
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          Peru BobCommunity Expert
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          June 28, 2021

          We were only 96 degrees today, but it was perfect weather for me to apply some cold patch to a driveway, pouring water onto my hat as I tamped it manually.  Then I got in my air conditioned truck and rolled over in forward, then in reverse, then in forward, etc.

          John T Smith
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          June 28, 2021

          Monday 4PM it is 115

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