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Old 07-01-2021, 07:22 PM   #21
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My hot take on this is… sorry. Never mind!

I picked the hottest day ever in Seattle to replace the bellows and pump motor on our Vacuflush generator in the engine room. That was damn hot and stinky work. But my wife could get up in the middle of the night and pee in our head again, so she was relieved! No pun intended…

Even so I simply can’t even relate to 115-120 degrees in BC. That is mind boggling! Hope it doesn’t happen to you fine folks up there again!
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Old 07-01-2021, 07:31 PM   #22
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I hope people in Lytton can rebuild, sorry for their loss.

The heat of the past near two weeks produced some really hotter than norm days. As long as the boat was moving the wind we made allowed an escape. This morning started out overcast and 16, then cleared to become mid 20's in the Gulf Islands. Starting to cool, at 17:30 it is 21*. Prediction for all sun next 3 days.
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Old 07-01-2021, 09:08 PM   #23
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The effects of three days above 100 are now starting to be obvious. I drove into Port Orchard today to clean up the boat in preparation for a cruise this weekend. I drive by these trees everyday. Alders are starting to loose leaves. Willows are brown. Hemlocks have taken a beating. Hemlocks on the north side of pastures, clear cuts, etc. had 100 degree temps and full sun all day during that time. It shows. In a hot summer, some of the conifer tips (new growth) doesn't make it on hemlocks and cedars. But this is different.

Below is a picture of a hemlock that had full exposure to southern sun during the heat bubble. South is on the right side of the tree. I could have taken thousands of pictures like this on the way into town. We had a light sprinkle this morning, but it will still be a scary 4th of July. A pop bottle rocket into one of these trees is all it would take. The PNW doesn't have enough fire fighting capability for this one.
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Old 07-01-2021, 09:22 PM   #24
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The federal fire fighters get $13/hr from what I’ve read. What a shame. Really tough job. Have to want to do it. God bless them.
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Old 07-01-2021, 09:35 PM   #25
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Yesterday, my wife and I were driving west on I-90 near Moses Lake, WA in 115 degree heat. The sunroof literally exploded out of its housing. The shattered pieces disappeared behind the Tahoe as we drove 80 MPH down the highway. Good thing there is no rain the the forecast.
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Old 07-01-2021, 10:19 PM   #26
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The last forest fire we had on our access road was put out by a crew from the WA State Correctional Institute for Women in Purdy, WA. Yep, female felon firefighters. I doubt they got $13 an hour. We took them water and wet towels. I wouldn't do if for $130 an hour.
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Old 07-03-2021, 09:39 AM   #27
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Canada's old record was 45C (113F).

Canada's new record is 49.6C (121F).

That's an amazing jump
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Coldest July 3 on record in CT this year
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Coldest July 3 on record in CT this year
Have you heard the climate poles are rotating. You are now getting the white north weather and here in BC we are getting California weather
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Damn hot here!
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Have you heard the climate poles are rotating. You are now getting the white north weather and here in BC we are getting California weather
I'm counting on global warming to turn New England into the new Florida
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I'm counting on global warming to turn New England into the new Florida
Sorry but it will be more like Greenland, the north climate pole is shifting over the mid Atlantic, you were thinking it was going to Siberia or China.
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I'm counting on global warming to turn New England into the new Florida
My plan is to have my olive orchard in what was a temperate rain forest. I smuggled an olive scion back from Italy a few years ago and rooted it. Then I learned that it needed a pollinator, so I brought another cultivar back from France. Even though a diferent type of olive, it didn't work so I got another from California that supposedly pollinates all cultivars. My first little scion is now over 8 feet tall and actually fruited last year (TWO OLIVES!). It grew another 10 inches this year in the hot weather and put out a lot of flowers. So even with global warming I'll have a couple of olive trees survive on my acreage and maybe a whole jar of olives. Woohoo, no worries.

The problem with global warming turning New England into the new Florida is that all the flora and fauna will be dead. People can migrate in a year to more liveable conditions, but not plants and animals. So you would need to put up a border wall along Vermont, Massachusets, and Connecticut . . . . This is starting to sound familiar.
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Sorry but it will be more like Greenland, the north climate pole is shifting over the mid Atlantic, you were thinking it was going to Siberia or China.
During the last Maunder Minimum, the Thames and Mississippi rivers froze over. The Arctic Express - Polar Vortex arrived about the same time plunging most of North America into the deep freeze for decades= 1645-1715. Only three areas that were warm = Alaska to Hawaii, Greenland & Iceland.

With the sun going colder, dimished sun spot activity, the global warming crowd is out of biz.
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Whatever happens with the earth will be long after I'm gone. For now I just want some nice weather for boating and a "healthy" tan!
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Whatever happens with the earth will be long after I'm gone. For now I just want some nice weather for boating and a "healthy" tan!
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Never thought about sea life in the tidal zones. WOW! https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca...mbia-heat-wave


That's gotta upset the natural balance of the local environment.
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But steamed mussels are yummy!
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Last week I was walking the low tide exposed beach and wondered about all those oysters in the hot sun getting baked. Should have rescued a few.
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