Saturday, July 23
We had plans to go out this weekend. Not to explore or do anything exciting, but just to relax in our condo on wheels. And maybe take care of a few — and I stress the “few” part of that statement — chores around the motorhome.
And then the “heat dome” happened. If you live in the US, you’ve heard of this since it’s blanketing a huge portion of the country. If not, the heat dome is a large high-pressure system in the mid- to upper atmosphere that is pushing warming air to the surface and holding it there. I’m telling you, this is no fun.
Local weather forecasters on TV came out en masse this week, doing all kinds of things outside to prove to people that it is hot, hot, hot … they cooked frozen macaroni and cheese on the pavement, baked a frozen pizza on the sidewalk, and fried a couple of eggs on a cast iron skillet sitting in the sun. By late afternoon yesterday, the 102F (38C) high was officially declared as “feels like” 122F (50C) with the heat index.
this says it all!
With more of the same kinds of oven-hot temperatures and bad-air-quality warnings forecasted over the weekend, we decided to not leave the sticks and bricks. I’m using the time to get blog posts up for our recently-concluded Arctic expedition voyage. I haven’t quite gotten to the glaciers and icebergs portion of our trip, but hop on over to our travel blog and join us for a virtual cool trip (pun intended). The 50F (10C) temps of our pre-voyage days in Tromsø feel awfully good right about now. All of the posts associated with our Arctic adventure will be in the July archives; for background, start here.
P.S. I will return to finish up our North Carolina trip … no worries.
I guess it must be a good time to be in Alaska. I am still waiting for laundry, one dryer load at a time, and freezing! I have on two sweatshirts and pile lined waterproof pants but it isn't enough. I am sure you probably don't want to hear that right now, though. Sorry you can't get out in the rolling condo. Stay indoors and cool, and I wish for you no power shortages!
ReplyDeleteOh my, that is just tooooo hot. Love the cartoon - I'll bet it feels just like that. Old Sol has finally decided to visit the Pacific Northwest but only one more day of hot then back to a more reasonable 70F-75F. Sorry you had to change your plans but inside under the A/C doesn't sound too bad under the circumstances. Stay cool.
ReplyDeleteRon and I agreed that the weather reports would be lots more effective if the reporter was sweating. They always look cool as a cucumber.
ReplyDeletetry and stay cool!..sounds brutal there!!
ReplyDeleteI think you came back from your trip too soon!!
ReplyDeleteNo kidding, Russ. I'm so ready to go just pick up and go back ... those 40-50F temps would feel like heaven right about now.
ReplyDeleteYup that is hot. Here in New York it is also hot, but I think it only got up to 102-did I say only?:(
ReplyDeleteWhat are we going to do when summer gets here? ;c)
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting our blog from a fellow Coastie.