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July 2006 ArchivesThis is an incredible first hand account of what it's like when the unthinkable happens. It's from my cousin, who lives just outside St. Louis, MO. There are still hundreds of thousands of people without power after tornadoes and severe storms hit on Friday. The tornado came thru around 11:40 AM on Friday. "I finished making Thomas' lunch and then Thomas said "Mom, downstairs on the tv they say there is a thun... It's hard to imagine anyplace hotter than Hillsboro's 108 degrees on Friday. But we got lots of calls and emails from people who swear their 100 percent accurate thermometer in the shade said it was hotter than that at their house. And because of micro-climates...they might be right. Here are some examples: Neil From Amboy: I'm at 700 feet in Amboy, Washington and it's 112 degrees. Ter... How do you do it? Seriously...when it's 92 at 9p.m. and the house is even hotter than that. How do you get cool and get some sleep? My advice: wash your hair and keep it wet as long as you can! It might sound crazy, but as the water on your head gets sucked up (evaporated) by the air, it actually cools you down. Let me know what you think. And what about idea emailed in by Tina: How do you do it? Seriously...when it's 92 at 9p.m. and the house is even hotter than that. How do you get cool and get some sleep? My advice: wash your hair and keep it wet as long as you can! It might sound crazy, but as the water on your head gets sucked up (evaporated) by the air, it actually cools you down. Let me know what you think. And what about idea emailed in by Tina: Let's put it this way: the number of emails we're getting about hot weather coverage is shooting up as fast as the temperature around here! I love email, because it lets all of us sound off on anything we want to, 24/7. The sounds we're hearing right now? Well, 'twobears' wants us to stop saying anything more than we've said about the heat: "I personally do not think that 105 degrees is excessive heat." For more than a century, you could always count on one western Oregon city to be dry on a certain day. That city was Salem, the day without rain was July 12th. Since we started keeping records in 1892, it had never rained on this date. Need to schedule a family reunion? A class reunion? Maybe a wedding? If so, this is the day you knew you were safe to have the event outdoors...even though it's Oregon. But today... |
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