 Poster: A snowHead
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It sucks to be a glacier right now, as a persistent High Pressure "Heat Dome" has pushed temperatures in Vancouver and the Pacific North West to record highs of over 40C. The town of Lytton in BC recorded the highest temperature on record for Canada at 46.6C (116F) (approx 100km west of Whistler). The high pressure area extends from California up to the Canadian Arctic, and as far inland as Alberta and Idaho, with the US National Weather Service said the areas could suffer "one of the most extreme and prolonged heatwaves in the recorded history of the Northwest."
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If it wasn't for Covid my son would have been skiing on the glacier in Whistler this week, seems crazy that anywhere you can ski is 40c.
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(approx 100km west of Whistler).
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East ?
Still 'kin hot, whatever way up you hold the map...
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@Arctic Roll, fuksocks... I blame the heat... well, the damp, greyness anyway.
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Seattle set an all time record of 104 yesterday, a record that is expected to be shattered today. We're all inside whining. OTOH, the tomatoes are ecstatic!
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Well the egg cooking experiment sort of worked (on the truck bed cover location), though not speedy cooking, and didn't eat them to test they were done! 
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@stuarth, yes we did, 107. That's three days in a row > 100, also a record. Too bad about your A/C; I'd be bleating bloody murder. I'm too old and wimpy to live without it, though it doesn't have to be a meat locker...
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Am I the only one to see irony in people using a/c to combat a heatwave which may have been partially caused by too many people across the world using things like a/c?
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@GreenDay, seems obvious. Same as driving/flying long distances in fossil-fueled conveyances to ski. Something about glass houses comes to mind.
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| Scooter in Seattle wrote: |
| @GreenDay, seems obvious. Same as driving/flying long distances in fossil-fueled conveyances to ski. Something about glass houses comes to mind. |
Not sure I live in a glass House mate, I cycle whenever I can and try to use as few natural resources as I can.
For example, I have not flown anywhere in the last 18 months 
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@GreenDay,
Yes, ironic, except all our electricity to power A/C comes from hydro-electric power, so perhaps you can dismount your high-horse for a bit?
We don't have A/C (not even our not very efficient portable one right now) - perhaps you should give living in a house that never gets much below 30C even at night, and is 35C+ in the day a go for a while and see how long it is before you get A/C?
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You know it makes sense.
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That said, A/C does seem like a fairly antiquated technology - perhaps making A/C more efficient would be the thing to focus on, as it really is not practical to get rid of it, unless we become hobbits. I do have a semi-basement in my house fortunately, and it is much cooler down there.
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Over here air sourced heat pumps (broadly the same technology running the other way) are the latest technology, they're going to save us from heat death 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Alastair Pink, many outdoor swimming pools have been closed as the deck temperature is above safe levels
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50c is unimaginable. It’s 122f  the hottest I’ve ever known in this part of the uk is about 31c. 35c in Rome was was getting near unbearable for me. It’s not surprising that the additional 14c is proving fatal.
Lytton is not that far from Whistler !
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Obviously they're record temperatures, but the interior there, particularly Ashcroft from my personal experience, was always warm in the summer.
It's more dessert than mountains.
That said my mate Ken stopped running glacier camps in Whistler some years ago partly because the snow cover's so much less than it was.
The direction of travel there is clear enough.
Here's a shot of Ashcroft 20 years ago in summer. It was too hot to be comfortably out without air con even then.
In Phoenix when it gets over around 45 degrees people just stay indoors in the heat of the day.
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My sympathies guys. I experienced 49 degrees in Dubai once - never again. Hope it’s soon more comfortable for you.
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Just spoken to bruv in Calgary. It's only a month since he doffed winter tyres!
Bizarrely we knew Lytton as it was where a rock rolled onto the highway and bent his car.
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Lytton is reported to be emergency evacuating due to a wildfire.
"It's dire. The whole town is on fire," Mayor Jan Polderman told CBC News. "It took, like, a whole 15 minutes from the first sign of smoke to, all of a sudden, there being fire everywhere."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57678054
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Our own thoughts of being hot and uncomfortable turn to hope for the folks in Lytton, and the many others who will suffer in this way. We used to call it "summer" but it is fast becoming "fire season".
If you haven't been around wildfire, you can't imagine how quickly things can go from nothing much to nothing at all.
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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
Lytton is reported to be emergency evacuating due to a wildfire.
"It's dire. The whole town is on fire," Mayor Jan Polderman told CBC News. "It took, like, a whole 15 minutes from the first sign of smoke to, all of a sudden, there being fire everywhere."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57678054 |
The updated article now says a wildfire has burned 90% of Lytton. 
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| Scooter in Seattle wrote: |
Our own thoughts of being hot and uncomfortable turn to hope for the folks in Lytton, and the many others who will suffer in this way. We used to call it "summer" but it is fast becoming "fire season".
If you haven't been around wildfire, you can't imagine how quickly things can go from nothing much to nothing at all. |
Agree. We are hesitant to plan anything much outdoors in August now due to the good chance of needing to stay inside for the smoke.
I know someone who lived in a place burnt in the California fires; he said it was scary how fast the fire travelled, especially along gulleys - no chance to pack your stuff up and outrun it.
Anyone who thinks this is nothing to do with climate change should swap their "it's due to not enough raking" suggestions for a firefighting suit.
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@stuarth, had not heard that the wildfires are due to people not raking the forests. How many thousand square miles are expected to be raked in order to get a grip on this problem?
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You know it makes sense.
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For those wondering about ignition sources, BC got over 29,000 lightning strikes in a 24 hour period. This happens in summer.
Lytton is mostly burnt to the ground, the pictures are awful.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Scooter in Seattle,
and a few not so natural ones too.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/castlegar-fire-alert-2021-1.6087722
@Alastair Pink,
To be fair to Trump, I'm sure forest management does help, but that is quite a substantial forest to manage, and not much you can do if climate change means everything is extra bone dry.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 2-07-21 20:36; edited 1 time in total
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And it's not only Canada that has been experiencing a record breaking heatwave, Land temperature in the Arctic Circle has reached peaks of 48C during a “persistent heatwave” in Siberia.
The EU programme’s satellites found land surface temperatures - different from air temperatures - widely surpassed 35C across Siberia on 20 June, with peaks at 48°C near the town of Verkhojansk, 43°C in Govorovo and 37°C in Saskylah. Last month, scientists called the heatwave gripping the Arctic “mindboggling” as temperature records in Siberia were once again broken.
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Let’s all be honest about it and admit that we’ve properly fu(ked up haven’t we and we are destroying the planet we live on. Absolutely disgusting.
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Cyprus appeals for help as huge wildfire rips through forest
Cyprus has appealed for international help to tackle a huge wildfire described by officials as the worst in the country's history. The blaze, fanned by strong winds, is spreading through the southern Limassol district and has forced the evacuation of several villages. Dozens of properties have been damaged but no casualties have been reported.
Cyprus has been experiencing a week-long heatwave, with temperatures reaching up to 40C (104F).
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It's cooler in Nelson now but still 33 yesterday, average July high is 22!
We've escaped Boris but had to pack bags in case our house explodes. Fricken crazy.
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| motdoc wrote: |
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We've escaped Boris but had to pack bags in case our house explodes. Fricken crazy. |
Crazy indeed, but be thankful you don’t have Gove!
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@maggi, Probably his owner, Howling Mad Murdoch has him in a trunk in a basement, with a snooker ball strapped into his gob…perhaps.
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