Bob
Toasty Times
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Bob
TigerTom
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Ten minutes ago I was driving back from picking up a pizza for the Mrs.
A sign along the way displayed 106°F. I'm glad it's shaping up to be a cool summer.
A sign along the way displayed 106°F. I'm glad it's shaping up to be a cool summer.
Old Gasman
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Alas not here, it's the coldest, wettest and most miserable summer since 37 BC.
Alpine
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Here on the Alps it’s 18C (64F) right now at midday. In Sicily it’s 36C (97F) but they reached 45C (113F) yesterday.
BUT! I’m going to enjoy our summer to the fullest, both weeks of it!
pier
BUT! I’m going to enjoy our summer to the fullest, both weeks of it!
pier
MadFarmer
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Our heat dome, high pressure system moved out west late yesterday allowing a cool front to move in overnight so we're getting a brief cool down. Believe it or not this is an improvement:
Might unpack a sweater, but not an umbrella.
Might unpack a sweater, but not an umbrella.
I recall the chaotic days when gasoline stations realized for the first time that their huge signs for displaying the price per gallon would suddenly need to accommodate dollars as well as cents. When a lottery prize goes over $999,999,999, most retail lottery ticket sellers have to tape up a piece of cardboard to deal with the extra digit.
There are still some digital temperature displays on banks, etc. that have only two digits. It's similar to the easily predictable, Y2K "crisis", when two digit years became more conspicuously inadequate.
We humans prefer categorical information—brackets—over precise values, unless we are harping on records: the smallest, the biggest, the longest, the hottest, the longest-hottest, the driest (and of course, sports trivia). Here in southwest Virginia, the temperatures have been abnormal, and "toasty".
Bob
There are still some digital temperature displays on banks, etc. that have only two digits. It's similar to the easily predictable, Y2K "crisis", when two digit years became more conspicuously inadequate.
We humans prefer categorical information—brackets—over precise values, unless we are harping on records: the smallest, the biggest, the longest, the hottest, the longest-hottest, the driest (and of course, sports trivia). Here in southwest Virginia, the temperatures have been abnormal, and "toasty".
Bob
smallwanderings
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Today is quite pleasant in Baltimore, MD. 85° F and 38% humidity.
HillDweller
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It's been pretty normal where I'm at. June was actually cooler than usual. Supposed to get a few hot days this coming week, but nothing really abnormal.