Pacific Northwest Sweltering Under Unprecedented Heat Wave
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- The Pacific Northwest is bracing for an unprecedented heat wave, stretching from Northern California to Washington state. An estimated 24 million residents are under heat alerts with some temperatures expected to reach 114 degrees. NBC’s Guad Venegas reports for Weekend TODAY, and Dylan Dreyer is tracking the forecast.
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As a Texan who roughed the winter storm with no power, it's crazy seeing the same thing happen but with hot weather instead of cold
global heating, local weirding. climate change disrupts your weather. it can make it hotter colder wetter drier than it used to be, depending on where and when.
Yeah very strange... And most of us up in Washington don't have ac..
It's worst with hot temperatures, for humans to survive, endure or even thrive I mean. Well, from what I learned anyway.
Global warming most likely
Exactly what I’ve noticed. Weather patterns have gone haywire. This is not good.
I already hated summer before these God-awful heat waves and now I hate it even more.
Thats global warming for ya
Karma for using plastic lol
Same here I wish winter can last forever
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
I doubt this is yet that, but blasphemies r already thrown.
@@i7Qp4rQ please stop with the psycho rambling
I live in Eugene where the weather never hits 100, now its going to be almost 115 degrees this weekend and I live on the top floor with no a/c.....Such a nightmare.
Thats super dangerous friend. Go to a neighbors or a friends. Heat stroke is no joke and when its happening youre simply not thinking straight. stay safe. Find a school a gym a walmart if you got one.
And the kicker is that a fan will actually hurt you more if the air is any temp over 95 degrees
@Daisygirl1217 hope this helps! Hope you're able to stay cool!
COOLING TIPS from Twitter for folks without A/C! Pass it on!:
"Ok friends, it’s gonna be HOT in the PNW… and everywhere. So I’m going to share a few tricks to cool down that I learned growing up broke with no AC in California. Please add more if you’ve got them, every trick is worth sharing!
First: frozen stuff.
Bags of ice, ice pack, frozen fruit type stuff wrap in a hand towel and put under your feet while you’re sitting. Your feet are one of the most heat conductive locations on your body and it will help take down your entire body temp.
Freeze damp washcloth/hand towels/sponges and use them on your head, neck, face. I also wipe my cats down with them because the towels aren’t wet enough to bother them, but it takes up some of their body heat. Just try freezing damp stuff I guess, find what works.
Mist+fans:
Like, any combo of them, though you can purchase a combo fan/spray bottle at target for like $14 right now. I have a plant mister next to my desk and a stand fan.
“Fake A/C”
Basically setting up a bowls or body of cool water and blowing air across it.
I just filled a tub with like 4 inches of ice+water and put a stand fan pointing at it and it cooled the whole room significantly. I think volume is on your side with the use of a tub.
Close your windows before the sun hits them. Make as solid and reflective a barrier as you can until the outside temperature drops or at least until the sun is no longer directly hitting the window. Be carful not to make it so reflective that you could hurts one’s eyes or burn.
Lay on heat transmuting surfaces. Linoleum and hardwood probably are the most readily available to you. You can get matts that are specifically heat reducing, but those cost a little money.
Freeze CapriSuns, let them thaw to slushy, then eat them with a spoon. Trust me, just try it.
"Honduran AC": Freeze a gallon or 2 of water and set it in front of the fan. And then you have a gallon of water in case electricity goes out from all the people jacking up their AC at the same time and you can't access taps or wells. We also put Rubbermaid tubs in shower and fill and cover, so you have handy water for flushing toilets or sponge bath cool downs. Also charge up portable chargers and make sure sensitive electronics are plugged into power surge strips because brownouts waver and can do damage before knocking out power.
A couple more that have come up a lot in responses:
-Drink Electrolytes, not just water.
-wear a wet/damp COTTON tshirt
-Go to movie centers, shopping centers,etc. I’m thinking maybe target.
-cold mint tea? Lots of support for mint tea
-wear long loose breathable clothes in sun" [end quote]
Twitter thread: twitter.com/NyssaOru/status/1407842136129642498?s=19]
@@Kit-se3zs Although I do have A/C, that's really useful stuff for people who don't - thanks for sharing!
It hit 108 in 1981 in Eugene.
People in Seattle are not prepared for this at all.
Most apartments don't have AC.
I feel for you guys up there.
@counselthyself There are usually some hot days every summer where an A/C comes in handy. You could always drive your car all day or rent a room at a motel that has A/C. Most will go to the beach as it is supposed to be in the 60's except Sunday it is supposed to be 80's.
go buy a unit
Imagine how hot it will get in the apartments. If anyone is staying inside at these temperatures without AC they are going to die
@counselthyself they need it now
I would think houses there would have lots of "windows".
You guys should also put out water in your backyards and front yard for animals and birds to drink from since they might be really thirsty
I did that this afternoon in two nearby spots down the road where stray cats live.
Already did
Yes, my bird bath is full and I have two wild bunnies that live in the backyard. I leave out cold carrots and water for them.
Youd put water for animals but not your own humans, the homeless. How ironic it would be if you get mauled to death by a dog.
@@arnquintino2109 Who said they aren't helping the homeless?
Is it just me or is anything above 110 degrees that's not the south of this country just absolutely insane.
This is the coolest summer I've ever known in Texas.
Except for Vegas and Arizona. I lived in Vegas all my life and it feels hotter in Olympia Washington right now than it ever did it Vegas. Mainly because of the humidity, Vegas is hot but very little humidity. 👍🏻
Yes.
@@Dudeguy36 and that's what's weird, if this was just global warming wouldn't everywhere be much hotter? The government does mess with our weather. It's called geo-engineering.
@@EmmaGodLovesTruth95 Whatever it is, I'm enjoying it.
I'm a long time resident of Oregon. We DO get triple digits in the summer, just usually not this early in the summer and usually not over 110. Anyways, I'm glad they're opening cooling centers for those without a/c. Portland area generally does that every year when it's expected to get above 100.
In the past it wasn’t a climate emergency.
@@D-B-Cooper Can't wait for us to pay high taxes on carbon emissions while elites and celebrities fly everywhere in their air conditioned private jets, can you?
@BBQ BEER FREEDOM You better get that taken care of.
I lived in Coos Bay for 3 yrs and we never saw 90 once 😆
@@doodmayne7535 most of us weren't alive and even fewer want to do research when the "news" will tell us all they want us to know.
Watch elderly. Please ask those who need to have a cooling place. Watch throwing cigarette butts and things. Drink ice drinks slower ...
And "🐈's. He said
Idahos gunna have baked patatoes
lol
I heard more potatoes are grown in Oregon. They still just label them Idaho potatoes though.
Portland was baking, and not from riots for once
Instead of them coming to Texas, Texas came to them.
Thing is not very many have AC in their homes.
Normal temp for Moses lake wa
@Mass Debater lol
🤣🤣
So weird watching texans be smug about this when they were freezing to death in their homes a few months ago.
Buy some bags of ice to put in a cooler and bottled water. Stay safe everyone.😓😓😓
I work at a grocery store. We are out of ice.
The heatwave is also in many provinces here in Canada. its going to be 40 degrees this weekend (103 F).
I heard even Victoria area on the coast was over 100f, crazy
@@deanfirnatine7814 It was 110 for me in yelm Washington near Olympia tacoma and seattle Olympia was like 111 tacoma 109 and Seattle 106 and portland was like 115💀
Drinking cold beer naked has always been a party starter. Now it may be a survival technique.
Alcohol is a diuretic. This is not a survival technique 🤦♀️
And a conversation starter
🤷♂️
Everyone just report this misleading comment. 🤦
great comment,,. mOre like a scare technique....lmao
@@trenamartin7714 Yesh you right. It may feel refreshing when you first drink it, but then it makes you pee out all of your fluids. In moderation it’s okay tho as long as you drink water with it
I have lived in Salem Oregon my entire life and I don't remember the last time the temp went this high. It's supposed to hit 115°F on Sunday. This will be, um, quite the experience.... At least we have an a/c. :P
I went to the grocery store at 8 This morning when I finished at 10 it was already 85°, good thing I brought the ice cooler. We Portland Oregon people are not used to this kind of heat. We bought lots of cold cuts, beverages, ice cream, popsicles and salads can't even BBQ in this heat wave.
You can crack an egg and cook it on the ground if you need to😂👍🏻
This heat wave sucks. I accidentally touched my car and dropped the F bomb. It felt like an oven
Your cooler than up North of Vancouver, it was 90 by 9:30 ish today but with all your concrete it will be longer for you to cool down.
I'm in Seattle and it was 93 degrees at 9:30am today
@Loki vs Communist Time Lizard Dictators it was hot and we lost 63 people to the extream heat. We usually do not need AC because we're a cooler climate. It normally doesn't get this hot 🥵. Average temperature is 72° in the Summer. We all have a great heating source but not many people actually 70 percent of people in Oregon have no AC. Just like Texas has no heating. Climate changes real.
I feel bad for the cats and dogs and other critters. :( Please, keep your animals safe, too, they have a coat which can't be removed! They're family. ❤️
I'm shaving my cat bald right now due to this heat wave.
🤔I feel like this is just a warning of things to come.. I live in 120° an can't walk across the yard anymore in Yuma Arizona
Yeah we strayed to far from God.
@@lorddoma6637 Umm god has nothing to do with the poor choices of how we treated our planet, nature an the actions still not being done with care or hast about our dying planet.
@@lorddoma6637 - We know exactly the science at work in this and scientists have been warning about it none stop but still religious people think it is somehow about their magical invisible sky daddy. Just crazy.
@@Unknownchannel722 god made the earth, so not taking care of this earth will have consequences. This will be the last empire
@@AnyoneCanSee it's just a figure of speech, basically we have destroyed mother nature, bitten the hand that feeds us, and "God" will punish us
meanwhile in Virginia we are having one of the coolest summers ever.. its been in the 70s and even 39f the other night here. .. occasionally having 80-90 degree days but its been fairly cool here
enjoy those cicadas lol
@@whenicreammypants2430 theyre already gone, been gone for weeks
@@whenicreammypants2430 omg cicadas!?!?!? Stfutroll
In Charlottesville right now. Been really pleasant
108 today last week it was 118 so 🔥
If you don't have humidity, these temps are not that bad.
As long as you have adequate shelter.
@@Sarandib22 honestly, having lived in the are for a few years, the Seattle area is not humid at all.
I was out there wearing jeans in 100 weather cuz I'm use to the south east.
@@Sarandib22 sure.
When I moved to the Seattle area, I had to run a humidifier or I got nose bleeds in the summer.
Year round, even during their over 100° heat wave, I wore jeans, barely sweated then.
@@noneyabizz8337 If you are close to the water, but if you are out in Bothell...BLECH!
Heat stroke is a sport in florida
Here in Alabama too.
This is insane. I live in Tacoma and its 2am and cannot sleep due to my bedroom feeling like a sauna. And of course no AC. Please God bring back the cold and the rain. The good news is that I might loose weight since this dam heat is just making drink tons of water and no food. Thank God this heat is almost over.
Also in Tacoma, although we do have ac, but I had to have a fan running in my room to be able to sleep, still was a bit sweaty.
Water? How dare you, coca cola is the ultimate thirst reliever, didn't you see the advertisments?
@@leob4403 iced coke is definitely helpful.
Washington is going to be hotter than Miami and Hawaii. Wow.
Crazy. I kinda can't believe what I'm seeing.
@@BarnaliD the end is near
@@abrahamvalencia5159 sure looks like it.
Idiots
In Texas, you have an AC but you cant use it LMFAO
I do
Shy, you watch too much CNN and Google Newsfeed, it's rotting your brain.
I’m in Texas and we have electricity here... you let a rare snowstorm blackout define a place you’ve never been before. I wonder what other great opinions you hold 😂
What happens when you let republicans run the show.
@@bradforward850 What happens?
In Las Vegas, it's a DRY HEAT!!!
I grew up in the southern Cali desert but I don't remember suffering outside to much as a kid. Doesn't dry heat evaporate your sweat quicker vs humid heat ?
Here in San Juan island, where the highest it usually gets is low 70 degrees Fahrenheit, it’s almost 90 degrees here which while isn’t as hot as Seattle is still a huge increase in weather
Unprecedented - lets put this word away forever.
Seriously it’s like they’re shocked it’s summer again lol
Exactly, it's not unprecedented when EVERY SINGLE YEAR it's the same story. Plenty of precedent has been established by now that we should be expecting more extremes with regards to weather with each new day.
@@TheAjunge Lol. No.
Texans: "First time?"
LOL, that's funny.
Yeah first time.... I live in Western Washington I'm 36 years old and it has never been over 100°... It's only really started getting hot like that on the side of State in the last 15 years with hordes of California and Texans developing everything and cutting down all the trees and paving over everything!!!!!!!!! You like your heat Texas go the f*** back!!!!
Instead of them coming to Texas, Texas came to them.
@@slashhamby4663 to bad im already here lol
I have lived in my home for 30 years. On Monday it is supposed to be about 113 degrees. That is a first.
To the pacific northwest from vegas with love
Meanwhile the rainforrest is being erased in record tempo.
@Liberal Patriot It's neither's fault. The rainforest has been disappearing for decades.
@@jasonwright2665 it's Brazil's fault.
@Loki vs Communist Time Lizard Dictators the ones to blame are the major companies who have come in with their heavy equipment and are chopping down the rainforest at an alarming rate which is having a detrimental effect on the climate, all in the name of greed.
@Loki vs Communist Time Lizard Dictators What about the palm industries deforesting on a massive scale that harms the forest as a whole?
This past week has been in the 70's-low 80's....and rainy...TOO rainy. My woods is now a swamp.
Hopefully you believe climate change is real
@@freemarkets8323 Can't wait for us to pay super high taxes on carbon emissions while elites and celebrities fly everywhere in their air conditioned private jets.
@@freemarkets8323 Where I live, used to have a mile thick sheet of ice covering the land. Prior to that, there was ocean here (look up "Petoskey stones"). That ice started melting long before we were here to blame ourselves or for some to instill fear and make a profit from. Climate change has been happening forever, and will continue to do so. It is ignorant to believe we caused it, and you can add arrogant to that ignorance to believe we can stop it.
@@x00p3 thats capitalism. You asked for it 🥴🤣😂🤣😂
@@fermiticus4034 ignorance, arrogance, and stupidity is made up of those who believe they don't cause climate change 🥴🤣😂🤣😂. The climate changes over the course of thousands of years. Not 150 sweetheart. Mald harder 🤣
It's 10 PM in Washington right now and my house is over 95° inside, it's F'ing miserable...
Take very cool to cold baths, dip in an out throughout the day.
I feel for you man. I can’t sleep when it’s too hot and when you do it’s very broken sleep waking up soaked in sweat!
I feel ya man, I'm going through the same thing. I can't even sleep.
It was 118 degrees in Washington in 1928 and again in 1961. Thank God for global cooling.
@@dbldekr Also some models showing 120-125 in places around the eastern OR-WA border. Both Portland and Seattle are expected to break all-time records. Also going to be >100F in the arctic circle in Canada from the same heat wave. The hottest temps relative to normal are actually going to be further north than the US, in Canada, yet most of the US Pacific NW is breaking all-time records. It's June.
do you mean global warming
@@eric1107 it was called global cooling before they called it global warming, but since they've been so wrong for so many years, now they call it climate change.
The real term for it is pseudoscience.
Could it be from all the buildings burning in Portland?
No number of burning buildings would cause these temperatures. This is purely meteorological.
@@thecatfromoregon He was joking.
They have the hottest hours all wrong It’s not from 10:00 am- 4:00pm. More like from 1:00pm to 7:00 pm . I am homeless and I feel it.
@MC Red11 I have one, just saving to rent a room soon. Get a life bum.
They must be referring to the intensity levels of the sun; you know, sunburn hours.
@MC Red11 Very rude of you since you have no idea why he is in the situation he is in! Besides, most people find jobs via the internet these days...
This was the most ignorant news segment I've ever seen....
@MC Red11 He wants to come live with you.
Rehydration should include some electrolytes if perspiration is excessive.
I lived in Vegas for 40 years. This is one of the main reasons that I moved to Wisconsin. (high of 75° today with thunderstorms)
It's easier to keep warm than it is to keep cool.
If it's easier then why did you move to Wisconsin?
The “heat index “ lies continue
Troll
They are trying to prep the sheep for climate lockdowns
@@doodmayne7535 One of these days, you're going to have to crawl out of your parents' basement.
@@doodmayne7535
Yep. Climate lockdowns are a thing where travel, in home temperatures amongst all kinds of things a government can have its citizens be regulated on... if you let them.
@@464batman i pray the sheeple dont bring us down that path
And I have to ride my bike to work everyday at noon wearing black clothes. Ain't that just a knee slapper?
Might need to crack open the wallet for an Uber, or car pool. Stay hydrate and good luck, another option pack your uniform and wear something light and thin during the ride.
Wear white clothes, get there early, change into your black clothes. Good luck 👍
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.
"wearing black clothes" Security uniform or something similar?
K Bleeker
Wtf? I don't ride a Schwinn, I'm straight.
Washingtonian here, my town got hit HARD. Room temperature was about 97 degrees, and 85 degrees was considered low. Outside, it was about 108 degrees. My family bought portable air conditioners, and they brought 97 degrees to about 80. Keep in mind this was about a WEEK of heat for me.
I live in Medford. We get hundreds several times a summer, not too rare here, but never THIS hot. And the length of time, and no cooling at night. This really sucks.
And this is still June!
Oh my goodness I pray for each and every one of y'all over there please stay cool if you ain't got AC or anything or a fan get water just keep water on you constantly you know what a towel lay the towel over your body over your head and just keep waiting and keep laying it over you and take something like take something and fan on you and it'll keep you cool I done that before but my prayers are for you and for everybody else 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💜💜
It's gonna be a rough day. I have a wedding to go to today at 4:00pm. It's gonna be brutal!
Call in sick 😷
Lol
No seriously, phak U is right, u gonna get sick anyway after that event.
Good luck
Same but in new York
Use small pools to put feet in ..it helps. Sit around the pools. Put ice water containers in front of fans to cool down...if no air conditioner.
I work 11 hours in a cattle ranch and it's soo hot that I spend alot of time under a tree for shade
Rogue River Oregon is supposed to be 106° today and 114° to 116° tomorrow, I'll be heading to the River, it's a few blocks away 😀
I love RR
@@BeardGrylls I live literally on the other side of I/5 across from Valley of the Rogue Rest area, there is a Dozer tractor hanging off the side of the mountain, people stopped almost daily to take pics of it, harder to see with the foliage.
@@TheOfficialZombieWhisperer I drive pass rr daily and have a few homies farms there. I budtended at the PMC and worked at the Magic Dragon years ago. I need to see this dozer.
@@BeardGrylls if you take the 45B exit heading to grants pass look opposite of the freeway to North River Rd, you can see a dozer standing upright and normal to the right just below you will see 2 yellow busses and further to the right is the Dozer chained to the side of the mountain to keep it from falling, if you see at the bottom a blue and white striped cabana just start looking up. Everyone in the 2 valleys have pretty much seen it.
@@BeardGrylls ua-cam.com/video/VCIOI0pJoJk/v-deo.html
the Dozer
Winter = Texas froze over
Summer = Northwest bakes
Crazy times yall
This is biblical
Close windows on the side of your house that's getting hit by the sun (may be different in morning vs night) is advised, as is closing curtains in general.
Buy fans for your rooms. I don’t know if wetting blankets and hanging them will help due to humidity, but worth a shot. Don’t cook. I live in Phoenix where we get temps in excess of 120 sometimes. But we don’t have humidity to deal with. Praying for you all.
I just looked up the weather for Portland Sacramento and Seattle. And the all were from 60-75 in the summer time.
You are NOT from arround here now are you O_O
We get triple digit temps EVERY SUMMER.
This is just an early one, and the news is running with it for ratings and to scare you.
You cared yet??
Sacramento is really hot, it is desert.
Where are you looking? Almost every year in Seattle starting in June it's in the 90's, high 90's isn't uncommon. 1941 and 1994 were three digit heat years. 2020 was 98°. 1903 was 96°. 1951 was 96°. 1896 was 93°. You should check again
Its triple digits here every summer. Located in the literal desert of Eastern Wa, where's it's 110+ each summer, nearly 3 months.
We have the worst wild fires in the nation, with literally 2/3 of Ok County being evacuated each summer. Of course theres a fire danger.
Its humid (what?!)... Its currently less than 3% humidity. This is literally one of the dryest regions in the nation. We receive less than 1ft of precipitation a year. This segment is ridiculous...
A region without AC (the only logical claim). I've never known anyone East of the mountains that doesn't have AC. I have no idea why the Seattle believes AC is unneeded. Lived in Seattle/Bellevue for a decade, owned a million dollar home w/o AC. NO ONE on the coast has a unit and it makes zero sense to me. Its 100 deg every summer in Seattle.
This is one thing I can't stand about when people talk about the PNW as if we are either Seattle or Portland. Nothing to the east of the cascades exists. I'm not used to the triple digits 110 and beyond in June but in August it's pretty much expected.
Yup live in Tri Cities and it's like this every summer.
Establish a major metro area - one that isn’t dying and drug-infested - and people will start talking about your region.
It got to 108 here in Downtown Portland today. It is brutal in the Rose City. And I am a FedEx Ground driver. It gets to about 130 in the back of my truck.
Hopefully you got some cold rags you can use bro
diagonally winding a moist bandana and then snapping it by using one hand on each of the two tips, to quickly pull it from slack to taught, will cool down the bandana so you can use it again to cool your forehead.
I'm stocking up on water for sure. This is going to dominoes
Be*
Mexican farmers protested giving the US water in fear of not having enough.
Also humidity really isn’t a thing here
No
Humidity on a hot day in the PNW is usually around 30-40%
last year in phoenix arz, it was over 110 degrees for 90 plus days in a row where I live it was over 105 degrees for 45 days in a row
In north central Washington State today in our area the temperature reached 119 where I live , and inside our house the temperature was 94 with the aircon on high. The biggest concern is Wildfires in our area. Since our area was devastated to a point a lot of land will take years to recover.
People can actually die of heat, she said. Brilliant deduction.
On a positive note, the high heat should make it easier for the “peaceful protesters” to burn down more of Portland!
@@desitterspace2127 At least they can only come out at night as they would all die of heat exhaustion if they stayed in direct sunlight during the day.
@@desitterspace2127 Please don't make blanket judgements about everyone at the protests. Yes, there are bad people who see protests as opportunity for criminal mischief. But they're few in number compared to legitimate protestors. These few bad actors just get more media attention because the news outlets know they can get more viewers by sensationalizing the worst that can happen.
@@thecatfromoregon Fair point,but again, that begs the question as to why these destructive anarchists have been given a free pass, by both the MSM and the politicians running these cities, to continue their rampage of destruction, which is costing these cities and states billions of dollars? Granted, early on there may have been individuals and groups with legitimate grievances, that’s clearly been drowned out and hijacked by the out of control mobs instigating the carnage going on today.
@@desitterspace2127 They haven't been given a free pass. A lot of the violent "protesters" have been tracked down, arrested and charged.
Didn't even mention the place with the hottest temp. 🤦
The hottest temperature is in the Northwest
@@North_Bound No. The map showed the Tri Cities having the hottest temp you dunce.
@@missbobbi7945 and that’s in the northwest
@@North_Bound The Tri cities was.
114 or even higher locally in the puget sound area I think
🤯 I've only seen temperatures like that the few time I've been to the Four Corners area!
COOLING TIPS from Twitter for folks without A/C!:
"Ok friends, it’s gonna be HOT in the PNW… and everywhere. So I’m going to share a few tricks to cool down that I learned growing up broke with no AC in California. Please add more if you’ve got them, every trick is worth sharing!
First: frozen stuff.
Bags of ice, ice pack, frozen fruit type stuff wrap in a hand towel and put under your feet while you’re sitting. Your feet are one of the most heat conductive locations on your body and it will help take down your entire body temp.
Freeze damp washcloth/hand towels/sponges and use them on your head, neck, face. I also wipe my cats down with them because the towels aren’t wet enough to bother them, but it takes up some of their body heat. Just try freezing damp stuff I guess, find what works.
Mist+fans:
Like, any combo of them, though you can purchase a combo fan/spray bottle at target for like $14 right now. I have a plant mister next to my desk and a stand fan.
“Fake A/C”
Basically setting up a bowls or body of cool water and blowing air across it.
I just filled a tub with like 4 inches of ice+water and put a stand fan pointing at it and it cooled the whole room significantly. I think volume is on your side with the use of a tub.
Close your windows before the sun hits them. Make as solid and reflective a barrier as you can until the outside temperature drops or at least until the sun is no longer directly hitting the window. Be carful not to make it so reflective that you could hurts one’s eyes or burn.
Lay on heat transmuting surfaces. Linoleum and hardwood probably are the most readily available to you. You can get matts that are specifically heat reducing, but those cost a little money.
Freeze CapriSuns, let them thaw to slushy, then eat them with a spoon. Trust me, just try it.
"Honduran AC": Freeze a gallon or 2 of water and set it in front of the fan. And then you have a gallon of water in case electricity goes out from all the people jacking up their AC at the same time and you can't access taps or wells. We also put Rubbermaid tubs in shower and fill and cover, so you have handy water for flushing toilets or sponge bath cool downs. Also charge up portable chargers and make sure sensitive electronics are plugged into power surge strips because brownouts waver and can do damage before knocking out power.
A couple more that have come up a lot in responses:
-Drink Electrolytes, not just water.
-wear a wet/damp COTTON tshirt
-Go to movie centers, shopping centers,etc. I’m thinking maybe target.
-cold mint tea? Lots of support for mint tea
-wear long loose breathable clothes in sun" [end quote]
Twitter thread: twitter.com/NyssaOru/status/1407842136129642498?s=19]
I'd put ice packs around neck and against body, especially for elders and children.
Hmm, I would put some wood planks around the elders especially. You know, like coffins
Lmao. My bro lives in Washington. I lived up there too for a while. Never seen it get this high before.
Still not as bad as heatwaves in southern CA tho
Same
I moved from a hot dry area in SC that would get temp over 125 and stay over 100 throughout the night. I moved to Eugene with the hopes of escaping that hot mess but here we are with the same temps...I swear I brought it here :)
We don't have air conditioners tho so it is as bad
@@daisygirl1217 lol. When I first moved to Washington they had one of their drier years. I said I brought the California weather 😂
Don’t worry though. At least the heat doesn’t last as long up there
Well Eugene.. maybe I guess huh.
@@kellylizzz I lived in places with no ac too up there. Sucked but fans are your best friend.
So in West Texas, it is unreasonably cool and wet this week (75-85 F) when we're used to it being 95-103 F at this point in the summer. Are these things related?
112 for the tri cities is nothing new, Seattle though got a taste of Florida weather mixed with Yuma Arizonas heat
Man I swear when I go to the west, I be seeing people watering they grass all day, that's one of the reason y'all loosing water
***cries in Houston, IM LITERALLY FIGHTING JUMANJI OFF AND I DONT WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRAY FOR MY MOWER!!!!!!
.....you do realize what happens when ita hot out and water is about? .....evaporation.
@@getoverit1160 Yes but they just be wasting water over there
I thought Seattle was the rainy state 🥵
Cloud seeding with silver iodide brings rain, but cloud seeding with aluminum is keeping high pressure in and high heat.
the Western 1/3 is wet most of the year, 2/3 is a desert.
Seattle is not a state
Surprisingly Seattle isn’t the rainiest city.
@@nicelydone9776 right. I looked it up. Wenatchee gets 10-13 inches a year, which is considered desert. Spokane (15-20) and the mountains in the north get more, plus snow..
Grateful that the house I live in has amazing AC, I wish I could open my home to those without.
Things left in closed cars can melt when it's that hot outside the car.
Why was she not mentioning the hottest area which is the Tri Cities wa region?
"Why was she not mentioning the hottest area which is the Tri Cities wa region?" I grew up in Pasco. One year there were four consecutive days of 110F or above.
Yep! We're expecting upwards of 118. We've also had very little rain. Fun times. At least there is a breeze today.
UPDATE PEOPLE LOSING POWER ALEADY
Put on your solar panel hat and hook it up to a car battery you can carry with you.
Well according to poweroutage.us the only place losing power is Kittitas County and Kitsap County (Good names) and only 3,395 people are without power in Washington and in Oregon only *116* don’t have power
And I thought it was hot when it hits 70 here in San Francisco!
@@TaylorUmongusHas it's a combination of the cool bay waters, mountains and ocean breeze just never gives it a chance to warm up
@@MicahPotts SF is gonna warm up in August, September, October, when California have forest fires
We hit 111 today at my home in Spokane.
We have air conditioning, but even five minutes outside to let my dogs potty was almost too much. I had to douse cool water on towels and cover them for a few minutes.
Stay safe everyone.
How does asphalt affect temperature?
Does population density contribute to heat?
Do a large number of automobiles running their engines to carry 1 person around increase ambient temperatures?
What are YOU willing to do besides throw money and tell the government to tell Corporations to fix it?
😂 too much to even address here 😂
@@trenamartin7714 so... You cant answer even 1 question? Or is this an admission of refusal to even ask?
And life goes on
I cant imagine. Ive got an outdoor thermometer that tops at 120. A lot of thermometers are going to be screaming at 115. August is a month away and its going to get ugly at this pace.
Here we go....
Don’t think he knows our feline friends prefer it 20 degrees warmer then humans.
My cat loves sun baking in the window. He doesn’t mind the triple digit Cali heat at all.
Most of my cats are the same, but I do have one fluffy baby who loves her A/C
Thank god I was worried about all of them and the dogs
@@carlindurfee7566 It's bad for dogs though.
That and lasagna
Same
it is almost like you are being punished
Are you part of the Fred Phelps gang?
Yep, kind of like texas during the power outage.
@@mreverly
Anything you need to confess?
@@nicholaslash8760 it is being fixed is this?
I live about 30 minutes from Portland it was 106 on Saturday, 110 on Sunday and supposed to be 115 today. It is not cooling down much at night it never got below 72 over night and was still 90 at 10:30 at night and hit 90 again by 9:30am. I have AC but it seems overwhelmed, I have been forced to get my dogs soaking wet to keep them cool, when they have dried out their breathing gets labored.
When it gets cold you bundle up. When it gets hot you can only get naked & keep hydrated. Lets check on are vulnerable people & make sure we don't have any avoidable tragedies.
Its Man Bear Pig's doing
Will be an interesting wildfire season this year
Can't wait to see this in California :)
Breaking news, the whole west coast is on fire and there is not enough firefighters to do anything about it.
Been in Portland 20 years. First thing I did was get AC for my house. I remember living in apartments and not having AC thinking what’s wrong with the people in the NW. We had a mild spring with the temps.
It'll be muggy at ground level, also.
OMG, you mean weather cycles?????? Armageddon!!!!!!!! Yeah, it's done this before...it happens...that's how it works. No need to panic.
This is only going to get worse, mankind has no solution whatsoever for this
Worst drought in 1200 years is not weather ... that's climate. Setting 2 new all new hi heat records for each 1 low temp record is not weather ... it's climate.
I live in Seattle Washington i never thought I’d make history by living a hot life woohoo!!🥵🔥
The heat is down now
@@abrahamvalencia5159 thank goodness
Omega Block!?! That sounds hellesh
As someone with anhidrosis (inability to sweat) I am thankful I don't get to experience the hot weather, for now. It is mid 70 degree weather here near Los Angeles
Are you hot all the time? I am the opposite always sweating and hot
Unsubscribe to this dramatic fearful propaganda.
Extreme weather is all we get anymore. Thanks deniers for making sure this continues.
Said the alarmist who is doing absolutely nothing to change the problem he believes exists... I mean, except for placing blame on the 'other', lol.
@@evbbjones7
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Forecast for Seattle today (Saturday) was 98. It hit 101. And it's supposed to be hotter on Sunday and hotter still on Monday. Local news said European computer model was predicting 110 in Seattle on Monday, and American computer model was predicting 120(!!!), so they split the difference at 113. It's hard to express how insane this is. The hottest it's ever gotten before in Seattle on any day was 103, so that would shatter the record by ten degrees. And, it's only June.
Seattle - that kind of temperature calls for lots of "windows".
I see what you did there.
I blame Trump
*Snark*
Hey Marty ,I guess you forgot that Biden is our president now!!!!!
There's nothing to blame him for, he didn't do anything, and I mean did nothing
Oh that’s not my Christian name there fella. It’s a nod to one of finest bluegrass dreadnoughts ever made
Lol! Probably
Maybe the Seattle Mayor will understand that BEFORE you can have a Summer of Love, you have to experience a Long Hot Summer.
A summer off love all right, is it possible that there's some small part of karma unfolding ? Just asking.
Fill up 2 liter bottles with water, stick them in the fridge until the ice up, and then put them by a fan.
I live in Arlington, WA and the other day we hit 108 degrees. We are only allowed to have a portable AC in our apartment and that poor thing could hardly keep up.
An energy efficient home is more comfortable and saves money in the long run.
Added insulation, triple glaze windows, energy efficient doors, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, energy efficient appliances, LED lighting, solar panels combined with battery storage and a electric vehicle charger in the garage or car park. People are too focused on the short term costs and miss out on long term savings and comfort. Blower door testing and air sealing are under appreciated tools.Even if you have money to burn you should not waste it. Climate Change will impact everyone. Leave a better future for your children and grandchildren.
agreed but there isn't enough sun west of the cascades to rely on solar :/
I've lived in the northwest for over 60 years and triple digit weather is not unusual, especially in June, July and August. Of course 50 years ago the experts predicted by the year 2000, the world would be in a new Ice Age.
Do you hear that "climate scientist's" fairy-accent? LIBERAL ALERT! They can't be trusted, world's BIGGEST liars!
I too am from the Northwest for almost 50 years and I have to wonder why this is national news worthy. Next Monday in parts of the state it will be in the low 70's. It is summer, shouldn't it be hotter? No, it is just temperature swings you see in the Northwest.
Though not as bad obviously, I live in eastern Tennessee, near the mountains. It's been in the upper 90s most days here, but with 80-100% humidity, which is the worst. Can't breathe hardly.
Wow. That is pretty normal heat in west Texas. Fires and power outages is the biggest problems we have with that heat. Lots of water and stay in the shade. Many breaks for work.
Power companies need to be held at a higher standard or should the government step in and take away their cash cow?