US cities set up 'cooling centres' for heatwave

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Cities across the United States Pacific Northwest are setting up "cooling centres" where people can escape a record heatwave baking the region. Areas that normally experience mild weather are reaching temperatures in the mid-40s

 

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Cities across the United States Pacific Northwest are setting up "cooling centres" where people can escape a record heatwave baking the region. Areas that normally experience mild weather are reaching temperatures in the mid-40s
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They are in the upper 90sF to in the 100sF and above. My brother lives out there in Washington state. Just read that Portland, Oregon had 112 F today. Here is an article on it: Pacific NW Heat Wave Shatters Records
 
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The homeless will be very grateful for these cooling centres and I wonder how many people there are who still don't have air conditioning, makes me wonder if they are right about climate change being responsible.
 
We have a niece who lives on the outskirts of Portland. My wife talked to her today, and it sounds like that area is going to have some serious troubles with the heat. Many of the houses in that area don't have air conditioning, and the local stores which sell portable/window AC units have completely sold out. She said that there has been so little rain that the trees and lawns are turning brown, and there is a heightened danger of fires. Unless there is a major shift in weather patterns, the entire west coast and desert SW is going to have a miserable year. The weather reports are calling for the worst drought in over 1200 years for those areas.

https://news.yahoo.com/us-enter-mega-drought-worst-161523333.html
 
That is a good idea, when the air is warm, there is not
much that you can do to cool down, even a fan is just
moving it around.

All our large supermarkets are cooling centres, even on
the hottest days I need to wear a jacket when I enter.

Mike.
 
Yesterday, it was over 100 (105) degrees here in Washington state. Worse, the electricity went out, so there was no air conditioning, TV, Internet, land line phone or anything.

Later we found out that it wasn't a "glitch" in the electricity at all -- it was a rolling blackout that our local power company, Avista, failed to warn about. Gee, thanks -- even in California, they warn when there are going to be rolling blackouts. How impressive.

We survived it by going to our favorite restaurant. We knew it was over when our call to our land line was picked up by our answering machine.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/jun/28/avista-asks-customers-to-conserve-energy-as-heat-s/

Since it is 73 degrees at 5:18 a.m. here, I assume the same will happen today. At least we'll know what's happening. I guess we'll choose another restaurant. That would be the good news.
 
While in HS, I was a summer lifeguard at a municipal pool in central IL. When we had the 100° + days back then, we'd get a truckload of big blocks of ice from the ice house and put them in the pool. The ice didn't last very long but folks loved it and it seemed like the whole town would come to get in the pool (it was good size) to keep cool.
 
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Police in British Columbia say they have responded to over 60 sudden deaths since Monday, including many seniors.

They said the heatwave baking the region was a contributing factor to the fatalities. Temperatures in Lytton, British Columbia, soared to 47.9C (118.2F) on Monday, up from 46.6C (116F) on Sunday. Before this week, temperatures in Canada had never passed 45C (113F).

I feel for you guys, Canada is not equipped to handle this terrible heat, hang in there.
 
It's cooler in WA State today. Hit 88f in the late afternoon here.

Yesterday was indeed a killer. We webfoots simply are not acclimated to such high temps.
 
We're in Eastern Washington State. I believe it hit 108.

However, following up my above post (#10), the electricity never was turned off. We'd gotten a phone call stating that it would be turned off for an hour at 1:00 p.m. (and that rolling blackouts would be implemented until 8:00 p.m.), but it never happened. I'm guessing that people simply cut down on using electricity, and it never reached the point of becoming an issue -- at least, where we are.
 
I lived in Olympia Washington about 7 years. Left in 93. July and August could get hot. Nothing is air conditioned much. But June could still be cold, even rain. This is insane and scary. I'll bet you can't find a fan to buy anywhere.
 

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