Whew 😓!Weather Today in Paragould, AR
109°
I'm afraid Washington will be burned terribly this year. This year we're starting with a drought going into fire season, and have apparently already had a record number of early fires. Last year was bad enough... more than 700,000 acres...most of that our high desert sage country. It's gonna be hard on the Sage Grouse population.Our youngest daughter and her boyfriend moved to Klamath Falls OR in April for his National Forestry Service wildfire fighting gig, so now I watch the weather there on my phone app.
I now receive weather alerts that startle me a little. Instead of the severe thunderstorm, etc. warnings we receive here in WNY, I see warnings like this:
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I hope your area doesn't get hit hard this year with wildfires! I've viewed the fire season predictions, and they don't look good.
My family is almost all in Oregon (direct relations in northern / middle / eastern Oregon, in-laws in southern Oregon) and fire season last year was terrifying. I'm worried about this year because (a) it is try and hot as hell and (b) all those burned-out areas now have fresh growth which is dried out.Our youngest daughter and her boyfriend moved to Klamath Falls OR in April for his National Forestry Service wildfire fighting gig, so now I watch the weather there on my phone app.
I now receive weather alerts that startle me a little. Instead of the severe thunderstorm, etc. warnings we receive here in WNY, I see warnings like this:
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I hope your area doesn't get hit hard this year with wildfires! I've viewed the fire season predictions, and they don't look good.
Last year was horrible (I just happened to be driving on Hwy 512 / 167 when that big fire off of Hwy 410 started). I'm worried this year will be worse.I'm afraid Washington will be burned terribly this year. This year we're starting with a drought going into fire season, and have apparently already had a record number of early fires. Last year was bad enough... more than 700,000 acres...most of that our high desert sage country. It's gonna be hard on the Sage Grouse population.
that is terrifying.Yesterday the little town of Lytton, BC set a new Canadian record for highest recorded temperature - 46.6 C. Which is also known as 115.88 F. They quite commonly get hot in the summer, but not THAT hot. They must wanna be like Arizona or sumthin.
Prior to Sunday, the previous record was set in 1937. Sunday's record lasted all of one day. Monday saw them with 47.5 C, aka 117.5 F. Too hot for me. ☀️☀️☀️Yesterday the little town of Lytton, BC set a new Canadian record for highest recorded temperature - 46.6 C. Which is also known as 115.88 F. They quite commonly get hot in the summer, but not THAT hot. They must wanna be like Arizona or sumthin.