Canada sizzling!
We are at the beginning of a severe heatwave here in BC. The forecast high for Kamloops is 46C , which if achieved, will be the highest EVER Canadian temperature. What is really amazing is that it is ...
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One thing aggravates me. I built and had it certified by the National Weather Service, an official NWS weather station in Concord, CA., in the 1950s I was in grade school. I used my paper route money to purchase a foot+ tall mercury thermometer, which turned our to be National Bureau of Standards certified with certificate.
In July of 1970 the San Francisco Bay Area suffered under a week long heat wave. At 6:00 AM opening the door meant sun rays on the face and they burned with heat. At the Shell Oil refinery in Martinez, we were taking salt pills and avoiding heaters, steam pipes, and other radiating surfaces.
When the shift ended I headed home. My car had no A/C
But the thermometer in the NWS box read 117F. The next day the Concord Transcript and San Francisco Examiner reported official NWS temperature records of 115 and 117F. Headlines. My house did not have A/C either.
But this is what I did.
From my forays to Mexico I had a ton of bulk cloth mosquito netting. I got a strong fan and wetted down the netting then wrapped it around me. When the fan played across the netting I actually started to get chilled. I even head it wrapped around my head. I would unwrap it every 15 minutes or so and re-soak it.
The weekend passed then my vacation started. I headed to my parent's house at Lake Tahoe. It got to 90F there and I drove up to high altitude then back packed to 10,000 feet. Still hot but the cool stream water soaked my shorts and tee shirt.
If the humidity is less than 50% I sure can recommend the soaked mosquito netting and fan cool down. Years later I learned that heat waves in the mountains and low humidity can be tamed with evaporative swamp coolers. I've measured 100F entry air and 68F exhaust air with ten percent relative humidity
High temps and high humidity are another beast altogether. When it gets to be a steam bath in Las Penas, my bedroom has both an air conditioner and de humidifier.
The newspaper reported dozens of deaths in Canada.
In July of 1970 the San Francisco Bay Area suffered under a week long heat wave. At 6:00 AM opening the door meant sun rays on the face and they burned with heat. At the Shell Oil refinery in Martinez, we were taking salt pills and avoiding heaters, steam pipes, and other radiating surfaces.
When the shift ended I headed home. My car had no A/C
But the thermometer in the NWS box read 117F. The next day the Concord Transcript and San Francisco Examiner reported official NWS temperature records of 115 and 117F. Headlines. My house did not have A/C either.
But this is what I did.
From my forays to Mexico I had a ton of bulk cloth mosquito netting. I got a strong fan and wetted down the netting then wrapped it around me. When the fan played across the netting I actually started to get chilled. I even head it wrapped around my head. I would unwrap it every 15 minutes or so and re-soak it.
The weekend passed then my vacation started. I headed to my parent's house at Lake Tahoe. It got to 90F there and I drove up to high altitude then back packed to 10,000 feet. Still hot but the cool stream water soaked my shorts and tee shirt.
If the humidity is less than 50% I sure can recommend the soaked mosquito netting and fan cool down. Years later I learned that heat waves in the mountains and low humidity can be tamed with evaporative swamp coolers. I've measured 100F entry air and 68F exhaust air with ten percent relative humidity
High temps and high humidity are another beast altogether. When it gets to be a steam bath in Las Penas, my bedroom has both an air conditioner and de humidifier.
The newspaper reported dozens of deaths in Canada.
