[Flightdeck]

I like heat. It cooled down below 100 here in Texas for the first time in a while. Gonna go running here in a sec.

[cripplecreek]

A claustrophobia-inducing greenhouse of heat and sadness

Nothing like hard science. LOL

[Moleman]

I’ll take it. Here in Michigan just happy not to be shoveling snow :p

[cblue55]

God is turning up the heat!

[Wuli]

“Nearly 150 million Americans in 32 states are in the dome, leading to at least 22 deaths around the country as of yesterday, according to CNN. In Oklahoma alone, state medical officials believe 12 people have died from the heat.”

The heat alone does not “lead” to any deaths, as if they are inevitable just because it is hot.

Such deaths normally occur because individuals faced with high temperatures take actions they should not, or fail to take actions for themselves or others to either protect from, or compensate for, the effects of the high temperatures. Most such deaths are avoidable, in spite of the high heat.

[ken21]

we suffered through the same in the summers in rural nebraska

but we lacked a media that constantly whined about it.

[Constitution Day]

A claustrophobia-inducing greenhouse of heat and sadness, the "heat dome" is actually a 1 million square-mile high-pressure system hovering over most of the country and pushing temperatures sky-high.

Rolling my eyes over here. It's pretty dang hot (102° outside my office), but come on.

[UCANSEE2]

Heat Dome? New terms are so cool. Like Kinetic Military Action.

But.... wasn’t there an old term for this? Gosh, as I get older my memory seems to be failing, but wasn’t it... something like.... oh, I REMEMBER.

It was called SUMMER.

[Sacajaweau]

What’s with this term “Heat Dome”. I’ve been around for a long time...and my bro is/was a meterorologist.

[EyeGuy]

Bottom Line:

God says let there be heat and humidity, and there is not a damn thing we can do about it.

Even Al Gore.

[treetopsandroofs]

Like when the “heat” in Chicago caused all that violence at the beaches a couple of months ago?

[martin_fierro]

That compressed, sinking air keeps clouds from forming, giving the sun--which is at its highest angle this time of the year--free rein to do its worst.

The sun in Liz Goodwin's world.

Bad, Sun! BAD!

[Smokin' Joe]

"Warmer air is thicker than colder air so it's actually a literal dome,"

Bull.

Air density, from highest to lowest:

Cold, dry air

Cold, moist air

Warm, dry air

Warm moist air

More dense=thicker, and thicker (more dense air) seems easier to breathe because there is more oxygen per unit volume.

Must be their science writer at it again.

[Ditter]

Welcome to Texas, ya’ll! :D

[Godzilla]

Now imagine what it will be like if the EPA has its way and dozens of coal plants are shut down. No power - no AC whatsoever.

[agere_contra]

This phenomenum is not man-made. Things were just as bad during the Medieval Sad Period.

[Durus]

When I was a kid this was called “summer”.

[Mr.Unique]

Unless you live in the lucky part of the continental United States that will not be slammed by a heat wave this week, you've probably encountered what meteorologists are calling the "heat dome."

This is what passes for professional writing these days?

[Mr.Unique]

123 degrees in Council Bluffs IA yesterday? No.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

This is no hotter than when I lived in Virginia in the early 1990s. What they call a heat-wave, I call July.