1990: The record/near record heat wave throughout W U.S. that began on 24th, was to end today with 108 Deg. F. in Pueblo, CO
1996: 95 Deg. F. temps and dew points in the mid 70's (THI ~ 85) led to 70 people given medical attention Millwaukee, WI's Summerfest celebration. If but for the water misters, there would've been more injuries.
1997: While probably not all-time boggas, it was most likely pretty clean, cookin' corduroy surf nontheless. 7' (occasional sets to 10') along HI's south-facing shores were a result of a strong low-pressure system SE of New Zealand.
One of the lesser known lightning safety tips, although vehicles in general are good shelter from lightning strikes, a propane truck probably isn't the vehicle of choice. On the same day as the above incident, in Albuquerque, NM the Viking Kitties of Thor zotted just such a vehicle. Three men where hurt (two critically) when the truck's tank ruptured, the tank's contents explosively venting into the atmosphere and a rather violent exothermic reaction subsequently occured. "Wow, that blowed up real good, eh, Hank?"
Indoors static discharges of 1" are known to require 40,000 volts of electropotenial difference. When one considers that most vertical strokes of lighting originate some 8 miles in the atmostphere (and have been documented travelling as far as 25 miles horizontally), well that really puts the ruler to what lighting is actually all about. Anyways, indoors static discharges are a sure sign of too dry indoors environment. By evaporating a couple of pints of water daily, indoor static electricity discharges can be eliminated.
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Albuquerque ? - one of those big tanker trucks? - doesnt that stuff have like a 300% expansion rate when it hits the atmosphere ? - they should have landed in Toledo........as a fine red spray
Lucky they lived to talk about it
Smoke's getting bad. @1553 UTC (ADT +8):
PAFA 291553Z 00000KT 3SM FU FEW001 SCT130 OVC200 14/09 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP112 FU FEW001 T01440089
Prevailing visibility 3 statue miles obscured by smoke. An obscuring layer at 1000' covering no more than 2/8 of the sky (a layer of altostratus covering at least 3/8 of sky at 13000 - this dropped 3 thousand feet over the following hour - and overcast with a cirrus layer at 20000).
@1709 UTC (ADT +8):
PAFA 291709Z 00000KT 2 1/2SM FU FEW001 SCT100 OVC200 16/07 A2986 RMK AO2 FU FEW001
prevailing visibiliy 2 1/2 mile obscured by smoke (THI 59.8 @ 61 Deg. F.)