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FIRST-EVER SEATTLE HEAT WARNING ISSUED
My Way News via Drudge ^ | 27 May 2005 | Donna Blankinship

Posted on 05/27/2005 5:53:52 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

SEATTLE (AP) - Make that an iced coffee. While the Northeast was bidding farewell to unseasonably chilly temperatures, Seattle residents dusted off the sunscreen and shorts Friday as the National Weather Service issued its first-ever heat advisory for the city. The advisory covering the urban corridor from Tacoma north to Everett was prompted by a second day of record temperatures. Thursday's high temperature of 89 degrees at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport broke a 58-year-old record. A high of 87 was forecast for Friday.

Phyllis Cameron, 92, planned to keep cool with lots of iced tea and a few gin-and-tonics. "I'm just going to enjoy it on the chaise on my deck," said the lifelong Seattle resident. The weather service, however, was advising that people should drink lots of water, stay indoors and out of the sun, and check on relatives and neighbors. The advice didn't seem to be taking. Winter-pale flesh was on display in the city's parks, and the streets were packed with people drinking iced coffee instead of Seattle's trademark lattes.

Seattle is among the cities added this year to the weather service's excessive heat program. A heat advisory means conditions could lead to heat stress in some people and a warning indicates a higher possibility that people will get sick or die. The organizers of the annual Northwest Folklife music festival welcomed the heat, which boosted attendance for the normally slow first day. Concertgoers crowded into Seattle Center, enjoying the music, the sun and a giant fountain shooting cool water 120 feet into the air. Last year it rained, said Rafael Maslan, 20, a festival board member. Meanwhile, residents in the Northeast were basking in the sun Friday after several days of rain, blustery winds and temperatures in the 40s and 50s. It was the third coldest May on record for New England, the National Weather Service said.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: climatechange; dramaqueens; firstever; heatwarning; issued; meltingwitches; ohthehumanity; seattle; wusses
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A fellow I know who works for Calpine (higher up guy) told me they need a HOT summer and it will help tremendously. Well, looks like they're going to get it this time.
1 posted on 05/27/2005 5:53:52 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Watch those gin & tonics, Phyllis. Drink plenty of water. :~ )


2 posted on 05/27/2005 5:56:17 PM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

It's Bush's fault.


3 posted on 05/27/2005 5:56:51 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: nuconvert

Bwahahahahaha...like doing shots of Mezcal.


4 posted on 05/27/2005 5:57:21 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Meanwhile, parts of the SE Antartic continue to build up huge layers of ice, that are totally abnormal, that is much more ice then one would expect in such a short time.


5 posted on 05/27/2005 5:57:46 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle
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Phyllis Cameron, 92, planned to keep cool with lots of iced tea and a few gin-and-tonics.

Good plan!

6 posted on 05/27/2005 5:57:50 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (L'chaim!)
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To: Marine_Uncle

I read about that the other day...odd.


7 posted on 05/27/2005 5:58:13 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Why do "they" need a hot summer?


8 posted on 05/27/2005 5:59:33 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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It was the third coldest May on record for New England...

It's been awful! And it was still gloomy in southern NH all day. Hey Seattle, want your rain back?

9 posted on 05/27/2005 5:59:49 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (L'chaim!)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

We had a hot summer last year. Almost killed me; no air conditioning at home or most buses. My research building on campus is new and has AC, but it is set terribly low. I don't know what's with these people. I'm from the east coast where we get heat and humidity and know when it's time to just give up and get a freakin' air conditioner.


10 posted on 05/27/2005 6:00:08 PM PDT by radiohead (revote in washington state)
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To: cmsgop

Is it hot enough for you.,....remember no adult bverages....drink water.


11 posted on 05/27/2005 6:00:34 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Marine_Uncle

I think Phyllis has the icemaker cranked up


12 posted on 05/27/2005 6:04:18 PM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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"A high of 87'

Geeez! thats still almost sweater weather.

Its right now 93 degrees here on the East side.

13 posted on 05/27/2005 6:05:49 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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It was so hot here this afternoon, I saw a dog chasing a cat... and they were both walking! [::rimshot::] :)
14 posted on 05/27/2005 6:06:29 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-G-d, PRO-LIFE..." -- FR founder Jim Robinson)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

It's Bush's fault!


15 posted on 05/27/2005 6:06:52 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God)
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Hey Seattle, want your rain back?

Yes, please. It's 94 degrees right now, and my sprinkler system is broken so I can't water my yard.

16 posted on 05/27/2005 6:07:39 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Does this heat wave mean 50,000 dead like it did in France a couple of years ago?


17 posted on 05/27/2005 6:08:23 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (Forget Blackwell for Governor! Blackwell for Senate '06!)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Funny thing, I've been in Seattle even earlier in May when it was even hotter. Why all the sudden a heat advisory for only 90 (if even) degrees? I wonder if there is a global warming hysteric embedded in the NWS who had something to do with this?


18 posted on 05/27/2005 6:10:07 PM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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It's Bush's fault.

Because he didn't support Kyoto.

19 posted on 05/27/2005 6:10:11 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Just Blame President Bush For Everything, It Is Easier Than Using Your Brain)
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To: SandyInSeattle

My daughter was born at Ft. Lewis (Madigan). We joke that she would be born with webbed feet.


20 posted on 05/27/2005 6:10:45 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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