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2 hours ago, George BM said:

Becoming increasingly smoky aloft from this evening onwards. Tomorrow will be hazy with smoke aloft.

My family in western Canada have no more than a mile visibility because of the wildfire smoke.

5 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Because there’s been a shooting in the stadium apparently 

I didn't know that part.  Thanks for setting me straight.

(It was outside the third base gate; I saw a short video on twitter and they could be visibly heard inside the stadium.)

They've put the Nats game into a rain delay although they don't have the tarp on the field yet and it doesn't look like it's going to amount to much.  They're supposed to show fireworks after the game is over.

Edit to add they've told the fans to leave.

They're landing planes at DCA on a really sharp southern turn right now.  As in they're completing the turn near the Wilson Bridge.

Wham.

(Here near the Wilson Bridge).

9 minutes ago, H2O said:

Apparently that storm NA1 posted dropped some serious rain and lots of thunder at home.  My kid at a friends house lost power too

I'm near the Wilson Bridge so didn't get as much rain, but I can testify it was a bit noisy for a while.

50 minutes ago, blueberryfaygo said:

How is this site developed?  Do they use some sort of forum service that they "brand"/"customize" as american weather or does someone develop/ maintain the code for all of this?

If you look at the bottom of the page, it's "Powered by Invision Community".  I participate on a few other websites that use Invision and they've had upgrades recently, some more well-received than others.

1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:

Shouldn't a storm named Elsa be churning in the Bering Sea or something?

I'm sure in 4-5 months from now the Weather Channel will have at least one storm on its list named Anna, Kristoff, or Olaf.

1 hour ago, H2O said:

According to @mappy I was.  I was already old back in 1966 too

Prematurely aging.

My parents each had 1967 Camaros. 

Timeless.

It's been so long since England drummed Germany out of a major tournament @H2O wasn't around yet.

(It was in 1966.)

12 hours ago, mappy said:

Apparently some crazy soccer game happened and a meme was born 

 

I figured the guy had to have been cheering for the Swiss; in the biggest upset of the Euro 2020 tournament so far they came back from a 3-1 deficit, with the tying goal coming in the 90th minute,, won on penalty kicks, and sent reigning World Cup champs France packing.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/euro-2020-switzerland-fan-meme-goal-france

(Posted this before I saw @H2O's post directly above this one.)

4 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Not sure if they have AC, but I hope your parents get through it ok @fourseasons. Just keep checking in on them. 

Thanks.

They don't, but my sister who lives nearby does and I've already preached to her about not setting it too low.  I'm most concerned about my mom since my dad can flee to the basement but she isn't as mobile.

Edit:  My 15-year-old nephew has assured me he will be keeping an eye on them.  I'm a proud Auntie.

13 minutes ago, BlizzardNole said:

I read where only 44% of homes in the Seattle area have AC.  Not good with forecasted high of 100 today and 108 tomorrow.  Tacoma has 101/111 and Portland 112/112.  My gawd.

Another cloudy start today, but it's gonna be a warm one later!

It's 40% in British Columbia. 

That's what makes this so dangerous:  A major heat wave covering multiple states, provinces, and territories (it's going to be 84 in Yellowknife on Wednesday; that's practically unheard of) where residential AC isn't widespread.  Having a furnace in good working order is more important.

8 hours ago, MN Transplant said:

The Euro is trying to set or tie the all-time record for Canada on Tuesday.  Currently 113 from 1937.

May I ask where specifically?  I know both Edmonton and Vancouver have forecasted highs of 102 on Wednesday, and that's before the heat index.  To be honest, I'm really concerned for my parents right now.

Edit to add my mom informs me it's somewhere in British Columbia with a forecasted high of 49C, which is 120F.

Pretty good downpours here at Route 1 and the Beltway in Fairfax County.

On 6/23/2021 at 8:58 PM, Chris78 said:

The Os are just terrible.  Not Earth shattering I know. They might struggle to get to 50 wins this year.

 

I thought this may be the year they get to respectability during their rebuild. 75 wins or so

 

I was way off.

 

And they're putting in another awful performance so far tonight (down 9-0 in the top of the 5th against the Jays).

17 hours ago, MN Transplant said:

The heat that the Euro/GFS are spitting out for the pac NW next week is nuts.  Might make a run at the state temp record for Washington (118).

And that heat is stretching pretty far.  Edmonton, which is nearly 400 miles north of the US border, has the following highs forecast for next M-F:  94, 94, 97, 96, and 92, although in reality for them the heat starts tomorrow with temps jumping into the 80s.  There are a lot of people, especially those living in older houses, who don't have residential AC, so there is some serious freaking out going on up there, including from relatives of mine.

10 minutes ago, etudiant said:

Seems to be a regional phenomenon.

Here in NYC, despite 90+ degree weather, I've yet to hear one, much less a multitude. Am still hoping, but fear a cicada bust, if there is such a thing.

Oh, there are Brood X cicadas in New York State and New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  Just get out of the city to places with tall trees.

Bow your heads for the cicadas who came up from the ground only to wind up being washed into storm drains.

Not great timing for the ice cream truck as it visits the neighborhood next door to where I live in Fairfax County while Thunderstorm, Round 2 also decides to pay a visit at the same time.

15 hours ago, Always in Zugzwang said:

 

I heard some about this, too...really weird!

A fungus that turns you into a sex crazed zombie!!  Sounds like a bad 1950s B-rated sci-fi flick that @ravensrule might recommend! 

My dad went to the ER last night and has been admitted.  I've spent the past few hours telling him about these cicadas just to keep him entertained from over 2000 miles away.

Although he may not tell the male RN about them.

18 hours ago, mappy said:

I found two shells! And the top half of an adult. lol

Um...

https://nypost.com/2021/05/20/get-ready-for-sex-crazed-zombie-cicadas-in-new-york/

10 hours ago, dailylurker said:

This evening I had the craziest cicada experience of my life. I have a 3 acre open area with three large Chinese Chestnut trees. Tonight at dusk I was headed inside and I thought I heard water running. It sounded like a hose running. That's when I realized it was a mass emergence of cicada. It sounded crazy as they climbed through the dry leaves under the trees. The tree trunks were 50% covered in cicadas. It was kinda alien.

I have heard the same thing, but overnight.  And the description of running water is the same as what I heard.

Lawn mowing going on outside, by professional mowers.

Sorry, cicadas parked on the ground.