On Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:22:51 -0600, John Savard
Post by John SavardOn Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:18:27 -0500, Lynn McGuire
Over The Hedge: It Was So Hot
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2024/06/30
That you could fry an Apatosaurus egg on the back of a Ankylosaurus.
As it happens, here in Edmonton, where I live, an extreme heat warning
is in effect. However, the hot weather here is not nearly as bad as in
other regions of Canada, let alone the United States. Today's expected
high is 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
We're getting up into the 90s for the third day, although it may drop
a bit tomorrow.
When I open the Win10 News thingy and click on the "Weather Alert", I
get a map showing the various high-temp areas in various colors, only
some of which correspond to the colors on the legend (apparently,
there is a "Fire Weather Watch" color overlaid on it without
documentation or a control button).
What I find amazing is how the areas follow the US/Canadian border so
closely. And how similarly-tinted areas are labled one thing on the
south and another on the north of the border.
I never "knew" that the weather/climate followed international
boundaries so closely ...
The heat I am feeling is, of course, adequate proof that, however
wierd the maps may be, things are definitely hot around here.
Post by John SavardThis was enough that when I decided to add a photograph of Edmonton's
monument to the Holodomor to the front page of my web site, I used one
available for Creative Commons licensing from Wikipedia, at least for
now, instead of hopping on the bus downtown to take my own picture of
it.
http://www.quadibloc.com/desk.htm
John Savard
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"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"