Yahoo AP: Plains, Midwest anticipate heat wave

[The Anti-Neo Con]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060731/ap_on_re_us/heat_wave

By JIM IRWIN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

DETROIT - Scorching heat again built up over the Plains and Upper Midwest early Monday as the furnace-like air that blistered California last week settled over the nation's midsection.

Numerous heat warnings were in place from Michigan to Oklahoma, with high temperatures expected to climb into the 90s or 100s, and sparking thunderstorms along its eastern edge.

The heat wave was keeping thousands huddled in their air-conditioned homes as many poor and homeless people sweat it out or head for cooling centers.

The combination of temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and high humidity threatened to make it feel like 100 degrees to 105 degrees in the Lower Peninsula.

Old news, but expect more of the same...:thumbsdown:

[OKNancy]

1. Be sure to post a link to articles posted in LBN

Thanks

I got this one for you this time :-)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/31/AR2006073100165.html

[NEDem]

2. I don't know about "anticipate"

In Nebraska, its been over 100 for a few days in a row already. 103 on Sunday, same expected today. Its getting old.

[MuseRider]

4. Same here in Kansas.

Been very hot and very dry for quite some time. I am a little worried, my grass is crispy and my crop was small. So far we don't have large bare earth with cracks in it but it won't be long.

[mccoyn]

30. Its hot and humid up here in Michigan.

It's only hitting the mid nineties, but the humidity is unbearable. It was nice yesterday when we had a 10 minute storm and it felt 20 degrees cooler outside. As soon as it stopped raining the temperature jumped back up where it was and the humidity was worse.

[MuseRider]

34. That is how it usually is here

but it has been very dry this last week, humidity is only 34% right now.

I hate when that happens, it feels so good but as soon as the sun peeks out you just steam. Good luck with that. I have a good friend who teaches all summer in Michigan at a music camp. He always teases me about the lovely weather. Guess not so much this year.

[acmavm]

5. I agree. It's not anticipation if you're living it.

[leQ]

6. here in N iowa we're in day 3 (and final day) of this madness (eom)

[IA_Seth]

20. You took the words right outta my mouth....

They are about a week late with this one...it's way past "anticipation".

[wellstone dem]

3. this is more than a heatwave, it's a heatwave on the heels of drought

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2423110&mesg_id=2423110

I'm from Minnesota and am watching for the rain they say will come tomorrow. But for many farmers here, it will be too late.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

15. South Dakota ten miles from the Sioux River/Iowa border...

... just south of Sioux Falls, and we have standing corn with brown roots/lower stalks, been that way for a couple of weeks now. Weatherunderground said it was 105.2 F here Sunday afternoon.

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. And that is probably in the shade. All that corn is out in the sun

and its probalby more like 115.

[krispos42]

36. Pierre and Mobridge topping 110

I saw yesterday that Pierre's high was 110 and Mobrigde's high was 112. At least the humidity was lower than it was here in the Cities, but still... holy shit! The hottest spots in the counry was in SOUTH DAKOTA?!?!?!? Land of snow and Sturgis?

What global warming?

BTW, high today in Minneapolis/Saint Paul: 101°. A few months ago it was as low as -28°. And we like it 'cuz it keeps the state from getting crowded! :-)

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. They keep saying we have chances of rain - but it never amounts

to much once it gets here. A few isolated thunder showers or a few sprinkles is all.

Maybe we could have a giant DU Rain Dance. Would be a fun way to get togehter.

[hadrons]

7. and Rush is teling them global warming is a myth

in NYC, we're expecting this to hit us by Wed., but as of right now (Monday 9AM) is absolutely beautiful outside

[The Anti-Neo Con]

8. I wonder if they will still be thinking that someday when...

these deadly heat waves start lasting into October.

[KKKarl is an idiot]

17. Rush will spin this

with the reference to the 1980 heatwave. I guess that is all well & good but when we have had a record heat for the 1st six months of the year then a summer like this is only going to blow those record books away. It seems like every year global warming seems to bring a new disaster. The last 2 years it was hurricanes. This year it is heat waves & floods.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

23. It's still too early to say what this year is all about

Wait until hurricane season really gets going.

[Delphinus]

26. Yeah, that's curious.

Just when is hurricane season going to get going this year? It's August and we've had what, one?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

27. It's not August yet

At least, not where I am...

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. Rush has done too many drugs.

He now lives in an alternate world.

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. That would be me here in Kansas City

I am getting bored with staying inside - just too hot to go outside.

I think our temperatures are supposed to break on Wednesday - back down into the 80's for about a day and then it looks like it will heat right back up again.

[onecent]

10. I'm in the KC area also, (Kearney) and it is horrid. I feel so

sorry for the people who do not have air conditioning..but then, we didnt when I was a kid.

(Was it this hot then???) LOL

[The Anti-Neo Con]

11. Here in St. Louis they say

we haven't had a summer this hot since 1980.

I was only 4 in 1980, so I don't remember, but my parents say that summer was legendary b/c of it's heat. They & other people say that it was around 100* practically everyday during June, July, and August.

[MadHound]

19. Your parents and others are correct

I was nineteen in 1980, and it was a hellishly warm summer. Open the door outside, and it was like opening the door to a blast furnace. The heat would hit you so hard that it almost felt like a punch in the gut. And it went on and on, yes, June, July, and August.

July gave us a good taste of that, and it looks like August is shaping up to do so as well. I live over in the Columbia area, and we had 103 yesterday, looking at 104 today. Insane.

Stay cool and stay hydrated. Don't forget if you're out for a long time to not just drink water, but also Gatorade or some such, for both the salt and electrolytes you need.

[Milspec]

33. I left St. Louis in 1976

for CA in some part because of the weather. The last 2 weeks here in LA have been driving people nuttier that a out house rat. Thank God its back down to the 80's. My LADWP bill was $200.

[MuseRider]

35. That was a very bad summer.

I did not have air conditioning in my apartment or my car, I was 26. I would lay in my bathtub full of cool water at night then sleep outside on the little deck I had. I remember one week in August when the temps were in the 100-teens for several days in a row.

This is not even as bad as it was 3 years ago in August. I clocked a bunch of 107 degrees at the farm that year. It is tough working outside in this but I prefer it to working outside in the winter.

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. Actually we've had a lot of hot summers - I remember

lots of years like this. The grass burns up and it stays hot and dry.

I actually lived thru the summer of 1980 with no air conditioning. I think we had 17 straight days over a hundred ( and they were like 106 and 107) and I thought I was going to die. It was 101 at midnight then. I would spray my bed with water to take the heat out of it. I had to wrap my animals in wet towels to keep them for over heating. It was just awful.

[leftyladyfrommo]

16. Weare supposed to have a 20 mph wind - at least that keeps

the ozone down.

Course, it also makes it feel like you are walking out into a blast furnace.

[Gully Foyle]

13. so

World ends in fire this time.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. I doubt it. But the deserts do seem to be expanding. n/t

[Zorra]

18. Red States will become dead states if they don't vote all their

corrupt, planet killing republicans out of office this year.

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. It's true. A lot of the red states are the drought states.

They might want to start paying a little more attention to global warming and conservation stuff.

[wellstone dem]

40. minnesota is not a red state

we need rain so bad.

[slackmaster]

28. It no longer amuses us in California

I hope you can make good use of it.

[yorkiemommie1]

29. what does Pat Robertson say about all this?

He blamed Katrina on the sins of New Orleans!

[mainegreen]

31. "Cooling Centers"

That's an ominous title.

Welcome to the future.

[MissB]

32. Vancouver Washington opened a bunch of those

a couple of weeks ago when we had the heat wave. I think they had 10 free cooling centers around town, plus they opened up the bus system to everyone (no fare required) for the duration.

[RamboLiberal]

37. Triple-digit temperatures forecast across U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14117740/

Scorching heat again built up over the Plains and Upper Midwest early Monday as the furnace-like air that blistered California last week settled over the nation’s midsection.

Numerous heat warnings were in place from Michigan to Oklahoma, with high temperatures expected to climb into the 90s or 100s, and sparking thunderstorms along its eastern edge.

The heat wave was keeping thousands huddled in their air-conditioned homes as many poor and homeless people sweat it out or head for cooling centers.

The combination of temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and high humidity threatened to make it feel like 100 degrees to 105 degrees in lower Michigan.

In western Upper Michigan, highs ranging from 97 to 102 degrees combining with high humidity could make it feel as hot as 110 degrees to unprotected skin, forecasters said.

[modrepub]

38. Hope your power company

invested all its profits in upgrading their grid, otherwise plan to hang out at the local mall to cool down.

[AndyA]

39. "Put simply, man-induced global warming is an article of religious faith."

Quote from Senator James Infhofe (R-OK). He's my Senator. I am not proud.

I guess that heat outside is also an article of religious faith?