How hot is it? Planes are melting into the tarmac in DC. No, seriously...

[WilliamPitt]

US Airways plane gets stuck in ‘soft spot’ on pavement at Reagan National
By Martin Weil, Updated: Sunday, July 8
The Washington Post

Things were proceeding normally Friday evening as a US Airways flight was leaving the gate at Reagan National Airport to begin its flight to Charleston, S.C.

But the temperature reached 100 degrees in Washington on Friday and that apparently softened the airport paving enough to immobilize the airplane. The small vehicle that usually tows planes away from the gate tugged and pulled, but the plane was stuck.

“It was apparently a soft spot caused by the heat,” airline spokeswoman Michelle Mohr said, and the airplane “wouldn’t move.”

The rest: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/plane-gets-stuck-at-reagan-national/2012/07/08/gJQAZgG9UW_story.html?hpid=z3

It's a frosty 79 degrees here in Boston this morning. How are you doing where you are?

[hlthe2b]

1. "frosty" my favorite word for the day... n/t

[MoonRiver]

2. I feel your pain.

We've finally cooled off to 97 in the Midwest, down from 105 yesterday. Time to break out the sweaters!

[maddezmom]

3. 72 and rainy

[Art_from_Ark]

4. It was mild here just north of Tokyo

The high temperature today only reached 73 degrees F, and the low temperature was 68. We had a period of heavy rain last night, and there was some pretty heavy rain this morning as well.

[AsahinaKimi]

12. heavy rain always reminds me of Kurosawa's Rashomon.

It seemed the rain was as much apart of that movie as the rest.. rain.. always raining..

[thelordofhell]

26. I love that movie

Akira Kurosawa was a national treasure

[Art_from_Ark]

32. For a while, it seemed like it was always raining

There was even some serious flooding in Kyushu the other day.

However, today promises to be hot and muggy.

[oregonjen]

34. Tsuyu is hard to go through, then the heat joins with the humidity for the rest of summer

It seems like every mid-October, there is a storm that rolls through and clears out the mugginess, leaving cool crisp days in the fall.

[Art_from_Ark]

36. Here's a picture of one of those crisp October days

just after a storm had passed through southern Ibaraki

[AsahinaKimi]

38. This field reminds me of a scene from "Onagai Teacher"

[Art_from_Ark]

49. The scene at 0:19 is very typical of rural Japan

Here's another similar picture from Ibaraki.
It was taken last July. The weather on that day was comfortable.

[RagAss]

37. I also loved his use of wind in "Kagemusha" and later, "Ran".

[FarCenter]

5. Somebody has been skimping on the concrete.

[tech3149]

14. Amen Brother!

Not too many understand the difference between concrete and asphalt. Asphalt is cheap and quick to deploy but you have to maintain it constantly and the lifespan might be a decade. If you use concrete, good concrete, you will probably get five decades with very little maintenance. I've got roads I can walk to that were done in the 30'swith concrete and they are in better shape than the asphalt crap that is only 10 yrs old.

[FarCenter]

15. If nat gas stays cheap, and crude oil stays high, you'll see a shift back to concrete

Asphalt is basically the waste material generated by oil refineries. As refining volumes fall and refineries close, it will become more expensive.

Natural gas is used to make concrete.

[tech3149]

28. Forget concrete, these days it's oil and chip

The last few years around here and in WV, they don't fix the roads to their previous state they just make them passable. I've got no problem with gravel and dirt roads but it frost's my cookies when the wear and tear is caused by mining and logging trucks.
There are days I keep my long gun handy and dream of shooting out the tires of one of those tri-axle monsters.

[PavePusher]

47. You mean the long-gun that is a product available because of....

those very trucks?

Ah, the irony is thick enough to use as armor this morning....

[Siwsan]

6. 75 and sunny in Flint, MI

I think we finally stayed below 90, yesterday, and down to 64, last night. Such sweet relief. My house air temperature is FINALLY below 90 - or better yet, far below 100! I have a feeling that I might make up for my week's worth of sleep deprivation, today.

[Faygo Kid]

7. Flint! Michael Moore and more.

Spent all my summers growing up just outside Lapeer. Many family ties to Flint. Now in DC but hoping to get back to Michigan (TC) in less than 3 years.

[Brickbat]

8. I was flying out of Omaha once and the flight was delayed because of the heat. It was so hot and

humid that the air didn't provide enough lift for the plane to rise. We had to wait until one or the other dropped.

[ananda]

9. Article with picture of wheels.

Wow. That is fucking hot.

http://jalopnik.com/5924223/it-was-so-hot-on-friday-this-plane-melted-into-the-pavement

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[LiberalEsto]

10. and Metro got a kink in one of its rails the other day.

Maybe if I cross my fingers and wish really hard, all the repukes in DC will melt into nasty, oily puddles.

[Arctic Dave]

11. 40F, wet dense fog with winds from the east.

I'll gladly split the difference with you.

[AverageJoe90]

40. Where in Alaska are you, Dave?

[Arctic Dave]

45. If you look at the very top of N. America,

I'm there.

[AverageJoe90]

48. Oh, I get it now, I think.

How's life in Barrow, Dave? I hear they've got a couple really nice restaurants up there.

[Blue_In_AK]

42. Lovely summer weather up there, huh?

Honestly, I'm thinking Alaska won't be getting a summer this year.

[Arctic Dave]

46. We had some sunshine yesterday but the skeeters were something else.

I've had less blood drawn at the blood bank.

[blaze]

13. Amazing how cool 80 something feels after all those three digit days!!!

And it's an amazing 62 in Denver this morning!!!!!

AAhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[tibbiit]

17. arctic dave will probably tell you blaze that

The reverse is true for cold. It is amazing how warm 0 degrees is after forty below zero for a week. People are at the grocery store in shorts... that is no lie.
tib

[Blue_In_AK]

43. HUGE difference between 0 and 10 above, also.

[rurallib]

16. much cooler but goodness we nedd rain

about 80 right now after 105 yesterday
Eastern Iowa, so if you guys want any corn, better hope we have rain.

[progressoid]

25. Western IA too.

It's been so dry that the ground is like concrete.

[Motown_Johnny]

18. Predicted highs ~85 all week here in Detroit, lows in the 60s

No complaints.


That 100 degree shit was crazy.

[GeorgeGist]

19. 69 and clear

[Oilwellian]

20. It was 103 yesterday

in Roanoke, VA. Today will be 100, but the cool front will hit us tonight. They're predicting nasty storms because of it, but after tonight, we're looking at low 80's. Weee!

PS: I'm glad I wasn't on that plane. LOL

[ohheckyeah]

24. Hi neighbor -

I live in Bedford County and it is 95 right now. It was 103 here yesterday as well.

[11 Bravo]

21. I'm just outside the Beltway in NOVA. After hitting 105 yesterday, it's 102 on our deck ...

right now, and expected to get hotter before afternoon T-storms sweep through . Maybe we can lose power for almost a week again!

[intheflow]

22. 64 degrees with mudslides forecast along the Front Range in Colorado.

Lotsa rain + fires last month = flash floods.

But for the rest of us just east of the foothills, how sweet the rain and cooler temperatures are!

[ChazII]

23. Seriously, that has happened

here in Phoenix. Reading about a plan being stuck at an airport is not surprising.

Lows this week in the low 90's and the highs will be around 113.

[thelordofhell]

27. They delay takeoffs and landings when the temps hit 118

They have to verify the weight of the aircraft in order to make sure they won't sink in the tarmac. So it causes delays. But even during the 122 degree day, it just delayed the flights.

[Nay]

29. 106 here in Richmond VA at 3 PM Sunday. Horrible. It's supposed to cool off to the high 80s

starting Tuesday.

[tawadi]

30. Wow

Never heard of that before.

[Odin2005]

31. All the hot air comming from Capitol Hill?

[texanwitch]

33. Rainy, humid and 76.

Should be this way all week.

We had some thunder and lighting a few hours ago.

I am hoping for a early fall.

[panader0]

35. Was Rush sitting on that plane?

[justice1]

39. I would be highly surprised if they were union employees.

The plane was a small 50 seat regional jet, that wasn't even full. It took them 3 hours to figure out, that all they needed a larger push-back.

[Blue_In_AK]

41. 53 and raining in Anchorage.

After spending last week sweltering in Denver, I'm really happy to be back in cool, drizzly Alaska.

[Electric Monk]

44. Reagan's Legacy