On of the advantages of living in the mountains of the west. It may get warm or hot in the day time, but as soon as the sun touches the mountains the temps does drop quickly.Here in the mountains north of LA, summer is not nearly the insurmountable PITA that it was in LA, where I lived the first 30 of my 37 years. For me, anything over 75 (sorry Centigradians) is unpleasant, so luckily, only July and August are a bother here. June still gets nighttime temps into the 30s, and as soon as August changes to September, it cools off instantly, like clockwork (unlike LA, which can be a nightmare through Halloween, no pun intended). Upper 80s is as hot as it ever gets here (like today), but it always cools off fast as soon as the sun tucks itself behind the mountains (I do love the extended twilight this provides). That said, being an outdoor smoker exclusively, I actually smoke more often in the summer than in the winter. Being out in the snow freezing my nads off trying to enjoy even a small bowl of [insert English/Balkan blend here] just isn't my idea of a good time. But back to summer...once the east-facing side of the deck is in shade, it's a great place to sit and watch the birds as I have a pipe, which I will in fact be doing as soon as I'm done on the WAYS thread following this entry. There's almost always a breeze blowing through, which sweetens the deal further. So to answer the OP's question, it doesn't really affect me much up here on my lofty perch in the pines.
On a side note, it's typically pretty low humidity here, but this summer and the previous one have done away with that trend; I've never felt such humidity in my life! On the plus side, it's been the first time in my life I've had monsoon rains come through, and that cools the temps even more. These rains also create some pretty spectacular views, especially to the west. Exhibit A:
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It's like the Creator Himself is sitting on His throne, radiating sunbeams outward in every direction. Thou shalt not puff thine Rhodesian too fast, lest ye get tongue-bite!
I heard many old timers talk about heat waves in 1934 and 1936.
But only a few extremely ancient men had lived through the heat wave if 1901, and those that did swore it so bad, and so prolonged, that some poor families died of starvation.
There is a sand rock grave marker in Lindlie Prairie cemetery where some of my relatives are buried. The rock is unmarked, but I was told each Decoration Day by the old men, that rock marks the grave of a good Kentucky boy that starved to death the summer of 1901.
1901 eastern United States heat wave - Wikipedia
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It was said 1901 was a good mast year for acorn trees, but the acorns fell early, and farmers let starving hogs to feed on acorns.
Many trees died that summer, they claimed.
I’ll die, never believing that men have the power to make it rain, or snow, nor could we change the climate if we tried.
The earth is vast, and we are small, and compared with the billions of years more the earth is older than men, men have not occupied earth long enough, to make the smallest change to the climate.
I could be wrong.
In only a hundred more years, we will all know who was right or wrong.
Except for right now, perhaps. The weather news this morning makes it look like Hell all across the PNW. Hope it isn't accurate.
There’s a simple experiment you can do to see the impact of CO2. Take 2 closed bell jars with thermometers in them. One with oxygen, the other with nitrogen. Put a heat lamp over them and observe the temperature. Now, add just the slightest CO2. IMaybe less than 1/2 a percent. Turn the heat lamp on and observe the thermometers. it becomes clear very quickly that CO2 absorbs heat and is able to pass that heat onto other molecules. A very little goes along way. We’ve seen the impact volcanoes can have on the climate. The difference is that the ash is eventually settled to the ground and the effect ends. CO2 mostly dissipates if it is absorbed by plant life or the oceans. It‘s not humility to deny mankind’s impact, it is hubris. Of course we are in a warming cycle. Speeding it up unnecessarily serves what purpose. Industry can adapt and it will. Allowing the environmental extremists to control the conversation by opting out harms everyone.
I understand enough about climate science to understand it’s above my pay grade.
Science can be misused and misappropriated so that it can come off as you suggest.I understand enough about climate science to understand it’s above my pay grade.
Personally, I consider climate science “faith based” science of the same variety all those a archeologists used to do (and some still might) to go over the the Holy Land, and “prove the Bible true”.
Climate Science is a secular religion.
The adherents are as convinced their is faith is really true, as I am that we are all, somehow, the Children of God.
My God set up the rules of the universive we call quantum physics about twenty some billion years ago.
Honestly, I think it’s wonderful what climate scientists are going to do, which is convince enough brilliant minds they are saving the planet until one says
Damn
There’s a sustained cold fusion reaction
I hope the entire world credits that man (or woman) for saving the planet from the sins of carbon emissions.
Many were the signs, and few the believers, but in the end science saved us one and all.
My faith is simply God lit the fuse, for the Big Bang.
Spoken like a good attorney, LOL. I am sure you win many cases for your clients. And that isn't a bad thing. But did you like the grain of that Lee. A miracle if there ever was one.
The lights are back on.
How it classified as a "Three Star" shows the individual who graded these pipes wasn't always competent. It is even more beautiful in person. I wish I had a camera I could white balance and a good place with some top notch lighting. The grain is interesting and ventures into being artistic. A fine bull moose as I've ever seen.
