This year has been surprising everyone with some extreme weather conditions. It seems that Texas was just recently frozen into its coldest temperatures ever and residents had icicles hanging from their ceiling fans. Right now, the Pacific Northwest of the US and British Columbia, Canada are getting baked under a dome of once-in-a-millennium hot temperatures. The heat was as high as 115F in Medford and 107F in Portland, both in Oregon; meanwhile, Lytton, BC registered a high of 116F—a temperature that has not been seen in the region since the beginning of records.
Such temperatures are extremely dangerous in the parts of US and Canada where the general highs are usually not exceeding 60-70 degrees. Many people are unprepared for such a climate, as even air conditioning is not a common appliance in their homes. However scary the historic heatwave may be, people are still out there to report and share what it’s like to experience (and survive) such an extremity, and some of them are actually too funny.
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#1 Dad Made Me A Pool To Beat The Heat!!!!
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#2 My Parents Live Outside Of Seattle And Set Up A “Pool” For Their Resident Raccoon. I Think She Appreciated It
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#3 In Case You're Wondering Why We're Canceling Service For The Day, Here's What The Heat Is Doing To Our Power Cables
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#4 My Ac Exploded On A Recording Breaking Heat Wave In Oregon
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#5 Looks Like My Candles Need The Blue Pill
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#6 Behold
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#7 Got So Hot In Portland Today That Denver St Buckled
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#8 Its Not That Hot
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#9 Here's How Hot It Is In Portland Right Now, This Is My Neighbor's House And The Vinyl Siding Is Blistering Off His House Under The Sun In The 108 Degree Heat
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#10 Multitasking At The IKEA Lot
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#11 I Kept On Hearing Strange Popping Noises. Looked Outside And...
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#12 Might Have Out-Rednecked Ourselves This Time
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#13 Before And After Of My Hydrangeas In The Portland Heat Wave. Goodnight, Sweet Prince
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#14 The Heat Cooked My Roses!
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#15 Fans Are Bit The Only Thing Seattle Stores Have Sold Out Of During The Heat Wave. Good Luck Trying To Get Ice Cream
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#16 Wife And I When We Bought Our House: “Omg The Skylights! We’ll Have So Much Natural Light!” Today: “Omg How Make Stop Heat Rays Of Death”
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#17 It’s So Hot In Portland My Uncle And I Filled His Skateboarding Bowl With Hose Water
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#18 Try To Find Shady Areas Or Grass If You Need To Take Your Pets Out
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#19 Final Results To The Egg-Speriment: 45 Minute Slow Cook.. Added The Egg To Avocado Toast. Fire Did Not End Up Eating But It Sure Looked Tasty!
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#20 State Route 544 Milepost 7 Near Everson, Wa Is Currently Closed. The Asphalt Roadway Is Buckling And Unsafe For Travel
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#21 Target In Hollywood District Can’t Keep Up With The Heat. Don’t Expect To Get Anything Cold Here
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#22 Psa. If You Park Under Or Will Be Parking Under Train Tracks, Tar Is Melting Off Of Them And It’s Not Fun To Clean Off
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#23 Seattle Grocery Stores In A Heat Wave Just As Bad As Before A Snow Storm!
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#24 The Heat Wave Hitting Bc Is Reeking Havoc On My Toy Room. Things Are Warping/Bending And Figure Joints Seem To Be Getting Loose And Making Stuff Fall Over
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#25 Took Advantage Of Today's Heat To Bake Cookies In My Car
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#26 Snow Melt From Excessive Heat In Bc
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#27 Just Got Back From A Couple Nights Of Camping To Try To Avoid Some Of The Heat And...i Guess We Need To Add A Mark For 40 On The Thermostat?
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#28 104 Degrees In The Shade In Our Barn . Doing Our Best
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#29 Two Windows In The Master. Two Ac Units. Goodnight Cruel Sauna- I Mean, Seattle
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#30 We’re At Kate’s Ice Cream In Ne Portland. This Walk-In Freezer Is Supposed To Sit At Temperatures Around -10
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