Heat Dome Broils the Western U.S. - NASA Science

723 points by ye_olde_astronaut a day ago on reddit | 40 comments

dungeoncrawler71520 | a day ago

Broke records where I'm at. I hate it.

Euler007 | 20 hours ago

Look at the bright side, it's colder than the future.

usps_made_me_insane | 16 hours ago

This summer will be the coldest on record over the next 100 years.

n00bmechanic13 | 15 hours ago

Apparently there's a chance we'll actually drop into an ice age due to the climate instability

Intelligent_You_3888 | 10 hours ago

Yep. The AMOC collapse thats expected to occur in the next hundred years or so.

LetGoPortAnchor | 6 hours ago

Collapse of the AMOC will give Europe an ice age but will heat up the eastern US as the warmth in transports will no longer be moved to Europe.

perestroika12 | 18 hours ago

Surprised the trump admin is allowing nasa to even issue these kinds of bulletins

DrTreeMan | 18 hours ago

Its fine to admit that its hot as long as it gets blamed on another heat dome and no one asks or mentions why all of these heat domes are forming.

perestroika12 | 17 hours ago

it will become normalized to be inside for weeks at a time in places like the south during peak summer. It’s already too late.

txroller | 5 hours ago

Or with El Niño. It’s obviously you know who’s fault

BeMoreKnope | 16 hours ago

Well, none of the administration is intelligent enough to realize that NASA monitors the climate. But the scientists were told very sternly to let everyone know that the Space Force is way more important.

No-Wasabi-70 | 14 hours ago

They didn’t say the obvious reason was climate change. Just pointed out how the rate has doubled since 1980s. It’s a pretty short article

greenheadMT | 18 hours ago

The worst day of your life…so far.

LetGoPortAnchor | 6 hours ago

Best day of the rest of your life!

refusemouth | 20 hours ago

Last week was pretty miserable at work. We had to hike all day in 95-100 degree heat and we were camping with no shade. It cooled off to around 75 degrees at night, but not until late. I averaged 3 hours of sleep and 2 gallons of water (with Brawndo) per day. I really wish I was working on the coast.

Direlion | 18 hours ago

Water…like from the toilet?

usps_made_me_insane | 15 hours ago

Welcome to Costco, I love you

Druken_sincerity | 20 hours ago

Drill baby drill

txroller | 5 hours ago

Profit margin -intensifying-

MattJonesMed | 10 hours ago

im sweating just reading this

beermaker | 21 hours ago

Still 52 at night here.

WrongKielbasa | 21 hours ago

Found the Russian spy

BayouGal | 20 hours ago

Here we have 59F tonight & 53F tomorrow night. Still in the US 😁 and слава Україні!

JefeRex | 20 hours ago

High elevation?

beermaker | 20 hours ago

Coastal.

JefeRex | 20 hours ago

I have a friend in Marin County who has had 50s at night as well, some hot days though. You had better be practicing gratitude for your position in life right now, I know she is at least attempting to do that.

beermaker | 20 hours ago

Thankful every day that we lucked into buying where we did... We moved here near the Sonoma Coast from the twin cities, so we're familiar with how miserable deep summer heat and bitter winter cold can get. The weather here factored highly when choosing where to spend the remainder of our years.

We open the windows after the sun goes down & the house is 60 degrees by morning irrespective of how hot the day was. The warmest nighttime temp I recall in seven years was 62F during wildfire season.

JefeRex | 20 hours ago

I lived in San Francisco for many years before moving to Los Angeles, and while I am definitely more at home here I do miss my weekends in the beautiful North Bay. I used to be up at the Russian River quite a bit (gayyyyyyyyy), and the sunny days followed by the chill under the redwoods are just magical.

beermaker | 19 hours ago

Our favorite mini trip is up highway 1 to Jenner then inland to Armstrong Woods & back home on the small roads... 3-4 hours at a lazy pace and gorgeous year round.

JefeRex | 19 hours ago

A true delight. Hope you are taking advantage of it this summer.

beermaker | 19 hours ago

Loving the fresh salmon!

costafilh0 | 21 hours ago

Almost like it's summer.

MadR__ | 21 hours ago

Ah yeah, totally normal! Duh. NASA forgot the season but thank the stars u/costafilh0 reminded them.

Can't argue with idiots sadly. You can show them all the charts and graphs and they will still ignore facts.

lordunholy | 21 hours ago

You sound like my braindead uncle from 30 years ago lol. I remember he argued we'd go into another ice age before we roasted. From the same guy who spent time at Pendleton and the surrounding beaches, saying he used to be able to sit in the sun all day and relax, but now it was like a broiler.

I truly hope you don't have children. It would be a tragedy to have you as a parent.

Please_HMU | 21 hours ago

It must be a great life being this much of a fucking idiot. In a way I am jealous

widdershins13 | 16 hours ago

Why are there always so many anti-science people in the science subs?

Accusedbold | 17 hours ago

I was promised only 1 heat dome per century. Now you come along and say we have to suffer this on a per season basis. Ah hell nah.