Temperatures in the Portland area are expected to get above 100 degrees F. in the next few days, with one model suggesting it may hit 113 by Thursday. Everybody panic!
Not really - it'll be dry heat. There hasn't been rain here in a month and a half, so humidity won't be an issue. Not like August 8, 1981, when I unloaded 25 tons of hay by hand in 107 degree temps. Now, that was fun!
And we had no air conditioning out there. Good times.
It seems that there's also been an issue with some of the hotels in Oregon as they gear up for the eclipse on August 21:
Some have been cancelling reservations without notice, and others have raised room rentals to as much as $1000. Apparently, anticipating as many as a million people coming to the state to witness the eclipse, a dozen or more hotels located along the totality path have got into some serious price-gouging, and people who made room reservations months ago are being advised to check back to make sure that they still have a room - and at the original price.
I saw the last total eclipse when it came barreling up the Columbia River Gorge, and it was a knockout. Today, with all the media and internet publicity, I'm not going. At our place, it'll be 99.4% total, so it's better to step out into the yard than to deal with traffic.
