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No thunderstorms so far. I was thinking of driving up Lemoille tomorrow, I should arrive in Elko early enough. Here in Austin I'm staying in the "Cozy Mountain Motel". Though I've driven through Austin more times than I can count, I've NEVER spent the night in town in over 30 years.

Does anyone here know much about crickets? Driving over Austin Summit then Bob Scott Summit a few minutes ago there were hoards of big black crickets all over the road! (maybe on the dirt, too, but I only saw them on the pavement). Anyone ever see such a crescendo of crickets before? Do they...

On Monday I HAD to leave Bend because it was so freaking hot and my house doesn't have a/c and I didn't want to die. My plan to camp on the cool coast didn't work out. So I decided to link together stays in lodging with air conditioning as a road trip tour through areas I like: Lakeview...

Just paid $3.999/gal for regular in Austin, Nevada.

I paid $3.79/gal today in Lakeview, OR...on US 395 in southern Oregon. Would have been 10¢/gal less if I'd paid cash.

I'm a heat refugee this week, a heat evacuee. I got out of Bend and my a/c-less house for a place more suitable for life for a few days. I wonder how many months (years?) HVAC companies are backlogged on jobs? Maybe if I call someone this week I can get a new system with a/c by next summer...

"Prepare Yourself for Little Green Men" The New York Times, June 24, 2021

Yep. :( Triple-digit temperatures are rare in Portland (and Bend) -- even in mid-summer. So a lot of older homes weren't built with air conditioning (mine doesn't). And then there're the homeless and people whose "home" is an RV -- parked on city streets without AC hookups to run a/c. Bend has...

"But it's a DRY heat" No, really -- it is! As much as that phrase has become a joke, it really does make a difference. I can put a wet cloth on my head and point an electric fan at me and get a little relief, cooling all that blood flowing through my skull. On the other end of the spectrum...

Bend's forecast high temperatures are record-breaking (if they occur)...but Portland's forecast high temperatures are nothing less than freakish! :o :wacko: :blink: [from AccuWeather app] (I've experienced 118°F in Redding, CA a couple of times, growing up there...but that's only about...

Now... I don't have an actual booking on an ET-spacemobile just yet. But I'm glad that neither the US government nor The New York Times say it's impossible. If/when I do get to leave this planet, I won't be at all surprised if THEY require I surrender camera and phone -- that's pretty standard...

U.S. Has No Explanation for Unidentified Objects and Stops Short of Ruling Out Aliens - The New York Times, June 25, 2021 I am totally ready and willing to be taken up by aliens in their spacecraft... as long as it's air conditioned...and has good Internet access. ["THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE"]

CNN: All-time record triple digit heat forecast for many people that don't have A/C They're talking about [some of] us in the Pacific Northwest. :eek: :( <_< But it's a DRY heat

We're having some convective excitement going on here in Central Oregon this evening! There's a Red Flag warning on, but it's raining hard (at my house) so maybe that'll mitigate a bit.

Very amazing. Big thunder, lightning storms are very cool. Unfortunately, we've entered the season where a "smoke forecast" is part of the nightly local TV weather report...and it's only June. On the local TV weather report tonight they had a segment to refresh our memories about "AQI" -- air...

It's prematurely dark -- deep clouds. And I'm hearing thunder -- lightning. Hope we don't have a bunch more fires. Just felt a big strike -- felt the concussion in the house. It must have been BIG to feel it because it was almost a mile away (based on sound delay).

The average high temperature here in Bend in mid-June is upper 70s....so the forecast for the next 10 days is hot for here: I know I shouldn't complain about mere 90s, but my 45+ year old house doesn't have air conditioning. Maybe I should upgrade my HVAC to something appropriate for this...

Big ole high pressure covering virtually all the USA (48 states) today. GOES 17 "WEST" + GOES 16 "EAST"

You're welcome, Milt. Glad to be able to help you share your cool views.

I based my inflation pressure on whatever made the fully-loaded rig level.

I BELIEVE IN METEOROLOGICAL SEASONS.... but this doesn't look much like summer On the other hand, the first 2 days of this summer were in the upper 90s, so maybe that was summer.

A bike pump has worked for me.

Yup! Growing up in Redding, CA (where the average summer high is ~100F) we sometimes camped on the norcal coast -- such as at Patrick's Point SP. When it was cool and foggy at Patrick's Point we knew it would be way hot when we got home to Redding.

It was hotter today in Bend: 97°F. Nearby Redmond set a record for the date: 99. And now, 8:30 pm, I'm hearing thunder... fires are sure to result. :(

Bend broke a record for the date today: 95°F Average for the date is about 75°.