Record-smashing heat wave bakes Alaska, worsening wildfires
Source: USA Today
Record-smashing heat has scorched Alaska over the past few days, and even worse heat is in store for the week ahead.
On Saturday, downtown Juneau, Alaska's capital city, hit 83 degrees, breaking a record that had stood for 110 years.
The heat has also exacerbated a wildfire near Anchorage that's brought extremely smoky skies to the city. Late Sunday, people walked through midtown Anchorage covering their faces with their shirts, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
Smoke from the blaze has been covering the Anchorage area since early Thursday, AccuWeather said.
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lark
(23,156 posts)Glad I didn't already pack because it looks like I'll be needing shorts instead of jeans. Sheesh. Poor Alaskans and poor polar bears.
jpak
(41,759 posts)I was in Fairbanks at summer solstice many years ago and brought all my cold weather camping gear from Maine.
It was 85o F there.
Went on a multi-day fishing trip to Tangle Lakes closer to the coast.
Didn't take my cold weather gear - big mistake.
33o F and rain the whole time.
Miserable - but great fishing
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)He'll give you another 2 years of never-give-an-inch denial, which will help a lot.
QED
(2,749 posts)100°F in Anchorage yesterday.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)Was that an intended pun?
I wonder how the European Heatwave is at this time.
JI7
(89,264 posts)Their Permanent Fund Dividend $$$ can buy a lot of ACs
/sarcasm
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)KY..........