Flown Home. It's Hot!!
Sep. 6th, 2022 07:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerPacific Northwest September Travelog #18
Back hone - Mon, 5 Sep 2022, 10pm
After we got to PDX airport early enough to relax with a few beers, our flight left on time. Double-nice!
Right before boarding we checked the weather forecast. Articles about the heat wave gripping much of the US made us curious what weather we'd be flying into. Temperatures in Portland and southern Washington were actually cooler this weekend than a few days earlier, with highs in the low 80s (27-28° C). Well, the heat that was here a few days ago is appearing in the SF Bay Area right now. Our home town recorded a high of 105 today! (40.5° C) Yesterday was only a degree or two cooler; tomorrow will be similar.
It was still hot when we landed at 8:30pm. The weather app said 86° (30° C). The latent heat in the jet bridge said it was much warmer earlier.
At home the AC was already running when we arrived around 9:15. I'd set it on a program to start at 9pm. While it was pleasantly cool on the ground floor, though, it was much warmer up on the top floor where our bedrooms are. I could feel the temperature gradient just walking up the first few stairs.
An hour later the AC continues to do its thing, we're unpacked, and I've eaten a late small supper. (Okay, "small supper" is rather grandiose for I microwaved a Hot Pocket. 😅) We'll leave the AC on all night because that's how not-cool it's going to be for at least the next few days.
Back hone - Mon, 5 Sep 2022, 10pm
After we got to PDX airport early enough to relax with a few beers, our flight left on time. Double-nice!
Right before boarding we checked the weather forecast. Articles about the heat wave gripping much of the US made us curious what weather we'd be flying into. Temperatures in Portland and southern Washington were actually cooler this weekend than a few days earlier, with highs in the low 80s (27-28° C). Well, the heat that was here a few days ago is appearing in the SF Bay Area right now. Our home town recorded a high of 105 today! (40.5° C) Yesterday was only a degree or two cooler; tomorrow will be similar.
It was still hot when we landed at 8:30pm. The weather app said 86° (30° C). The latent heat in the jet bridge said it was much warmer earlier.
At home the AC was already running when we arrived around 9:15. I'd set it on a program to start at 9pm. While it was pleasantly cool on the ground floor, though, it was much warmer up on the top floor where our bedrooms are. I could feel the temperature gradient just walking up the first few stairs.
An hour later the AC continues to do its thing, we're unpacked, and I've eaten a late small supper. (Okay, "small supper" is rather grandiose for I microwaved a Hot Pocket. 😅) We'll leave the AC on all night because that's how not-cool it's going to be for at least the next few days.
