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42 C for about an hour
Jun. 28th, 2021 04:18 pmThe temperature is dropping now, but 40 C isn't any more enticing.
Home Again - and it is HOT.
Jul. 31st, 2009 07:26 pmYesterday the temperature broke all previous records for highest temperature ever recorded at the Vancouver Airport (which is in Richmond, closer to the ocean, and not as hot as the old asphalt jungle of downtown Vancouver where I live). The day before had also broken the previous record, but it only stood for that one day. It is hotter in the Shuswap, but my folks have air conditioning, and it is an unconditional blessing and good thing. Now that I am home, the absolute temperature outside is less, but I am suffering from it more. My poor cats are so hot they are beside themselves.
My Dad had a heart attack this morning. It was small, and the doctors weren't sure at first it was a heart attack but later tests confirmed it. He is being kept in the hospital over the weekend (which is a long weekend in Canada, so it will include Monday), and will be scheduled for an angiogram in either Kelowna or Vancouver for Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on space and whatnot.
Fortunately, one set of my many Aunts and Uncles live in Mom & Dad's town and so they are there to give my Mom support. They also have excellent friends and neighbours.
In other news: now there is a wildfire[1] in the Whistler/ Blackcomb area, site of so much 2010 Olympic constructions. No homes or businesses or construction sites are currently under threat, but BC can add this to the total number of hectares burning. There was a small wildfire near my parents' house (not near in terms of threat, but near in map terms), which has been suppressed. It was stopped within spitting distance of two houses, and made it down the hill to the country road, but not across it. Sometimes it seems like the whole province is burning.
[1] - wildfire seems to be the new term for forest fire. Maybe it takes less space on a newspaper and fewer syllables in a newscast?
My Dad had a heart attack this morning. It was small, and the doctors weren't sure at first it was a heart attack but later tests confirmed it. He is being kept in the hospital over the weekend (which is a long weekend in Canada, so it will include Monday), and will be scheduled for an angiogram in either Kelowna or Vancouver for Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on space and whatnot.
Fortunately, one set of my many Aunts and Uncles live in Mom & Dad's town and so they are there to give my Mom support. They also have excellent friends and neighbours.
In other news: now there is a wildfire[1] in the Whistler/ Blackcomb area, site of so much 2010 Olympic constructions. No homes or businesses or construction sites are currently under threat, but BC can add this to the total number of hectares burning. There was a small wildfire near my parents' house (not near in terms of threat, but near in map terms), which has been suppressed. It was stopped within spitting distance of two houses, and made it down the hill to the country road, but not across it. Sometimes it seems like the whole province is burning.
[1] - wildfire seems to be the new term for forest fire. Maybe it takes less space on a newspaper and fewer syllables in a newscast?
