Excerpts from Pocket Observatory

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Heat Domes + Fire Crumbs

Heat Domes + Fire Crumbs

Pregnant during a once in a lifetime heat wave that happens twice every summer.

Meg Conley
Jun 25, 2021
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Heat Domes + Fire Crumbs
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There’s a heat dome over the Pacific Northwest. Heat dome kind of sounds like the hellfire version of a snowglobe. But instead of a winter scene magnified by water and curved glass, it’s a region cupped in heat and haze. Today Portland will hit 114 degrees and Seattle will peak at 110 degrees, each breaking their previous all-time high. Both of which we…

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