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=== June Heat Dome in Portland (OERS 2021-1650) === | === June Heat Dome in Portland (OERS 2021-1650) === | ||
[[File:VivekShandasSidewalk.jpg|alt=Hot times in Lents: Dr. Vivek Shandas gets a read of the sidewalk.|thumb|Hot times in Lents: Dr. Vivek Shandas gets a read of the sidewalk.<ref>Nesseth, C. (2021, July 14). ''SCORCHED: Shandas shows a thermal picture of the hottest intersection in Portland.'' Willamette Week. https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/07/14/this-is-the-hottest-place-in-portland/</ref>]] | [[File:VivekShandasSidewalk.jpg|alt=Hot times in Lents: Dr. Vivek Shandas gets a read of the sidewalk.|thumb|''Hot times in Lents: Dr. Vivek Shandas gets a read of the sidewalk.<ref>Nesseth, C. (2021, July 14). ''SCORCHED: Shandas shows a thermal picture of the hottest intersection in Portland.'' Willamette Week. https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/07/14/this-is-the-hottest-place-in-portland/</ref>'']] | ||
From June 25 to 29, a heat dome parked itself over the Portland metropolitan area and obliterated temperature records all over the Pacific Northwest. Portland experienced three consecutive days of abnormally high heat reaching 108, 112, and 116 degrees. [https://www.pdx.edu/profile/vivek-shandas Dr. Vivek Shandas] with Portland State University recorded a sidewalk surface temperature at SE Woodstock and 92nd Avenue that hit 180 degrees, high enough for third degree burns at direct skin contact.<ref>Peel, Sophie. “This Is the Hottest Place in Portland.” Willamette Week, https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/07/14/this-is-the-hottest-place-in-portland/. </ref> | From June 25 to 29, a heat dome parked itself over the Portland metropolitan area and obliterated temperature records all over the Pacific Northwest. Portland experienced three consecutive days of abnormally high heat reaching 108, 112, and 116 degrees. [https://www.pdx.edu/profile/vivek-shandas Dr. Vivek Shandas] with Portland State University recorded a sidewalk surface temperature at SE Woodstock and 92nd Avenue that hit 180 degrees, high enough for third degree burns at direct skin contact.<ref>Peel, Sophie. “This Is the Hottest Place in Portland.” Willamette Week, https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/07/14/this-is-the-hottest-place-in-portland/. </ref> | ||
