From watch.org
World Watch Daily
We're now approaching a two-week spell of record-smashing heat which first built in the Rockies and High Plains, then spread into the rest of the nation's heartland, then surged into the Southeast and parts of the Mid-Atlantic States.
Hand of Judgement?: Gay Pride event at Pentagon Tuesday, June 26; record heat begins on Wednesday, June 27; Supreme Court defies Constitution in Obamacare decision Thursday, June 28; 'Super Derecho' leaves 700 mile swath of devastation from Illinois to Washington Friday, June 29; more than 4500 heat records broken in the past week and Washington, DC sets all time record in nine days from June 28 - July 6, with more coming; Hillary Clinton meets with Mahmoud Abbas over Israel's covenant land in Paris Friday, July 6
'Super Derecho' from Chicago to Washington, DC
Friday, June 29
Friday, June 29
In some locations all-time record highs may be threatened Saturday, including...
- Washington, D.C. (106 most recently on Jul. 20, 1930)
- Pittsburgh (103 most recently on Jul. 16, 1988)
- Louisville (107 most recently on Jul. 14, 1936)
Only one other day since the "Dust Bowl" has Washington, D.C. seen a high of at least 105 degrees (Aug. 17, 1997).
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