Good morning, Whitewater.
Sunday will be partly cloudy, with a high of eighty-five. Sunrise is 5:28 and sunset 8:33, for 15h 05m 00s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 13.4% of its visible disk illuminated.
Friday’s poll asked respondents whether they thought a Utah college’s designation of separate staircase lanes for walking, running, and texting was a good idea. A majority of respondents (54.55%) didn’t think so, but a sizable number (45.45%) supported the idea.
Yesterday, I posted a video of BASE jumper Uli Emanuele using a wingsuit to fly between a two meter opening far below his launch point. Embedded below is a video about a smaller creature that shares Emanuele’s skill in gliding —
1995 – Deadly Heat Wave Begins
From July 12-15, 1995, the Midwest was subjected to a deadly outbreak of hot and humid weather responsible for 141 deaths in Wisconsin. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, this was the “greatest single event of weather-related deaths in Wisconsin history.” Most of the fatalities happened in the urban southeast counties of the state, and at one point several Milwaukee-area hospitals were unable to admit more patients.Milwaukee Temperatures (from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel): July 12: Hi=91, Lo=65 July 13: Hi=103*, Lo=78 July 14: Hi=102, Lo=84 July 15: Hi=92, Lo=69 July 16: Hi=88, Lo=68 *Some communities reported highs as high as 108. Heat Index values were 120-130 degrees.
NOAA’s Natural Disaster Survey Report on the outbreak is available at http://www.weather.gov/os/assessments/pdfs/heat95.pdf [Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]