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Vent: I used to think the whole 'heat dome' thing was just weather talk. Not anymore.
Last summer in Portland, my apartment hit 112 degrees inside for three days straight. My cat was panting. I had to wrap ice packs in towels for her. That concrete heat island effect is real and it's scary. Anyone else's pets struggle during these extreme heat waves now?
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tara6427h ago
That Portland heat dome was brutal, my friend in Beaverton recorded 116 on his porch. The scary part is calling it a "concrete heat island effect" is actually a bit off. The main driver is the atmospheric high pressure system, the dome itself, that traps hot air. The concrete just makes it way worse in cities by absorbing and holding that heat. My dog needed cooling mats last year and it's a real wake up call.
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knight.dylan2h ago
Yeah, and @anderson.piper, asphalt gets soft enough to leave prints.
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anderson.piper4h ago
Man, that is absolutely terrifying about your cat. How is she doing now? My old dog just could not handle the heat last year either, his paws would burn on the sidewalk in seconds. We ended up having to do his walks at like 5am, and he spent the afternoons on a wet towel in the bathtub. It feels so helpless when you see them like that.
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