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129 new cases
COVID-19 data for Saturday, June 26:
Deschutes County cases: 10,075 (8 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 82 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 1,299 (1 new case)
Crook County deaths: 23 (zero new deaths)
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Oregon deaths: 2,763 (2 new deaths)
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Seattle hits record high amid heat wave
BY SARA CLINE
AND REBECCA BOONE
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Govern-
ment officials, wildlife manag-
ers and utility workers across
the Pacific Northwest were try-
ing to keep people and animals
safe as a historic heat wave
scorched the region Saturday.
Seattle reached 99 degrees
Fahrenheit by midafternoon
Saturday, making it the hottest
June day on record, according
to the National Weather Ser-
vice. Other cities and towns
from Eastern Washington to
Portland to Southern Oregon
were also expected to break
records, with temperatures in
many areas expected to top
out up to 30 degrees above
normal.
It’s a dangerous forecast for
a region accustomed to mild
weather, and where many peo-
ple don’t have air conditioning.
The hot weather had berry
farmers scrambling to pick
crops before they rot on the vine
and fisheries managers work-
ing to keep endangered sockeye
salmon safe from too-warm
river water. Stores sold out of
portable air conditioners and
fans, some hospitals canceled
outdoor vaccination clinics, cit-
ies opened cooling centers, base-
ball teams canceled or moved
up games, and utilities braced
for possible power outages.
Officials in Multnomah
County were asking for volun-
teers to help staff cooling cen-
ters as older people, homeless
residents and others struggled
with the heat. Cascades Street
Outreach, an advocacy group
for people experiencing home-
lessness, was going to homeless
camps in the region to encour-
age people to use the cooling
centers.
Peter Tiso, who works with
Multnomah County’s Joint
office of Homeless Services,
told The Oregonian that the
Oregon Convention Center
can hold about 300 people,
but no one will be turned
away from the cooling shelter.
The shelter also allows pets,
he said.
Dave Killen/The Oregonian
People gather Friday at the Sandy River Delta in Ore gon to cool off during the start of what should be a re-
cord-setting heat wave.
“We don’t want anyone to be
making the dangerous decision
between leaving their pet be-
hind or not,” he said.
Seattle was expected to edge
above 100 F over the weekend,
and in Portland, weather fore-
casters said the thermometer
could soar to 108 F by Sunday,
breaking an all-time record
of 107 F set in 1981. Unusu-
ally hot weather was expected
to extend into next week for
much of the region.
Seattle has only hit 100 F
three times in recorded history,
the National Weather Service
said, and there was a chance it
could eclipse the record of 103
F on Monday.
“If you’re keeping a written
list of the records that will fall,
you might need a few pages
by early next week,” NWS Se-
attle tweeted, as it announced
that the city had already tied a
record Friday for the highest
morning-low temperature.
James Bryant, a Seattle res-
ident, picked up an air condi-
tioner in anticipation of the ex-
treme heat. Most homes in the
Northwest’s largest city don’t
have air conditioning.
“My house is already hot,
and so with the added heat
over the next few days, I’ve got
kids I got to make sure they
don’t get too hot as well,” Bry-
ant said. “It seems to be a trend
... So I’m not sure what’s driv-
ing it, but it’s not fun that’s for
sure.”
Salmon and crops at risk
Columbia Basin fisheries
managers are worried about
how the heat wave will affect
endangered Snake River sock-
eye and other species of pro-
tected salmon.
State, tribal and federal of-
ficials are trying to mitigate
rising water temperatures in
the lower Snake River, the
Lewiston Tribune reported,
in part by releasing 42 F wa-
ter from Idaho’s Dworshak
Reservoir. They began re-
leasing the water earlier this
week, hoping to keep the wa-
ter temperature at the Lower
Granite Dam on the Snake
River at or below 68. Officials
fear a repeat of 2015, when
water temperatures in Co-
lumbia and Snake river reser-
voirs reached lethal levels for
sockeye salmon.
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berry farmer Jason Morrell
said the sun was rapidly drying
out his strawberries, leaving
them at risk of rotting if they
aren’t picked fast. Morrell, the
owner of Walters’ Fruit Ranch
near Spokane, told television
station KREM that normally
farmers have about three
weeks to get their strawberry
crop picked. With Spokane ex-
pected to reach 109 F on Mon-
day, he expects to have just a
few days to get the job done.
In Boise, Idaho, city officials
warned parents to be wary of
hot playground equipment.
Slides and other playground
toys can get hot enough un-
der the intense summer sun
to burn skin in seconds. Boise
risk and safety manager Corey
Pence told the Idaho States-
man that adults should press
the back of a hand to equip-
ment before deciding if it’s
cool enough for children to
use.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
lifted COVID-19 capacity re-
strictions on publicly owned
or operated and non-profit
cooling centers in light of the
heat. Capacity is currently
limited to 50% until the state
fully reopens next Wednesday.
In Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown
suspended capacity limits for
movie theaters and shopping
malls — places with air-condi-
tioning — as well as swimming
pools ahead of a statewide re-
opening Wednesday.
The sweltering tempera-
tures expected on the final
weekend of the U.S. Olympic
Track and Field trials in Eugene
prompted USA Track and Field
to reschedule several weekend
events to times earlier in the
day to avoid the peak heat.
Roughly 3,000 people signed
up to compete in the Ironman
race in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,
on Sunday, when temperatures
could reach a record 101. The
triathlon includes a 2.4-mile
swim, a 112-mile bike ride and
a marathon run.
Meanwhile, racers gathering
near Colorado Springs, Col-
orado, were facing the oppo-
site problem. Heavy snowfall
expected for Pikes Peak Sum-
mit Saturday night and Sun-
day could complicate the Pikes
Peak International Hill Climb.
Participants in the second-old-
est auto race in the U.S. drive a
course covering more than 12
miles with 156 turns, ending at
the summit of Pikes Peak at an
elevation of more than 14,000
feet.
The extended “heat dome”
over the Pacific Northwest was
a taste of the future as climate
change reshapes weather pat-
terns worldwide, said Kristie
Ebi, a professor at the Univer-
sity of Washington who studies
global warming and its effects
on public health.
“We know from evidence
around the world that climate
change is increasing the fre-
quency, intensity and duration
of heat waves. We’re going to
have to get used to this going
forward,” she said.
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