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The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread

Posted by timmer User icon on July 2, 2026, 6:36:25

Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

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Also, the song that kicked off the fireworks was Chicago, “25 or 6 to 4”

Posted by timmer User icon on July 5, 2026, 14:30:07, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

So there’s that

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

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Companies intending to donate to America250 were given routing numbers for Trump’s Freedom250

Posted by ATL User icon on July 5, 2026, 6:25:01, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/02/donors-were-misled-by-trump-backed-freedom-250-house-democrats-allege/

In interviews, Democrats said they needed to protect the identity of whistleblowers who worked with the panel. But they said their report — which includes other allegations of Freedom 250 officials and allies explicitly steering money away from America250 and toward projects shaped by Trump — shows how the president transformed a bipartisan celebration of the nation’s anniversary into an initiative that benefited him and his allies.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Welcome to the kleptocracy!

Posted by KingTalkyTiki User icon on July 5, 2026, 10:42:53, in reply to " Companies intending to donate to America250 were given routing numbers for Trump’s Freedom250"

...but hey at least that imaginary trans kid can't play on your daughter's JV field hockey team.

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

Pretty disgusting*

Posted by UofIL6 User icon on July 5, 2026, 9:04:32, in reply to " Companies intending to donate to America250 were given routing numbers for Trump’s Freedom250"

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Sorry but fraud is legal now*

Posted by Herman Blume User icon on July 5, 2026, 8:43:37, in reply to " Companies intending to donate to America250 were given routing numbers for Trump’s Freedom250"

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Of course they were. The man can’t do anything without benefittig personally. *

Posted by doubledown User icon on July 5, 2026, 6:40:18, in reply to " Companies intending to donate to America250 were given routing numbers for Trump’s Freedom250"

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Trump only talked for 40 minutes

Posted by Stu User icon on July 5, 2026, 5:33:32, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

What a weak, lacking-in-energy cuck.

And quoted Joseph McCarthy a lot.

Not exactly an American Hero.

Chicken Little poster child

What a finale…

Posted by timmer User icon on July 4, 2026, 23:41:47, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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It was shit, but there was a lot of it. *

Posted by doubledown User icon on July 5, 2026, 9:47:42, in reply to "What a finale…"

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More highlights…

Posted by timmer User icon on July 5, 2026, 1:47:43, in reply to "What a finale…"

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The metro home…

Posted by timmer User icon on July 5, 2026, 0:03:12, in reply to "What a finale…"

They apparently added this blue line train at Rosslyn. Came off a packed orange line train at Rosslyn.

First class!

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My fireworks viewing location…

Posted by timmer User icon on July 4, 2026, 19:49:51, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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1145pm fireworks start? FUDGE!…..

Posted by timmer User icon on July 4, 2026, 21:26:52, in reply to "My fireworks viewing location…"

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what’s the sound like?8 miles away it sounds like Lebanon*

Posted by memyselfandillini User icon on July 4, 2026, 23:28:57, in reply to "1145pm fireworks start? FUDGE!….."

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The finale was da bomb. Crazy

Posted by timmer User icon on July 5, 2026, 0:06:45, in reply to "what’s the sound like?8 miles away it sounds like Lebanon*"

Being 7 floors up was probably infinitely better than being on the ground.

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Mine is my house since the show is apparently coming from the folks that live immediately behind me

Posted by IlliniSax05 User icon on July 4, 2026, 21:23:17, in reply to "My fireworks viewing location…"

Going on for 2 hours now

Why do you hate me, Sammich?

MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
-Sammich, 1/15/2011

That does not suck, Timmer*

Posted by PapaDels User icon on July 4, 2026, 19:59:26, in reply to "My fireworks viewing location…"

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I have schweppervessence and wessonality.
Too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean.
Radicalized by basic decency.

My view

Posted by Stu User icon on July 4, 2026, 19:57:37, in reply to "My fireworks viewing location…"

Chicken Little poster child

Stu wins retirement*

Posted by timmer User icon on July 4, 2026, 20:12:10, in reply to "My view"

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What a bummer of a weekend in Chicago. Terrible weather*

Posted by OB25 User icon on July 4, 2026, 17:13:38, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

When something is happening, young people like to say it’s “lit.”

102 again! *fistpump**

Posted by Tortillini User icon on July 4, 2026, 16:59:28, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

I had real doubts it was going to make it

Posted by timmer User icon on July 4, 2026, 17:09:16, in reply to "102 again! *fistpump**"

#WINNING

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

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Trumps not afraid of talking for a few hours in a full suit!*

Posted by shua User icon on July 4, 2026, 17:02:06, in reply to "102 again! *fistpump**"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

Gotta give google credit… this ad is a 100/100.

Posted by uofi1998 User icon on July 4, 2026, 13:55:38, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

https://x.com/megbasham/status/2073148329517560286?s=61&t=ffxseHjKDiCDn9jqTXRkuw

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

Dogs go on later…

Posted by haighter User icon on July 4, 2026, 12:58:41, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

66 dogs for the champ. Merica*

Posted by Tortillini User icon on July 4, 2026, 11:59:36, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

ooo

Posted by RVA User icon on July 4, 2026, 6:43:27, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

DC could be in for one hell of a day

Posted by timmer User icon on July 4, 2026, 6:03:38, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

100F, followed by severe thunderstorms

NWS Sterling, VA,
“With all of the above in mind, and ample high-resolution model
support, the Storm Prediction Center has upgraded areas east of
the Blue Ridge to an Enhanced Risk today. This upgrade would
support a more widespread footprint of severe thunderstorms this
afternoon and evening. Looking a bit more closely at today`s
setup, convective initiation likely will be more mesoscale in
nature. This would include the climatological lee-side trough,
bay and river breezes, as well as any remnant outflows from
earlier convection. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are
possible given so much instability in the troposphere. The
primary signal east of the Blue Ridge is in the 3-9 PM
timeframe, slightly earlier to the west. Damaging to locally
destructive winds are the main threat, with any chance for large
hail being minimal given the summertime freezing levels.”

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It feels like the perfect setting for full demonic possession onstage tonight

Posted by memyselfandillini User icon on July 4, 2026, 13:28:39, in reply to "DC could be in for one hell of a day"

perhaps followed by opening of the chasm to the underworld to whence he shall return

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102F (so far) and peak Heat Index of 115F at DCA

Posted by timmer User icon on July 3, 2026, 15:39:57, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

Toasty

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

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Reported mass casualty incident from capsized boat on Lake Geneva, huge storm popped up quickly*

Posted by OB25 User icon on July 3, 2026, 14:04:30, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

When something is happening, young people like to say it’s “lit.”

Three kids allegedly? I am going to judge*

Posted by gvibes User icon on July 3, 2026, 15:39:15, in reply to "Reported mass casualty incident from capsized boat on Lake Geneva, huge storm popped up quickly*"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

Yep, group of 10 on boat and 3 of 4 kids dead. All were wearing life jackets*

Posted by OB25 User icon on July 3, 2026, 21:51:05, in reply to "Three kids allegedly? I am going to judge*"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

When something is happening, young people like to say it’s “lit.”

Ugh. How is the captain not monitoring the weather?*

Posted by SurfTheBoneyard User icon on July 3, 2026, 22:02:54, in reply to "Yep, group of 10 on boat and 3 of 4 kids dead. All were wearing life jackets*"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

Sky Marshal of the Luftwaffle

“Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie

"Huge storm popped up quickly"*

Posted by Dilbert User icon on July 3, 2026, 23:45:51, in reply to "Ugh. How is the captain not monitoring the weather?*"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

Gonna be around 95 tomorrow at 12:30 in Coney Island. Remember to hydrate, Joey.*

Posted by Tortillini User icon on July 3, 2026, 11:48:42, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

Only just realized that shouldn't some of this 250th stuff incorporate Philadelphia?

Posted by RVA User icon on July 3, 2026, 11:20:02, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

We're very much a country that loves to do the whole "here on this spot [___] years ago" style commemoration, but it took seeing a history dork friend doing his own tour of Independence Hall to realize that's one of the things missing right now.

I'm sure the Park Service is doing something up there, but it probably pales to what they had been planning for years until this all became about one person's ego.

we'll top 100 today with a heat index over 105....I think 5 days in a row of this*

Posted by TarheelIllini User icon on July 3, 2026, 11:16:39, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

Recrudescence

Stage is falling apart during rehearsals. Maybe we’ll get lucky.*

Posted by ATL User icon on July 2, 2026, 19:15:44, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

They’ll probably reinforce it under where he stands, like when you put a hot tub on a deck*

Posted by Herman Blume User icon on July 3, 2026, 11:13:05, in reply to "Stage is falling apart during rehearsals. Maybe we’ll get lucky.*"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

Most apt description of tRump yet!

Posted by illinijohn User icon on July 3, 2026, 21:58:41, in reply to "They’ll probably reinforce it under where he stands, like when you put a hot tub on a deck*"

"A hot tub on a deck."

If he dies, he dies*

Posted by Sounder User icon on July 2, 2026, 16:03:04, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

It’s a risk we’re willing to take!*

Posted by shua User icon on July 2, 2026, 20:46:33, in reply to "If he dies, he dies*"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

Now 102F with 112F heat index*

Posted by timmer User icon on July 2, 2026, 15:57:20, in reply to "The Great American 250th Birthday Heatwave Gamethread"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

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I really want a Mall Camto see the empty grass*

Posted by memyselfandillini User icon on July 2, 2026, 19:05:18, in reply to "Now 102F with 112F heat index*"

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Yesterday, it reached 98F at DCA airport.

At 720am, the temperature is 7F higher than at the same time yesterday.

The heat index is already at 92F

I expect a high of 103F today at DCA

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