About this blog
While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures. Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism. After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters. .....Advertisement.....
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Comments
[July 19, 2008 12:35 PM]
Kevin MyattI would question that thermometer reading, as the high was only 89 at the Roanoke airport that day, and I would think any place on any wooded trail anywhere around here would be cooler than the Valley View/I-581 concrete jungle. ... But this does remind me of a crazy hiking adventure I had in Arkansas on a 100-degree day in the mid 1990s (when I was young and crazy) when deer of all sizes were out by the scores just feet off the trail, seemingly too hot to move ... the other thing that was out in multitudes that day: TICKS.
[July 21, 2008 10:42 AM]
Mark TaylorLeave it to the weather geek (http://blogs.roanoke.com/weatherjournal/) to kill the buzz. Thanks, Kevin.
In all seriousness, I wonder if the thermometer is one of those easily affected by radiant heat. Maybe the camera was on the trunk of a big dark tree or something?
I know when I get in my truck after it's been sitting in the sun, the thermometer that's supposed to be reading the outside temp intially reads really high because it's affected by the high temp inside the cabin.
In the sun, the temperature of the camera unit sure seems like it could be a few degrees higher than the actual temp.
mt
[July 21, 2008 4:29 PM]
Kevin Myattofficial temperatures are taken in a shaded, ventilated box 6 feet off the ground ... so yes, direct sun, heat absorption of nearby objects, etc. can affect thermometer readings ...
But, as of 4 p.m. on Monday June 21, it really is 95 officially at Roanoke ... so it might be like 101 on this thermometer
[July 28, 2008 5:17 PM]
MoeNICE !!!! Well past his ears already........ Nice shot.... only 67 days to go!!!!!