For the first time since Aug. 15, 2016, Washington reached the century mark today. This ends the fifth longest streak on record without a day so hot.
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Navy search and rescue team saves hiker in Washington
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A search and rescue staff from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, recovered a 55-year-old feminine hiker affected by a heat-related challenge on Saturday.
The rescue is one among greater than 30 missions Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s search and rescue staff has accomplished this 12 months — together with 9 medical evacuations and 19 rescues.
The rescue staff discovered the hiker and her group on a slope of Mount Hermann, and staff members have been deployed roughly 30 meters up the path.
“After getting ready the affected person for transport and repositioning to a spot for a clearer hoist, the SAR crew hoisted the affected person aboard the helicopter and commenced rendering affected person care,” a Navy information launch stated. “The affected person was transported to St. Joseph Medical Middle in Bellingham, Wash. a couple of minutes after 4 p.m.”
Final month, the search and rescue unit from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island recovered a stranded hunter experiencing fatigue and extreme hydration.
The Navy’s search and rescue staff discovered the hunter on a small ledge “precariously near a 70 ft. drop to a different cliff outcropping,” and an MH-60S helicopter launched a rescue airman on a hoist to convey the hunter to security, based on the service.
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s search and rescue staff is supplied with three MH-60S helicopters.
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Washington hits 100 degrees for the first time in almost eight years
High temperatures at other local sites are also scorching. So far, it reached 100 degrees at Dulles International Airport, breaking its previous record of 99 in 1988. Baltimore’s BWI Marshall reached at least 101 degrees, breaking its 1988 record of 100.
This ends a 2,867-day streak without reaching or surpassing 100 degrees. It was the fifth longest streak in the modern record for the city, and the longest since an 8-year long run from 1969 to 1977. Other locations in the region had hit 100 more recently than Washington, for instance Dulles did so on Sept. 6 last year.
It becomes the city’s 122nd observed 100-degree day since modern records began in 1872. Roughly 16 percent of D.C.’s 100s have happened in June, 54 percent in July, 27 percent in August and 3 percent in September.
It’s also the sixth day with highs at or above 90, and the eighth of the last 10 reaching that mark, bringing the seasonal total to nine.
That’s about two days above average to date and a quick turnaround from a “90s season” that was running several days below average through the first third of this month. The city averages 40 such days over an entire warm season, seven of which might occur in June.
Although it has been a long while, 100s often come in clumps. In recent years, 2016 had four triple digit days, 2012 eight, 2011 five and 2010 four. In 1930, there were 11 — the most in a single year. Another attempt could be made Sunday and perhaps again Wednesday. This all comes before the city hits prime time for 100s, and as the Weather Service is forecasting a very good chance of a hotter than normal July.
The lengthy gap in 100s followed a historic flurry of them from 2010 to 2012, when 17 were tallied over the three-summer period. While they went missing from 2016 until now, the expectation is that there will be more days at or above 100 annually as the globe warms due to human caused climate change.
D.C.’s highest temperature for any date is 106, reached in July 1930 and August 1918.
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One Step To Take: How TE Darnell Washington Can Improve
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I’m bringing back a series I had a lot of fun exploring during the past several offseasons. Every player wants to improve and elevate his game in all areas from one season to the next. Understanding that, we’re going to isolate just one area, one faction of a player’s game where the biggest improvement can be made.
Darnell Washington – Improve Snap Timing
Darnell Washington has a chance to make a big impact in 2024. He’s a second-year player, an unrefined tight end more raw than thought of coming out of Georgia’s pro-style system. Tight end is a notoriously tough position for rookies to make an immediate impact, and offensive coordinator Arthur Smith craves a blocking tight end like him. Washington should see red zone targets this year and almost certainly score his first touchdown, or four.
In 2023, Washington flashed as a blocker. When he had the angle and leverage on a defender to seal or wash him down, he looked dominant. But on straight-up base blocks, he struggled. No matter what the blocking scheme calls for, Washington must fire off the ball quicker. Too often, he was late out of his stance. In the NFL, it doesn’t matter how big or long you are if you can’t time the snap.
Just one example of it last year against the Cleveland Browns. Washington is late off the ball and the LDE is able to slant into the C gap and blow this play up, tackling RB Najee Harris for a loss.
There’s no question playing on the road like the above clip makes life tougher. Teams use silent counts, Washington is further away from center, the defenders have direct eyes and can better key the ball. But he’s gotta get off the line. It’s not like he’s a naturally explosive player, so any delay hurts him even more.
His size and length can help to an extent, but if the defender is halfway through the gap by the time Washington makes contact, he’s lost the rep. That’s stuff you can get away with in college, not the NFL.
While I’m excited by what Washington could offer as a receiver this year, his primary role remains as a blocker. He has the potential to become a dominant one, but snap timing will define how close he’ll come to that. This is a must for him to have a successful career.
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Man who attacked Paul Pelosi convicted in California on further charges
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DePape was also convicted of first-degree residential burglary; false imprisonment of an elder by violence or menace; threatening the life of a family member of a public official; and dissuading a witness by force or threat.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement that the verdict “delivers justice and ensures that Mr. DePape will face consequences for his heinous crimes against the Pelosi family and our democracy.”
In a statement on behalf of the family, Aaron Bennett, spokesman for Nancy Pelosi, said the family was “in awe of their Pop’s bravery, which shone through again on the witness stand in this trial just as it did when he saved his own life on the night of the attack.”
“For nearly 20 grueling months, Mr. Pelosi has demonstrated extraordinary courage and fortitude every day of his recovery,” the statement added.
DePape broke into the home of Nancy Pelosi, among the highest-profile Democratic officials in the country, and attacked her husband with a hammer on Oct. 28, 2022. Paul Pelosi, now 84, was hospitalized with a fractured skull and other injuries after the assault, which left him unconscious. He called 911 after the break-in and was attacked by DePape shortly after police arrived.
DePape, a carpenter who had been living in a converted garage in Richmond, Calif., had immersed himself in right-wing conspiracy theories online. He told the federal jury that he spent his time outside work playing video games and watching YouTube videos about politics.
When he was convicted in the federal case last November, the jury found that he carried out the attack because of Nancy Pelosi’s job in Congress representing a district that includes most of San Francisco. She was his intended target when breaking into the home and a focal point of his beliefs, which included the extremist ideology of the radical QAnon movement, The Washington Post reported.
DePape will be sentenced for the state crimes at a later date. His attorney, Adam Lipson, said he plans to appeal, the Associated Press reported.
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