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Marine life, local shellfish farmers assess damage after extreme heat wave msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
‘A forest fire in Puget Sound’: Heat wave bakes Washington shellfish industry Matthew Smith As the record-setting temperatures hit the Pacific Northwest last week, tens of thousands of locals were seeking shelter from the heat. Over at Hama Hama’s clam beds in Lilliwaup, Washington the farm manager was simply trying to understand what he was seeing with his own eyes. “The clams were popping up, it looked like they were steamed open,” explained Adam James, a fifth-generation farmer at the Hama Hama Company. James understood what was happening to a degree; in fact, he and his co-workers had been bracing for the worst days ahead of time. They knew unseasonably warm temps were coming, and worst of all they were timing out with a rare, extremely low tide meaning a good chunk of their shellfish farming operation in the Hood Canal region would be both uncovered and fully exposed to the deadly heat. That didn’t make the sight any less shocking. ....
Filed to:animal products Photo: Ted S. Warren, AP The record-setting heat wave ripping through the Pacific Northwest right now has already melted critical infrastructure, killed hundreds of people across the region, and closed countless schools. It came for grocers, too. Insider was first to report that grocery stores across Washington state have taken extreme measures to keep up with the historic high temperatures, like covering refrigerated goods with plastic or pulling perishables like meat and veggies off the shelves entirely. And that’s before store’s freezers and fridges start to malfunction from the staggering temperatures. Though the worst of the heat has passed for many regions, it goes to show just how bad things were. ....
Clams on Washington state beach are being cooked to death by heatwave dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.