***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***

[1UNI2ISU]

I LOVE the hot weather but we're getting to the point of being ridiculous here.

 

[AltoonaFish]

It’s so darn hot I saw a squirrel putting gold bond on his nuts.

 

[Kinch]

Yikes. Some of the reports of the tornado in Wisconsin.

Awful.

 

[RagingCloner]

It’s so darn hot I saw a squirrel putting gold bond on his nuts.

I just farted and im not sure if i **** myself or just blew sweat off my butthole

 

[MeowingCows]

 

[Clonehomer]

Man, I miss those commercials. They were the only reason to listen through the break of sports talk radio. Same goes for the Office Linebacker on TV.

When did commercials stop being fun?

 

[StClone]

Awful.

Yeah we saw it developing after passing us and went out over the lake. Want to see SM videos of this.

 

[BigTurk]

Anybody know much about sump pumps? I bought a new house which has a submersible one. However, it's dead so I need to replace it when I take possession of the house in a few weeks. Fortunately, the house is about 20 years old and has never had any water issues, so it's not an urgent situation.

I've never seen a sump pump like this one. It does not have a discharge pipe that runs upward out of the sump pit. Instead, the discharge pipe runs up about a foot from the pump and then runs horizontal through an opening in the side of the sump pit. I'm guessing it must drain directly into Ankeny's storm drain system?

Anyway, I'm wondering if I need to put a check valve in the discharge pipe since it does not run vertical like a typical discharge pipe.

I've got that. I don't have a check valve. It hasn't been an issue but I live on top of a hill so that probably helps.

 

[Pope]

Heat index in Ankeny is 121 as of 4pm. Whoopie!

 

[wxman1]

Yeah we saw it developing after passing us and went out over the lake. Want to see SM videos of this.

Where are you at?

 

[ClonerJams]

Buckled concrete on University by Trice

 

[StClone]

Where are you at?

West of Appleton, Portage County.