The Price of Zoonotic Transfer: Rethinking Kopi Luwak in the Age of COVID-19

September 10, 2020September 14, 2020

Among the most heinous seed-to-cup narratives ever perpetuated by the coffee industry is the story of kopi luwak. It was one that was famously repeated in the 2007 old man…

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Forecast For 09/21/2020

Today's High: 75

Today's Low: 50

Tomorrows High: 75

Patchy fog to start, a mix of clouds and sun, a bit warmer today.

ADVISORIES

AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR BAKER, HARNEY, AND MALHEUR COUNTIES. HEALTH ADVISORIES: THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY FOR MOORE PARK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ON UPPER KLAMATH LAKE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF CYANOBACTERIA (HARMFUL ALGAE) BLOOM THAT HISTORICALLY PRODUCES CYANOTOXINS (HARMFUL ALGAE TOXINS) ABOVE RECREATIONAL GUIDELINE VALUES FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE. MOORE PARK IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN END OF UPPER KLAMATH LAKE IN KLAMATH COUNTY. UNTIL THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH-SPEED WATER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE WHERE BLOOMS ARE IDENTIFIED. ALTHOUGH TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, PEOPLE WITH SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY EXPERIENCE A PUFFY RED RASH. VISITING ODELL LAKE IS SAFE AS LONG AS ANY BOATING OR OTHER ACTIVITIES DO NOT CAUSE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO INHALATION RISKS IF THERE IS EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY FOR HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL LEVELS OF BACTERIA IN OCEAN WATERS AT SUNSET BAY STATE PARK IN COOS COUNTY. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID DIRECT CONTACT WITH WATER IN THIS AREA UNTIL THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED. HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL LEVELS OF FECAL BACTERIA CAN CAUSE DIARRHEA, STOMACH CRAMPS, SKIN RASHES, UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND OTHER ILLNESSES. THIS APPLIES ESPECIALLY TO CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, WHO MAY BE MORE VULNERABLE TO ILLNESSES FROM WATERBORNE BACTERIA. VISITORS SHOULD AVOID WADING IN NEARBY CREEKS, POOLS OF WATER ON THE BEACH, OR IN DISCOLORED WATER, AND STAY CLEAR OF WATER RUNOFF FLOWING INTO THE OCEAN. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A RECREATIONAL USE HEALTH ADVISORY FOR ODELL LAKE IN KLAMATH COUNTY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF CYANOBACTERIA (HARMFUL ALGAE) BLOOM THAT HISTORICALLY PRODUCES CYANOTOXINS (HARMFUL ALGAE TOXINS) ABOVE RECREATIONAL GUIDELINE VALUES FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE. UNTIL THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING AND HIGH-SPEED WATER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS WATER SKIING OR POWER BOATING, IN AREAS OF THE LAKE WHERE BLOOMS ARE IDENTIFIED. ALTHOUGH TOXINS ARE NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN, PEOPLE WITH SKIN SENSITIVITIES MAY EXPERIENCE A PUFFY RED RASH. VISITING ODELL LAKE IS SAFE AS LONG AS ANY BOATING OR OTHER ACTIVITIES DO NOT CAUSE EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO INHALATION RISKS IF THERE IS EXCESSIVE WATER SPRAY. A PERMANENT HEALTH ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER DUE TO BLUE-GREEN ALGAE. SIGNS ARE POSTED.

Weather Pattern

An Upper Level High Pressure Ridge (“Arch” shape with arrows) keeps the drying out going for a while longer, but temperatures will stay moderate. The graphics for days 1-3 show a frontal system offshore today. There is still smoke out there, but at least the air quality has gone back to more normal. The graphics for days 3-7 Thursday through next Monday show the complex frontal system moving through the Pacific Northwest Thursday, then a complex frontal system is to our northwest next Saturday.
Note: The fire danger in Oregon is still in the High category for all of Western Oregon and in spite of the recent rain it is still very dry out there. Please be very careful out there and remember Smokey Bear’s words “Only you can prevent wildfires.”

Eugene Area Forecast

Patchy AM fog, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer today, partly cloudy this evening, mostly cloudy late tonight,
Mostly cloudy Tuesday, a slight (20%) chance of rain late at night,
Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of AM rain, rain and a bit cooler Wednesday afternoon, then rain likely (70%) Wednesday night.
highs 75-68 lows 50-53.
Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with rain likely (70%) Thursday, a good (50%) chance of rain late Thursday night,
A good (50%) chance of rain Friday, a (40%) chance of rain at night,
Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance of showers and a bit warmer Saturday, just partly cloudy Saturday night,
Some AM clouds, then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon.
highs 66-73 lows 50-52 cooling back to 50 Saturday night (seasonal averages high 76 low 46)

Umpqua Forecast

Some AM clouds, mostly cloudy and a bit cooler this afternoon, mostly cloudy tonight,
Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer Tuesday and at night,
Mostly cloudy Wednesday with a (30%) chance of rain, evening rain, then rain likely (70%) late Wednesday night.
highs 77-78 lows 54-57.
Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of AM rain, a bit cooler with a (50%) chance of showers Thursday afternoon, a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night,
Mostly cloudy with a (30%) chance showers and a bit warmer Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
AM clouds, partly cloudy and a bit warmer Saturday afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night,
Then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday.
highs 69-80 lows near 52. (seasonal averages high 77 low 50)

Coos Bay Forecast

Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler today, mostly cloudy tonight,
Mostly cloudy and a bit warmer Tuesday and at night,
Mostly cloudy with a slight (20%) chance of AM rain, then rain and a bit warmer Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night.
highs 72-76 lows 56-59.
Mostly cloudy with AM rain likely (70%), showers likely (70%) and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon, a (40%) chance of showers Thursday night,
Mostly cloudy with a (40%) chance of showers Friday, a slight (20%) chance of showers at night,
Partly cloudy and a bit warmer Saturday and Saturday night,
Some AM clouds, then sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon.
highs 72-77 lows 56-54. (seasonal averages high 65 low 49).

Cascades Forecast

AM sun with patchy fog, a mix of clouds and sun and a bit warmer this afternoon, partly cloudy late tonight,
Partly cloudy and a bit cooler Tuesday, mostly cloudy at night,
Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler Wednesday with a good (50%) rain, then rain Wednesday night.
free air freezing level 13,000 ft. today, 12,000 ft. tonight and Tuesday, 12,000 ft. rising to 13,000 ft. late Tuesday night, then snow level above 8,000 ft. Wednesday and Wednesday night.
highs 66-58 lows near 42.
Cloudy with AM rain, a good (50%) of rain and a bit cooler Thursday afternoon and Thursday night,
Mostly cloudy with a good (50%) chance of rain and a bit cooler Friday, a (40%) chance of showers at night,
A mix of clouds and sun with a (40%) chance of rain and a bit warmer Saturday, partly cloudy Saturday night,
Some AM clouds, then mostly sunny and a bit warmer Sunday afternoon.
snow level above 8,000 ft. Thursday, 7,500 ft. Thursday night, 7,500 ft. rising to above 8,000 ft. Friday afternoon, above 8,000 ft. Friday night and Saturday, free air freezing level 14,000 ft. rising to 15,000 ft. late Saturday night, then 15,000 ft. Sunday.
highs 54-62 lows 37-42.

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