Man. Our rules were "No fire, no cooking unless it's the microwave, no more than 2 friends over at once, and no calls from the police"
And that was STRICT!
I read that article too. The idea is that the abundance of green spaces helps stabilize the air and reinforces the heat dome causing the storms to lose energy and either push around or dissipate.
You have 2 options, broadly speaking.
1. let them work it out. Maybe add more separation time and see if people chill out before combining them.
2. Keep 'em separated.
My experience over the last 45 years is that once we hit about 108 to 110, the ground surface pushes so much heat out that only the strongest storms can push in. Otherwise they just slide along the edges of the heat islands and stay out in the desert. I'm hopeful but not expecting anything in...
Yeah, they will slow down on feed when it's super hot. I also don't feed scratch in hot months. My rationale is that the corn is harder to process, requiring more energy to digest, which means more heat generated. Is it a lot? No, probably miniscule all things considered, but when it's over 105...