Post by: Mrious_be on July 19, 2006, 01:16:33 PM
In Belgium we had our record today of 36C or 97F (official, so this means you can add some more to it).
It's bad and i don't think i could stand this to long
My head feels crushed by the heat alone and even my mac dvd player doesn't want to play anymore (he does read cd's, but no dvd's anymore... is it cause of the heat?).
How does everyone cope with it?
Belgium (and the rest of Europe) only begins to feel the benefit of having Airco installed.
Even stores don't always have them, and when they have them they are ill equiped and most of the time can not handle the amount of space that they have to cool down.
The only good thing that we seems to have is that our subway systems have a natural cooling system (have no idea how they do it, but it's really cool down there).
Post by: Frances144 on July 19, 2006, 01:47:56 PM
Sorry to be unhelpful, but the hottest it gets here is 20 degrees - not very hot really and we are part of the UK!
Post by: gunug on July 19, 2006, 02:03:31 PM
I hate it when this happens!
Post by: Epaminondas on July 19, 2006, 04:20:56 PM
Considering the humidity and the lack of wind, they say it feels more like 103.
How do we handle it?
We go shopping for cars!
I don't know why but she seems to be favouring lighter colours today.
One simple concept in regard to the heat: thirst lags need.
If you are in the heat, or if you are going to be in the heat, drink well before you feel that you need to.
People who succumb to heatstroke are generally those who did not adhere to this simple rule.
Note that even if well-hydrated, people can get still get heatstroke - particularly if overactive in the heat and/or obese.
Drink up -
Epaminondas
Post by: Xairbusdriver on July 19, 2006, 05:15:46 PM
2. Try to do any outside work as early in the day as possible.
3. Keep plenty of water and sgade available for outside animals.
4. Try to park car in shade!
5. Stay inside.
6. Wear loose clothing, and little of it.
7. Do NOT shop for cars ( or anything else, OFF-line )! Those cars sitting on the paved lots are like a mobile kiln!
:sweat: You can get second degree burns on your hand just opening the door! Ouch!101° offcially at Elvis' house. Even with the breeze, it "feels like" 108°. Just in case you didn't feel 'warm' enough, the weather bureau kindly gives us a "Heat Index"!
Post by: Frances144 on July 19, 2006, 05:18:00 PM
http://www.northisles-weather.co.uk/
Post by: Epaminondas on July 19, 2006, 06:18:51 PM
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Try to park car in shade!
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Do NOT shop for cars ( or anything else, OFF-line )!
Au contraire.
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Those cars sitting on the paved lots are like a mobile kiln! You can get second degree burns on your hand just opening the door! Ouch!
First degree burns, AirBusDriver. First degree burns
You really shouldn't exaggerate.
Nothing some ice and a little love won't cure in time.
We started off well hydrated to begin with - and we started off cool from the air conditioning in our car and from the air conditioning in the dealer's showroom.
The cars we were looking at - parked in full sunlight - were running only about 160 degrees Fahrenheit inside (71 degrees C) – give or take a bit.
Our routine was for Milady to jump inside and start-er-up - turn on the air-conditioning - then the salesman and I would both join her.
Ladys always go first.
Mama brought her sons up right!
Upon questioning, Milady seems to have come to a number of conclusions from the exercise:
(1) White/cream vehicles with light interiors are much cooler and more comfortable than any other colour vehicles she has encountered.
(2) Black and midnight blue vehicles and dark interiors are for the hopelessly insane.
(3) Even lighter colours, while cooler than dark colours, are significantly hotter than white/cream.
(4) For comfort, cloth beats the heck out of leather.
I could have told her these things in a moment - but I thought it best for her to puzzle it out for herself.
Girls learn so much better that way.
The best time to shop for a car is in the heat or in the cold - each tells a person about the sort of things he or she will experience with the car at its extremes.
Oh - no burns touching the door handles. Complaints about the heat and a couple of yelps here and there when her bare leg touched a hot leather seat. On the other hand - she does seem to have become much more modest about entering and leaving vehicles . . . ever so much more lady-like. So it has been a good experience for her.
I have noticed that her dress - a light cotton thing - becomes plastered to her back by the time she exits at the end of each ride.
I confess that I have come to like the effect . . .
My job is to see that she maintains hydration and to ask the occasional question.
And to always – always - encourage.
Best regards,
Epaminondas
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How hot was it?
It was so hot that planes coming in to land at Sky Harbor International Airport were buffeted by turbulence - a result, a pilot said, of heat rising from the desert floor.
Post by: Paddy on July 19, 2006, 08:20:58 PM
Today was glorious - topped out at about 80, much less humidity and sunny with a pleasant breeze.
Post by: kimmer on July 19, 2006, 08:42:26 PM
One year ago we were sweltering in 110-degree furnaces. Now we put on a light jacket and enjoy the light breeze and temps in the 60's. AhhhThis afternoon we had to head inland. It was a reminder of what we moved from as it was 99 at 2pm, and climbing. We beat-foot it home as fast as our car could peddle.
LOL @ Epaminondas' car shopping story. Back in 2004, Sneakers and I went car shopping - on a lark - in the 116-degree heat. I don't know why. I think we were suffering from heat burn out or something.
Anyhow, we sat in this lovely little VW Passat. Teal in color, beige leather interior. Seats were hot enough to burn one's backside. Sneakers started car, hit a/c, and salesman did his thing. I was playing around with buttons and such (the car has a bazillion of them), and turned one to "2" and asked the salesman what the button was for. He was new, but was sure that it was for the a/c. Well, I wanted all the cool air I could get, so I set it up to "3" and off we went on a test drive. Shortly, I am glistening with dew (I'm my mother's daughter and I don't sweat). Soon the back of my shirt is stuck to me, my hair is drenched, I'm feeling sick and Sneakers and the salesman are both blathering on about the GREAT a/c in the car. I thought they were both nuts, but one look at Sneakers showed me that he wasn't sweating.
The salesman appeared quite comfortable as well.I was seriously thinking I might be having a heart attack or something. We finally got back to the dealer and I was out of the car faster than a jack rabbit. I flew inside and had glass after glass after glass of water. When Sneakers came in, I said no way were we buying that car -- the a/c was junk on the passengers side and I wasn't about to be that miserable all summer.
Okay. He was disappointed, but salesman said give him a minute and he'd have service check it out.
Of course, y'all have probably figured out by now that the button I turned on was the heater for seat, and while that a/c was cranking full bore, and the temp outside was that balmy 116, I had the seat set for toasty warm and was literally baking myself.
It's funny now, but it wasn't funny then.
We bought the car, and I must admit, here on the central coast of Oregon I sure do enjoy that heated seat. HAHAHA!
Post by: Paddy on July 19, 2006, 10:59:29 PM
The minute I saw that you had posted to this thread, Kimmer, I knew what you were going to say - "I moved to the Oregon coast!"
Actually, even the Willamette Valley (Corvallis) is much more bearable in the summer than MA. Even though it can go to 100 during the day in a heatwave, it ALWAYS cools off at night - the wind comes up at 5 p.m. or so, and the temperature drops 30 degrees or so. And it's nowhere near as humid as MA! I loved OR in the summer, and even the gray winters didn't bother me that much - not when the roses were still bloomng in November (December one year!) and the camellias started up at the end of January - to be followed by 6 weeks of glorious daffodils. Nothing like the blink-and-you-miss-it spring we so often get here in the northeast.
Post by: RHPConsult on July 20, 2006, 12:47:16 AM
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First degree burns, AirBusDriver. First degree burns
Have you ever worked in, say, Phoenix in mid-August, Epaminondas? If so, weren't you just a tad curious why most of the locals have kitchen pot holders attached to their key chains for the unfortunate circumstance of having had their cards parked in the open during mid-day hours.
I recall "resting" in the shade of a 8" light standard, for a moment, during a walk between the two terminals at Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport, TEMP = 114 degF.
But, of course, I was younger then!
Post by: Highmac on July 20, 2006, 01:37:05 AM
Frances: considering how small our island kingdom is, it's remarkable how varied the weather can be. Multimap puts Lerwick at 760 miles from Nuneaton; the 27 hours travel time it estimates of course includes 17 hours on the ferry from Scrabster. That's only 10mph - presumably it has to serve several Orkney and Shetland islands on the way?
I love Multimap: Instruction No 36 says Board Ferry for 169.2miles at 01.09 followed immediately by a message: "That's around 2 hours of driving, it's time for a break. Be sure to find a safe place to stop".
Hello!!! WE'RE STUCK ON A FERRY FOR 17 HOURS...
Hottest Caroline and I ever experienced was on Rhodes a couple of years back when it officially hit 45C/113F. Beautiful island, but we're not going back there in July again
Epaminondas: Sounds like you're actually enjoying searching for a car... must be the effects of the heat
Post by: jcarter on July 20, 2006, 07:34:58 AM
Biking is done early in the morning. And an evening walk is nice too.
We dont do much in the way of work in the middle of the day, or at least for very long.
Or being out in an unshaded boat for very long.
Nice lightning storms recently!
Or our shady back yard with a tall glass of iced tea. Its hot upstairs where the sun hits the house, but we havent bothered with the AC yet.
Our cat heads for the cellar which is very cool and comfortable, with the dehumid machine running. We leave the door open for him.
With the unusual record setting rainfall that we have had in the last 6 weeks, our flower gardens are spectacular. Just hanging out in our gardens is great.
How about joining us and our grandkids for a water-fight in the back yard, with our water cannons? Even the dogs join in for a while. Fill up the dog's plastic wading tubs and have at it.
The local grocery stores sure have their AC on way too cold for me anyway.
Thats whats going on around here.
We are waiting for a tropical storm to brush our coast soon, Beryl. High surf and rain, and winds perhaps up to 60K.
Jane
Post by: Gregg on July 20, 2006, 07:44:26 AM
Post by: gunug on July 20, 2006, 07:44:46 AM
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/9544070/detail.html
"Firefighters said the temperature on top of the tower was about 125 degrees."
OUCH!
Post by: Highmac on July 20, 2006, 08:03:49 AM
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BRITAIN was hotter than Hell yesterday -and that's official. Temperatures in the town of Hell - 60 miles west of Detroit, Michigan, in the US - was cooler (sic) than most of the UK, hitting just 26C (78.8F) at midday local time.
Post by: MacHeadCase on July 20, 2006, 08:40:37 AM
QUOTE(gunug @ Jul 19 2006, 03:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Right now in Topeka, Kansas where I work it's supposed to be 101º F (converting to 38.3333333º C ) and what I do is force water and I try to take as cold a shower as I can run when I get up and when I go to sleep in order to lower my core temperture. I'm trying to adjust my duties so as to stay out of the non air conditioned buildings as much as possible.
I hate it when this happens!
I hate it when this happens!
Whoah! Cool pict!
Well I hate to say it* but air conditioning, no question about it. In Montreal if you don't have air conditioning you die. We got ourselves two units for our apartment, one that takes care of the front part of the apartment the other the back and, most importantly the bedroom because trying to sleep in sweltering heat is impossible.
We used to try to sleep with a fan on but it gets so hot and humid that the fan feels just like a blender moving around hot air in an oven.
We sometimes get temps as high as 40C with humidity factor. Two years ago we had three weeks where we hit regularly the 43 to 46C marks (with humidity factor). Needless to say we were very happy with the air conditioning...
* Air conditioning is bad for the environment...
Post by: gunug on July 20, 2006, 09:28:04 AM
Post by: Mrious_be on July 20, 2006, 09:58:00 AM
Post by: MacHeadCase on July 20, 2006, 10:11:37 AM
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MHC - I was looking for a good comic picture of a melted ice cream cone but this looked better than most of them!
Indeed it is!
Post by: sandbox on July 20, 2006, 10:24:23 AM
One would notice the difference in the speed people move-about from let's say .....New England and Florida. Moving slowly, even in the sun, helps tremendously.
In this part of the world 93 degrees is maximum,Gulf water temps are about 90 today. If the wind is off the water the humidity is about 70%, off the land the humidity would be about 55%.
The heat index here is close to 100 for about 5 months out of the year. Away from the water the heat index will raise to 110.
Air Conditioning is a absolute necessity for sleeping, at least for me. Many folks don't use it here which can cost $150 per month to operate.
Use fans, and sit quietly, cool your house down at night: Follow Paddy's advice,
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so if we've managed to get the house cool overnight (opening windows, running fans, running whole house fan which sucks air up into the attic) we close it down in the morning as soon as the temp. outdoors exceeds that indoors.
If you have no air conditioner use a dehumidifier and fans.
Post by: RHPConsult on July 20, 2006, 11:55:58 AM
Now, how was it that we survived in those days? Just Do It, I guess.
A later PS:
I recall reading about life in New York City in the 19th century - w/400,000 horses on the streets. Contemplate that image, in temps over 95 or a hundred?
Not a pretty sight or smell, as the writer noted . . . (the waste products of equine metabolism - my choice of terms) would quickly dry and be pounded into dust by succeeding phalanxes of horses negotiating the streets. Dust that had to go somewhere!
Whew! And yet the City survived and flourished.
- - -
A further, later, PS:
Today in weather history - July 20
1934
The temperature at Keokuk IA soared to 118 degrees to establish a state record.
1988
The temperature at Redding CA soared to an all-time record high of 118 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms produced much needed rains from New England to southern Texas. Salem IN was deluged with 7.2 inches of rain resulting in flash flooding.
Post by: Epaminondas on July 20, 2006, 12:07:42 PM
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Have you ever worked in, say, Phoenix in mid-August, Epaminondas?
If so, weren't you just a tad curious why most of the locals have kitchen pot holders attached to their key chains for the unfortunate circumstance of having had their cards parked in the open during mid-day hours.
If so, weren't you just a tad curious why most of the locals have kitchen pot holders attached to their key chains for the unfortunate circumstance of having had their cards parked in the open during mid-day hours.
Neat!
Thanks for the image.
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Kimmer - enjoyed your story - I could see it coming - I saw the dials for the heated seats on the Subaru Outback and went thorough the same question to the salesman as you did - but in our case, he informed us that they were for the heated seats and we gave the dials a wide berth.
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Epaminondas: Sounds like you're actually enjoying searching for a car... must be the effects of the heat
She's a sweetheart.
It's hard to describe.
She's a magnet and I'm metal.
I just seem to like being with her.
And getting all hot and sweaty, well - that's not all that bad, either.
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Growing up in the Old South, prior to air conditioning.
How to keep cool:
Windows open during the cooler night, closed in the warmth of the morning.
Those 12-foot ceilings had a real purpose - they were natural air-conditioning. The hot air rises and the cool air sinks - a ten-twenty degree temperature difference. You are cool at no cost. You do not want ceiling fans going it this situation - it destroys the effect.
Cool plaster - not modern garbageboard - walls.
And, of course - the old oaks in the yard.
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Currently in our modern-built (1970's) house:
We avoid hiding out in the house during hot weather.
We would feel trapped. We enjoy the outside - Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring.
A half hour walk each day, every day - no excuses.
Sun, rain, snow, whatever.
Except thunderstorms.
The keys to enjoying all sorts of weather are acclimation, hydration and appropriate clothing and activity levels.
Use air-conditioning wisely -
We tend to keep the air conditioning running at relatively high temperatures - not at an absolute temperature but, ideally, at 5 or 10 degrees cooler than the outside air. This pulls the humidity out of the inside air without making you feel like you are living in a refrigerator divorced from the outside environment. It does make things much more comfortable because in a dry environment your body can cool itself - the phrase "it ain't the heat, it's the humidity" is very true - a dry 80 degree house is effectively much, much cooler than a humid 80 degree house.
We wear lightweight and light coloured breathable 100% cotton clothing - shorts and t-shirt for me while Milady prefers a light skirt or dress. I do keep a large 100% cotton towel on my chair (an old habit from non-air-conditioned times in hotter houses).
Inside temperature is currently 82 degrees Fahrenheit (I just checked) and is quite comfortable - that is about as high as we let it go. 85 degrees does not really work - even when it is 100 outside - but then, we are not Tuscon Arizona types. 80 inside degrees is nice and cool to us. 75 degrees inside is cold to us.
We each keep a jacket in the car for restaurants and supermarkets in the summer - they can seem downright cold to us.
The result of all this is that we do not end up so refrigerated that the outside seems like an oven to us. Instead, going outside is not like opening the door into a sauna - we just notice the humidity difference more than the temperature difference. Like walking into a jungle. So we can still enjoy the outdoors, even in very warm weather. Going briskly walking outside in humid 90-95 degree weather as we have been doing lately - that sort of thing.
We do our daily walk from 9-10 in the morning when it is a bit cooler than 100 degrees and the UV is still mild to moderate. Straw sun hats plus amber sunglasses (avoid blue, green or grey sunglasses). Fill up on water in the hour prior to the walk. Mild muscle/bone building exercises every other day with light weights after the walk (we are certainly "warmed-up" at that point).
Oh - this approach saves considerably not only on the electric bill but also on medical bills.
I once knew a lady who turned her heat up to eighty in the winter and the air-conditioning down to 65 in the summer.
Why did she do it?
Because she could.
One thing I noted - she could not stand being outside.
Poor thing.
I decided then to experiment with the opposite approach - and it has worked out very well.
And a tidbit - I always thought that outside was hottest at high noon and I would delay outside walks until afternoon - until I began to realize that it actually tends to be hottest around 3 PM. So walks were switched to morning.
Take it easy, use your head and enjoy all the changes in the weather -
Epaminondas
Post by: Mrious_be on July 20, 2006, 01:00:51 PM
QUOTE(sandbox @ Jul 20 2006, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Use fans, and sit quietly, cool your house down at night: Follow Paddy's advice,
If you have no air conditioner use a dehumidifier and fans.
If you have no air conditioner use a dehumidifier and fans.
The first one is what i do actually
But the dehumidifier is another problem for me.
Since i have a bad head, that gives me a headache by everything that is just a little out of the normal (gasses, sound, bad air for whatever reason, etc) i can not use a dehumdifier.
Actually, when i feel there's no good air here than i have to use a humidifier in the night, or in the mornings i'm certain to wake up with headache
Post by: gunug on July 20, 2006, 01:12:26 PM
Post by: Mrious_be on July 20, 2006, 01:13:15 PM
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(http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/users/43c34212za0cfc529/325d/__sr_/832cscd.jpg?phgr8vEBtZDdFj63
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Something wrong there
I think it only works when the url is actually ending with .jpg or .gif (?).
Yours have a bunch of characters behind that.
I tried it manual but i didn't had permision to access that page.
Post by: gunug on July 20, 2006, 01:37:26 PM
But it does help to think about things like this! I found this at the NOAA website:
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/corps/images/corp1417.jpg
Post by: jcarter on July 20, 2006, 03:44:19 PM
Seems the lake water is cooler than the ocean today.
Swim! Thats the way to beat the heat!
Jane
Post by: kimmer on July 21, 2006, 12:18:32 PM
QUOTE(Paddy @ Jul 19 2006, 08:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The minute I saw that you had posted to this thread, Kimmer, I knew what you were going to say - "I moved to the Oregon coast!"
Actually, even the Willamette Valley (Corvallis) is much more bearable in the summer than MA. Even though it can go to 100 during the day in a heatwave, it ALWAYS cools off at night - the wind comes up at 5 p.m. or so, and the temperature drops 30 degrees or so...
Ah, you know me too well. The only cool spot in Oregon right now is the coast. Corvallis and all are sweltering, and it's not cooling off at night. The heat from Idaho and such is traveling westward and baking the state.
Here on the coast we are preparing for the *hoards* of visitors expected to hit our shores. I bet we'll see camping on the beach, tents in parking lots of beaches, and people EVERYWHERE. Long time locals (Sneakers and I are now considered "locals") tell us that this will likely be worse than the 4th of July weekend. Sneakers and I are planning to stick really close to home, because 4th of July we could hardly get down our hill!
QUOTE(RHPConsult @ Jul 20 2006, 09:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Growing-up in downstate Illinois in the 1930s, the ONLY air conditioning available other than Chicago (125 miles) was in the local movie house. I still remember the sign" Cooled by Refrigeration
Now, how was it that we survived in those days? Just Do It, I guess.
Now, how was it that we survived in those days? Just Do It, I guess.
I remember summers like that in Illinois -- and I'm talking the 50's and 60's. No a/c, just lots of water, iced tea, popscicles and sittin' in the shade of a tree. Afternoons we got to go to the local "Aquacenter" for an hour! Whoo-Hoo! We seldom got to go to the indoor movies - it was family plan at the outdoor with nature's temps.
Somehow we all survived, and had fun doing it -- but not sure I want to do it again.
Right now it's 66-degrees, with humidity at 68%. Our high over the next 3 days is 68 each day. Should be loverly.
Those of you in the heat, drink the water, dress in comfortable cotton and take it as easy as you can.
Post by: Mrious_be on July 21, 2006, 12:52:02 PM
Post by: kcourt on July 21, 2006, 01:04:48 PM
for the wonderful cooling picture. It helps.I have had my air conditioning on constantly for about three weeks - I hate to get my bill. They just announced today that they are raising our electric rates (for the third time this year). Wow, between the high gas prices and the high electricity bills, I will probably be living out on the street - and not to cool off either!
I do try to wear all cotton as it absorbs the perspiration a lot better - I'll stay away from the synthetics until it cools off.
Usually we have a real nice breeze on our hill, but the air has been very still, even at night (when it used to cool off).
Enough of this - I think I will go sit in the refrigerator for a while to cool off!
Kathy
Post by: Gregg on July 22, 2006, 10:55:34 AM
Post by: jcarter on July 22, 2006, 12:27:28 PM
Sad, but true, a neighbour's boxer died of a heart attack last week when it was so hot here. She was not a young dog, and didnt seem distressed at the time. But she was outside in the yard with the kids playing, when it happened. She always had access to the wading pool, and to come indoors, but she just wanted to be out with the children, and it must have been too much.
It is so very important to realize that dogs feel the heat and humidity a lot more than humans, its more difficult for them to cool themselves. They dont sweat, and panting is not enough if its really hot. Never let the dog exercise a lot in hot weather. Always keep at least 2 water dishes nearby, and keep them clean and full. Add ice several times during the day. And give the dog a chance to play in the sprinkler, swim, or get wet somehow. Most of our neighbours have the wading pools for their kids and dogs, and fill them clean daily.
Most of all, if you have AC in the house, let the dog sleep in that room.
Another important consideration, dogs like Boxers or Pugs, with the truncated faces, do have slightly more difficulty breathing, so we must be extra careful with them.
My other neighbour with a white Boxer, lets her play in the hose or the outside shower(on cold) anytime when when the weather is hot.
Jane
edit/add, Forgot to say, that when its really hot, keep the dog indoors. I know thats hard when the kids are out and playing, thats where the dog wants to be, but if its cooler in the house and the AC is on, make him stay inside for a while.
Post by: kimmer on July 22, 2006, 01:07:06 PM
Take them in the store - the store with the a/c running. The store with the water fountain.
I will never, ever understand people who do stuff like this.
All over Oregon night time lows were high enough to bust records. Even here on the coast we stayed warmish. It rained around 8pm, and that trapped in the warmer air. It was muggy, muggy, muggy. My first visit with this and it reminded me of Chicago when I was a kid.
OTOH, the sunset was spectactular as it set behind the incoming fog and clouds. Gotta get a decent digital camera so I can take pics.
Post by: D76 on July 22, 2006, 01:29:12 PM
QUOTE(kimmer @ Jul 22 2006, 02:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
. . . some stupid mom left her two sons locked in the car while she went shopping in Target.
What happened to the kids?Last week in Toronto, a mother and her daughter left the grandmother in the back seat while they went shopping. The temperature inside the car was over 50C, or 122F, when the cops got her out. They arrested the witless bozos when the pair returned to the car.
The two have a laundry list of charges against them, probably including elder abuse, but the grandmother, who apparently recovered in hospital, can't go back home. Officialdom found her some other place to live, but the mother and daughter are fighting to get her back.
Post by: jcarter on July 22, 2006, 01:33:10 PM
Just Tuesday, I went into a store to report a dog left in a car. Looked out and the woman had come back quickly, all was OK. She had left the windows down, but still was too hot.
Jane
Post by: Gary S on July 22, 2006, 01:49:37 PM
With the rebates for being energy effiecient on both, we payed less for natural gas and air conditioning. I think it was a good investment.
I had heat stoke about 15 years ago and I can't take the heat anymore so when it gets hot I turn on the air.
I do my outside work in the morning, wear shorts and cotton shirts and drink a lot of water.
Post by: RHPConsult on July 22, 2006, 01:52:58 PM
The low yesterday (7/21) was -108 deg F.
Now, don't you feel better?
Post by: Epaminondas on July 22, 2006, 02:07:01 PM
This was before air conditioning was common in cars.
It worked fine and all involved were happy.
Until we hit Texas.
Texas was where our 2-ply tires melted as we drove.
106 degrees.
We had two flats crossing the state before we gave in to the local garage guys' greater knowledge and bought a whole new set of (4-ply) tires. Plus a spare.
You could see my parents' pain.
But we did not change our lunch routine.
This was before the publicity on this sort of thing.
We left the dog in the car with the windows cracked about one-two inches.
It had always been fine before . . .
When we got back to the car the dog was panting to the degree that I have never seen a living dog pant.
We carried him out and he could not stand – not even enough to drink water.
We got water into him lying down.
You never saw a dog drink so much water in your life.
Eventually he got up and all was well.
He lived many more years.
A close one.
At the time we thought that we were doing everything right.
We really did.
Times change.
Oh - we changed our lunch routine.
Picnics - with the dog joining us on a leash.
Everyone was in this together.
Spot was one hell of a dog.
My old friend.
We grew up together.
Thanks for the memory -
Epaminondas
Post by: kimmer on July 22, 2006, 05:42:48 PM
QUOTE(D76 @ Jul 22 2006, 11:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What happened to the kids?
The 2 boys are apparently okay. They got them out before it was too late. Mom is under arrest.
Epaminondas, I'm glad your story had a happy ending.
Sneakers and I used to walk at night and we always timed it so that the half-way point was the park -- where we knew the time the sprinklers ran (after sunset). We'd unleash our dog and let her get soaked. There were nights I took off my shoes and socks and walked through the sprinklers with her.
Post by: RHPConsult on July 22, 2006, 07:23:54 PM
Our son has crafted a neat response to Marin County being parboiled this pm: take a round trip from San Rafael on the Golden Gate Ferry to downtown San Francisco. Maybe two RTs! If those jet trimarans can't stir up a cool breeze, there ain't one to be had! Wish that alternative was available to you all.
Like many Bay Area residents, we have no home air conditioning other than that regularly provided by Mother Nature, oh, about 351 days of the year. Our "system" consists of opening the window There really is validity to the comic's comment that "That the coldest winter I ever spent was a July in San Francisco" Another local used to observe, "You can always tell the tourists on Market Street in July. They're the ones with tee-shirts, shorts, and headcolds.
Post by: jcarter on July 22, 2006, 08:53:06 PM
She needed it, we deal. I dont like the noise of the thing anyway. (Or the elec bill)
Our grandson's dog(they live just up the street from us) has full AC in their house.
We do have plenty of breeze here on Cape Cod.
And we swim when its hot. We do have dog-friendly beaches in our town, and the public beaches are open to dogs before 0800 and after 5pm.
Keep cool and swim, and if you can't find a place to swim, have a water fight in your back yard! That is a lot of fun!
Jane
Post by: Al on July 22, 2006, 11:50:05 PM
This is what I like to do......
Post by: krissel on July 23, 2006, 01:29:47 AM
A cruise would be a nice way to cool off but this is as close as I have been...
Post by: jcarter on July 23, 2006, 07:47:52 AM
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=...W7Li9hj3SAUOS8C
Jane
Post by: kimmer on July 23, 2006, 11:19:19 AM
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Our daughter-in-law just phoned to check-up on the Olde Folks. It is really boiling on the SF Peninsula this afternoon (are you keeping notes, Kimmer? - I hesitate even to guess the temp in Vacaville right now). Over a 100 in Petaluma!
Petaluma's temp has me gasping! Good grief! Y'all are baking!!!!!!
Vacaville hit 112 yesterday. Their low was 79.6!
Supposed to be the same high today. They are under a heat advisory. Yucko. This is one of the biggest reasons we retired to cooler weather.We have fog today, currently 58, if the fog burns off we might reach the 70's. We have bazillion tourists around, all cooling off. Hwy. 1 was a solid string of cars yesterday, as were the roads into the coast. Inland from here it's in the 100's all over the place and everyone is hurting because most don't have a/c.
Those of you in the heat, stay as cool as you can, relax, read a good book, sit in the kiddy pool, hose yourself off, or follow Janes advice -- a water fight would be great.
Oh and Kris ... nice pic and pretty feet.
Post by: Steve_J on July 23, 2006, 03:33:17 PM
Was 111 Yesterday here in El Cajon, down town EC was 114. Plus humidity which we normally don't have. Do my outside work early morning or evening if it cools down. The rest of the time is spent indoors with the cats and dog. We don't turn on the AC until the house hits goes over 80. Last week the temps were mid 90s to low 100s and the house was sealed up. Windows and doors were taped and covered with plastic. Wasn't that fun. Felt sorry for the guys doing the painting. At least we could provide cold drinks.