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[Osborn F Enready]

I love heat. I hate humidity + heat.

The last few days here (back) in Ohio, a sweltering 90+ degrees during the day with stupid humidity.

110 degrees in slightly off coast Northern California doesn't touch 85+ degree heat and humidity in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, etc.

Ack, the humanity..... Why did I come home from Idaho/Montana area again?

[Mia]

Back to life. Back to Reality. Sorry 'bout that! What's the weather in Montana like in the summer?

[Chris]

Quote by: GodBlessAmerica To run my 4 ton AC a month would be $300, but I also left one AC in the wall and that is left on mostly when I am home and it takes care of a lot at only $30 and uses less energy which is good for the environment and neighbors around me. :-)

thats good news. We must all do our part.

Power saving light bulbs, recycling. whatever it may be.

Good job GBA

Yea when it comes to helping the environment, most people just think of tree huggers, but they should realize that doing your part can also save you money.

But yeah, its going to be hot again today We shall see if we get to over 100.

[Autolykos]

One of the nice things about living by the beach is that the ocean moderates the temperature. Even down here in Florida.

I feel for you guys, though. I'm originally from south-western Pennsylvania, and in the summer I would work as a lifeguard at a local pool. Usually around the beginning of August, temperatures would be 90+ degrees for 1-2 weeks. At that point, we shortened our rotation from 30 minutes to 20 or 15 minutes. Even then, though, it was hellish. Like Bishop, I had sweat just pouring down my face (and everywhere else) and had to drink water constantly. It *had* to be water, too -- nothing else would do the job. Of course, when I wasn't sitting in a chair, you can imagine where I was. That's one nice thing about working at a pool.

Anyways, hope things cool off up there soon.

- Rob

[bishop]

when it's balls out, there's nothing else i'd rather have than water to be honest.. feels like anything with flavor or sugar is too heavy or something.. had fun waiting extra long for the bus this morning.. standing/hiding in the shade, gotta love the streams of sweat rolling down your spine - making you forget all about that morning shower you just took a few minutes ago.

man.. when it finally rains again, i hope it rains for a week straight. maybe even continuously until fall.

[dreamer]

link.http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/07/1...cnn_topstories

Scores of communities Monday reported temperatures of more than 100 degrees: Redding, California, about 160 miles north of Sacramento, reached 110 degrees; Grand Junction in western Colorado hit 101 degrees; Russell, Kansas, hit 108 degrees.

Its hot in england to .link .http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5189822.stm

A union has called for workers to be allowed to dress more casually, as temperatures reach record levels. The TUC believes air conditioning could be turned down or even turned off if there was a more relaxed dress code. It was the hottest day of the year on Monday with 32.7C (90.9F) recorded at Heathrow Airport in London. The BBC Weather Centre said it expected London temperatures to reach 37C (99F) on Wednesday, beating the July record of 36C (97F) in Epsom, Surrey, in 1911.

Never drank so much water.
Dreamer

[bishop]

[Samildanach]

You just need some air conditioned clothes.

http://web-japan.org/trends/science/sci050810.html

[Scribbler1]

It might be a good idea to buy a few battery operated fans and extra batteries too. If you are familiar with them, the power companies institute what are known as "rolling blackouts" where they shut off the power to whole areas during peak usage times to keep the system from totally shutting down.

If that happens you will be VERY glad to have those little fans, and maybe a plant mister for your face too.

[belverron]

Unchaining the outside chairs at work today was miserable. It shouldn't be that miserable at 5 in the morning.

[Sonart]

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Quote by: |Chris| You all should go see "An inconvenient truth" cause it makes you wonder. Co2 levels... temperature rises... record heat waves... deaths in Europe.

Discovery Channel :: Global Warming: What You Need To Know


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[bishop]

i heard that after a bit of time, gore becomes extremely boring to watch..

i'm sure the show has its interesting moments of course.. if i did see it, it would be purely for additional (and possibly unnecessary) info - since i've already read enough on the topic of global warming to be convinced that it's real.

[brien]

Quote by: bishop holy sh*t is it hot over here... my walk across the street this morning resulted in streams of sweat pouring down my face. everyone else waiting for the bus headed for the cover that the tree provided from the beaming sun.. i don't do well at all in the heat, especially in the sun (i'm easily susceptible to heat stroke)... by the time i got home, i ended up passing out cold for at least 2 hours.. didn't intentionally sleep that long - the heat killed me today. tomorrow's supposed to be worse than today.. maybe the entire rest of the week will be this bad.. my a/c's just barely managing to keep the room somewhat comfortable. i also hear that the entire state of ny has an air quality warning in effect.

This weather forces me to think how the people, particularly in the southern US and the inner cities, survived before the 1950's and the advent of AC. Then, I begin to think we have so become accustomed to creature comforts that we complain when we have to bear that which our ancestors lived with as a natural order of events with regard to the weather.

Have we become a race of whimps?

Not that I don't include myself. I have to turn on the AC when the temps rise above 90 F. My second floor office lost its AC yesterday as I dripped my way through the day until I could replace the window AC.

My weekends are spent on the RI beaches in 90 degree heat and 70 degree water that is crystal clear. Diving and swimming with the immature stripped bass helps me understand the silent world below the surface of the earth's water. Sleeping without AC in the camper on the beach is quite comfortable with the nights dipping into the mid 60's F. It ain't a bad life afterall. This helps me stay comfortable and also helps me to forget my earthly troubles, even if only for a few days at a time.

But just how in the hell did they survive it before 1950?

[bishop]

i'll admit that i'm definitely a wimp when it comes to the heat - hence why i have very little interest moving to warmer areas.

my current apartment's pure balls, cuz i don't get ANY cross-current breeze. talk about the misery of sitting in a rain forest where you can't even catch a breeze. add to that getting to spend your weekends doing homework for grad school, while sweating your ass off..

heh, but i digress... i suppose they just had to sweat their asses off before air conditioning was invented.. must've sucked to be them imo..

(a similar question could've been asked to people who came to rely on electricity in the 1950's... not too long before that, there was no juice at all.)

[brien]

Quote by: bishop i'll admit that i'm definitely a wimp when it comes to the heat - hence why i have very little interest moving to warmer areas. my current apartment's pure balls, cuz i don't get ANY cross-current breeze. talk about the misery of sitting in a rain forest where you can't even catch a breeze. add to that getting to spend your weekends doing homework for grad school, while sweating your ass off.. heh, but i digress... i suppose they just had to sweat their asses off before air conditioning was invented.. must've sucked to be them imo.. (a similar question could've been asked to people who came to rely on electricity in the 1950's... not too long before that, there was no juice at all.)

Yeah One of my favorite plays is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof set in the pre AC Mississippi. Also A Street Car Named Desire set in pre AC N' Orlins. Williams set these plays in a steaming hot atmosphere to further make his points of torrid emotions enhanced through torrid weather.

I remember well growing up in the 50's, we had no AC. Fortunately I grew up 2 blocks from the ocean and it provided relief in lieu of the AC.

Not knowing how many sq ft your apartment is, a 6500 BTU AC is only $129.00 This would adaquately cool two rooms. Even a 5000 BTU would cool the bedroom and you and the fiance' could spend more time there.

I had to buy one for the office yesterday. The 5200 BTU cost only $89.00

We have become so soft in our creature comforts.

[bishop]

i have 2 in the apartment... a 4000 btu wall unit in the bedroom.. and, a portable 12000 btu unit in the living room (these are the kinds where you just stick hoses out of the window while the a/c sits on your floor)..

the one in the bedroom was a free hand-me-down from my parents.. the other one cost $400 at bj's. i like it a lot better than wall units personally.. plus, the nice thing about it is that it can also work as a space heater, and a humidifier.. and, unlike most internal units, i don't have to periodically empty the tray of water condensation every couple hours - this bad boy just shoots the vapor out of the window through the 2nd tube.

definitely more expensive than the wall units, but i think it's been worth it. nice and strong, and really quiet.. not sure how it does with energy, but it isn't breaking my bank, so...

[Sonart]

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Quote by: bishop i heard that after a bit of time, gore becomes extremely boring to watch..

So? Would you prefer Michael Moore? Besides, this isn't Gore's program. It's a Discovery Channel television special, hosted by Tom Brokaw. You can watch it again on Saturday, July 29 at 2 pm, and again, Sunday, July 30 at 10 am.

Gore's movie is playing in theatres.


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[Chris]

Hit 97 today

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KBNA.html

[Chris]

Yes Time Magazine did a study and the only people who are not convinced GWarming is real and caused by humans are holdouts - a minority

[GodBlessAmerica]

The United States lowest temperature of all time was.
U.S. (excl. Alaska) Rogers Pass, Mont. Jan. 20, 1954 –70
In the World it was.
World (Antarctica) Vostok July 21, 1983 –129

The United States highest temperature of all time was.
North America (U.S.) Death Valley, Calif. July 10, 1913 134
In the World it was.
World (Africa) El Azizia, Libya Sept. 13, 1922 136