Hot! And it's only June!

[Greyman50]

Been over 100 here with heat index, way better than cold, my “ arthur” likes it hot. This heat is reminding me of Vietnam.

 

[pharmer]

Local forecast until mid-October: "High of 96*, humidity 99%, chance of afternoon showers." Perfect concrete pouring weather. Once your clothes are sweat soaked any breeze feels cool. Joe

 

[oldbrownhat]

I will take bitter cold over oppressive heat any day.

I'd take "normal" over either, but that seems to be unavailable now.

 

[ladder13]

When you have no choice it’s easy, eh?

100+ car pileups?

We have “halfbacks” in NC. Folks who moved from the tundra to FL, thought it was too hot, and moved to NC or TN.

I see no mass migration to the tundra.

 

[Cdog]

I’m located a few miles north of I20 west of Atlanta. It was 97° when I arrived home yesterday afternoon at 5:30.

The heat and humidity was atrocious, and even though the sky looked bright and friendly you knew danger could come anytime. As nightfall approached the hue was turning green. My wife and I both knew what was likely on tap.

Just after 9 pm the sky illuminated and the house trembled with thunder. Wasn't long before the wind and the rain set in.

It’s a pattern that happens here most every year. As Warden Ross posted, it's began awfully early.

 

[WardenRoss]

We had a thunderstorm last evening. So, the humidity was horrible this morning. We hit the field early but by 0800, Quigley went into what I call "heat-control" mode.

He sprints about 50 yards, squats, and waits for me to catch up, regulating/conserving his energy output. He was glad to return to the hacienda and jump into his kiddie pool.

Y'all stay cool, if ya can!

 

[oldbrownhat]

When you have no choice it’s easy, eh?

Perhaps, but the estimated 650 people who died here in BC last year due to the "heat dome" might say otherwise.

They're not expecting another one this year, but there is a lot of concern over the extremes of weather we're experiencing. A recent article here recommended changes to the building codes to require cooling as well as heating, but acknowledged that it could only practically be applied to new construction, with perhaps rebates for people doing renovations as it's simply impractical to upgrade hundreds of thousands of older buildings. A geothermal earth exchange system is probably the most effective way to go as they are energy efficient, but not cheap to install.

 

[oldbrownhat]

As to "normal not being available now", I just got an email from my friend Barb, who is in Calgary, Alberta, for her mother's 95th birthday:

"Non stop Torrential rains and unbelievably scary never ending high winds from Monday morning right through to late this afternoon. Flooding some underpasses and many uprooted or broken trees all over Calgary. Crazy!"
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Someone here has the sig line, "Expect the unexpected." Yup- we're doing that.

 

[zeke]

After a rather cold spring, It's supposed to get up to 95 by mon. 90's up here is not common, although we had a week of it last year. Heat is alot easier to take if you are acclimated to it. -20's and -30's in the winter does not acclimate ya to it.

 

[ladder13]

I was in SD touring the national parks a couple summers ago. It was 90-100 every day for a week, hotter than back home, but it was dry .

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

It's been a strange year weatherwise. Been running hot and cold since March.

John

 

[Cdog]

I'm thinking that outside of a dedicated "Fossil & Geezers" forum we have the highest percentage of members that grew up without air conditioning.

It was considered a luxury item in cars and homes. I used to go to a local air conditioned drugstore soda fountain and the movie theatre and think "this is great!" At 13 I got the job of running the concession at the theatre. It was great!

 

[Beemerguy53]

I'm thinking that outside of a dedicated "Fossil & Geezers" forum we have the highest percentage of members that grew up without air conditioning.

It was considered a luxury item in cars and homes. I used to go to a local air conditioned drugstore soda fountain and the movie theatre and think "this is great!" At 13 I got the job of running the concession at the theatre. It was great!

I grew up in a rowhouse in Baltimore that had been built around 1918. Oil-fired furnace with radiators for heat...and no, no air conditioning.

Every spring my father would install the window fan in the front bedroom window to draw air through the house. It would cool the house down as the night progressed, but of course did nothing about the humidity.

To this day, I can remember lying in bed, sweaty and clammy, trying to sleep...

 

[Never_fall]

It will be damn hot all summer, I guess...

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

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[Rustyt1953]

 

[Rustyt1953]

We have a cold front moving in. Gonna have to break out my footies.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Make it stop!

 

[lihpster]

Make it stop!

My friends from AZ would be laughing at you. If they weren't on vacation in Alaska.