OK, now it is hot.....(or I am a wimp)

[Bob R]

Lat 47 35 114N (49 00 00N is the Canadian border)
Long 117 40 687W

0028Z

Temp 100 degrees F/ 37.8 degrees C/ 310.9 degrees Kelvin

Man it is hot, I know a lot of you guys are used to it, and I am officially now a wimp when it gets hot.

I have been finishing up my man cave, baseboards, crown moulding, caulk and cutting a piece of wood for my safe to rest on. A lot of this has been outside and I am not to fond of working outside in this heat.

What happened? Am I no longer used to the heat? I had no problems growing up in SW Oklahoma, being stationed in Diego Garcia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Djibouti and other such garden spots around the world. Even the hot, humid jungle of the PI didn't feel like this.

I guess I will sit in my AC house and wait for this to pass over. It usually does in a week or two and then we get back to more normal temps.

Even the kids in the neighborhood are staying in today, which is actually a blessing, Noisy little people .

Well, I am sure by the time I shovel 80 inches or so of snow this winter, I will look back on this with longing.

So, if you guys are like me, take it easy in the heat.

I wonder how many people are falling out over in Seattle today, they have Sea Fair going on and the Blue Angels are in town. At least over here we are used to some heat, there they aren't used to any!

bob

 

[jcall]

yes it is hot over here. i got off work a little early and mowed the lawn around 1030am (took about an hour) and I was wiped out. Went inside for AC, water, and nap

 

[cowboy117]

109 in Grants Pass Or. yesterday.Only 101 today.

 

[jomommy]

I'm a vet in western wa and have seen several dogs with heat stroke this past week. It doesn't take too long for the body temp to go above 106 when the outside temp is above 90.

 

[Iggy]

Between air conditioning and down insulated clothes, we have reduce our zone of comfort and survival to a more limited band.

Get out there in the sun and re acclimate yourself, then this winter run around in the snow in your undies.

C'mon, suck it up!!

You will be amazed at what it will do for you



stroke, hypothermia, frost bite...........

 

[john traveler]

None of you guys are "wimps". It's a medical fact that living in hot weather takes time become acclimated. For you folks in the sunny/cool/rainy pacific northwest, the hot stuff is new to you. Similarly, having worked and lived previously in desert climates doesn't count. The acclimatization period wears off when you return to more "normal" climate.

I remember my difficulty in surviving four Alberta winters on field engineering assingments. Belive you me, that was a tough thing for a native southern Californian to do! Talking to native Canadians that visited Camp Pendleton in summer, they thought the heat was unbearable. And this was at Oceanside, CA, with daily temperatures in the middle 80's!!!

Likewise, I used to do extended assignments in the Yuma, AZ proving grounds during summers, and it took several weeks to get used to that.

 

[samuelrp]

Hot yes, but still a beautiful day in NC .!!

 

[gunsmith11]

age has a lot too do with it also, I use to be able too handle 100 plus, but now i can only handle a five minute stay, central texas is hot and humid,,I need the A/C

 

[silvertiphp]

We just had the hottest July ever on record in Austin!!
Regards, and try not to burn up.
silvertiphp

 

[Bassamatic]

Yup, that is hot, even for the east side. I lived in Ellensburg for a couple of years back in the late sixties and it got pretty warm then as well.

 

[Wayne02]

 

[Smitty500Mag]

Anything below 100 degrees and 100% humidity in Southern Mississippi in the summer time is considered a cooling trend.

Smitty

 

[Old Corp]

Yep, it's the humidity that does me in. Much of NC has been like a sauna lately. It makes you appreciate Fall all the more......

 

[ladder13]

Has yet to hit 90 this summer in the liberal northeast

 

[Landpimp]

we in Western WA broke all the records last week, hottest day ever, hottest night ever, highest temps for a week.

hit 105 in Gig Harbor

oddly it didnt really bother me, but 85-90 never felt so "cool"