Record Breaking Heat Wave Hits Los Angeles - Camping Out with Cat

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A record-breaking heat wave in Los Angeles reached 113°F, prompting one resident to seek refuge in a hotel with air conditioning, bringing their cat along. The discussion highlights the extreme temperatures, with some participants sharing their own experiences of heat and humidity, including a mention of Seattle's traffic as a downside to living there. The hotel stay was described as a mini vacation, complete with dining and swimming, contrasting with the oppressive heat back home. Participants also discussed air conditioning options, including portable units and the challenges of using them in smaller spaces. The conversation touched on the importance of staying cool during extreme weather and the unique experiences that come with hotel stays, such as enjoying good food and amenities. Additionally, there were humorous exchanges about the absurdity of certain situations, like the idea of living in colder climates to escape the heat.
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It was a record breaking 113 F in Los Angeles today. 99 even at the beach! I don't think I would survive the night at my place. I am camping out at a hotel with air conditioning. With my cat.

I want to live here.
 
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Eheheh. You have a lot of insulation, eh? :smile:

Not to worry.. it was 70 deg here today, but 93% humidity :frown:
 
You went to a hotel just for the air conditioning? Awesome
 
*whisper*...seattle...seattle...seattle...
 
This is great. Jelly wants me to have room service send up a bowl of tuna fish, but I said that was over the top.
 
lisab said:
*whisper*...seattle...seattle...seattle...


Or maybe the North Pole. Or the South one. Which one doesn't have penguins?
 
Luck you. It's suppose to be in the upper 30s one morning this coming weekend here.
 
Math Is Hard said:
It was a record breaking 113 F in Los Angeles today. 99 even at the beach! I don't think I would survive the night at my place. I am camping out at a hotel with air conditioning. With my cat.

I want to live here.
Good grief, that's crazy!]

I'm so glad you and jelly went to a hotel!
 
Math Is Hard said:
Or maybe the North Pole. Or the South one. Which one doesn't have penguins?

The north and complex poles don't have penguins.. But their close derivatives, the pengwuinos seem to be spreading everywhere lately.. hmm just noticed how pengwuino sounds like a guido penguin.. penguido.. pengwuino... strange. :rolleyes:
 
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Math Is Hard said:
This is great. Jelly wants me to have room service send up a bowl of tuna fish, but I said that was over the top.
Oh, come on, a nice tuna sandwich, how often does she get to go to a hotel. Live it up!
 
  • #11
Evo said:
Oh, come on, a nice tuna sandwich, how often does she get to go to a hotel. Live it up!

She's still upset that we're not at the Ritz Carlton eating tiny spoonfuls of caviar.
 
  • #12
Math Is Hard said:
She's still upset that we're not at the Ritz Carlton eating tiny spoonfuls of caviar.
With her own cat traner, cat spa, and massuese.

When is the heat wave supposed to end?
 
  • #13
It's going to be hot tomorrow, but not as [STRIKE]ridiculously[/STRIKE] ridonkulously hot as today. Wednesday the temps are supposed to start dropping into the 80s. I'll be checking out tomorrow morning.

I had dinner on the restaurant patio tonight, and watched a stunning sunset over the water. I went swimming. I had a cocktail. It's like a mini vacation. Ooh, now, I should pick a movie from the TV. Maybe "Get Him to the Greek"?
 
  • #14
Or you could listen to a John and his date doing it in the next room :biggrin:

Or do the Stewie thing to drug dealers room and yell 'he is wearing a wire!'
 
  • #15
Math Is Hard said:
It's going to be hot tomorrow, but not as [STRIKE]ridiculously[/STRIKE] ridonkulously hot as today. Wednesday the temps are supposed to start dropping into the 80s. I'll be checking out tomorrow morning.

I had dinner on the restaurant patio tonight, and watched a stunning sunset over the water. I went swimming. I had a cocktail. It's like a mini vacation. Ooh, now, I should pick a movie from the TV. Maybe "Get Him to the Greek"?
Stay another day MIH, don't go back to that sweltering apartment, the heat in the walls and floors is going to be like an oven. :cry:
 
  • #16
Math Is Hard said:
Or maybe the North Pole. Or the South one. Which one doesn't have penguins?

Yeah, you don't want to live in Seattle. They have that stuff on the roads called... what is it again... oh yes, traffic.

113 in LA is horrible! Good call on getting the hotel.
 
  • #17
Ivan Seeking said:
Yeah, you don't want to live in Seattle. They have that stuff on the roads called... what is it again... oh yes, traffic.

Unlike LA? :rolleyes:

113 is brutal!
 
  • #18
Wow. That's hot! And in late September, no less.

The hottest I ever saw in Vegas was 117, but most summer days it hovered around 104.

Good news - it's slated to be only 97 today, and all the way down to 90 tomorrow.
 
  • #19
And are you at the beach or do you need to work? :smile: It has been raining here non-stop for the past two months, I found out this morning that a mouse has taken refuge in my apartment and feasted on the trash can.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
It's going to be hot tomorrow, but not as [STRIKE]ridiculously[/STRIKE] ridonkulously hot as today. Wednesday the temps are supposed to start dropping into the 80s. I'll be checking out tomorrow morning.

I had dinner on the restaurant patio tonight, and watched a stunning sunset over the water. I went swimming. I had a cocktail. It's like a mini vacation. Ooh, now, I should pick a movie from the TV. Maybe "Get Him to the Greek"?

Jesus girl. For the money you spent on that "vacation", you could have bought a window-unit and ask a few (3) of your guys friends who are good at that sort of thing to come over and install it for you.
 
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jackmell said:
Jesus girl. For the money you spent on that "vacation", you could have bought a window-unit and ask a few (3) of your guys friends who are good at that sort of thing to come over and install it for you.
Her landlord won't allow air conditioning units to be installed.
 
  • #22
You know MIH I do remember you messing around with air conditioner designs. All you really need is just a fan and a bag of ice.

I've been thinking of designing a HEPA air filter + UV germicidal lamp + air cooling unit myself. A sort of an air conditioner that you don't hang off a window, but rather that just stays in the middle of a room. I think the total cost of parts to be around 400 bucks, but its worth a project
 
  • #23
We (UK) have portable air conditioning units which sit inside your room and you just put a flexible hose (about 6 inch diameter) out of a window (ideally you have a pre-cut hole, but for the purpose of instant cool you can just stuff it out a window). They go for around £100 - £200 so not that expensive in comparison to a hotel (although I'd hate to see your electric bill).

Do you not have such devices in the US?
 
  • #24
jarednjames said:
We (UK) have portable air conditioning units which sit inside your room and you just put a flexible hose (about 6 inch diameter) out of a window (ideally you have a pre-cut hole, but for the purpose of instant cool you can just stuff it out a window). They go for around £100 - £200 so not that expensive in comparison to a hotel (although I'd hate to see your electric bill).

Do you not have such devices in the US?
I have one of those as well, the only problem with them is where to put the unit the other 360 days of the year when it is not hot.. :rolleyes:
 
  • #25
jarednjames said:
We (UK) have portable air conditioning units which sit inside your room and you just put a flexible hose (about 6 inch diameter) out of a window (ideally you have a pre-cut hole, but for the purpose of instant cool you can just stuff it out a window). They go for around £100 - £200 so not that expensive in comparison to a hotel (although I'd hate to see your electric bill).

Do you not have such devices in the US?

Yes, we have them. I've used one before. Two things about it that I didn't like: it was loud, and when the condensation container would fill a loud alarm would sound. Not nice waking up to that every two or three hours :eek:!
 
  • #26
mugaliens said:
The hottest I ever saw in Vegas was 117, but most summer days it hovered around 104.

mugaliens,

FYI, and others who are interested. If you are ever planning to fly mid-day from an airport where the temp is 120 F or above, check with your air carrier before heading off to the airport. I was in Phoenix not long ago, and they cancel flights because... big drumroll here... you are dying to know aren't you... it is because the hot air does not provide enough "lift" for fully loaded jets to take off, the runways are too short.

I am sure partially fueled, partially passangered (is that a word ? I hope so) would be allowed. A good rule of thumb is that if your flight is heading to a hub, say Charlotte, NC, there is a good chance it is full, and is subject to cancellation, or if the airlines got creative, they could offer a number passengers (up to the safe weight takeoff limit) a free flight to go on standby. The bottom line is, once the temp's are over 120 F it is a brave new world where we have not gone before as far as flying is concerned, something to keep in the back of your mind.

Rhody...
 
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  • #27
Monique said:
I have one of those as well, the only problem with them is where to put the unit the other 360 days of the year when it is not hot.. :rolleyes:

Well I live in South Wales, so you can imagine how important air con is to me :rolleyes:
 
  • #28
Evo said:
Her landlord won't allow air conditioning units to be installed.

If she has an unused or rarely used room, just open the window in that room, cut a hole in the door that leads to that room, and install the air conditioner in the door. The landlord won't even notice.

I wish I had air conditioning maybe a week or two each year - especially now that the big shade tree in the back yard is dead. Used to only get direct Sun on the house around 4:00 PM and later - now the direct Sun starts a lot earlier in the afternoon.

But with fall, the Sun isn't getting as far North in the sky, so it's not as much of a problem even on the warm days.
 
  • #29
Vanadium 50 said:
Unlike LA? :rolleyes:

Seattle traffic is a lot more laid-back than LA traffic, and it comes with good coffee, but traffic is still traffic. :biggrin:
 
  • #30
rhody said:
it is a brave new world where we have not gone before as far as flying is concerned

Huh? We always knew about this, when attempting to take off from hot / high altitude areas you have to perform a calculation to check you can get enough lift to get off the ground.

http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/aft_perf.htm
 
  • #31
BobG said:
cut a hole in the door
and
The landlord won't even notice.

just don't go together in the same sentence! :smile:
 
  • #32
I have two portable room AC units (vent hose out the sindow) but they just weren't keeping up during out heat wave, so I bought a Friedrich window unit. The portables are back in storage now, and the window unit will come out soon. October is usually quite tolerable. Anyway... 113? I was wilting when we had weeks of highs in the 90s.
 
  • #33
jarednjames said:
Huh? We always knew about this, when attempting to take off from hot / high altitude areas you have to perform a calculation to check you can get enough lift to get off the ground.

http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/aft_perf.htm

jarednjames,

I agree, pilots are well informed, and FAA rules are in place to handle it, but the swirling mass of humanity out there that flies commercial flights (for the most part) isn't. Once we have a number of days that exceed 120 however, they will be in short order, you can be sure of that. That will be one more thing to consider when flying to parts of the world with temps above 120.

Rhody... sputter... sputter... gasp... gasp... I think I can take off, I think I can...
 
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  • #34
turbo-1 said:
I have two portable room AC units (vent hose out the sindow) but they just weren't keeping up during out heat wave, so I bought a Friedrich window unit. The portables are back in storage now, and the window unit will come out soon. October is usually quite tolerable. Anyway... 113? I was wilting when we had weeks of highs in the 90s.

The only weeks in the 90s Wales ever have are the ones in the last decade of the century.

Seriously, we've got the central heating on here, bloody freezing!
 
  • #35
I do have a portable A/C unit that I use, but it would have been no match for the conditions yesterday. It just doesn't blow cold and hard enough, and my place was an oven yesterday afternoon. My apartment is a heat trap because it has a funny shape, and it is an upstairs unit with a black roof.
 
  • #36
Evo said:
Stay another day MIH, don't go back to that sweltering apartment, the heat in the walls and floors is going to be like an oven. :cry:

I was so tempted, but the marine layer came in this morning and I think it's going to hang in there. I think we'll be OK.

That room was worth every penny. I was cool as a cucumber, even a little cold! It's a little boutique hotel with a beautiful view of the marina. This morning at breakfast they had black and white cow coffee creamers on the tables. :!)
 
  • #37
I loathe heat... if it's cold you can just keep layering... if it's hot you can't get past naked (enjoy that image, heh). Heat... is the pits, and if you add humidity it's hell on earth.
 
  • #38
nismaratwork said:
I loathe heat... if it's cold you can just keep layering... if it's hot you can't get past naked (enjoy that image, heh). Heat... is the pits, and if you add humidity it's hell on earth.

Give me a nice chilly morning any day over heat (not that I get a choice in the matter). I love a crisp winter morning, hate waking up and feeling hot and sweaty.
 
  • #39
jarednjames said:
Give me a nice chilly morning any day over heat (not that I get a choice in the matter). I love a crisp winter morning, hate waking up and feeling hot and sweaty.

I agree 100%... I love the bracing feel of fall and winter, it really makes you feel alive. I'd add, you then really appreciate the warmth indoors, so it's a bit like a fine wine, enhancing the total experience while having its own unique benefits.

Heat is just unpleasant as a climate (saunas, hot-tub and such aside).
 
  • #40
Math Is Hard said:
That room was worth every penny. I was cool as a cucumber, even a little cold! It's a little boutique hotel with a beautiful view of the marina. This morning at breakfast they had black and white cow coffee creamers on the tables. :!)
Bolding mine. Now that's CLASS! :!)
 
  • #41
Evo said:
Bolding mine. Now that's CLASS! :!)

Why does everyone have to point out they are bolding it.. Are there people out there who are seriously this clueless and can't figure it out?? Mind boggling :biggrin:
 
  • #42
cronxeh said:
Are there people out there who are seriously this clueless and can't figure it out?? Mind boggling :biggrin:

There are people here who can't figure out the quote button.
 
  • #43
cronxeh said:
Why does everyone have to point out they are bolding it.. Are there people out there who are seriously this clueless and can't figure it out?? Mind boggling :biggrin:

Random bolding mine.
 
  • #44
cronxeh said:
Why does everyone have to point out they are bolding it.. Are there people out there who are seriously this clueless and can't figure it out?? Mind boggling :biggrin:

Apparently.

And Evo? I agree whole-heartedly. Your bolding is totally CLASS!
(Capitalizing Evo's; not mine)
 
  • #45
Math Is Hard said:
There are people here who can't figure out the quote button.

I Shall Not Be Mocked!
 
  • #46
cronxeh said:
I Shall Not Be Mocked!

Getting hot under the collar? Perhaps you need to find a heat refuge. Check out MIH's "heat refugee" thread.
 
  • #48
cronxeh said:
Why does everyone have to point out they are bolding it.. Are there people out there who are seriously this clueless and can't figure it out?? Mind boggling :biggrin:
Because we have read the rules.

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Replying to Posts:

When you quote from a post, please delete large sections that are not directly relevant to your response, to make reading easier, but do not distort the original poster's meaning in the process. You may add colors or change the font of words or phases for emphasis, provided that you state explicitly that you have done so. Other forms of purposeful misquoting are dishonest and are not permitted.

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=414380
 
  • #50
BobG said:
Such irony in your reply.

:smile:
 

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