Summer Heat: Would You Like 105 F Instead?

[turbo]

There you go. Those chargers (for phones, etc) will eat you up every time.

 

[Astronuc]

10 ways to keep cool at home without A/C
http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/10-ways-to-keep-cool-at-home-without-a-c-2514394/

and in the bedroom or before one goes to sleep
http://www.networx.com/article/the-best-options-for-cooling-bedrooms-th

Ice filled water jugs is a good idea. Freeze them at night and use during the day.

 

[Andre]

Another way of keeping cool at night, get yourself a water bed. great for sore backs but you can also set the thermostat low brrr.

 

[turbo]

Another nasty day here. It's already 93 in the shade with humidity around 80%. Just taking Duke out for a little walk is taxing.

 

[WhoWee]

I jumped in the pool last night to cool off. The air temp was 90 and the water was 88 - not very cooling - then difficult to dry off.

The good news is I just saw a leaf move - could a breeze be possible next?

 

[Evo]

Luckily, the end has started, lower temperatures have begun in the north central US, currently only 71 in Chicago. It's 95 here.

 

[turbo]

We're not forecast to get "normal" temperatures until Sunday at best. Until then we'll live under heat advisories and ozone alerts.

 

[WhoWee]

I was just on the phone with an associate in New York when the news reported 102 in NYC - a new record for the day! My associate laughed and said he saw a few young men cooking hot dogs on a baking sheet (on the sidewalk) at lunch time. He said the buns were warmed in their bag.

 

[turbo]

My brother-in-law just dropped into pick up our spare floor-model air-conditioner to take to our mother-in-law's house. Her house is poorly insulated and the heat and humidity are brutal. Currently 96 degrees in the shade. Correction. I had to answer the door, and it is now 97 and climbing.

 

[rhody]

I briefly stuck my head out for a moment from an a/c office and it feels like 100 degrees F with about 80% humidity, no wind, dead calm, I tried to take a couple deep breaths for full effect and came to this conclusion. IT IS PLAIN NASTY... Indoor projects only today.

Rhody ...

 

[Evo]

We're expecting temps mostly in the mid 90's next week again, with a couple of days in the high 80's, then into the 80's finally toward the end of next week.

Thank goodness there is a constant breeze, 13mph, and low humidity 42%, so it makes it more bearable.

 

[Astronuc]

Weatherunderground reports 100°F in our area. The thermometer on the east side of the house, now in the shade, indicates 99°F. The backyard thermometer indicates 108°F, and I think it's partially shaded from direct sunlight.

In other words, it's extremely warm.

 

[turbo]

The digital thermometer on the front of the house (shade) reads 98 and the one on the south side (alcohol thermometer with sender in shade) reads 99. There is hardly a breeze and the humidity is oppressive. I hope Duke can wait patiently for his evening walk until we get temps in the 80s. My wife has to take care of her mother tonight, so we're alone. Unfortunately, though my brother-in-law is a very sharp technician/electrician he may not be able to find out why the compressor in that spare floor-model AC unit didn't fire up earlier this summer. At least not in time to install it at the mother-in-law's house. If so, my wife will be very uncomfortable tonight.

 

[Evo]

The digital thermometer on the front of the house (shade) reads 98 and the one on the south side ( alcohol thermometer with sender in shade) reads 99. There is hardly a breeze and the humidity is oppressive. I hope Duke can wait patiently for his evening walk until we get temps in the 80s. My wife has to take care of her mother tonight, so we're alone. Unfortunately, though my brother-in-law is a very sharp technician/electrician he may not be able to find out why the compressor in that spare floor-model AC unit didn't fire up earlier this summer. At least not in time to install it at the mother-in-law's house. If so, my wife will be very uncomfortable tonight.

Is there a walmart or similar stores nearby that are not out of small a/c units? That's way too hot to go without.

 

[WhoWee]

The thermometer on my deck reads 105 and the swimming pool has increased to 93 this afternoon.

 

[dlgoff]

We're expecting temps mostly in the mid 90's next week again, with a couple of days in the high 80's, then into the 80's finally toward the end of next week.

Thank goodness there is a constant breeze, 13mph, and low humidity 42%, so it makes it more bearable.

Let's hope the weather forecast is correct. Right now here, it's 104°F with a heat index of 108°F.

 

[turbo]

Is there a walmart or similar stores nearby that are not out of small a/c units? That's way too hot to go without.

I know, but her family is very dysfunctional and it would be tough to find enough civil siblings to agree to jointly purchasing an AC unit, which is why I donated this one to the cause. It was working perfectly when I took it out of service last summer, so hopefully my brother-in-law can sort out why it didn't start this summer.

 

[Evo]

Let's hope the weather forecast is correct. Right now here, it's 104°F with a heat index of 108°F.

It just hit 101 here with a heat index of 104, thanks to the reduction in humidity to 30%

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Sorry folks. Hopefully it will break soon.

I hate the heat. And this is downright deadly to man and beast alike.

 

[turbo]

I'm really glad that I'm not a fire-fighter. We have incredible heat, and there are currently three fire departments fighting a structure fire south of here. If anybody here has dressed up in fire-gear, you know that stuff is heavy and hot even in the best of times.

As a teen, I was a member of the "hot-shot" crew that was called into fight forest fires, and fires in summer could be brutal.

 

[rhody]

It is so freaking hot, my precious ghost peppers are wilting, I put them under the deck in the shade, there is a cool breeze there and gave them a shot of water, hopefully they will come back.

Rhody...

P.S. In trying to program a home link to my garage door opener, the constant up and down of the door caused the unit to overheat and shut down. Lastly, having bamboo hardwood floors put in upstairs and the A/C Units combined with a shop vac are blowing the circuit breakers. Enough of this BS already, arghh... Everyone working inside including myself is drinking a bottle of water every half hour as well.

 

[Astronuc]

We officially hit 102F, but in the direct sun it is hotter. The compressor on one of the a/c units may have failed. I guess they weren't designed for 24/7 in weather like this for days on end.

 

[HeLiXe]

102 is hot...but 95 with 42% humidity ---*croaks*

 

[turbo]

Humidity here is well over 70%, so 98-99 degs feels pretty nasty. Get out into the sunshine, and things get much worse, fast.

 

[HeLiXe]

Humidity here is well over 70%, so 98-99 degs feels pretty nasty.

70%! and 98-99degrees?! Are you vacationing in the tropics?

 

[turbo]

Is there a walmart or similar stores nearby that are not out of small a/c units? That's way too hot to go without.

My brother-in-law was able to get that AC unit working and is installing it in our mother-in-law's house right now. It can't possibly cool a whole house, but it can cool a room or two, and my wife is looking for sheets, blankets, and other barriers to block off the upstairs rooms and keep the cool air in the first floor rooms.

 

[Jack21222]

107 degrees, 48% humidity for a heat index of 120 in downtown Baltimore.

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2011/07/heat_climbs_to_107_downtown_he.html has a picture

 

[Astronuc]

AT 6 pm, it's cooled off to 98°F - in the shade.

Inside the humidity is about 50%, so outside must be 70% or better.

Several cities in our region reported record highs.

And tonight the temperature is supposed go down to 64°F? I believe it when I feel it.

 

[rhody]

Humidity here is well over 70%, so 98-99 degs feels pretty nasty. Get out into the sunshine, and things get much worse, fast.

Ding ding ding, give that man a cigar... the temperature even in a/c spaces tends to drive you batty after awhile. BTW. I have a cat, where is the freaking cat, after a thorough search three times over every nook and cranny, no sign of her. I tried attic, eve's crawl spaces, everything, very bizarre. I left the a/c on in a bedroom and a fan this morning, when I came home, more of her treats were gone, but no cat. The house is torn up because of the flooring, but I always can find her, not this time, I checked outside too, but I know she was inside when I left.

Rhody...

Edit: She came out of hiding from God knows where, must have been a tiny space under one of the chairs, because I thought I heard her before, but chalked it up to my imagination. Wherever it was she was, she was good at hiding, the sound of the nail gun and compressor had her spooked, she licks my arm when I pet her, a sure sign of stress. One less thing to worry about, did I say worry, need to stop that again in a hurry.

 

[WhoWee]

Rain arrived totally unexpected - the temperature on my deck dropped from 105 to 84