Atlas Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Today's high temperature is tied with the record set back in 1988 for Fairfax VA. My AC can't keep up. 101 F or 38 C. That's 4/10th of boiling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 The southwest lives with those temperatures regularly during the summer, but it's a dry heat. Used to live in upper state NY and the humidity was awful. You all back there must be feeling like cooked lobsters. Just pray that the electric does not give out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvermedalist Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 The southwest lives with those temperatures regularly during the summer, but it's a dry heat. Used to live in upper state NY and the humidity was awful. You all back there must be feeling like cooked lobsters. Just pray that the electric does not give out. I am in Rochester so I am sure if you lived in upstate NY you are familiar with it? It was 90s last two and I have the AC blasting. NY City hit 101 yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Atlas, we're only about 2 hrs from you; it really was awful today, like being in an oven. We just got home from a swim meet and we're totally drained. I had planned to go running at 6am tomorrow but I'm probably not. May swim laps tomorrow evening instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted July 8, 2010 Author Share Posted July 8, 2010 The southwest lives with those temperatures regularly during the summer, but it's a dry heat. Used to live in upper state NY and the humidity was awful. You all back there must be feeling like cooked lobsters. Just pray that the electric does not give out. I went through basic in El Paso. Dry heat only goes so far... But this AIN'T dry heat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted July 8, 2010 Author Share Posted July 8, 2010 Atlas, we're only about 2 hrs from you; it really was awful today, like being in an oven. We just got home from a swim meet and we're totally drained. I had planned to go running at 6am tomorrow but I'm probably not. May swim laps tomorrow evening instead. Worst thing about it is that my brain starts shutting down at about 85F, and my temper starts getting out of control at about 90F if it lasts very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 If you keep your curtains open, keep them closed, that might help a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted July 8, 2010 Author Share Posted July 8, 2010 If you keep your curtains open, keep them closed, that might help a little. At midnight? BTW, I don't have curtains, I have blinds, but I could try closing them. Big thick insulated curtains like used to be the norm might do some good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 At midnight? BTW, I don't have curtains, I have blinds, but I could try closing them. Big thick insulated curtains like used to be the norm might do some good. No, not at midnight, but curtains or blinds, when the sun is hitting your window, you won't feel your air conditioning work as good. Even turning off some lamps(or any other lights)should help a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I saw on NBC Nightly News that the Northeast was getting crazy temperatures. (edit) It even said that some of the heat waves were breaking records that went back more than a hundred years! (I didn't pay too much attention to the report, so I can't remember the specifics.) The high in Boise was like 90 (or something) today. I liked it though--but in Boise, we have DRY heat, so it's totally different from East Coast heat. We have both curtains and blinds. My bedroom faces west, so I usually close the blinds and then close the curtains in the afternoon so my a/c doesn't feel like it's going to blow up around 3-6pm when it starts getting hot. The curtains are totally worth the long term investment. I hope you guys can handle the heat. If not, you know someone you can visit in the (dry heat) Northwest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Yeah, it hit 105 here today(AZ), It is supposed to hit 108 Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 It is cooling off! It will only be 95F today according to the outlook. http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Baltimore+MD+21202?lswe=21202&from=searchbox_localwx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetredwine Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Taking a cold shower with this might help Bilboa Doccia Shampoo Ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 It's been in the 90's all week here, but around 4pm a cool breeze whipped by followed by thunderstorms. Ahhhhhhhhhh! Relief at last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 My sister has lived on Guam since the 50's. A typical forecast: Hot and humid ALL YEAR!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 This must be my payback for whining about the snow/ice back in Jan/Feb I don't do extreme heat well at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 It got up to 101 in our area this afternoon. I always wanted to hit triple digits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poindexter Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I`ll trade you. Its rained every day for two weeks in Louisiana until today. Highs have been in the upper 80s Its a big mud puddle now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 Louisiana ... Its a big mud puddle now. Now? Edit to add: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetredwine Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Today's high temperature is tied with the record set back in 1988 for Fairfax VA. My AC can't keep up. 101 F or 38 C. That's 4/10th of boiling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyPageZoSo56 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 People think Minnesota's winters are bad but we also have some gross days. Its 90 but rthe humidity makes it feel like its 100 (62% humidity today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 In the 90s here and I don't have air but I live very close to Lake Michigan so that helps a little. I lived in the Mediterranean for 10 years and summers were hellish. After you reach 90s it doesn't really matter if it's dry heat or not. I will never live south again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Definitely feeling it today, it's 110 degrees outside!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 It reached 100 here today, but only felt like 85. The humidity was only 7 %. Further checking, it actually got to 102 and the humidity at that point was 5 %. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tejanablonde Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 My condolences to those of you in the northeast U.S. I live in summer temperatures that routinely reach 100F plus. Some lessons from the wisdom of the Southern states: 1)drink iced tea/other iced drinks- lots of it; 2) close your shades/curtains to darken your rooms- it will drop the temperature; 3) turn off unnecessary lights/electronics- the ambient heat emitted warms the room more than you know; 4)don't perform strenuous activity in the heat of the day- save it for the cooler hours; 5) place a cool/iced cloth around your neck and wear gauzy loose fitted clothing- this will help lower your internal body temperature; therefore lowering the flash point of your temper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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