DU check in with your location and area temperatures
San Francisco 85, high today 107
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It's in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, at an elevation of about 1400 ft. 
Right on Lawrenceville Highway, as a matter of fact. Took me six months before I dared risk driving on the Pascual Perez Memorial Route (I-285). Long ago and far away *sigh*.
Oh, yeah. SW Virginia. It's a balmy 56 degrees and overcast. A little cool for late summer, but I'm reminded of the immortal verse written by a former co-worker:
When the weather's hot and sticky,
That's no time to dunk your dickie.
When the dew is on the punkin'
That's the time for dickie-dunkin'!
(I'd give her credit by name, but for all I know she's a Professor of English Literature somewhere, and I don't want to screw up her tenure.)
People are shocked that I prefer Ohio to Georgia and out and out hate Florida in the summer. My Mom's people were from Charlottesville Virginia..for hundreds of years...I went there quite often. First when Dad was in the service ( we lived near there and with family sometimes) and after he got out for visits. I was saddened by the events that happened in Charlottesville which is a a great university city. UVA is a wonderful school.
It puts moisture into the air in your home and naturally cools it. Some people hate them, but I like them because they are inexpensive to operate and don't require freon.
Of course you still need a venting system in your house, like any other cooling system. But you can buy the coolers and the parts in the big box stores here. I'm a single woman and have learned a lot about swamp coolers since I moved here 12 years ago.
I've gotten the parts and the maintenance down! 
I think the big one that I have runs around $1500. Smaller ones can be as low as $550. Luckily for me, it's on the ground. Most people have them installed on the roof, where I am loath to go!
Here is a typical pic of one on a roof:
It's Swamp Water! And MUST be served very cold in a Mason jar, over ice. Preferably with a stir stick shaped like an alligator!
1 ounce green chartreuse
1 ounce vodka
1/2 ounce lime juice
3 ounces pineapple juice
I know an airboater that does swamp tours in the Everglades, which isn't really a swamp. Haven't had one in years but I can still taste the ones he made. 
108. Too damn hot 
Waited 90 minutes for gas!
Worse than the Arab oil embargo of the 70s!
AZ is not all desert. 
We still haven't seen Resurgence yet, but I do love Godzilla!
Thanks for sharing those clips...I liked the original trailers where they never actually showed how big this new Godzilla was going to be...kept up the suspense.
Have fun watching!
Last night low, 36 F.
Lake Michigan moderates our winter weather, except when an Alberta Clipper comes through and dumps first tons of snow than bitter cold on us. That hasn't happened for three years, maybe four.
The arctic has been record warmth in recent winters so we've also had moderate winters as far as snow is concerned. Still it still falls below 0 F for periods of time. That's normal for January here.
The summers the past three years have been cool.
I suspect the jet stream is fucked up.
Climate change, ya know.
Thanks for the reply.
Traffic backed up miles coming into park. Main highway closed due to railroad fire.
Typical day in the summer, low 90's but the humidity is down for some reason. Feel sorry for you with your high temps, hang in there!!!
By Japantown here
Low 35, High 59 - hey, at least that's ABOVE zero!
Day time highs are in the high 90's. The only thing preventing us from hitting triple digit temperatures is the heavy smoke from the many forest fires. Too hot, too dry for too long, NOT normal. In spite of the very wet winter that we had last season, it looks to me like the trees and plants are stressed from the heat. 
