106 Degrees here today!

[Texasgal]

OMG it's HOT!!!

If you have an Austin Energy themostat they are turning it down every now and then for 15 minutes to avoid rolling blackouts!

Keep cool and drink water!

[Wait Wut]

1. My DIL sent a pic...

...of the thermometer in their truck.

121°

[Paulie]

2. I've seen 104 on my car's external temp here in Chicagoland

with all the extra heat coming off the blacktop. A/C can barely keep up even on full blast.

My mom told me back in the 40's, in the morning they would mop the floors to help cool off the house, as it takes heat out of the air. Something to try for those 15 minutes!

I saw a clip on the news that 120's are expected out west. Yikes!

[Honeycombe8]

3. 101 here in Dallas. It hit 106 yesterday. Global warming, I tell ya. nt

[Kali]

4. my external therm said 113

but it is on a block wall and probably 10 degrees hotter than in general, 96 IN my house still at 6:30

It was a nasty one today. in the last hour the wind changed and we are choking on smoke that I think is coming up from around Cananea in Mexico.

If it is where I think it is they made it into a preserve a few years ago and kicked off all the livestock. Fuel load was getting pretty major.

[Texasgal]

6. Kali

I don't know how you do it!

Mad respect! I think i'd die!!

[Kali]

7. there isn't much "doing" at those temps

get in the shower with all my clothes on
sit in front of fan until dry
repeat
repeat
repeat
get towel wet, spread on foot of bed
get top sheet damp
move fan to foot of bed
nap
repeat all of above

go out at 8 pm to make the rounds and piss off the border patrol

[Texasgal]

8. LOL!

I've made a note to self on your info... I am in awe. You really must be made of steel!

When the temps get hot here, I turn my ac down and PRAY!

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. OH BOY!!! NAKED TIME!!! NAKED TIME!!! NAKED TIME!!! NAKED TIME!!! NAKED TIME!!!

[Kali]

14. trust me

a tee shirt stays damp longer than naked does - and the objective is to try to stay cool, not scare the cats, neighbors, and peeping toms that might be traumatized by that view.

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. Nice goin', Debbie Grown-Up Downer... you've harshed my mellow.

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OK, I'm over it. NAKED TIME!!! NAKED TIME!!! NAKED TIME!!! NAKED TIME!!! NAKED TIME!!!
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[Kali]

19. careful standing in front of that "hurricane" fan

you might get injured.

[fizzgig]

5. only 95 here today

and we caught some nice breezes. is it fall yet?

[olddots]

9. OY I'ts so humid - oy it's so humid

it's like a sauna in here ------sing along

Who wants to go to Palm Springs tomorrow ? This may be a record summer of heat and brown outs -.

[yewberry]

10. I can't fathom it.

I grew up on the east coast-- hot and humid summers... hated hated hated it, and moved away.

I've lived in Seattle for 20 years now, and now I'm a complete dishrag when it comes to hot weather. We got to like 85 today and we're all prickly and whiny! No brownouts here, though, because almost no one has A/C.

I do miss the summer thunderstorms, though...

[DFW]

11. I'm not sure whether to be homesick or not. It hasn't gone above 60° (F) here all week

I have an idea--split the difference. We could ALL handle 80°, right?

[In_The_Wind]

13. It's 79° outside and 86° inside.

Advanced Observations For:

Kingston HS
Kingston, NY
Elevation: 223ft
Data as of: 1:41 PM 6/29/2013
Current Conditions
Temperature: 79.4°F Pressure: 29.58"
Average Wind: 4mph S Sunrise: 5:23 AM
Humidity: 58% Sunset: 8:35 PM
Dew Point: 63�°F Moonphase: 66

Heat Index: 79�°F Monthly Rain: 7.97"

So Far Today
High: 80�°F Rain: 0.01" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Low: 65�°F Gusts: 16mph SW

[marzipanni]

15. We have one window air conditioner

It was 104ºF in the shade yesterday, will be the same this afternoon, and 108ºF predicted for tomorrow!
It was 92ºF in rooms away from the AC. Ceiling fans in the LR & BR help make it tolerable, as well as a box fan to help get the air out of the house after the sun goes down.
Anything over body temp and you really feel enervated, especially with high humidity, but it's 30% here which isn't too bad.

[In_The_Wind]

16. We have one window AC that was a gift, two pedestal osculating fans, one ceiling fan,

I also have a dehumidifier running for the past 24 hours.

It gets cool inside around 4AM.
If I open the windows for the night air I'll also be letting in the moisture.

[pinboy3niner]

18. We hit 109 today, but it has now dropped to 108

Ahhhhhhhhhhh...

[solara]

21. Geez

Where are you?

[pinboy3niner]

22. Antelope Valley, in Southern California

We're in L.A. County, about 60 miles North of the city, but it's high desert here. We hit 113 a couple months ago, well before summer began, but that's unusual (it was a record for the day).

Still, Arizona and Nevada totally put us to shame when it comes to bragging rights for the heat.

[solara]

25. Wow

I used to live in L.A. and I guess I just didn't pay attention. I commiserate and hope you can continue to find ways to keep cool. I think I would go mad living with those temperatures. I also live in high desert and for me, when it hits 100 or more ( usually never higher than 103 or 104) it is a nightmare. Even though it is, as they say, dry heat.

Hang in

[pinboy3niner]

28. Thanks. You hang in there too, solara.

I grew up i the San Fernando Valley, where on the really hot days you'd find my buddies and me sitting in my backyard, our backs propped against the block wall, saying, What do you wanna do?" "I dunno, what do you wana do?"

Almost everybody has some kind of A/C (though I know some who don't), so the only real worry for most is a power outage.

The bad part is that there isn't much of a cooldown overnight (it's still 89 here at midnight), so there isn't much natural cooling to take advantage of. It will get hot very quickly in the morning, and the A/C will have to start very early and run well into the night or early morning hours. The added expense will be a struggle for many.

[RebelOne]

20. It is 78 outside in the Atlanta, GA, area now, but that is normal for June.

But there were some temperatures in the 90s in south Georgia.

[Trailrider1951]

23. It's still 95 here North of Austin

at 9 pm. But I have my little slice of heaven out back:

[ConcernedCanuk]

31. Now that, . . .

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is indeed a slice of heaven

Well worth the $$ and labour to do that.

oh yeah, get hot, dive in - paddle swim around, whatever

yup

good move!

CC

[Texasgal]

34. That's awesome!

I'll bring the beer?

[blueamy66]

37. sweetness

I love it!

[BainsBane]

24. Oh my

When I lived in Austin it seemed like it was 98 degrees every single day in the summer.
That's border heat!

[Arctic Dave]

26. It was 54 degrees today.

The bay is still iced in and none of the boats are in the water. One tug is still grounded on ice.

It's been a long chilly summer.

[Arugula Latte]

27. Just how far north are you?

[Arctic Dave]

29. The only place further North is Santa's House.

I'm at the very top of North America.

[ConcernedCanuk]

30. LOL!

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Didn't Superman have a place up there too?

CC

[Arctic Dave]

32. Shhh...

We are trying to keep the rubberneckers out of the neighborhood.

[Arugula Latte]

43. Yowza!

That is indeed quite North!

How cool. Literally and figuratively.

[texanwitch]

33. Barton creek, the long hot days we spent hiding from the heat.

That cold water felt really good.

It is hot here in Houston also.

I have my ac at 78 during the day, 79 at night.

I really hate summer.

[AsahinaKimi]

35. 71 degrees in San Francisco ..

A good place to be today... always reminds me of this video;

[ConcernedCanuk]

36. Fishermans Wharf

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BEEN THERE !!!

With a girl named Barbara (I know her last name, not telling)

Can't say what she did to me as we returned over the San Francisco Bridge to San Diego ...

But I had to slow down to about 20 miles an hour

then park under the South end of the bridge for a well needed recovery.

79 - ya could do that

CC

[AsahinaKimi]

40. You know there are cams on that bridge...

Just think, you and her might have been secretly filmed and show up in a film some where... which won't be a Quinn Martin Production.

[ConcernedCanuk]

50. IN 1979 ??

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Regardless, I don't give a sh*t.

Well, on second thought - I might LIKE to see such a video or pics.

And if my next partner can't handle my past, she's the wrong one for me.

My past is much longer than my future, so I am sure going to talk about it.

CC

[Texasgal]

38. San Francisco

is my favorite place hands down!

I've only had the opportunity to visit ONCE. It literally took my breath away. I have been to many places but nothing compares to SF.

If I had the money and the way I'd move there in two seconds!

I am so jealous!

I hope you are feeling better!

[AsahinaKimi]

41. Its very expensive to live here...

Fortunately we have Rent Control, so your rent won't jump in some huge way, putting you out on the street. Because of the way Gasoline is treated here, the prices of everything is affected, but they say there is less pollution in the air, than there used to be. Still there are always the farmer's market and co ops stores that have discount prices.

[Texasgal]

42. Austin is becoming quite expensive as well

so I defiantly understand.

Your fine city just took my breath away.... I could see myself there! Of course, I am home here.

[AsahinaKimi]

48. As you might guess, San Francisco has a lot of transplants..

People from New York, (Well, the SF Giants came from New York) Chicago, and places all over the mid west. They say that during the 60s a lot of kids came out for the Summer of Love in the Haight Ashburry. Many of them ended up staying, and some of them are building owners now. Not only has SF always had a lot of immigrants, they have had transplants from all over the country. SO much so, its hard to find people who are natives from this city! I am a San Francisco born native... many of my current friends are transplants.

[Arugula Latte]

45. I rented a room in a two-bedroom awesome SF Noe Valley apartment 20+ years ago.

We had a sweeping view of the city, the bay and the Berkeley/Oakland hills.

I paid $375 a month. Parking was relatively easy.

Don't it always seem to go you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone ...

[AsahinaKimi]

46. That $375 apartment you gave up..

is probably in the thousands now.

[Arugula Latte]

47. Very true.

It takes lots of $$$ to live like that in "the City" these days.

[AsahinaKimi]

49. I would never want to leave....

MY rent control is in place, that this place will never be expensive, so long as I don't move. But places I have moved from have shot up. One place used to be 735 dollars a month, in the Haight Ashburry. Its currently over 2000 a month, last I checked. I sure hope for that price, they managed to clean up the cockroaches and mice, because that place was infested.

[kwassa]

39. About 20 years ago I experienced 117 degrees in Quartzsite, AZ.

One very hot cross-country trip.

It hit 117 degrees there yesterday, again.

[RebelOne]

44. 79 degrees right now in the Atlanta area.

But will be getting into the middle and high 80s for the rest of the week because it will be overcast and rainy.

[IDemo]

51. 111 at my house in Boise right now, no central air

So long, lawn and garden..

[ConcernedCanuk]

52. Maybe us Canucks got the right idea.

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It's easier, and cheaper to heat up a place, than cool it down.

Especially up North, where we can heat with wood.

Hydro goes out, still gots heat.

I have generators for backup if the hydro goes out, but have rarely needed them for AC - mainly my fridges to keep my food safe.

For being outside, ya can only take so many clothes off when it's hot - then momma nature just boils ur skin -

In the cold, we just put layer on top of layer and so on - sometimes I wear 5 layers of clothing for outside in the winter - extra gloves and toques on a warming rack near the woodstove. Hands, ears get cold - wander in, get a warm set - back out we go!

It was a nice 75 for Canada Day - and about 45 overnight

We be COOL

CC