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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:42 PM Original message |
WP/AP: Heat Wave Has Much of Nation Sizzling |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. It always sizzles in TX, but it's now especially sizzling-it's |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. And those damn bank temperature clocks down here |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. LoL, here in nice cool northern Minnesota we drove past one of |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. You are so right....It was sizzling in Houston this past weekend. |
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greccogirl (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. I don't trust |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
68. It has been around 106 all week in Austin. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Dallas metroplex needs rain badly... |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. It has arrived. |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Central Minnesota |
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greccogirl (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. You get to |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. No, last night the low was in the upper 70s because the dewpoint |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
66. unfortunately that was just the forecast |
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NJ Democrats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was hot here in NJ |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. At 10:00 am this morning, it was already 85 deg F in Bergen Cty |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. favorite tricks |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. WOW! You just gave |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I just returned from Indonesia where it's hot (though |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. That's good to know |
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Johnny Noshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. My first apartment |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yeah, I got the "two fans" |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
72. Eat frozen grapes. |
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greccogirl (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
47. My first one in Atlanta |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Fans in the window facing outwards to blow the heat out. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
76. Add a little rubbing alcohol to the water -- it will stay colder longer. |
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TexasLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. excellent tips, and heres another |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. Also avoid caffeine, if you can. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. 104F on my porch right now (yup, in the shade) |
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soulcore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Had to go swimming here in North Texas today it was so hot... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I started to jump in the lake around 2 pm but the water was so |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. i tried to hang the clothes out to dry today |
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OneMultnomahDem (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. There has been record heat in Oregon this summer |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. 100* forecasted here all week long. |
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greccogirl (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
48. It can't compare |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I was only 4 years old then... |
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greccogirl (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Yup. The Summer of 1980 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Hey greccogirl, welcome to DU |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. You are right |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Hi justabob! Here in Odessa, we've already had 37 days above 100 |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. OH - I remember 1980, too - |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Running errands today, temp on my car's dash never got under 100 |
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OneMultnomahDem (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Global warming is a myth |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Welcome to DU, and do you really think that? nt |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
49. when Greenland fully melts |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. ha ha |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Welcome to DU! Check it: "First Half of 2006 Is Warmest on Record" |
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clynnc (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
73. Global warming is a scientific truth |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well if we're going to weatherbate, Down here in Aus... |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Well, it just happens to be winter down under right now |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Indeed it's been one of our coldest winters on record. However, |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. OK, do I WANT to know what a tokley is, or should I use my |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I susspect that your immagination is on the money. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. In the US, that's dicky-dunkin' time! No retreat, no surrender! |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. 103 in OKC today. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. Deleted message |
shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. where's "here"? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. ahhh, ok |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I think it's just west of there. |
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dback (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
71. Wait till this Friday in the Portland metro area |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. 106 at 6:15 pm here in sacramento, cali |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Deleted message |
Taoschick (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. It's actually a big difference |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. They soldiers in Iraq have heat ranging between 105-120 daily. |
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greccogirl (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
44. It's been hot here |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. Minnesota is hotter than India |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. if the U.S. were France... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #56 |
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dkos refugee (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
57. Power out? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. dkos refugee |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
60. will people listen to global warning warnings now? |
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clynnc (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. No, it's more important that gays are not allowed to get married! |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. more gays increase the odds for straight and bisexual men |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
61. It hit 100 recently in Fargo |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
64. Hot as Hades here in Pittsburgh |
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jkappy (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. yes, the humidity is the oppressive factor |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
70. 95 in Boston |
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Pugee (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. It's 85 degrees here at 10:19 in missouri |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
75. Global Warming is here... Maybe people will listen to Gore's |
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