Crap! It is 119 degrees in OK. Stay safe,y'all!

[w8liftinglady]

Cushing,ok to be specific.
I thought we were cooking in Texas!

[Horse with no Name]

1. You are in Oklahoma?

really? Can you go grab Coburn and throw his laughing ass out in the middle of it?

Stay safe.

[w8liftinglady]

LOL...No- I was going to whine about Texas,until I saw THAT!

[butterfly77]

6. and Inhofe"s

nutty ass too..

[Horse with no Name]

7. A two-fer

:D

[TwilightGardener]

2. That's insane.

Edit to add: Damn.

[Texasgal]

3. 106 is about to kill me..

119...bleh. I cannot imagine.

Damn.

[Divernan]

14. 108 in Kansas City, MO - without the heat index.

Businesses should make great efforts to set up employees to work from home in these weather extremes.

[Texasgal]

25. In my line of work it;'s impossible

but I agree.. it's too damn hot to be driving around.

We are not using the oven to cook, nor drying any laundry until very late at night. Even the faucet water is warm!!! No cold showeres... UGGGGG.

I hope you stay cool and safe! This weather can KILL.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Honey, it is too damn hot to be cooking in Texas.

Turn the stove off and make a salad!!!!
:evilgrin:

[w8liftinglady]

12. no sh&t! We're having sandwiches....

[Coyote_Bandit]

5. 112 here officially right now

Hotter in the city with the heat island effect.

Forecast here is for:
114, 108, 106, 104, 105, 103.

Nightime lows are running in the mid 80s.

All of the state is in a drought and much of the state is in extreme drought.

We are on track to set the record for the hottest summer ever recorded here in Oklahoma.

[DURHAM D]

8. Just got off the phone with sister in Kansas. Its 109.

They are all sick sick sick of it. Its now the dryness as much as the heat.

[MuseRider]

9. We hit 112 today up here in NE Kansas.

We are looking for a cooler week. In the 90's. They have said that before and it did not happen. We will see.

I sure hope everyone is safe.

[xmas74]

10. NWS shows us at 109.

At five in the afternoon-that just ain't right!

[progressoid]

11. Damn.

keep hydrated people.

[Divernan]

13. Extreme heat and the elderly , poor and/or chronically ill

A lethal combination.

Another excellent reason for the monied elite/US ruling class to deny the reality of global warming/weather extremes and thwart efforts to address the issue by lessening dependence on nuclear, oil and gas energy sources. The weather extremes kill off the elderly & the poor (can't afford air conditioning in summer or adequate heat in the winter) and the chronically ill - so there are less people to claim social security, medicaid or medicare.
At the same time, the weather extremes drive up the demand for power to heat and cool human habitats, so keep the profits high for the more polluting power sources and their shareholders. And the wealthy are quite comfortable in their gated enclaves.

These are the best of times (for wealthy)and these are the worst of times (for the rest of us).

If Charles Dickens were alive today, he would be writing day and night to document the greed, cruelty, corruption, avarice and overall human suffering of today's world. I've just finished reading two recent novels by best selling authors: A Most Wanted Man, by John LeCarre and The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell.

They both had very noirish & depressing endings, and both were very critical of U.S. and its war-mongering foreign policy.

[Shagbark Hickory]

15. First it's tornados then killer heat and you know they get ice storms there cuz its not properly

cold enough for snow.
What an awful climate!!!

[RushIsRot]

16. Good thing our weather is not a result of global climate change.

That's just a hoax perpetuated by Al Gore. Rush told me so.

:sarcasm:

[Auntie Bush]

18. My Republican relatives told me the same thing.

It's just cyclical throughout the ages and is perfectly normal. Even my relatives can be idiots.

[RushIsRot]

21. Gonna be a hot time in the old town this century.

[Auntie Bush]

17. You need to come to VT. It's in the 80's up here and we get rain too.

But not too much. Everything's nice and green and in a couple months it will be red, yellow, orange, rust and green. But I can wait for that!

[cyberpj]

20. I'd love to. But I've heard the taxes are killers. Or was that Mass.? nt

[Auntie Bush]

28. I only have to actually pay about $2000 per year in taxes and I have

7 acres and a large house with 6 bedrooms and 3 full baths. Bet no one else can beat that. However, I live on a fixed income and the state takes that into consideration. Other states wouldn't give a damn. I even got my house weatherized and insulated because our state used it's stimulus money to help Vermonters save energy. I wouldn't live anywhere else!

[cyberpj]

29. Ahhh.... 1.5 yrs to retirement and then I'm headed to New England somewhere - where the folks have

common sense, the area is filled with blue states, and all 4 seasons are gorgeous!

Hope I make it.

[Auntie Bush]

31. I'll be rooting for ya. Let us know on DU when you make the move.

Just remember all New England doesn't have such low taxes and benefits. I think VT's are the best...not that I'm prejudice. Check thoroughly before you move and check out who their representatives are.

[Mariana]

35. Don't believe everything you hear.

I moved from Mass to Texas in 2004 (for work) and state and local taxes, added up, were a wash. This or that particular tax was higher or lower or nonexistent in one or the other place, but taken altogether, it was very, very close.

I just moved back this week. Finally. Glad to be missing out on that weather, I have to say.

[phusion]

19. Is that a record?

[w8liftinglady]

24. pretty close...120 degrees in 1933

[RB TexLa]

22. I think it got to 109 here, I love this weather.

[w8liftinglady]

23. lol...I love it,too....

especially when I have to walk my spaz dog!

[Auntie Bush]

32. Are you kidding?

[RB TexLa]

39. No, the heat feels good. I like it

[fishwax]

26. ugh -- stay safe indeed

Way too hot.

[madokie]

27. I'm east of tulsa and I've seen 113 so far this afternoon

couple hours ago. Right now it is 109.
Too hot to go to the pool, have to wait until the sun gets lower in the sky first.

[a la izquierda]

37. 111 for us down in Norman

My dogs don't even want to go out to potty and the dogs at work sit under the misters, in the pools, or under the A/C and fans all day.
Fucking blows, I tell ya.

[AtomicKitten]

30. I wonder if the South is re-thinking their stance on climate change.

Those are some pretty spectacular numbers.

It's 67-degrees in SF today.

[MissDeeds]

33. It's hell on earth

I live in KS and it's 114 here. The local news clarified that it's 114 in the shade and 121 in the sun. Tomorrow a 'cold front' is moving through and it will 'only' be 98. You know you live in the lowest rung of hell when they quote those kind of numbers.

Global warming anyone??

[MineralMan]

34. Wow! I've been in that temperature in Arizona. It's brutal.

I hope everyone in OK stays safe.

[a la izquierda]

36. It sucks here.

The whole summer has been blazing hot and miserable. Let's keep our fingers crossed for some rain!

[Flubadubya]

38. I was in Texarkana today where it was 111 degrees F.

When I looked at the outside thermometer on the car monitor, I thought it was wrong. Then I saw it on a bank marquee... 111 degrees. Argghh!!

[Auntie Bush]

40. Not to be negative, but can you imagine what it would be like if the power

was ever cut off. There would be many deaths...especially the elderly. I pray everyone's grid stays up and running with all the air conditioners going 24/7.

[rainbow4321]

41. 12 heat related deaths in Dallas County

2 of whom had a/c units in their homes but had left them off for fear of running up their electric bills. :(