It's Freaking HOT

[Draknor]

I live in Minnesota. It does get warm here, but, when it's 9:00 in the evening, 88 degrees with 80+ percent humidity, I may as well live in the jungle.

I see those of you further to the South have it worse yet.

Hope you all have air conditioning and a cool drink. :)

[Tulenyre]

I live in Minnesota. It does get warm here, but, when it's 9:00 in the evening, 88 degrees with 80+ percent humidity, I may as well live in the jungle.

I see those of you further to the South have it worse yet.

Hope you all have air conditioning and a cool drink. :)

Nothing new in the DC area, hell that's a cool day in the summer for a good bit.

[Straxus]

Now, imagine that heat...in a starched uniform...with a thick protective vest on your chest. :)

Then, imagine ignoring it while some irate citizen screams at the top of her lungs that you don't know your job and anyone could do what you do. :?

I can see you're very upset ma'am. I'll see what I can do. Have a nice day! 8)

[Sagar]

Better than having those people screaming at each other in a domestic dispute. Especially when they have a gun cabinet close at hand.

[Aananla]

Unusually cool (mid 90's) in Texas for this time of year. Last year we had over 100 days above 100 degrees.

[Raveneye]

It's not truely summer in Cincinnati until it's over 100 and the air is so damp you need gills to breathe outside....

[Sir Rubi]

... one year it reached temperatures of 100+ for about 43 days. The highs were in the 110's and the temperature never dropped below 100 for the duration (yes, even at night). I feel your pain, those of you baking to death.

Now, this is El Paso (gag, I hated that place) Texas, the colon of America and mostly dry, but when it was hot and it got humid before a torrential downpour you can imagine how nasty it was. Not only that, but then we'd have lots of very heavy sandstorms (so nasty that you couldn't see the house across the street) during the day that would clog the swamp coolers on top of the houses. Brr.

Did I mention that I hated that place?

And the biggest problem with dry heat is that you can't cool down, even by standing in the shade. It's hot in the shade, it's hotter the faster you drive, so you can't roll down your windows. You have air conditioning, or you grow to like having the moisture sucked out of your body through your pores.

[Zyzzyx]

Hrrm... bummer.


Here in Ventura, CA (hour north of the mess called Los Angeles) its been mid 60s and overcast on the coast, mid 70s and sunny slightly inland, and mid 80s once ya get to the inland valleys.


Nice place, too bad I'm spending half my income for rental housing. :x