Okay, I give. I can't take it anymore. It is officially TOO HOT here in AZ. 🔥🔥🔥
In fact, it's so hot that our Julia (ME) emailed Debs (TX) and me to see if we were okay. The Jungle Red sisterhood - love it! I was okay the day she emailed because my deadline kept me indoors chained to my laptop but once I finished and poked my head outside. Mercy, what hellscape is this?
Last night I took the dogs into the pool - this has become our exercise when the temps are over 110 (high) and 93 (low) and walks are not an option. Still, I could not cool any of us down. So, I drove to my local DQ for a sundae for me (Hub was at a gig) and pup cups for the pooches, naturally.
It helped, but the forecast is looking rather grim for the foreseeable future. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
So, chime in Reds and Readers, how are the temperatures where you are? How do you stay cool when the summer turns mean?
It is in the 90s hot here . . . mostly, we just stay home; we run essential errands early in the morning in an attempt to be finished before the heat gets too oppressive. The grandbabies want to play outside, but that doesn't happen because it's simply too hot . . . .
ReplyDeleteJoan, I have been going out early in the mornings to do essential errands before it gets too warm.
DeleteDiana
90's is the turning point for me, too.
DeleteIt was 110 here today. I live at the very southern end of the Bay Area. Our typical temps this time of year are mid nineties to 100. Our climate has become more like the extremely hot Central Valley. Usually here at least it cools off at night. However at 2:00 am PDT tonight it is still 75.
ReplyDeleteUgh.
DeleteIt’s in the high 90s here (San Diego). My husband walks the dog at 7:00 a.m. and that may be the only exercise he gets. I did buy an inflatable kiddy pool to see if he’ll sit in it to cool off, but haven’t yet expended the energy or lung power to blow it up. I found myself napping a lot last week in front of a fan because I just felt wiped out (even though I had done absolutely nothing). —Pat S.
ReplyDeleteAnother San Diegan here! Although at the beach we are complaining that it is overcast. It's been in the low 70's and the sun is poking it's light out around mid morning. Yesterday there was a THICK fog that started at Mt. Soledad and rolled down towards the ocean. But can't complain given what is happening in the rest of the world.
DeleteI remember staying in San Diego during a hot stretch - we were at the Capri in Pacific Beach and there was no AC. Thakfully is only lasted one day.
DeleteNo AC? That's a tough one. Our hottest months are late August/Sept/Oct. We get the Santa Ana hot winds that blow from the east towards San Diego and the coast. It's when we also get horrible fires.
DeleteIt's been in the upper 90's in my part of FL but feels like 109. We stay cool by mostly staying inside with the central air. I use the pool in the mornings when it's shady on that side of the house or in the early evenings. We have ice cream every day usually too. If we have to go out to run errands, I have to change clothes when we get back home.
ReplyDeleteI have sweat through so many clothes.
DeleteGeez - "cooling" to 94 at night? That's awful. I've lived through that in West Africa and it's no fun.
ReplyDeleteHere in NE MA we're having a true Midwestern summer - right, Hank? 96% humidity, 74 at night, 80 or more during the day. Living in a steam bath is also no fun - but the blueberries love it. Fat and juicy and sweet.
For comfort all we have are two window ACs, one for the bedroom and one for downstairs (which still isn't in yet), plus fans and shades. I hope everybody stays safe and that this thing breaks soon, especially for the west.
The hottest I have ever been was a 95 degree day in Maine with 95 percent humidity. I simply could not get cool - I was also pregnant so that may have contributed.
DeleteSORRY, JENN! That kind of prolonged AZ heat is crazy.
ReplyDeleteIn Ottawa, we have not had a really hot summer. Today, it's another rainfall warning with a high of 27C/81F. The rest of this week's high temperatures are in the 24-27C/75-81F range.
But we have had other crazy weather in the region. I was in Montreal when 2 tornadoes struck an Ottawa suburb on Thursday. Montreal got 2 tornado warnings & a month's worth of rain in a few hours in the same t-storms.
The big news this summer is the poor air quality due to the wildfires. The smoke was really bad in June but has shifted away from us since early July.
Yes, the fires hit early in Canada. The pictures from NY were astounding.
DeleteConnecticut in summer is usually a mixture of comfortable 75-to 80 °F or 85-95°F and humid with some rainy days. This summer has been brutal! Excessively huge T-storms dropping inches of rain in minutes in one place or another (our house was inches away from flooding on July 4), bad air quality from the enormous fires in Canada, humidity of 90%, days of cloudy rainy yuk.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who thinks that mankind has not affected climate change and that this is the Earth's normal climate variation has his head in the sand. I feel for those of you who are living in 110°F + summers. No fun!
Like Judy, I’m in Connecticut. I’m down in the southern part of the state, near Long Island Sound . The kind of heat we’re having right now doesn’t usually happen until August. I’m extremely grateful for my central AC. Right now, the AC in my car is a little wonky, and I need to get it over to my mechanic. I’m praying that it just needs Freon.
DeleteDebRo
Oh, Deb, you are right. The shore is never as hot as Hartford. I hope your car a/c just needs a minor adjustment.
DeleteRight now, huge storms are rolling through and we seem to be in the heavy path. My street began to fill with water just an hour ago as one of the big ones passed through. We are the lowest house on the street and when the rain comes too fast for the drains, we flood. My hands are clammy, and my heart is racing. I know what even a little flood means from a clean-up standpoint. When water comes into the house, everything needs to be treated with mold preventing chemicals. I hope we don't flood today.
Oh, Judy, hoping you stay high and dry.
DeleteMy mom is in CT. She was just telling me about the rain and the potential flooding - she's a bit concerned about her basement.
DeleteJudy, I hope you managed to stay dry. We had the flood alarm sounding here this morning. Coastal flooding can be (and has been) pretty bad here, but I think the worst threat today was from overflowing rivers and streams and storm drains. I reluctantly stayed home; I didn’t want to get stuck anywhere.
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Hi Judy
DeleteWe are familiar with the scenario you mentioned. The best thing to do (if you haven't already) is to install French drains around the perimeter of your house. French Drains are when you drill down about x number of feet into the soil and have a metal or plastic grill installed at the top where you created a hole. The water instead of rolling into your house or garage drops into the ground via the French Drains and is routed around your house into the street or somewhere else! It has worked so well for us that we haven't had any flooding for close to 40 years now.
I'm reading this at 7 in the morning and it's raining and 75 degrees in the Boston area. We've been up in the 90s during the day these past few weeks. But omg Jenn, what you guys are dealing with is of another order entirely. When we were in the Phoenix area and it was hot hot hot, we kept hearing residents saying, Oh, but it's a dry heat. And it's true that here humidity is what really makes it uncomfortable. Still, 110 degrees of dry heat is unbearable. So difficult especially for folks whose work requires them to be outside, as opposed to those of us who can hunker down in an air conditions home or office.
ReplyDeleteSo true. I never minded working at the library in summer because it was nice and cool and there wasn't much else to do!
DeleteJenn, so sorry! I remember visiting Scottsdale in the summer of 2012 and it was in the 90s even in the evening! I have been seeing a lot of social media about the heat waves.
ReplyDeleteJust the other day there was a photo on social media showing a photo of a woman who baked bread in her mailbox! It was that hot!
Here in foggy SF/ Bay Area, it is supposed to go up to 82 on Saturday. So far it has been in the 60s to low 70s. In the Wine Country, it ranges from 80 to 90 this week. In my residence, it is always cooler because the floor is right over the garage.
Diana
I remember being in San Francisco in June - the coldest I'd ever been in June!
Deletehaha, Jenn!... if i remember the quote from Mark Twain correctly - he said something to the effect that the coldest winter he'd ever experienced was a summer in San Francisco. I remember living in San Jose and the SF newspaper (which we had delivered) had headlines screaming, "Heat Wave hits The City!! 85 degrees!" We in San Jose got a good chuckle over that. San Jose was in the high 90's that day!
DeleteCincinnati has its usual heat (pushing 90) and humidity with the miserable addition of Canadian wildfire smoke. It hurts to breathe, my eyes are raw, and there is a fine particulate haze across the sun. We walk the dogs early and try to keep them inside during the worst of the day.
ReplyDeleteI'm dreading wildfire season in AZ. We had a few early but with a rainy winter, the potential is high for big ones.
DeleteI'm so sorry to read about the heat wave sweeping the U.S., and sorry you have to go through that.
ReplyDeleteHere in Braga we are having pretty temperate weather (71degrees to 77 F) - although it CAN get pretty hot in late July and August, and even in September. It's just been freaky this year. We had warm days in December, cold rainy days in April, hot again; thunderstorms in June; now temperate. So we are just being temporarily grateful for the respite before some new and weird weather pops up.
It does feel as if we go from event to event much more these days then when I was a kid.
DeleteFrom Celia: Can’t help humming - Its too Darn Hot - sorry. But I am thinking of everybody with horrible summer weather. While I know that collectively the world has created this climate crisis it doesn’t help. Julia and I have the same weather here in Maine and we have been rained on but am lucky no flooding in my lake area. I am also most thankful that we put in heat pumps and I’d encourage anyone whatever your weather to look into them. Our house lends itself to heat pumps with one big living area though we have to use fans in our bedroom. But with COPD and age for Victor a dry house is a necessity. In addition to the AC setting there is a dry setting for humidity and it is excellent. Wishing everyone better summer weather soon.
ReplyDeleteOh, that is smart, Celia. I'll have to mention it to my mom.
DeleteMy cousins in Phoenix have talked about how their lives are changed in that kind of heat. Seems to me the relentless sun is a big factor there, dry heat or not.
ReplyDeleteIt hadn't been terrible in Cincinnati this summer, compared to most places. Margaret mentioned the wildfire smoke. I'm currently in Northern Michigan, and the smoke is much thicker here. Last night we could barely see the sun in the evening, it was so smoky.
It's very pleasant here, too, temperature wise. Warm enough to swim, but cool in the evening. They have not had nearly enough rain here, which the north desperately needs to help quell the fires.
On my way home tomorrow, driving 500 miles in rain most of the way. (Yes, by myself.) Not looking forward to that, although grateful for the precip!
Safe driving, Karen. Hope you'll find a motel and stop if you need to!
DeleteSafe trip, Karen
DeleteThanks, Edith and Kait. It's almost all expressway, so can be driven in eight hours, but I have several places I like to stop along the way. I've been coming up here for almost 25 years, but I've also been a road warrior (non combative) for a long time, and know how to pace myself on long drives. And I have the audio version of Four Leaf Cleaver by one Maddie Day to keep me company!
DeleteKaren, safe travels. Good listening!
DeleteHappy listening!
DeleteRelentless is the word. Safe travels on your drive, Karen!
DeleteJust wanted to add, Karen, that I'm in Columbus. Let me know if you feel like company for a stop here. I'm in the north side, near the Polaris exit off of I-71 or near the Delaware County/Franklin County line if you're coming down Route 23.
DeleteIt is 9am here in Cape Breton on the east coast of Canada. Temp is 20C (68F), hoping to go to 25C (77F) by mid afternoon. Fog is over the lake, but at least it is more of a haze than pea-soup. Says it should burn off. Hope so, as sun would be nice.
ReplyDeleteWe had a couple of hot days out of sequence in June, which came at just the right time, so all the seeds in the garden popped and are now growing well. So is the grass and the weeds… The amazing thing is that in spite of late June and all of July being foggy and damp, we have not had much rain, so I am frequently watering the gardens.
The good news is that plants will grow on their own schedule anyway, so right now the place is just a sea of colour, with peonies, sweet Williams, day lilies and the first real lilies. Even if you have to look at them through the fog, it is a balm for the soul.
We listen and watch all the places that are so much worse off than we are, and feel for you. I cannot imagine the people in Europe who have temps anywhere from 40 – 60C. You would not even be able to walk without burning your feet.
If only we could share – I will take several degrees of your heat providing you send some sunshine with it, and offer you some fog, rain, and a bit of a breeze…
That sounds lovely Margo! I too wish we could share.
DeleteMargo, that really sounds lovely. My husband and I have long wanted to visit the Maritimes; you're giving me even more incentive!
DeleteMARGO: Sorry about the foggy/damp weather. I was lucky to be there in Halifax/Lunenburg during that sunny, warm spell in late June. It was almost too hot (26-28C) since the Airbnb didn't have AC but it was great weather for a short visit! I hope to go back to Cape Breton on a future vacation.
DeleteNot to make you jealous, but the sun came out by 11. By then enough weeding was done, so the rest of the day is ours to enjoy. Tomato sandwiches and popsicles for lunch - come and enjoy the good life! All welcome.
DeleteOh, I love Cape Breton. I'm still hoping to get to mom's cottage inNova Scotia this summer but my schedule is not cooperating.
DeleteHi Jenn, it is just unbelievable! Especially that it has been that hot for weeks on end and no end in sight.
ReplyDeleteI keep checking the app like some rain clouds will magically appear - so far no luck. :(
DeleteJenn, I would dearly love to send you some of our rain! If only that were a thing we could do.
DeleteSo sorry Jenn! That sounds terrible. I would be happy if the temp stayed around 80. It should be 87 today, still too hot for our Pride march (a month late this year, not sure why) We have had temps in the '90s here in Portland, OR, bearable so far, but I keep thinking with worry about our heat dome from 2 years ago. And worrying about wildfire smoke later in the season. Unfortunately these high temperatures and wild fluctuations are our new normal. (Sorry to be a downer) I'm reading Andrew Boyd's I WANT A BETTER CATASTROPHE--NAVIGATING THE CLIMATE CRISIS right now and it deals with the spiritual aspects of knowing we are past the tipping point. He points out that all of us, even the doomiest activists, are in denial about the climate crisis. We have to be because it's impossible to wrap our heads around the idea that it won't get better.
ReplyDeleteChilling thoughts from that author/book. (Not chilling in a way that can help the folks with the record high temps, though :)) He's right that its too much to take in.
DeleteYes, I have been wondering about that too. How long will people just continue to simply complain without accepting the big picture?
DeleteIt infuriates me so much. I just deleted a rant (you're welcome!) because it is what it is and there's no point in blaming because it won't change a damn thing but OMG - corporate greed
Deletebrought us here and it makes me feel stabby.
Jenn, I am right there with you.
DeleteSpeaking of infuriating, this headline in the Washington Post just grabbed my attention: "How a Saudi firm tapped a gusher of water in drought-stricken Arizona"
DeleteI already read about the Saudis and their thirsty Arizona farms. Gee. There really oughta be a law.
DeleteHot here on the Atlantic in SE Florida. Heat index sitting at 105 to 110 for the last week and more to come. Too hot to walk the beach. Strange phenomenon: standing at the top of stairs to the beach, in semi-shade, the ocean facing side of me catching the breeze, feeling too warm but pleasant, the backside of me broiling hot. Watch words among neighbors: “This too shall pass.” Elisabeth
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, my mom has always said that. Wise words.
DeleteMy heart goes out to you folks in the SW. And your pets! And all the wild critters, too!
ReplyDeleteWe have rarely hit 90 this summer, and only a few 80's. The humidity is awful, though. Lots of rain, with some flash flooding here in northern NY, though not as bad as Vermont.
I read a recent article about climate refugees moving to the Adirondacks/Lake Champlain area. I suspect other parts of the NE as well. But Massachusetts and New York had drought last year. And earlier this year we had the smoke from the Quebec wildfires, and lately heavy rains. My husband suggested everyone is going to want to move as far as Newfoundland. But hey, they got hit with a hurricane last year.
We're pretty lucky where we live and every day that doesn't bring an historic weather event is a good day. But I wish there were real solutions.
Same. *sigh*
DeleteWe had a dry spell in northeast Ohio from mid-May through early June that did a number on the strawberry crop, but since then it has been low-to-mid 80s during the day, dropping to the 60s at night, and enough rain that I haven't needed to water my garden. Much sympathy to all of those in the overheated parts of the country.
ReplyDeleteSounds like it's leveled out nicely there. Yay!
DeleteIt's around 6:30 a.m. here in El Dorado Hills, CA (near Sacramento), and it's already 75. Temps of 106 are expected again today and tomorrow, with a 2-day break in "only" the high 90s, then 5 or 6 more days of 100+. This is unusual, even for Sacramento, but at least we have lows mostly in the 60s, not the 90s (wow, Jenn!). I usually walk in the morning, but if it's already 70+ when I want to walk, I skip it ( prefer to walk when it's in the low 60s). I do some Zumba at home before I take my shower. Mostly, I try to stay inside and take care of any errands as early as possible. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteYup. Same! Indoors it is.
DeleteBeen thinking of you, Debs, and it looks like Rhys is in the soup as well!
ReplyDeleteI have often said I have been hotter in Maine than I ever was in Florida, and colder in Florida than I ever was in Maine! It's true, and it's all about the humidity and unexpected temps. When temps climbed in Florida, we had a pool - and a/c. Here in Maine when it it's the mid-eighties and the humidity is up there as well, there's no relief. We don't have a/c and the house is built to retain, not shed, heat. I end up taking lemon water to the back porch and hoping for a breeze - or finding a hidey hole in the woods where the temps are always ten degrees cooler!
This year has been a very wet one for us so the heat has been sticky. I'm not complaining. We are close enough to Canada that we hope the same rain falls on the wild fires and helps tamp them down!
Hang in there, all, and stay cool.
Yes. Humidity is a crusher.
DeleteAs an interesting coincidence, we watched a PBS Nova show last night on climate change and what we can do about it. It is labelled 2023, so should be in this year's lineup - we taped it. It is worth watching if you have the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteI'll look for it!
DeleteJenn , I’m not sure how anyone can deal with this. We are also lucky that we can just hide inside, you know? But I see the stories on the news and it just looks apocalyptic. Whenever I see the weather now and it is bright red in Arizona. I always worry about you! And Debs in Texas and Rhys in California. It’s funny how those TV weather maps become very personal.
ReplyDeleteI always think of being in Scottsdale and getting misted as I walked down the street. So weird.
The humidity is brutal,here, and our house is 125 years old and impossible to have central air, so we have window units and fans dotted through the house. My writing room at least has AC, and that makes a difference. I’ll leave the door open, (Jonathan goes crazy :-) ) and it cools down the hallway and dining room as well.
My plants are for the most part loving it all, it’s a jungle here, it’s really gorgeous greenery. But my tomatoes are way behind, because there’s no sun! The dahlias, too, are either thriving or rotting.
And when we go out on errands or whatever, I just wear a little dresses and sunglasses and try to remember that soon it will be pouring down snow.
I do worry so much about Vermont, that is a complete mess.
Nowhere is normal, and that’s what scary .
Weather maps do make it personal. Whenever hurricane season rolls around I watch New England like a hawk.
DeleteI hear you, Judi!
ReplyDeleteI am so proud of myself--a tiny effort paid off so well. I purchased an outdoor umbrella to shade my swing, but moved it to the back patio. I position it to shade the concrete steps that lead into the house through double glass doors. As the sun swings round during the day, I adjust its position--and can't believe how well it works--the steps don't bake, the glare into the house is eliminated, and the house stays cooler. Ceiling fans set for the correct season help too. The A/C doesn't run as much and I can actually leave it off unless heat/humidity climb too high.
ReplyDelete"Dry" heat is still hot at 110+ degrees--anyone in the red zone has my sympathy. I took a great history of architecture class in college--it explored ancient building practices in different environments around the world--there's a lot we could learn about heating/cooling techniques that don't increase greenhouse gases.
Flora, that's how we used to survive summer in the old days, managing solar gain passively. My mother would close the windows and shades in the morning to preserve the night's coolness, and keep the heat out all day.
DeleteOur little house at the farm has a wide sliding glass door that faces south, and when we first bought the place that room got incredibly hot in summer. I made heavy drapes using ticking on one side and drapery fabric on the other. We took temperature readings with the drapes open and closed, and they cooled the room almost 20 degrees!
Just what I've been doing and it worked well until the overnight temp was not much less than the day temps. Now the house has warmed up and there's not much to do about it as long as it remains this hot. I'm still closing the drapes against the sun so maybe it will j
Deleteprevent it from getting even hotter inside.
So true, Flora. My first house in Miami, Florida was built with awnings over the windows and to cool itself with cross-ventilation. I rarely used the a/c preferring fresh air and breezes, awnings kept the sun out and doubled as hurricane shutters.
DeleteDry doesn't count after 105. :)
DeleteFunny you should ask. (Well,not so funny and deepest sympathy to everyone in the VERY hot zone) New York, where I live, is always a challenge in the summer. I'm not a hot weather person at all, and we surrounded by water as well as heat-holding tall buildings and pavement. Heat ( if not AZ heat) and humidity too. So far, this summer is not worse. BUT today it is pouring! I was sitting at my table, drinking my tea, looking toward the street-facing bay window. Then I SEE a very large branch slowly fall off a next door street tree! Fortunately no person or car was directly under but it blocked the street. Firemen are there now, working hard in the monsoon-like rain, to remove it. How's that for a quiet Sunday AM?
ReplyDeleteNot so quiet after all. Glad no one was hurt!
DeleteThat's pretty freaky, Triss!
ReplyDeleteI remember when we used to go to the lake and spend the day on an island, swimming and picnicking and just enjoying the day. As our boat left to go home I looked back and saw a large tree fall, exactly where our boat had been tied. What struck me as so odd, beyond the obvious, was that over the noise of the boat engine we couldn't hear the sound it made, nor the splash when it went down.
So you literally experienced the “if a tree falls and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make noise” scenario?! :-). —Pat S.
DeleteJudi, certainly agree with what you wrote. And also wondering: where in upstate NY? I grew up in Watertown, went to Girl Scout camp in the Adirondacks, and my dad's work took lhim ll over the North Country. I kind of miss it.
ReplyDeleteJenn, there isn't enough money or air conditioning in the world to make me live in Hell's Rectum (aka Arizona) or any other of the states known for either being Hell-adjacent or for being backwards on displaying any semblance of humanity.
ReplyDeleteI'm in a town that is the gateway to Cape Cod so the weather here has been hot in the daytime but it cools off a bit at night. Even when it is raining consistently like it has been doing recently, it is still warm.
I was at work this past week and we were running material that meant using two pieces of equipment that run hot. One at over 400 degrees and another at around 135 degrees. Let's just say I was mainlining water all day long.
What a week to do that, Jay!
DeleteOof, that's brutal. I don't even turn my oven on.
DeleteI live in Texas, so we're under that heat dome everybody is talking about. So far it's been okay-ish. I get my minimal yard chores done in the morning and stay in during the afternoons. I've been working from home since the pandemic shutdown (What do you mean, that's over and I can go back to the office now? Why would I do that?) so staying indoors where it's cooler isn't a major disruption of my schedule. So far the power grid is holding. We all turn our thermostats up and run the dishwasher or the dryer or the washing machine at night. We adapt. BUT if the temps hold in the 100-110 range for weeks and months on end it will become oppressive and I'll start thinking about retiring to Anyplace But Here.
ReplyDeleteI dream of a house by water.
DeleteWe're having heat and humidity issues, but not as hot as you. Instead, our draught has ended with flooding rains and tornadoes. Wednesday evening a tornado touched down in my subdivision and was headed toward us, but lifted about 1/2 miles from my street. That's too close! No serious damage and no injuries!!!!
ReplyDeleteEek! Tornados are terrifying.
Delete100% Judi. The priorities need to shift and corporate greed needs to be checked.
ReplyDeleteJenn, one year I had a booksigning in Scottsdale and it was 114. It's hard to breath when it's that hot. And people are still moving to Phoenix, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteI came home from 72 F in London to 100-ish in north Texas and nearly felled myself with heat exhaustion the first day. You have to be careful with this stuff! But as Gigi said, we do our outside chores in the morning and try to stay inside in the afternoons. Our house looks like a cave with all the blinds closed. We have a couple of 100+ degree days in the forecast, but then it looks like it's cooling down to the mid 90s. For north Texas in July, that gets a big thumbs up. Last summer I think we had over 40 consecutive 100+ days...
Ugh, we're breaking heat records here. I don't like it.
DeleteJudi, I totally agree with you. Apropos of nothing, my new phone case says “Ban bigots, not books”. —Pat S.
ReplyDeleteYikes!! My sympathy to all who're living in extreme heat (and drought, floods, fires, etc.). I'm with Judi in regard to our elected officials having their priorities completely wrong. Aargghhh!!
ReplyDeleteBeing from San Francisco, I am *not* heat adaptable. Give me fog all summer and I'm a happy camper. One of my mom's sisters lived in Barstow, CA (Mohave Desert, ugh!) and we'd visit for a week each summer. My brother and I would spend the first three days lying on the couch, throwing up, while our cousins brought us Pepto Bismol on a tray. My husband and I lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains for over 30 years, and were fortunate to often have morning fog that would keep things cool. Living in the flatlands now, we rely on air conditioning, fans, and prayer. :)) ~Lynda
Barstow, Lynda! That used to be the hallmark of high California temps.
DeleteThose foggy mornings sound like bliss to me, Lynda!
DeleteLOL, Lynda!
DeleteI've been sympathizing with my son, husband, and sister and family who are all in the hot as hell belt in Texas. 100 degrees and humidity are no laughing matter. I feel for all those people who work outdoors. Here in my part of Virginia it is currently 86 degrees. Lately it ranges from lows in the 60s to highs in the 80s. We have gotten a lot of rain lately; the alert went off last night for flash flood warnings.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you picked the right place to be, Pat!
DeleteKim here from Switzerland. Yes, it is exceptional that we Swiss have had some highs of around 90, but right now it’s only high 70s to mid-80s, which would be a blessing for most of you. No air-conditioning in anyone’s home here, but things are still cooling down at night, which is when we open everything up to ciculate cool air, and by 11am each morning we’ve closed all the shutters against the sun. We function in the relatively cool semi-darkness until about 10pm when we open up for the night. Fans help a lot, as many of you have already said. Good luck, friends!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kim. I hope your summer remains mild.
DeleteTriss, I live in beautiful Schoharie county, kind of half way between Albany and Cooperstown. Once upon a time I lived in Plattsburgh. I love the North Country!
ReplyDeletePat, that is a great slogan: Ban Bigots, Not Books!
I grew up in the Tampa Bay area of Florida so heat & humidity are very familiar. Living in the mountains of Georgia now, it usually doesn’t get that hot. But this week we are supposed to be in the 90s. That’s somewhat extreme for a place whose slogan is “Where Spring Spends The Summer “.
ReplyDeleteAll of you in the dangerous heat, please be careful!
So very sorry about all of those in the real, unending heat. I am in CT like Judy and Deb, and hear that we are on track for the wettest July since 1902. I'm mildewing around the edges. I would suggest cooling towels--they are available on Amazon, kind of a microfiber scarf. You dip it in cool water, wring it out well, and drap it around your neck. Also useful for blotting your face periodically. They got me through my trip to France when it was 95 and humid every day in eastern France (Franche Comte). The day I flew back it was 100 degrees at Bradley airport north of Hartford, so I have continued the treatment.
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