Heat Wave

[AXOmom]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

If you don't want the clouds, we'll GLADLY take them in Texas lol

I would LOVE to oblige. I know - I am whining needlessly. Having spent many summers in the Southeast - I realize this situation is preferable to incredible heat coupled with killer humidity but sometimes I do miss a real, I need a fan, a pool, and a big glass of sweet tea summer!

My parents lived in a small apartment in downtown Dallas for 4 years (I was born there- Dallas that is - not the apartment), long before AC was common. They moved there in early August. They had one small ceiling fan. My mom still remembers my dad getting up all hours of the night to stick his head in the refridgerator. Not terribly helpful but better than his other solution - sprinkling water on the sheets.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

I would LOVE to oblige. I know - I am whining needlessly. Having spent many summers in the Southeast - I realize this situation is preferable to incredible heat coupled with killer humidity but sometimes I do miss a real, I need a fan, a pool, and a big glass of sweet tea summer!

My parents lived in a small apartment in downtown Dallas for 4 years (I was born there- Dallas that is - not the apartment), long before AC was common. They moved there in early August. They had one small ceiling fan. My mom still remembers my dad getting up all hours of the night to stick his head in the refridgerator. Not terribly helpful but better than his other solution - sprinkling water on the sheets.

AC blasting all night = my drug. My apartment is smaller than my previous one, so even with the constant AC, my bill is never over $40 a month. If that changes, I'll have to use the freezer method

[ADqtPiMel]

I have conflicting opinions on the heat wave. I really hate being cold and have always loved being outside in the heat. I grew up without air conditioning and don't mind being warm at all. (Though I will say that heat index of 120 requires a/c.)

But for whatever reason, I do a complete 180 and turn into a wilting flower when I have to run in the heat -- and I run a LOT. Usually 70-80 miles a week. I'm still getting my runs in, though slower, but what wouldn't I give for 60 degrees during that daily two-hour time window.

[knight_shadow]

Oh, Texas...

[momof4girls]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Oh, Texas...

I'm just so over this on all levels. My ac hasn't stopped running in 25+ days. My grass is dying and I've been watering everyday until the water restrictions started last week. The football teams are starting two a days and I'm scared for them. It's just entirely too hot to practice football, no matter how fanatical we Texans are about our Friday night football.

[AznSAE]

Originally Posted by momof4girls

I'm just so over this on all levels. My ac hasn't stopped running in 25+ days. My grass is dying and I've been watering everyday until the water restrictions started last week. The football teams are starting two a days and I'm scared for them. It's just entirely too hot to practice football, no matter how fanatical we Texans are about our Friday night football.

a Prestonwood Christian assistant football coach collapsed and died after the team's practice yesterday. it may have been heat related as the article did not say anything about his current health conditions.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Oh, Texas...

Your lows are our highs, and your highs are twice our lows.

[DiamondAthena]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Oh, Texas...

Oh great, it'll be "cool" nxt monday! I don't even look at this crap anymore. I had to go to a funeral and thought I might pass out at the burial!!!

[AGDee]

A friend of mine from high school moved to Dallas for several years. When I asked her how she dealt with the heat, she said it was miserable. Then she said "Michigan and Texas are a lot alike. In both states, you have three months out of the year when you don't even want to be outside. The good thing about Michigan is that the kids are IN SCHOOL during that time. In Texas, they are stir crazy in the house all summer!" She was a SAHM and they were driving her nuts.

She lives in Michigan again now...lol. But yeah, I think 105+ is as miserable as 10 degrees is. Neither extreme is pleasant.

[AXOmom]

^^^^^

Sums up perfectly why I never spent a pleasant moment in the state of Kansas. Too many summers and winters driving through that state on I-70.

[Lady Pi]

In North Carolina it has been almost as unbearable! Luckily it has been raining so it has tapped some of the humidity out of the air and brought some relief!

I used to live in Alabama, without air conditioning. People assume that this means that I am used to the heat and don't mind. It actually means that I never ever want to be near that hot and sweaty and miserable ever again. I hate visiting family that still doesn't have a/c, I can't sleep in that heat!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Jen

I think the Pacific Northwest is the only area of North America that hasn't experienced any heat ... or summer, for that matter. We've had hardly ANY summer at all, it's been gloomy, rainy, below average temperatures and miserable. We had the worst spring on record, and our summer is shaping up to be one of the worst on record too. I am so depressed living here, and would trade anything to have a little warm.

It's so odd seeing just about everyone I know who lives outside this area is in a heat wave.

It doesn't depress me at all, I love it. The past week has been unpleasant because it has been in the 80s and one day 90+, but the nights are usually in the 40s. Low tonight is 45, and the rest of the week the lows are around 50, with the high being 89.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Jen

I think the Pacific Northwest is the only area of North America that hasn't experienced any heat ... or summer, for that matter. We've had hardly ANY summer at all, it's been gloomy, rainy, below average temperatures and miserable. We had the worst spring on record, and our summer is shaping up to be one of the worst on record too. I am so depressed living here, and would trade anything to have a little warm.

It's so odd seeing just about everyone I know who lives outside this area is in a heat wave.

I know, it's been a terrible summer. At least today is gorgeous in Seattle! Our summer seems to be shifting more and more to late July-August-September-early October.