Good morning!!!!

ronjhall · Jul 18, 2013

Coffee is done brewing. 69° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 93°with possibly of a thunderstorm this morning. Helping a RV friend install a new heater core in his motorhome this morning. Hope we get it done beofre heat gets to bad.
Good Morning All.

jmurray01 · Jul 18, 2013

sixdogs said:
What is this heat wave like? How bad is it? Temps? Is there a lot of air conditioning or not so much because it's normally not needed? What do people do to stay cool?

The temperature has been between 23-27*C (73-81*F) for the past week.

People don't really use Air Conditioning systems in their homes here (opening windows is sufficient most of the time) but the A/C in vehicles is getting well used!!

I don't know if it was deliberate or not, but the fuel prices around here have jumped up a few Pence a litre since the good weather began - probably because they know that people will be using their Air Conditioning and as such using more fuel. Anything for a quick Buck, eh?

JDgreen227 · Jul 18, 2013

Jmurray01, I could very easily cope with a temperature range of 73-81 degrees F if the humidity level was reasonable. It's really humid here locally and the temperature got near 100 degrees in the shade yesterday afternoon and with the sun beating down....I quit working outdoors at about noon and stayed inside until about 7 pm then went back out to do more mowing. When the heat gets this extreme I always wonder how people in the south coped with life before they invented air conditioning. Heat seems to bother me more now than it did when I was younger, probably because I have more insulation...:laughing:

sam5570 · Jul 18, 2013

good morning had storm's for around 2 hrs last night same forcast for today. everyone have a great day

Charlie Packwood · Jul 18, 2013

Another hot day just finished breakfast no coffee, 26C the low for the night going to 33C with humidity feels like 44C, Heading out to Habitat for Humanity today. We are doing a removal for our retail resell store, hope this place has AC but it is a whole house renovation so it may not. have a good one and for those in the heat stay cool and for those with good weather enjoy.

farmgirl19 · Jul 18, 2013

JDgreen227 said:
Jmurray01, I could very easily cope with a temperature range of 73-81 degrees F if the humidity level was reasonable. It's really humid here locally and the temperature got near 100 degrees in the shade yesterday afternoon and with the sun beating down....I quit working outdoors at about noon and stayed inside until about 7 pm then went back out to do more mowing. When the heat gets this extreme I always wonder how people in the south coped with life before they invented air conditioning.

I think when you are active and out in it all of the time, you acclimate more. We really have bocome spoiled to our modern conveniences. (Yes, myself included here!)

If one was used to being in the fields all day, being under a tree's shade, with a breeze was almost like A/C. Kitchens were not placed in the center of the house, and were sometimes separated by a breeeway, so it would not heat the rest of the house further, when meals were cooked.

I can handle the heat, fairly well, even in the barns, but cold, that sends me looking for a warm fire in the fireplace!

toppop52 · Jul 18, 2013

97 yesterday, 96 predicted today, but so far I've made out OK. When I was young I use to like to play baseball on days like this, my friends all complained it was too hot. I really didn't understand how it could be too hot for baseball, it truly didn't bother me. As I get older I understand.

WayneB · Jul 18, 2013

Nothing anyone can say about the heat! It is 79 degrees F right now and heading to the mid 90痴. I was out working on the gardens this morning at daybreak and it was hot and sticky. Deer flies are enjoying the heat for sure I have the bites to prove that.
Hading north later today and my son and I are going to do a roofing job on one of our camp buildings, we seem to always pick the hottest week to do roofing, go figure!

daugen · Jul 18, 2013

84 now already, going to 99, 100 tomorrow, yuk.
I'm waiting for the electric company to conk out.
Plus an air quality alert. Actually when it gets really hot, those electric companies truly add to the
air pollution, because they fire up their last in line turbine generators that pump out yellow brown smoke like the jets of
thirty years ago. If one drives up the NJ turnpike on a very hot day, approaching Newark, one can see the yellow brown color
everywhere. Pratt & Whitney's finest, but they do produce the juice.

going out to mow the lawn this morning, then will likely stay inside all day, try to get some projects done here. If I open the pantry door and put a fan in the doorway
to the garage, I can actually cool off my garage fairly well, and working out there when it's a zillion degrees out is a real pleasure. Time to change the plugs on the lawnmower and maybe
sharpen the blades.

my wife has gone to visit with her mom, so I am home alone for a few days, ahhh, peace and quiet, no tv's blaring.