Weather and logic, people are strange

[MossRoad]

I find the sun lovers I work with spend all day in a climate controlled building and then drive home over the hill where it was a 100+ all day and say how nice it was to go for a walk or ride at 8 pm at night...

Somehow I doubt most would feel the same if they had to work outside during the heat of the day.

Once I had a home I was selling in escrow and part of the deal was to put a new roof on the detached garage... it was up to 117 and never under a 100 that week... the roofing nails went right through the comp shingles... a gallon of Gatorade easy those two days...

If I have to do hard labor outside in summer, I take a washcloth, soak it in cold water, wring it out slightly, fold it into 1/4, and slap it right on top of my bald head. Then I put a straw hat on. For some reason, that works just great for me. The evaporative effect under the straw hat works great! I add new cold water to the cloth about every 45-60 mintutes, and alternate water with gatorade.

 

[bunyip]

I add new cold water to the cloth about every 45-60 mintutes, and alternate water with gatorade.

On your head

 

[bunyip]

Had a cousin out from the UK and we took him camping on a river I fly fish, the water temp was about 15°C and in he went, we thought he was quite mad as we watched him while we were rugged up, he thought it was quite pleasant.

 

[MossRoad]

On your head

 

[bunyip]

Touche, but it was hard to resist

 

[Dftodd]

No offense, but working out in the cold?

Bismarck, AR Weather averages

Month High/Low(F) Rain

January..........................53/34 6 days
February--------------------58/37 6 days
March-----------------------67/45 8 days
April------------------------75/53 7 days
May-------------------------82/62 9 days
June------------------------90/70 6 days
July-------------------------94/73 6 days
August----------------------94/72 5 days
September------------------87/65 4 days
October---------------------76/54 6 days
November-------------------64/44 6 days
December--------------------55/36 7 days

I'm sorry, but if it doesn't get to freezing, it isn't yet cold out!

What the averages dont show are the drastic temperature changes here on a day to day bases. Just because it shows the average temps above freezing doesn't mean much. Some days we can have a 40 to 60 degree temperature change. For example, two days ago it was 80 degrees out when I left work at 4 pm. At 9 pm it was 58 degrees. At 6am the next morning there was ice on my widshield and thermostat in the truck was saying 32 degrees. That afternoon it was back up to 70.

Wife was really upset when I was working in Colorado in February. It was colder here. Single digits at night and 30 to 35 degrees during the day. It was high 50's and 30's north of Denver.

 

[Jim Nelson]

Speaking of logic and weather, how is it that in my lifetime, we the taxpayers have been the sponsors of billions of dollars for satellites and radar systems to predict weather. If anything I think the forecasts are ,at best, not improved and it sure seems to me that they are worse.
Yes I am a grouchy old man and I really like warm weather.

 

[/pine]

Speaking of logic and weather, how is it that in my lifetime, we the taxpayers have been the sponsors of billions of dollars for satellites and radar systems to predict weather. If anything I think the forecasts are ,at best, not improved and it sure seems to me that they are worse.
Yes I am a grouchy old man and I really like warm weather.

I have to disagree with this...the NWS (IMO) does a good job...sure they CTA and tend to be overly cautious with severe warnings but overall they are quite accurate...their forecasts are updated hourly...National Weather Service

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

You may think we are crazy, but the t-stat gets set at 62 during the winter, never touched...if your chilly, put on a sweater. Coming in from 30-40 degrees it feels good. Summer a/c is at 76. Coming in from high 90's, it feels good. It's all perception of temp.

As for bad winter drivers... When we first moved out here to the high desert, the first snow storm I experienced in Albuquerque,NM (that was 1 1/2 - 2") resulted in delays on the interstate taking up to 2 hours to go 1 mile! I'm not kidding! The entire city only had 2 snow plows / cinder trucks. Paralyzed the city for 6 hours. (I grew up in the NE and learned to drive in snow, thought this was insane). About 4-5 years ago, there was a freak storm that dumped 24" in about 8 hours. Literally shut the city down for 5 days. .....now talk about the drivers, toss an ice cube out the window and there will be a major pileup....when it rains the drivers are no better.

 

[Jstpssng]

You may think we are crazy, but the t-stat gets set at 62 during the winter, never touched...if your chilly, put on a sweater. Coming in from 30-40 degrees it feels good. Summer a/c is at 76. Coming in from high 90's, it feels good. It's all perception of temp.

As for bad winter drivers... When we first moved out here to the high desert, the first snow storm I experienced in Albuquerque,NM (that was 1 1/2 - 2") resulted in delays on the interstate taking up to 2 hours to go 1 mile! I'm not kidding! The entire city only had 2 snow plows / cinder trucks. Paralyzed the city for 6 hours. (I grew up in the NE and learned to drive in snow, thought this was insane). About 4-5 years ago, there was a freak storm that dumped 24" in about 8 hours. Literally shut the city down for 5 days. .....now talk about the drivers, toss an ice cube out the window and there will be a major pileup....when it rains the drivers are no better.

When I was paying for the heat it was about the same temp; if I was sitting on the couch reading a book I'd wear a blanket. Now with the wood stove it stays much warmer than that, it's not uncommon to leave the door open when I get carried away. I'm to cheap to pay for AC, so run fans at night instead.