heat wave

[dead0man]

Carrying sheetrock across the roof of office buildings in Atlanta in July was one of the top three reasons I joined the Air Force.  Eff the heat.  Eff the heat in it's ass.

[AndrewTX]

Lulz! Glad I don't live up there anymore.

[© tweed]

Northeasterners complaining about the mid-90s are adorable.

This is our forecast for next week:

you should not live in an area unfit for human habitation.

[Frodo]

At Reagan National, it reached 98 on Wednesday, 99 on Thursday, and 96 on Friday.  Combine that with dewpoints in the low 70s (that's our famous summertime humidity I'm talking about), each of these past three days felt like it was over 100.  

And it's only June....  

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Northeasterners complaining about the mid-90s are adorable.

This is our forecast for next week:

Where do you live? (not creepy)


As for me, today was more bearable. More or less because I spent all day drinking iced coffee and smoking cigarettes with friends, but it was still pretty decent.

[Donerail]

Reading this thread has been a rather interesting experience. I thought yankees liked that kind of weather (certainly seem to be a lot of them in Florida when the temps are like that).

[Lief 🗽]

Where do you live? (not creepy)

Austin, TX

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Where do you live? (not creepy)

Austin, TX

Oh jesus.

I was so used to the DC avatar.

[Lief 🗽]

I went to undergrad in DC, I'm back home for the summer with my parents in Austin, I'll be moving to NYC in August.

[MaxQue]

Yeah... even if you live far enough north to avoid the heat, you have to deal with mosquitos.

Or, worse, at midway, you have the heat and the mosquitos.

[Eraserhead]

I went to undergrad in DC, I'm back home for the summer with my parents in Austin, I'll be moving to NYC in August.

Nice. Where in NYC?

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Reading this thread has been a rather interesting experience. I thought yankees liked that kind of weather (certainly seem to be a lot of them in Florida when the temps are like that).

That's in winter, though, when the Canadian snow demons invade the city.

[Frodo]

Reading this thread has been a rather interesting experience. I thought yankees liked that kind of weather (certainly seem to be a lot of them in Florida when the temps are like that).

That's in winter, though, when the Canadian snow demons invade the city.

I think he is referring to the fact that a lot of Northerners flock south to Florida even during the summer months.  

I wonder why...

[Holmes]

Long live the public service. But it's like 35c in my room, inside, right now. This country sucks in the summer.

Yeah... even if you live far enough north to avoid the heat, you have to deal with mosquitos. And in Vancouver, you get rain. :/

It's pretty hot these days. I can't imagine how much worse it is in the US right now.

By far up north, surely you don't mean northern Ontario right? Because it's hot up here.

[5280]

We officially broke 104F here, beat an old record.

[Frodo]

We officially broke 104F here, beat an old record.

Yes, but the heat in Colorado is an entirely different beast than here in the Mid-Atlantic and the South. Your triple-digits there are more bearable than the triple digits we experience here. 

[Donerail]

Reading this thread has been a rather interesting experience. I thought yankees liked that kind of weather (certainly seem to be a lot of them in Florida when the temps are like that).

That's in winter, though, when the Canadian snow demons invade the city.

I think he is referring to the fact that a lot of Northerners flock south to Florida even during the summer months. 

I wonder why...

For the olds - Can't afford a separate summer place and would rather spend the summer in an air-conditioned house than deal with 3+ months of gray cold, snow, ice, mud. Retirees really hate cold weather. My grandparents have lived in southern VA for about 5 years, since they retired, and they're already discussing fleeing southward.

For the rest - More time off during summer month and ignorance of Florida's climate. I find places like Ocracoke Island, NC more pleasant.

I flee Florida for the Smokies during the summer (mostly because I know the climate). Canadians are during the winter, people with children are during the summer; tourism levels are basically level. Sometimes the Canadians go swimming in the winter, even when the Gulf gets down to the 60s.

[Lief 🗽]

I went to undergrad in DC, I'm back home for the summer with my parents in Austin, I'll be moving to NYC in August.

Nice. Where in NYC?

Morningside Heights.

[Adam Griffin]

We officially broke 104F here, beat an old record.

Yes, but the heat in Colorado is an entirely different beast than here in the Mid-Atlantic and the South. Your triple-digits there are more bearable than the triple digits we experience here. 

I remember being in Sacramento and it was 110 degrees. I thought, "This isn't so bad". The same in Texas and Mexico; 105 in those places felt better than 95 in Georgia.





The next five days:

[Donerail]

Y'all are complaining about a "heat wave"? I'm getting beaten with a tropical storm, AND the lows are in the 80s. My 5-day forecast includes highs around 85, lows around 81, and rain chances of up to 100%. Winds are in the 30 MPH range. This is current conditions around here:

[Lief 🗽]

I went to undergrad in DC, I'm back home for the summer with my parents in Austin, I'll be moving to NYC in August.

Nice. Where in NYC?

Morningside Heights.

OMG WE'LL BE, LIKE, NEIGHBORS!

What brings you there?

Law school

[Tender Branson]

Temps are expected to hit the 35-36°C again here this weekend (about 95-97°F).

[Tender Branson]

I'm lucky though that I took a week off for vacation, so I better head for the swimming lake in the next 4 day's afternoons ...

[dead0man]

Was 100+ in Omaha today..and of course, our A/C stopped working.  Ya know how you're supposed to hose off the unit each spring?  Yeah, I never do that.  So I gave it a good hosing and it started working again.  Just like a woman.

[muon2]

Chicago is forecast for 101 F, which would be the hottest day in seven years. Then again we've been so unusually warm this year it may not feel as hot as it would in another year.