This weather is awful!!

[Wally]

You mean the single misting nozzle on a stand or the battery operated fan with a spray bottle attached? The former works sort of OK if you're sitting still. The latter is pretty useless.

I've tried everything over the years. When I'm really hot, drenching seems the best. I did field work for years in the truly hot areas northeast of Yuma. Even hotter than the Phoenix valley, routinely topping 120 F. My preferred, highly sophisticated approach, was to invert a bucket of water onto my head and shoulders.

Some things are better to have done than to do...

[Glo]

Today's August 1st and we just put on the ac. I hate it, but the humidity is high; when the humidity is so bad, its hard to get my inside work done so I guess I'll spend the day cleaning!

[ziggy29]

I don't understand how the forecasters can *consistently* screw up the forecast high temperature by 5-7 degrees. When they say the high will be 97, you can count on 102 or 103 every time. When they say 100, think 106. They said 98 for today and it's already 103, and it's not even the time of day where the temperatures peak (usually around 4 to 5 PM). It's happened almost every day this summer.

At some point you'd think they'd just add 5 degrees to the local forecast high, and then they'd look really accurate...

[bbbamI]

Bastadges.... But, when it's over 95, I feel like I'm wilting so it doesn't matter how much higher it goes.

I hate it when it's 90 at 10 p.m.

[CuppaJoe]

We’re having a heat wave here and I’ve forgotten the survival techniques. Walked on the sunny side of the street this morning at 10 a.m., was dripping wet in a couple of blocks. What are the rules again?:

1) walk on the shady side;

2) like Marilyn Monroe in “Seven Year Itch” store underwear in the freezer;

3) run cold water over wrists;

4) run the fans;

5) go shopping in air conditioned stores or go see a movie;

6)

7)

[W2R]

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Originally Posted by CuppaJoe We’re having a heat wave here and I’ve forgotten the survival techniques. Walked on the sunny side of the street this morning at 10 a.m., was dripping wet in a couple of blocks. What are the rules again?: 1) walk on the shady side; 2) like Marilyn Monroe in “Seven Year Itch” store underwear in the freezer; 3) run cold water over wrists; 4) run the fans; 5) go shopping in air conditioned stores or go see a movie; 6) 7)

How about these?

1) dress for the weather - - as skimpily as you can get away with

2) don't do anything more strenuous than operating the TV remote

3) drink lots of ice water, don't eat hot food

4) frequent brief lukewarm to cold showers, to cool off

5) an electric fan if you have one (I love my ceiling fan!)

6) during mid-day, go to a mall or library with A/C

That should help, I hope!

[CuppaJoe]

W2R, I could have used #1 (skimpy clothes) this morning. Blue jeans are not the "go everywhere" uniform I thought they were. I did work though, defrosted the ice box, the quickest it's ever melted.

[bssc]

This week is cooling down, not a day above 110. Someone from NC IMed me to tell me it was hotter there than Phoenix (there was a 3 hour difference).

[TromboneAl]

Hey, Freebird, I bet you're having a lot of rain. My sister lives in West Valley, NY (42N Latitude), and her house was flooded, as in a few feet of water flowing through the house. She ended up with 1.5 inches of mud everywhere. The next day, over 30 volunteers from around the town came by and worked on cleanup. Quite a community.

No flood insurance because it's in a flood area. Last flood was 1975.

[ziggy29]

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Originally Posted by TromboneAl Hey, Freebird, I bet you're having a lot of rain.

What is this thing called "rain" of which you speak?

[W2R]

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Originally Posted by ziggy29 What is this thing called "rain" of which you speak?

We have had rainfall almost every day and/or night this week, with lots of thunder and lightning. Kind of fun! No more 100+ temperatures, either. Hot, humid, but the rain does help and this is the kind of summer weather in Louisiana that I really enjoy the most. Now, if we can just get through the next few weeks (the height of the hurricane season) without being in the path of a major hurricane....

[ziggy29]

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Originally Posted by Want2retire We have had rainfall almost every day and/or night this week, with lots of thunder and lightning. Kind of fun! No more 100+ temperatures, either. This is the kind of summer weather that I really enjoy. Now, if we can just get through the next 7 weeks or so without being in the path of a major hurricane....

[freebird5825]

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Originally Posted by TromboneAl Hey, Freebird, I bet you're having a lot of rain. My sister lives in West Valley, NY (42N Latitude), and her house was flooded, as in a few feet of water flowing through the house. She ended up with 1.5 inches of mud everywhere. The next day, over 30 volunteers from around the town came by and worked on cleanup. Quite a community. No flood insurance because it's in a flood area. Last flood was 1975.

Yes indeed...too much. My area is thankfully not so badly affected as points south and west and east. I'm at a slightly higher elevation than the valleys. There was even a tornado warning down by the Cortland area. I have friends there and they are OK.
Sorry to hear about your sis. I've been watching the local news online and many communities are in very bad shape. Our "rivers" are small, but when they flood, look out.

National Weather Service Doppler Radar estimated between three and six inches of rainfall fell on Sunday in some areas from Wayne County through Cayuga Co, into Onondaga and Cortland Counties.
My addition: This was followed by some very serious storms, same area, on Monday.

[REWahoo]

One amazing (to me) thing about that map is how sharp the dividing line is between "exceptional drought" and "normal" in central TX. On Monday we drove across this line and it is sharply visible - top a hill and it is green ahead of you and parched brown behind you.

[ziggy29]

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Originally Posted by REWahoo One amazing (to me) thing about that map is how sharp the dividing line is between "exceptional drought" and "normal" in central TX. On Monday we drove across this line and it is sharply visible - top a hill and it is green ahead of you and parched brown behind you.

Yes -- we noticed that driving home from NM. It was green for much of the trip, then suddenly, a few miles west of us, *wham* -- instantly brown and dead everywhere.

We actually live right near where a transition abruptly takes place between "moderate" drought and "exceptional" drought over a distance of about 30 miles -- the line runs right through the middle of our county. Time after time we see storms coming at us from the north and west than suddenly stop moving toward us right as it hits the county line, and they veer back to the north (or stop moving south). It's almost as if we had a giant brick wall in my county that stops it all from coming to points east and south. Just a few miles to the west and the north and it's fairly lush, and a few miles to the south and it's all dead.

[W2R]

I loved that magnificent photo of the rain that you took from the house you stayed in, in Ruidoso. Hope you get some at home, soon.

[Zathras]

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Originally Posted by ziggy29 Time after time we see storms coming at us from the north and west than suddenly stop moving toward us right as it hits the county line, and they veer back to the north (or stop moving south). It's almost as if we had a giant brick wall in my county that stops it all from coming to points east and south.

Didn't you used to warn everyone about all the fire ants, scorpions, snakes, etc??
Perhaps the storms finally got 'wind' of that and avoid your house?

[Meadbh]

Toronto had a spectacular light show on Sunday night.

GTA power being restored after storm

When that happens elsewhere in Canada it's less likely to hit the news!

[heyduke]

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Originally Posted by REWahoo One amazing (to me) thing about that map is how sharp the dividing line is between "exceptional drought" and "normal" in central TX. On Monday we drove across this line and it is sharply visible - top a hill and it is green ahead of you and parched brown behind you.

we live in east central Texas and everytime we go see our son in North Austin we cross the line... hmmm there might be a song in there somewhere...

[Poundkey]

I guess I'm in the "normal" area....Ellis County. Hot and dry as usual. Got 3/4" of rain a few weeks ago, but it just ran down the cracks in the ground.
2(?) years ago the local corn farmers lost all their crops. You could tell which fields were insured by the couple of rows they left standing for the adjusters to inspect.
This year they got what looks like a small crop. From the ears I saw maybe 60-70 bu./acre. I can't imagine them being able to cover input costs with that yield and current corn prices.