too effing hot

I had rain for like 3 days in a row and got all wet while going home. This morning was 23 degrees. So much happiness for this i cant even begian to talk about it

Woooooo...!

Just like that.

Cheezuz christo, los angeles.

KILL ME NOW

i was in encino friday -- at 113º i went swimming in an 87º pool to cool off and ended up with all sorts of weird breathing trubbles.

my wading pool is too hot to even bother... i take cold showers every hour and stand in front of a fan

do not want

I got pretty used to it being in the 110-115º F range, but now it's in the high 80s/late 90s. If it were 5-10º cooler, I would adore it, but as it stands it just feels like the weather is TEASING me. "It could be Fall, but....naw. Haha."

fuck this shit

I think this shit is supposed to be fucked tomorrow.

THANK GOD

I can't be bothered to check, but I don't think it got to 100 all summer. Which is just bizarre in these parts.

uhhhhh
bleah

Amsterdam was nice, and then I came back home to schvitzville.

Starting to get hot.
the front passenger-side window of my car asploded in the car park on Friday, it was so fucking weird.

..And it was almost definitely the heat as there was no projectile in or around the car and a co-worker was nearby it when it happened.

Glass was everywhere :((

Oh nice. I just posted this to the Chicago thread. This is my local El station

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/405057393_01c7c543d7.jpg

I cannot wait.

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BITE YER TONGUE.

It's October 1, 10:53 PM and it's still 70 degrees. And tomorrow's high is forecasted to be 80. I am ANGRY and I want searing, skin-shattering cold. I have since summer began. I even wanted it in February when we had weeks of record lows.

Bring it on.

Think of those of us who MIGHT DIE.

?

As my father always used to say, "You can always put on more layers in winter." (In summer you can only get so naked and still be miserable.)

Believe me, anyone I encounter in the dead soupy heat of summer has their lives in danger.

I'm really skinny, anemic, and have poor circulation. Winter is just 4 months of shivering for me. I live in Chicago because I hate myself, obv.

But I suppose I'm glad that some people enjoy the Time of Sad.

Ppl complaining about today being too hot here already. In Melbourne. In SPRING. The hell?

I'm lovin it.

But then again it isnt blindingly hot.

I complain about too hot when the snow starts to melt. Not being contrary for its own sake, but summer makes me cranky, miserable, and depressed. I stay inside next to the A/C that is cranked to the coldest setting.

Like so many people in Chicago I have radiators with a mind of their own, so even when it's 10 degrees outside, I open the windows and let the wind in.

Not being contrary for its own sake, but summer makes me cranky, miserable, and depressed.

Get rid of "depressed" and I echo your feelings. I anticipate the first snowstom of winter with much glee.
And fall is my favorite.

Fall is wonderful. Though I don't appreciate how summer is encroaching on it. But in its purest form it is delightful--cool, sometimes sunny, sometimes drizzly, and the smells are the best.

it should not be 86 degrees f right now, here

Yeah, I am really hoping it gets cooler soon just so I can enjoy fall before Old Man Winter comes along.

Jesse so on the motherfucking money. The weather here makes me feel like I'm living on a piece of paper. I miss fall so goddamn much.

October sposed to arrive in NYC by week's end

O hi. I am going to bitch here now.

The A/C completely died in our office suite. It's 87 degrees here and hotter inside. It looks like we will have to replace the entire system since fixing it would be an epic undertaking. I'm so fucking hot.

It's like being in the South again--high 80s in October--WTF.

guys, NYC and Chi and I think just about all of us will be nice and cool by Wednesday. I will be wearing a jacket. High of 57 here, it says. That's like, my favorite weather ever.

well, all of us in the central or eastern US. Um... no offense, everybody else on the planet.

I know.

I look forward to that, but my desire for it has such momentum that I actually overshoot fall and look forward to bitterest January.

i'm so sick of hearing "tomorrow is the last hot day, tomorrow is the last humid muggy day"

FALL HAS BEEN TEASING ME FOR LIKE A MONTH NOW

Fall is edging.

hahahahaha

god i can't wait for the fall. i love it. i can't take this 80s shit in october at all.

The highs here should dip below 90 by the end of the week!

still in the 90s here too.

i went swimming in the atlantic yesterday (jersey shore), latest ocean dip ever, the water was warm, weird.

The highs here have been in the low 60s or even high 50s for over a week. Here being western Oregon. This, with thick cloud cover and frequent showers of cold rain. Observe our cool autumn weather and be amazed!

it is really gross. all my long weekend baking plans were destroyed. i want to jump into the ocean. the water is warmer in the fall cos of inversion!

wtf @ 65°F on january 9

Normal in SF, CA.

where are you, mookieproof? i'm in montreal and it's... err... 45°F here, on january 9th, which is just dumb... and tomorrow is supposed to be WARMER?

It was nice to return from SNOWLAND to T-shirt weather. it is making me die less.

Melbourne Forecast
Issued at 4:50 am EDT on Thursday 10 January 2008

Warning Summary
Fire Weather Warning: Forest fire danger will be very high to extreme today in
the Central district [which includes Melbourne].
The CFA has declared a day of Total Fire Ban for the Central Total Fire Ban
district for Thursday 10 January 2008.

Forecast for Thursday
Fine. A mainly sunny day. Moderate northerly winds developing this morning then
winds becoming light and variable this afternoon.

Precis: Fine.
City: Max 41°C

UV Index: 10 [Very High] UV Alert from 9:30 to 17:20

Friday Cool change developing. Windy. Min 27°C Max 40°C

HELP! My friend stuck his hand in my deep fryer

weren't we all like wtf is this summer in january sometime last year and i was like dudes, midwinter thaw?

if only we'd listened!!!

http://www.heartlineweb.org/elections/MEDIA/crying_eagle.jpg

i don't like this weather at all

i'm warm in my office in january, with a fan on.

i mean it's ridiculous

ramzi go watch the video on fryer burn thread

It's "Little Christmas."
ZEITGEIST WAS RIGHT

We had to turn the A/C on last weekend. It was 76 in the house!

the wind here today has been awesome though

i saw a confused and slow squirrel

it's name was toumas.

i don't like this weather at all

i'm warm in my office in january, with a fan on.

i mean it's ridiculous

-- Surmounter, Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:08 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

BAN SURMOUNTER.

i can take a few warm days here and there throughout january, they can be kind of nice. but i like my seasons straight up. a fluke here and there is fine. but we've only had like 5 actually winter-like days this year.

39.7°C

41.0°C

Yeah fuck this shit.

It's dry heat though, so I'm not drowning in my own sweat thankfully.

I got pretty used to it being in the 110-115º F range

WTF Ab where did you live, death valley?

Today peaked at 37.3ºC

Peaked? Has the change orredy arrived?

yar

too soon

YEAH

we never got spring :(

HA HA

we got spring

but its over now :(

UNHAPPY

http://image.weather.com/images/maps/special/90Day_Temp_720x486.jpg

http://www.belcommunications.net/orrrc/images/stories/smoothgallery/mcd_lovin_it__clr%5B1%5D.jpg

Am I going to have to deal with horrible heat waves out there? I tells ya.

i agree with socki, this heat wave is nice

<img src="http://musicsojourn.com/AR/Soul/img/r/ReevesMartha/HeatWave_300.jpg";>

http://musicsojourn.com/AR/Soul/img/r/ReevesMartha/HeatWave_300.jpg

i need to go out to get and iced coffee
but otherwise AC all day in bedroom with the lights off, working on grad school application

http://image.weather.com/images/maps/special/90Day_Temp_720x486.jpg <-THANK GOD

The big oak tree that used to shade the house in the afternoon is probly going to cost us $30+/month more in AC now that it's gone. Damn tree!

hot as balls around here

i need to buy an a/c for this summer i think. tired of trying to be the hero. i just put my fan in the window and one side of it appears to not work anymore.

it just broke 50F here. Oh the pain.

We hit 100 for the first time this year 3 or 4 weeks ago.

funny, it's pretty cold here.

HEAT INDEX 101. BURT STANTON TATTERED BOXER SHORTS AND COORS LIGHT FORM: SEQUENCE INTITIATED.

this effing fahrenheit shit confuses the shit outa me. it could be 45 degrees or 15 degrees for all i know.

so hot but so nice
b/c it feels like forever since it's been like this

breaking down and buying an air conditioner this week tho - my apartment gets ridiculous

it's not even the heat that's killing me now but thef act that the humidity is making the air so incredibly thick it feels like i'm in a fog.

humidity is the worst. esp if you smoke.

we have humidity today but also blissful beautiful wiiiind

ya

it's wonderful

i need to buy an a/c for this summer i think. tired of trying to be the hero. i just put my fan in the window and one side of it appears to not work anymore.

Do it soon, so you can actually use it before the Con Ed prices go up.

i don't like this weather

but i like how it looks

but not how it feels. eww can you imagine going to a wedding today? i really don't understand how my friend's wedding is on july 27. she better blast some air fucking conditioning.

xpost national grid already added a charge to our bill for some kind of auto reader thing...

slocki u shld go stand in the field behind jeans jeans jeans - a friend of mine + others were out there cleaning up and planting things today and also all the tall grass is blowing in the wind and it'll all prob be gone to development soon :( it is one of my favourite places

this has been a good day for vitamin D

colder than normal/cloudy/rainy here in Western Oregon. I bet it's scorching on the other side of the mountains though.

x-post -- That is a lovely comment! :-) Vitamin health!

i'm not pleased

not at all

ok who has a/c advice? can you put a window unit in a wall space? i know the intake on the sides thing fucks it up but i can not afford a $500 wall space unit.

thank god i have central air!!

bitch

=P

i can't even call in sick this week -- what am i gonna do sit and sweat? it's not even summer yet!

at least the office is cold.

<3 hott weather

a/c in house is broken >_<

"humidity is the worst. esp if you smoke."

-- stevienixed

I don't really get this.^^^

totally get this:

"it's not even the heat that's killing me now but the act that the humidity is making the air so incredibly thick it feels like i'm in a fog."

-- tehresa, Saturday, June 7, 2008 8:43 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

Albeit smoking is secondary to breathing, for once in my GD life.

cigarettes are kind of gross in the summer

it's just, the air is thick enough with heat. let alone smoke

I guess I never thought of smoking as a seasonal thing. It's more of a committment for me.

I got two free fans today.

Hopefully they will like my poetry.

The one that I have been using needs a dime to turn the little plastic thingy that controls speed.
It's like a depression era fan - but once you get it going it's like the New Deal of wind.

high of 97 today. Heat in NYC sucks.

scorcher

yeah it was already 80 when I woke up this am

attack of the ants in my house last night, and all because of one lousy drop of lemonade in a glass left on the side. There were hundreds of em, and I rarely get any at all in my house.

It's almost worth driving out to my current assignment in Reston, to be able to work in an air-conditioned office.

awwwwfffffullllllllllllllllllllllll

i helped a friend move in the 90+ yesterday omg

wow

then we drank margaritas then i passed out for hours

did she buy?

that cooler than average section of mookieproofs map misses me by a county :(

we bought a two story house this year which has two seperate AC units - one for each floor. That top floor ac fights and fights but it never ever gets below 80F and its humid as hell even though we have a central dehumidifier turned to dry like a desert.

did she buy?

-- Surmounter, Monday, June 9, 2008 10:19 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

oh yes

I've already heard of blackouts in NY during the storms yesterday. I live in Queens. If we get a repeat of 2 summers ago I'm going postal.

said fuckit and installed AC in the bedroom... it's a new life.

i spent all of yesterday in my ac'd bedroom aside from like 2 hours

AC banned in our building, and not even installed in this room. So i have this fan on my desk which although does cool me down just tends to blow my paperwork all over the shop. and sounds like a wwii bomber.

Need swamp cooler directions STAT. House-sitting this week in a basement apt which is a little cooler but will be home next wkend and will be dying.

Ste - what part of the country do you live in? I would be forced to move to a new building.

Chicago has the worst weather all year round. Fuck you, Chicago weather. Fuck you.

i'm in UK, in nw

It's an environment issue, I think.

Is it your work or home building?

Does UK have a lot of A/C? In my imagination it doesn't really exist there, except at grocery stores and high-rises.

i spent all of yesterday in my ac'd bedroom aside from like 2 hours

club bed

Does UK have a lot of A/C? In my imagination it doesn't really exist there, except at grocery stores and high-rises.

I don't even know... oh, air-conditioning... not that much call for it for most of the year

It's only occasionally too hot (and not at all last year, if I remember correctly) or too cold

True but I was living there in 2003 when there was a heatwave during the summer and nearly died. It was so horrible. Apt, tube, shops, pubs etc. all not air conditioned. I've never looked forward to going to work as much as I did during that heatwave - I think I even stayed late to keep cool.

A friend from Seattle moved to North Carolina with her car, which like many in the Pacific Northwest, did not come equipped with air conditioning. The Horror.

xp- trains without a/c would be a fucking nightmare. It's only 70 out and I have our office a/c on. Yummy.

x- post On the other hand when we visited last July/August I had to go buy long sleeved tops as it was chilly.

We stayed indoors all weekend until I got stir-crazy last night and braved it once the sun had gone down. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

I had one ceiling fan, one floor fan and two window fans operating yesterday. Was able to do some aerodynamics research as a result.

yeah, even here in the uk a train with no AC is a huge nightmare on hot days.

last year i visited new york on one of its hottest weeks, the ac in the taxis and subways was tremendous.

nyc 11:04am 85 degrees

Today was comfortably the hottest day of the year so far in Cambridge UK, just been playing a bit of lethargic parks football, even with shirts off it was almost untenable.

its gonna hit 100 here tomorrow

It's pretty aight here in Minnesota. *yaawwwwwwwn*

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low of 78 is wtf

One of my co-workers complained today that he was "too cold", on what's been probably the hottest workday of the year so far.

This is after complaining most of the winter than he was "too hot" because of our office's climate-control air conditioning.

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Raleigh?

yeah. YIKES

shit I've got to walk like 4 miles today

^^^why i left nc

Lookin' good, Fayettenam.

http://www.acc-tv.com/images/katv/weather/State_Temps_full.GIF

Of course, 20 degree difference between 30 miles is usually going to equal TORNADO.

already power outages in the outer boroughs. Boerum Hill was hit the worst.

gah boerum hill too close! i need my a/c!

fuck dude I've got to check out apartments in northern brooklyn today. damn you heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ya

it's wonderful

-- s1ocki, Saturday, June 7, 2008 8:56 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

^^^ less than 24 hrs later i would be lying on my floor, dehydrated and hungover and miserable

hah!

I'm not having alcohol until autumn. Hell, we even put the brita in the fridge...it's that hot!

And grapes, grapes in the fridge.

95 yesterday...a couple of degrees cooler predicted today, and then a storm front and upper 80s tomorrow and Wednesday. I won't complain yet because I know it's going to get a lot worse. I dread my next utility bill.

girlfriend took me to bed bath and beyond to buy me a/c and all the stuff she needs to stay at my house all summer.

Woke up in 72 degree apt with french pressed coffee ^_^

your girlfriend bought you an air conditioner??? KEEPER

are you a "kept" man?

is she your boss?

last i heard she wasn't his girlfriend. now we see what draws the line. a/c = commitment! lol

i would probably do any number of sordid things for a/c

if she pays the electric bill she's a keeper

ACs only cost like $100 people man up

lol you live in a small apartment

I'm gonna buy one of those portable ones so I don't have to permanently block a window and can move between two rooms. Prices have come down on those.

my apt is about twice the size of yours

I had to sleep pretty much all day yesterday in Oxford because it got up above 20 °C. I go to NYC and Providence for work from August 1-14. I'm going to die, aren't I?

don't talk to me wastegash

NY is usually worse in the early summer.

But there are any number of reasons that you may die.

What's this I hear about manhole fires

xp, yes, i might get caught in the crossfire of a JW beef

lol

it all depends.. i remember july last summer being pretty awful, too.

so seriously -- the window/wall unit question... can anyone help? will i set my house on fire or something if i get the window unit and put it in the wall space? there are bars on my windows so i can't just put one in the window.

aren't there laws? Your landlord should be able to replace the bars with the kind that fit an AC.

I'm sure there's some good reason why people don't just put AC units in the middle of apartments. They need to vent.

Korean Fan Death?

well we have one of those holes under the window specifically for an air conditioner so i doubt she'd be willing to alter the bars... this is the kind of landlady who recently got taken to a courttv show over a security deposit!

i am just thinking, there's no way that everyone with one of those holes under their windows is spending $$$$$$ on their a/c.

was at a friends house last nite who had a window unit in the wall slot seemed fine

OH when you said wallspace I thought you meant like an internal wall. I thought those Fedders holes under windows were FOR window units?

who agrees to go on court tv?

doesn't those wall holes have like things to mate the ac?

the guy at p.c. richards said i couldn't put a window unit in the wall slot bc the air intake is different... but the only wall units they had there were like $500. so i wasn't sure if you really can't do it or if he was trying to upsell.

You could spend some extra $$ and buy a portable a/c. I was just looking online and 299 seemed the cheapest price.

don't buy a portable ac

yeah, i thought of that, but i don't want to spend that much.

all signs are pointing towards you spending that extra 200.

i just went out back and surveyed my neighbors' units... i think several of them have the wall units...

i just went out back and surveyed my neighbors' units

XD

haha

i have a/c at home but i haven't turned it on yet. i rarely use the heat either.

august can be brutal in nyc, though perhaps not as bad as late july, but it depends on the year, really. this summer's supposed to be pretty bad, due to la nina, but the badness may moderate by august.

My AC broke a couple days ago and it's going to take a few days to get it fixed. I'm :( and I'm sure my pets are :(((. It's about 100 out here.

I'm impressed by gabbneb not turning on the A/C yet – where were you all w/e?

in my apt, at the gym, shopping and in madison sq pk eating much bbq. i wear light colors, drink lots of water, and try to stay in the shade, including keeping the blinds closed when the sun's facing the windows. shoulda worn some sunscreen tho.

Dodged tornadoes in Chicago to come back to the OVEN that is NYC (and public transport from La Guardia). The desperation for subway aircon was palpable.

NYC in the summer is when all the roaches come out to play. The kid living in the studio I'm moving into in GREENPOINT SKINNY JEANS TRACKBIKES VEGAN FREE RANGE TOFU has fucking food everywhere, so I'm expecting a nice little Joe's Apartment situation (the bedroom is connected to the kitchen).

And grapes, grapes in the fridge.

-- dan selzer, Monday, June 9, 2008 4:28 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Link

grapes in the freezer is the way to go!

ew. luckily i never get roaches, but centipedes tend to like my apartment when there are drastic weather changes. i haven't seen any in a week or so, but i just bought some spray stuff that i'm going to get all the cracks/baseboards/etc. with.

oh god freezer grapes are ace!

the centipedes eat the roaches

freezer grapes? you can do that?

Wait. There's no a/c on NYC subway trains??

there is on the trains, but not in the stations

Some trains are better than others. When a million chinese and russian dudes are crushing your body for 15 stops into Brooklyn on the N train, the ac does nothing.

i think the worst i've ever had was a packed 1 train at rush hour with no a/c in august during one of those high 90s-100s heatwaves 2 summers ago.

I don't like the frozen grapes. cold in the fridge is good enough for me.

Frozen grapes make my teeth yell at me hardcore.

omg i was just gonna paste this:

i think the smart thing to do in this weather is to obtain white wine and grapes.

i loooove cold grapes

They seem like a better idea than they turn out to be. They hurt my teeth and the flavor gets muted.

This is all very interesting. I have some grapes around and may try the fridge at least.

yes mine are in the fridge now. white wine is good!

oh they definitely go in the fridge, but freezer is news to me.

White wine is brilliant.

Oh hey Surmounter, you going to be around when I'm in NYC? There's some sort of get-together being plotted.

oh yeah who just installed a/c?!?! ME!!!!!

omg necessary evil = laundry room
recovering

frozen green grapes - yes!
i have only frozen berries. but these are good too.

xpost yaay tehresa!
i should just go and get an a/c tomorrow. it's the installation i really am not looking forward to. mainly b/c air conditioners are sharp on the back! silly

um yeah i have a small window unit in my wall hole so i had to cover up a bunch of extra space w/ duct tape which looks plain silly but guess what? i don't care!!!!

ned! when do you plan to be around? omg theresa congratulations

ned is here at the end of the month! we are planning a thing on the 28th.

thanks :) i feel so happy right now.

I'm gonna be on LI that w/e! Maybe I should try to figure out a way to come into the City for an evening.

make it the 28th because i am leaving for maui the next morning!!

i'm going to be on long island that weekend too!! my girlfriend's wedding is on the 27th, but actually i should be back here by the 28th. def keep me in the loop ;)

So South Florida is actually one of the cooler parts of the country for a change, eh?

I spent most of Sunday by the pool reading Sean Willentz and marveling at the wonders of central a/c.

x-post - Ha! I'm gonna laugh if we run into each other in Penn. It seems unlikely but I run into people randomly all the time.

Yeah, keep me posted too. Also - Maui! So jealous.

wir haben ein facebook page for the event. enbb, i invited you!
surm, are you on fb?

i am! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=533796257

added you - add me back and i will send you raggettime invite!

i suppose we will need a thread for this at some point for those not on fb.

done!

i know EN it would be too perfect =)

laguardia airport at 11:51pm: 92°F (33°C)

w
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ewwwwww

that is NYC (and public transport from La Guardia)

are you serious? you took the train/bus from laguardia?? i did that once when i was 18 and carrying about 200 beanie babies in a variety of suitcases. never again.

you know a taxi to manhattan from there isnt that expensive...

I took the bus and train to Manhattan from LG last time I was there. I have two co-workers who go all the time and they do the same. But then I'm pretty sure that none of us were hauling around any significant quantities of plush animals.

I did bus / train from La Guardia yesterday at about 2pm, with only carry on luggage. I did it because it would be an experience.

I am now experienced, and 20 pounds lighter due to the experience!

There's a fixed taxi fare from JFK to manhattan of like $45. I can't imagine La Guardia is that different. Not expensive, but not cheap.

It's a crime that no trains go to either airport. In Chicago we're building a direct express train to both airports. Not bragging or anything.... :)

Newark is probably the easiest of the airports to get to, and its not even in NYC! Just hop on a NJT train from Penn Station, and 15 minutes later you're off to your gate. LaGuardia is the friggin worst with the subway/bus mix.

The EWR disney ride monorail from the station to the airport is a joke, way slower than it needs to be. Ride out from Penn is easily the nicest though.

these are good for manhattan (freaking expensive for brooklyn or queens unless there is a lot of you)

http://www.goairportshuttle.com/

yeah the shuttles are pretty cheap, but be prepared to be driving around for a loooooong time.

I was staying at a hostel at West....113th? I had to get out to Newark and, Christ, that was a long trip. MTA to 33rd to PATH to airport train, then I missed my flight after 2 hours of travel. Maybe I did something wrong, but man, that sucked.

i once got screamed off the laguardia bus and forced to get off at the wrong terminal. seriously half the bus was screaming at me. or at least the driver and one really, really loud woman. never again.

I was staying at a hostel at West....113th? I had to get out to Newark and, Christ, that was a long trip. MTA to 33rd to PATH to airport train, then I missed my flight after 2 hours of travel. Maybe I did something wrong, but man, that sucked.

-- Jesse, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:49 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Would have been quicker and easier to go to Penn station and get the NJT, a bit more expensive though (like 5 bucks)

woaaaaah, you actually took the PATH to Newark? Just take NJT it's literally 10-15 minutes.

Live and learn.

You know what really sucks? Flying out of Dulles. Never again!

xp- wait...I think I took PATH to NJT. Yes, that's it? I think I got on the NJT in NJ somewhere.

bell labs, why were they screaming at you?

you put a major kink in your route.

I love the ride out on the PATH or the NJT over the marshes of NJ.

xpost

just in case the last 200 posts don't include this:

NEW YORKERS, FILL YOUR BATHTUBS WITH WATER

http://disasterreadynyc.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-best-blackout-advice.html

unless something's changed, taxis from lga aren't a fixed rate. i think i usually paid about $30 incl tip to go from there into the city.

(and our budget local car service, which often sends unlicensed dudes in busted minivans, only charges $18.)

I just won't pay $35+ to sit in traffic.

omg disasterreadynyc blog
feel bad that i want this, i mean, yknow for end times

i was yelled at because i went up to the front of the bus to ask the driver what terminal we were at, because they didn't announce it AND it didn't say which one on my ticket. but he insisted it was my terminal and i needed to get off now and then some other lady got pissed at me being in the way and every one started yelling.

I've wanted one of those for forever, rrrobyn.

It's a crime that no trains go to either airport.

either airport? trains go to JFK and EWR. LGA, the smallest of the 3, has no train, but the cab ride is pretty short and the cost to Manhattan (~$25 to 96th St) is about the same as traveling 1/2 the length of the island. there's a bus for people who don't want to pay for a cab or have a lot of time.

i feel like the silver one should say "iRifle'
xpost

re blog, anyone who's THAT worried about disaster needs to leave NYC. beats sitting up all night on the edge of the bed w/ your "go bag."

Trains go to JFK? They didn't (that I was aware of) when I went in 2002.

Holy crap. That can't be a new line! I guess I was just completely retarded when I went before.

they did, even then, you had to get a bus to Howard beach, now there is a people mover to howard beach for the A and to jamaica centre for the LIRR, E, J and Z

I don't understand, but I was wrong wrong wrong. So very wrong.

I don't think it's a big deal to have a few things that make life better in case of power outages...where I grew up we filled the bath during lighting storms and blizzards, in case power went out and we had to gravity flush the toilet. Plus we always had a supply of candles and some camping gear that came in handy (like the Coleman stove). Hmm paranoia vs preparedness.

powercut in summer = barbecuing the contents of the slowly defrosting freezer

That blog pushes a bunch of silly overkill "survival fantasy" stuff, but anybody who neglects to make some preparations for disaster gets what's coming to them. xp

Ed, it was during one of the big hurricane power outages growing up that we discovered grilling Grands biscuits. "Disaster," you say?

PP just sent this to me. I WANT TO GO:

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=93380&catid=188

oh shit me too!

Maybe I'll put some things aside, just in case. Like very large buckets for filling with water so we can have water fights in our liv room when the heatwave/blackout strikes.

aimurchie,i'm an amateur when it comes to smoking. hah.

anyway it's hottt here as well. ARGH. hence me being in bed with a headache. :-( well not NOW just like a half hour ago. maybe i should skip tennis tonight. i feel awful.

my work just turned off all the lights to conserve power. it's kinda nice.

"How the fuck can I work now, it's dark!"

"Dude, you're at a computer."

"It's in slumber."

(Do you actually say slumber?It's a literal transl from Dutch.)

i wish they'd turn off my work to conserve some power.

I wish they turn me off.

Err on.

Things to keep in freezer in case of blackout:
lots of bottled water
loaf of bread
fruit (berries, peaches, grapes)
burger patties already made (with desired extras mixed in)
shrimps
Can you freeze soft cheeses? I could freeze some aged gouda, for sure.

Things to keep on shelf:
canned artichoke hearts
canned roasted red peppers
Clif bars
Ramen? maybe

What am I forgetting? I want eat well, dammit.

so wait i'm sorry if we've discussed this, but does this mean the summer's going to be this awful? i don't know if i'll make it

starting tomorrow it should ba back in the 80s. but i have no idea what being this hot this early says about the rest of the summer!

...

Things to keep in freezer in case of blackout:
lots of bottled water

i kept reading that as 'boiled' water, aren't i a goof.

i'm concerned.

if this means july and august are going to be 110-115 degrees i'm gonna...i don't know! be really sweaty all the time and complain a lot.

starting tomorrow it should ba back in the 80s. but i have no idea what being this hot this early says about the rest of the summer!

nothing. though it is going to be an above-average summer, heat-wise.

Swamp coolers apparently only work well in very dry atmospheres, so if it's going to be retardedly humid, I'm going to have to find another way to keep cool.

makes sense. the only place ive ever heard of anyone using a swamp cooler is in salt lake city. they were complaining about how useless it was though.

http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ice_hotel_bedsleigh.jpg

We had a swamp cooler in Montana. The air was bone dry there, but the cooler was useless.

fwiw I could probably walk to Laguardia.

yeah when i lived in astoria i was a less than 5 minute car ride to laguardia.

i once called a car to laguardia and got there in like 14 minutes. that included waiting for the car to get to my house. i was kind of shocked. cabs to my house from lga are like $17 and about 10-15 min, so i try to fly in and out of there as much as possible.

My gadgety girlfriend and I are planning to install an IR transmitter on a computer in my house so we can turn on the AC remotely. ^_^

106 degrees in NYC in early June, wow guys

96. 106 was the heat index.

lol it struggled to get above 50F today here. Still dark and cloudy.

Coldest spring for the PacNW in a century

Please come and spend all your money here in not-hotness thx bai! ^_^

down to 76º now!

-- tehresa, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:40 AM (Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:40 AM) Bookmark Link

originally posted on wrong thread

soooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot

Let us not deal in estimations of subjective temps. Doing so only obfuscates the truth, which is: it is too. effing. hot.

That said, it's 67F in Chicago. And that's OK.

Though I am preparing to sleep in the sweet breeze of the freezing A/C.

yeah i am feeling guilty that it's 76 and i still have a/c on but hey, it will be 90 by the time i wake up so probably worth keeping it on, eh?

Things to keep in freezer in case of blackout:

Shouldn't this be on the Surmounter thread? har har.

hate it

christ it's 86 in the office at work. like 90 outside.

lol yes the building is 'air-conditioned'

right

too soon

― mookieproof, Saturday, June 7, 2008 2:09 PM (1 year ago)

Where the fuck did this come from? There was an emergency-level need to install the window-shakers when I got home today.

kee rist. 96 in boston today.

it should not be 87° at two in the morning wtff

or 82 at dawn

a nasty one.

WHERE IS THE RAIN?

spent the weekend exerting myself to threshold capacity in 110F insanity... suckkkkked.

over here on the other side, we've had pretty much the worst may/june weather on record, tho that seems to have righted itself in the past week

lovely rain yesterday here in the warmth, whilst i sat under a pub umbrella reading my book. very relaxing.

that sounds pretty dope tbh, it was kind of just on the threshold of warm and muggy here today

Goddamn, I thought I had it bad with 80 at 5:30 a.m. Seriously, this shit has got to go.

apparently no rain in sight for the next week in NY

You NYers have my sincere sympathies. That completely blows. :(

i am an idiot. i ran six miles outside this morning (88F /31C ) and gave myself heat exhaustion. now the whole damn day is shot, and my temp is still 101. :(

I feel like I've been through worse than it is right now? But maybe I'm thinking of the compiled effect of my years without any AC. I was a latecomer to the world of "SHUT THE DOOR, YOU'RE LETTING THE COLD OUT."

It actually feels cool outside today. its only 89.

It's a crisp 50 degrees F in Newfoundland today, with a wind chill of 46. On June 29.

gah that sounds awesome

at least it's not so humid here anymore, still 91º

kinda sick of this, actually.

Sacramento at 95. Just enough to get me excited about getting back to Portland soon. Woke up way too warm.

i like winter

winter can def be where it's at sometimes.

I was in LA this past weekend and it was amazing, like low 70's and sunny with a nice breeze. It's fucking hot in Denver. 97F outside right now. Although at least it's dry heat, which is preferably any day over humidity.

Sacramento sux when it's this hot. Air conditioner preset was ready to kick in when we left for work at 7am...we have it set to 78 deg. :(

london today is so fucking humid...jesus god

I've been in the middle of the Med, sunning self on small yacht just off Maltese coast for most of today. 95F and not a single cloud in the sky. Back to hot London on Thursday night.

I may or may not have a sunburn.

Vegemite can you help direct me twrds the most ac'd bar in town?

89degrees, 53%humidity in Atl right now. It's the least punishing weather we've had in a while, otherwise it's been a world of pain!

i remember how grim and tenacious this winter was => not into complaining about any heat. much rather have this.

xxpost...bear, this'll sound hella lame but the River City Brewery at K-Street mall. It's huge, has a concrete floor and it's not usually wall to wall people. I sat out a couple of 100+ Sundays there watching football on tv when our ac broke in our apartment a few years back...nice and cool. Only downside is it's in the zombie mall.

Otherwise Streets of London is pretty well ac/d ...but only if it's not packed with people.

Awesome. Thanks VG. Was at Streets of London yesterday for a bit. Ended up playing basketball today instead which started to feel like a terrible idea. Might be time to hit that mall.

Basketball? Clearly the heat has addled your brain...get thee to the bar!!

I'M GOING TO START HITTING THINGS

yup.

??? its 77 in london?

abt 18C now

well apparently it's 14C here, I claim bullshit cuz that hasn't prevented me from having to strip off in order to maybe be able to concentrate well enough to read.

proxima laptauri be radiatin'

I feel like if I moved to London I would have some sort of evolutionary advantage where I would still be able to work at 100% long after the rest of the city had melted itself into nothingness during a 22C day

I was outside way too much today. I feel like I got beat up by the sun.

remember homes in europe don't have a/c xp. 77 is not hot, but it's not particularly pleasant to try to sleep in. 85 here without a/c at 2am. gross.

There seems to be a tipping point in London around 26-27C where things get very unpleasant very quickly - pretty awful on public transport and in offices with no or inadequate A/C (power tripped out in ours again on Friday; machine room often reaches 45C...dash of our car gets to 61C). What's happening right now is pretty unusual even for this southeastern corner of the UK - I'd guess something like 13-14 straight days of unbroken sun (ok, it rained briefly last Tuesday) with another 4-5 days forecast; the odd day into the 30s is not exceptional but dry spells like this are very un-British.

Memories of '76...

The truly remarkable heat wave was in late June and early July. For 15 consecutive days from 23 June to 7 July inclusive, temperatures reached 90°F (32.2°C) somewhere in England on each of these 15 days.
Parts of the south west went 45 days without any rain in July and August.

this is great rly

tonight especially w/ a steady breeze

posting from yr mitcham veranda

wha?

not even close

ok w/e an open-air gallery in whyteleafe

north london fwiw

TRAITOR

I've actually enjoyed this spell and I'm no sun-worshipper. I think it has a lot to do with Tube-less commutes, getting seats on trains and the radical decision to wear shorts to work. First time in seven years. I look no better than in 2003 but perhaps I care less.

it's going to be 37C here on monday :~)

the english climate may not be underrated but there were a few days last week which were just sublime, mid twenties, moderate humidity, alternately gauzily cloudy and brightly sunlit

not sure there is better weather than that

^^^I can get behind this, although there's something about a certain quality of unbroken sunshine that pushes me into a deeply psychedelic childhood-retentive state where nothing can possibly be bad in the world

93 or 'better' the next 4-5 days in NY

We got a break from the crushing heat with a relaxing hurricane... days and days of clouds and rain, love it.

fabulous today in Paris, 19C now, high of 28C today, blue sky, a little breeze. But it was hellish during the week: it hit 35C on Friday, and without air conditioning it becomes hard to think under those circumstances. And the trains are brutal when it's like that: even the good-looking people don't look good bathing in sweat (not to mention the stink). It'll be just under 30C for the high all week, which though a bit hotter than I'd like is still totally fine; over 30's where it gets rough. And yeah, compared to most of the places in the USA I've lived this is nothing, but in all those places we had air con & rode in cars rather than trains.

this is more like it

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/london_forecast_weather.html

(note - may be subject to change)

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the english climate may not be underrated but there were a few days last week which were just sublime, mid twenties, moderate humidity, alternately gauzily cloudy and brightly sunlit

not sure there is better weather than that

― nakhchivan, Sunday, July 4, 2010 1:40 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

fuckin' a

anyone complaining can gtfo

I was only complaining about the heat at night! During the day it's brilliant.

i remember how grim and tenacious last winter was => not one word of complaint about this weather, day or night, will be passing my lips

buy a fan and a mosquito net and you're sorted, anyway. and put bottles of water in the fridge to chill. and omg this amazing thing i did the other night - put my summer dressing gown in a plastic bag and shoved it in the freezer for a few hours - putting it on was BLISS~

also, ice cold showers, and i mean ICE COLD

I was happily roasting in Malta on press trip last week, with lovely dry 30C heat in the daytime and the benefits of AC at night. Coming back here to slightly cooler temperatures and lovely sun is pretty much an optimum way to be, especially when resorting to G&Ts made with this:

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/th/the-reformed-spirits-company-gabriel-boudier-saffron-gin.jpg

Voila, your humble G&T becomes a SAFFIE. Absolutely fabulous - take it from an expert. Lex, will you venture forth in the heat to join me?

this week sometime? this afternoon = wimbledon final for me

Deal! Would offer to bring some over for tennis watching but am stuck here on a paper-winnowing/tidying mission.

pushing 90F *overnight* in taipei tonight

what the fuck
http://i47.tinypic.com/33tt7us.jpg

I'm actually really looking forward to this week cuz the humidity's gonna be low

Euler, is there no AC in Parisian train cars? Our (Chicago) trains and buses are air conditioned. I've happened upon a train cars with broken AC and the ride was unbearable. I can't imagine that being the norm.

afaik there is no AC in Paris metros; in the RER a few trains have it but I've noticed lately those trains have been few & far between. I've been on 6 trains in Paris so far today & none had AC, though it's fine today; about 26C right now. But at 35C it was really awful, esp. on the RER A which is Europe's busiest line & (yay) part of my typical commute; typical trip looks like this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vbrMa5TSSdY/SyzHobabDLI/AAAAAAAADrI/PlOMzYZXNjs/s400/RER+strike.jpg

95 degrees in NYC today ...

humidity actually quite tol'able

Ugh, in Paris on Monday, hotel had no AC.

The subte in Buenos Aires doesn't have A/C, and in the summer it is brutal, especially during rush hour.

I <3 u, USA.

Kind of suprised I didnt post to this thread during that freak heatwave we had where we had 2 days of 45+ degrees and then a 48C (118F) day, and then half of victoria got flattened by fires.

Do not want to go outside

the humidex is at 37C/99F and its not even 9am.

I ran a shit ton of errands yesterday when it was 90F/32C and wouldn't you know, managed to catch a train with broken AC. Brutal.

it was 104 at BWI today and it's still 100. i wanna go do something like get groceries because i am bored & want to eat chicken but what if my flesh cooks when i go outside

Don't risk it. Stay inside where it's safe.

stayed inside all day. haven't put clothes on at all.
should go out and get some w33d and stop by the store to get my paycheck and then go to the bank, but I can't imagine mustering the energy.

See previous post.

i am bored & want to eat chicken but what if my flesh cooks

answered your own question eh?

i don't get it like i am a chicken and maybe i can just eat my own flesh?

i have an awards thingy i wanted to get to in about 30 minutes - but i am dreading the bike ride there.

not a great day to have a job interview : /

Great day to go out of town and visit my mum and her swimming pool!

http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/07/three_people_faint_in_hoboken.html

Tourists stood outside today, in 104 degree weather, in a line that was a block long.
Just to take a picture of a guy that makes cakes.
Tourists really are fascinating creatures.

I was out for most of today, didn't think it was that bad, dry heat is great

Take it to the "I Love Dry Heat" thread, buddy.

all i want to eat is creamsicles but now i feel sick bcuz all i ate was creamsicles

being awake is really unpleasant at this temp but it is impossible to sleep how about that

we camped for 4th of July weekend, so like good responsible grownups we turned the AC off while we were gone. Not that I would do anything differently, but UGH last night was awful, I think the house has only just started to cool down now. Combination of ac/whole-house-fan/ceiling fans and we were sitting around sweating like pigs. These old un-insulated houses, goddamm do they suck up the heat. Crikey.

i'm afraid my window unit is gonna die while i sleep, leaving me to blanch in my own sweat until waking up... only to enter a conscious heat nightmare

East coast USA weather made the national news this morning. :( It sounds miserable out there!

Lake Shore Drive was closed for 8 hours the other day because the road was "buckling." That's the downside of a climate that follows several months of freeze with several months of extreme heat.

How humid is it out east? Yesterday in Chicago it was only 90 or so, but so humid it felt like wet death. So I went to the pool, which is what you do when it's really hot (hint to NYC).

Miserable. We have AC in bedroom and thankfully I work in a big cool office. But the time between leaving the bedroom in the AM and actually getting to work, is a time that my brain just shuts down and blocks out everything so I can go somewhere else in my mind.

i am basically just sitting here, sweating. why did i decide to drink hot coffee? it makes me not able to eat, too. just a parade of horribles

you mean harbls

:)

great day to have a summer cold and to go to the dentist!

so humid it felt like wet death.

Today, too. I know we'd be in for it when the news anchor on NPR kept repeating the word "steamy." Especially since she is the one who describes days in the high 80s as "delightful." Everything about me is limp, except for my hair, which grew three sizes this day.

the humidity is rolling in. : (

Hot, muggy and overcast in London today - and the kind of weather where gnats hitchhike places in your hair. GAAAAAH.

Yeah the heat puts me right off the idea of any food other than sorbet and margaritas. If I had no AC I'd probably lose 15 lbs; unfortunately, artificially cooled air allows me to eat normal human food with a near-normal appetite.

I've never entirely believed that crap about dry heat, but for a couple of days last week it could say 82 degrees on my air cond thermostat and it was still reasonably comfy if lightly dressed (without running AC). Lately, though, it says 82 or 83 and I feel like dying.

spend large parts of the year in a high humidity place where 75 degrees @ 100% humidity feels completely awful and 100 degree w/ 30% humidity (yesterday) will feel like a gift sent from God

Humidity of 95% for London at 7am tomorrow, falling to 92% by 10am. Enjoy your Tube rides everyone, I'm walking.

boys are dying on these streets

In Windsor, it is currently 35C/95F but feels like 43C/109F with the humidity. I have a fan but barely feel like moving.

Montreal is not so happy a place to be at the moment.

oh man - iirc Windsor can get REALLY humid.

we should be getting rain tho in another 24 hours...

hey wedderman, where's the FUCKING downpours you promised?

http://www.globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/grandpa_simpson_yelling_at_cloud.jpg

aaagh, $400 electric bill

Went up to 44C/111F with the humidex today.

Hate Atlanta right now. HATE IT

fucking baltimore, love it, but fuck

Yeah, I just spent a week in Baltimore last week and it was abominably hot. Esp. Thursday and Friday, I thought I would die. Every night I'd go back to my hotel, crank the A/C and just lie there in boxers on the bed for about 45 minutes.

Outdoor kids birthday party tomorrow in Sparrow's Point, basically. I only agreed to go after the parents promised there would be water balloons.

The Chesapeake Bay is a fucking armpit.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR NEW YORK CITY.

A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH TONIGHT. BEHIND IT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL USHER A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS INTO THE REGION WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S ON SATURDAY. THIS...COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...WILL RESULT IN A HEAT INDEX RANGING FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES.

fuck a hot

http://www.theoildrum.com/uploads/12/sst_global.jpg

fuck a hot

― PappaWheelie V,

Yikes!!!

fuck watching a hot

Feels Like: 111°

in baltimore waaaahhhhhh ;_;

When I let the cold tap run in my bathroom sink, the water gets warmer, not colder.

I been drinking ice water constantly all day long, and the past few days whenever I break the ice out of the tray it starts to melt instantly before i can get it in the cup.

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7773/lga.jpg

so rong

wait. is that supposed to be hot?

it is pretty hot for 2am, yes

81 degrees at 4:11 a.m. (downtown brooklyn)

Ugly situation around here. Went up into the attic at 7 this morning to make sure the central air ductwork wasn't leaking cold air. It's okay until about 4 p.m., but then the front rooms of the (west-facing) house get it full blast, they get up close to 90 even with the AC working as hard as it can. The loss of our big shady oaks probably tacks on $50/month to our electric bill in the summer.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs206.snc4/38655_451730303553_68455493553_6069821_4043826_n.jpg

that isnt the heat index btw

looks familiar

I think this is the first year we haven't had either had a crappy air conditioner or a broken one.

sorry if i missed it, but for what area is that horrid forecast?

Yes, please tell us so that we can studiously avoid going there.

arkansas. im sure texas and mississippi are pretty much in the same boat.

To be safe, I will avoid all three.

We're about 4-5 degrees cooler than Arkansas, but yeah, still a bad scene. Got an email this morning from my client south of San Jose -- it was 48 and drizzly there. AGHHH

update from Newfoundland: saw my breath walking home last night.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, listen. I lived in North Carolina where it barely went below 80 many summer nights (and I once saw morning fog when it was 85) and I lived in New Orleans where it was worse. But I live in Chicago, Illinois, near the lake even, and it's still 82 at 11:00 p.m. and it's been like this for weeks. This is just hateful.

i went to screening of sublime freqs doc on ethiopia and the director said you can only travel from north to south there at night because tires melt during the day

what the goddamn hell

update from Newfoundland: saw my breath walking home last night.

― kate78, Tuesday, August 3, 2010 12:48 PM (1 week ago)

this is my dream

I even wore a scarf on my walk to work today.

How delightful. *wistful sigh*

Was biking in to work today along the lakefront, there's a big time & temperature sign in front of Cleveland Public Power. It was 79F at 8:08am. :(

Going to Cleveland tomorrow; I'll pack accordingly.

kate, it's super, super humid. Biking in this morning was like riding through pea soup. And the heat index is about 4-5 degrees higher than the actual temperature.

it hasn't rained in massachusetts in about a month...my once beautiful lawn looks like straw.

brb, moving to Newfoundland

It's actually not supposed to be that bad here for the next few days. Thank god. I am so ready for Fall.

this shit is ridiculous

R-I-D-I-N-A-S

Every day I look at the 6-10 day and 8-14 day outlook maps, hoping they'll be different. ;_;

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/

ps, fuck you n and s dakota

Accuweather has a monthly forecast, which I love, because even though the predicted temperatures are mostly in the 90s, I can look ahead to the historical averages and see that Sept. 1 is historically when temps first drop into the 70s, and this gives me the will to live.

I don't believe that where I live the lows were in the 60s. And I'm very near the lake, so I am not sure what's up.

eff you effing REAL FEEL

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1852/8122010123024pm.jpg

dang
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1852/8122010123024pm.jpg

Nooooo. where is that? No.

I'm eating soup.

oh yeah

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/WilliamCrump63/0812weather.jpg

humidity at a steady rollin 60

81º
81% humidity
9:16 a.m.

That's a lot of humid.

I tell people that the humidity here is bad, but we're not really near a large body of water and it hangs around 60% all summer.

60% during the hot part of the day?

IIRC, someone upthread called the idea that dry heat is more tolerable nonsense. That person is not OTM. That person seems to have never even been near the M.

Looking up the post first would have made more sense. Anyway, I still say, how can you not "believe that crap about dry heat"? It's pretty obvious that when the humidity is high, the heat is more miserable, and when it is low, it's less miserable.

I've never entirely believed that crap about dry heat, but for a couple of days last week it could say 82 degrees on my air cond thermostat and it was still reasonably comfy if lightly dressed (without running AC). Lately, though, it says 82 or 83 and I feel like dying.

― the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it (Laurel), Wednesday, July 7, 2010 11:25 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark

60% during the hot part of the day?

Yeah -- it's 56% right now. (and 89˚)

You don't need to be near a body of water to have humidity. Southern Illinois is about as inland as you can get and the air is swampy as hell.

I'm confused as to why the Southwest U.S. has such dry air when the air seems to come from the Pacific and the Gulf. Maybe it unloads the moisture along the way. Maybe the internet can help me understand.

The internet is limp and useless due to the humidity, and also all of its envelopes sealed themselves shut.

broken A/C in my office fuck youuuuuuuu

i'm wearing a sweater at night in london these days

I'm pretty satisfied with this answer

The reader also inquired: "If humidity is the moisture content of the air, why is the west coast less humid than the eastern seaboard, considering they are both close to large water sources?

One of the reasons the west coast is less humid than the eastern seaboard has to do with the temperature of the large water source located nearby. In the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the currents in the northern hemisphere flow clockwise. In the Pacific Ocean, this flow results in cool, even cold, water flowing from the northern Pacific southward along the west coast. In contrast, the flow in the Atlantic Ocean results in warm water flowing north from the equator along the eastern seaboard. The water in the Gulf of Mexico also becomes quite warm, especially in the summer.

Winds along the west coast quite often blow west to east which brings cool air from the cool water onshore. On the other hand, southerly winds often prevail along the eastern seaboard and these winds act to bring the warm air from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean northward into the area. Because warm air can hold more moisture than cool air, it feels more humid and the dewpoint temperatures are frequently higher along the eastern seaboard than they are along the west coast in the summer months.

Does that article explain why it can be cool and humid in Chicago at the same time?

^^^important question, I really hate that

I think that's a different matter. The warm air that comes off the Atlantic and Gulf is laden with moisture, and the cool air that comes off the Pacific is drier. When that moist air cools, it is still moist, but it's just cool.

The AIR in the SW is certainly not cool, but the water that it blew over was, so it didn't pick up moisture.

In Chicago our air is full of Gulf moisture, but it's cool air.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/askjack/archives-humidity.htm

Here is a bunch of boring information about humidity that you might enjoy.

This is a really obnoxious answer.

Q: I've always been taught that warm air has the ability to "hold" a higher amount of water vapor than cold air - is this true?

A: No matter the temperature, air contains a small amount of water vapor and some sub-microscopic water drops. Water vapor molecules are constantly losing energy and becoming liquid, just as water molecules gain energy and enter the vapor phase. As temperature increases and more energy is available to liquid water molecules, the rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of condensation. These temperature-dependent rates of evaporation and condensation determine whether a cloud forms or not, not a fictional ability of air to "hold" water vapor.

80% humidity right now, supposed to hit 90F as well. Off to hang drywall. ;_:

You mean dampwall...

But the real question is what is the dew point.

I could conceivably mow my lawn today without dying (I only have a push mower), but I'm going to eat Mexican food and see Scott Pilgrim instead.

Dewpoint is 71F right now. It rained like you wouldn't believe today.

is salt not a factor in humidity?

i mean in the water close by

went to the bathroom

toilet seat was warm

then what happened

went to the bathroom

toilet seat was warned

For the past two days, the highs have been near 100 in Chicago. Today the high was 57.

Inane conversation I overhead on the bus about that very thing:

"It must be global warming."
"More like global crazy!"

hey seattle and portland

fuck you

it's like 105 degrees today. which means that it feels like 115 outside. and 160 or so in my apt

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_long34LIRi1qz80pso1_500.png

37 in Toronto (99), 47 with the humidex (116). I played nine holes of golf this morning, and though I'm far from great, something happened that's never happened before: twice the club flew right out of my hand, the first time about 100 feet into the air. One of the guys playing with me has promised to put this on the broadcast page at work.

92 in Cleveland right now with a 99 heat index. Biking home this afternoon should be a real fucking joy when you add in 10-20mph winds.

damn u biked today? i was like eff this & took the streetcar

Yep, it was already 75 when I left the house at 6:30 this morning.

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/300x200_07201548_realfeelsmatl.jpg

omg we are all fucked. fucked, i tell ya

<--- REALFUCKED

holy crap!!!

HAHA 90 DEGREES AND 0 HUMIDITY HERE SUCKAZ

the best part about that graph is how it reminds its still going to be too effing hot tomorrow

Yeah I remember reading some article like five years ago about how it was only going to get hotter thru Global Warming plus population increase would make heat in cities almost unbearable. I remember going "Hmm..." and now I'm thinking "Shit..." Not fun.

it was 88 in my bedroom when i went to bed last night and 84 when i woke up

that graph looks like a chili pepper

101 tomw in NY, I'm coming into work for the A/C

call in and go to a bar ffs

boston: Temperature 95.6 °F, Feels Like 111 °F, humidy 55%. i have had a crazy headache for the past two weeks that i think is from dehydration and no matter how much water i drink, i can't get it to go away and it is SO DAMN HOT

Boy, I bet all the batshit right wing cartoonists out there have cartoons this week with "GEE I GUESS GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL AFTER ALL!" Should I look?

just took the trash out and now i feel like i spent two minutes inside satan's asshole

ACs on all day in the apt for the pooch. It's gonna feel so damn good to go home to tonight.

i have to go do laundry ;_;

So glad to be going to the cape this weekend where it'll be 92, 89, 78. Sounds a little more bearable.

read that as so glad to be wearing a cape this weekend

I couldn't stomach the idea of touching hot clothes tonight so I dropped a bag off for wash and fold this morning. $9 and totally worth it imo.

Well I will obv be wearing a cape all weekend as they are my signature look.

let's see...cape...jerky undershorts...gladiator sandals...copy of girl with dragon tattoo...i am ready for the beach, motherfuckers.

^^ me this weekend

'cept jerky thing of course

riiiiight.

I MEANT JERKY THING

dammit

oh ffs

THONG THONG THONG

not THING

THONG

when this heat wave started roiling two days ago some genius place three whole uncooked fish in the dumpster, it was quite an eye opener at 7:30 in morning. and fyi the maggots are healthy and the mom is doing ok

Ahhhhh, a little relief coming up on Sunday.

http://www.fox16.com/media/files/cctvi_weather/klrt-wxc/Web_7_Day_Outlook/1664.jpg

The best tonic I can think of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQAlfyaKyc

My daughter fell asleep in the car, so I had to drive around aimlessly for 25 minutes to keep the AC going.

Later today, I saw a guy riding his bike down the street with a full-sized window AC unit balanced on his handlebars.

the lady who lives next to me just went out jogging

good luck to you, you attractive maniac

"kids of all ages digging disneyland"

aw hell yeah

just saw a guy, on a bike, dragging an a/c unit behind him on the pavement.

it was too heavy and had no wheels underneath it or anything. he wasn't even riding the bike, he was just astride it, periodically yanking on the power cord, dragging it down the street. didn't seem like a good plan

Where are all the snarky assholes that say "huhhuh so much for global warming" every time it snows? Where are you now, assholes?

taken up in the rapture iirc

Great, now I won't have to hear it this winter!

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ha. if you're scraping the pavement, no matter if you're toting home aubergines or a/c units, it probably won't come to a good end. imo

anyway, clemenza otfm. i feel better already.

american guiro. holy fucking shit. rapping on the cb radio in the van!

Those anti global warming dudes are all recalling a mere two Chicago summers ago, when there were no days that even hit 90, and several in the 70s.

that war song is punishing me, fucking treat of the 2010's

no way there is that much love in the world.

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motherfuckers who aren't in the yellow are invited to quit their bitching

yikes

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lonb5mhBPl1qeqr1mo1_500.gif

Am in Hershey, Pennsylvania on work trip. Currently 100 degrees F with 30% humidity. The a/c at the motel is too weak to compensate.

you can go swim in the chocolate river, though.

Here in Seattle it has been over 80 degrees for 78 minutes this summer.

Those anti global warming dudes are all recalling a mere two Chicago summers ago, when there were no days that even hit 90, and several in the 70s.

That was a great summer.

I need to move to Seattle. Or possible the Yukon.

the news just told me that mutant mosquitos are on the way. if you need me, i'll be living in a meat locker.

(xp) or London?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/8

(possibly not an xp)

I don't want to go out there!!!! :(

Scared.

"White Cloud"

wtf britain

It really is amazing how much of a difference the humidity makes. Being in Durango with 95 degrees and 10% humidity felt a lot easier to deal with than 95 degrees and 50% or 60% humidity.

I was at Chocolate World today, in fact! They're air-conditioning systems are robust enough to keep the immense selection of their products in the gift shop/mall from becoming bags of milk brown slurry.

Also, spotted: a tubby little white girl who pointed and screeched in happiness like a mood-inverted character from the 70s Body Snatchers flick when she glimpsed sight of the official Hershey Reeses NASCAR auto parked over in the corner.

i really feel like a slug having spent the whole day inside, sitting on my ass, and feel like i should go for at least a walk or something, but there are limits even to my guilt.

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the lady who lives next to me just went out jogging

good luck to you, you attractive maniac

― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, July 21, 2011 4:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Jesus. Even my most exercise-obsessed friend got on facebook at like 6:30 this morning stating that she was going to take a run but then, no.

i was really shocked! i'd gone out to the store to get some things and was unloading the car and she walked by and we said our various hellos and then i realized she was in jogging gear and yeah there she goes running down the sidewalk. i felt like shouting PLEASE DONT DIE, YOU SEEM NICE.

i'm being slow cooked in my own sweat

you guys can come use my pool. I have enough gin.

alfred's pool is actually filled with gin

with giant ice cubes as floats and swizzle sticks as water noodles

Photo on BBC News home page now:

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54207000/jpg/_54207059_012501598-1.jpg
A 17-year-old man cools off while holding his son in Newark, New Jersey, on 21 July 2011

oh is that what he's doing to his son

alfred's pool is actually filled with gin

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lol alfred this is kind of how i imagine your life fwiw

Capital-J Jeff jogs when it's this hot outside, much to my consternation.

I just completed a standard allotment of mid-week household chores (trash, dishes, sweeping the kitchen, changing the cat litter, etc.) and I have to take a shower now.

I've been leaving the a/c on for the cat during the day, which I feel awful about, but I'd feel more awful if I didn't do it. (I set it at 85 fyi)

lol alfred this is kind of how i imagine your life fwiw

This is how I imagine it too.

AJ, I thought about doing that this morning but right now, I've got the AC on and both idiot cats are lying between the curtains and the back glass doors in the hottest room in the house, so I kind of feel like it would be wasted on them.

Yeah, you're right, but I get super paranoid and I figure it's only for a few days.

that was apparently two x-posts from the chicago thread.

well i went for my walk. a good ten miles or so.

in other news i am brain damaged.

haha i went for a swim and biked home p refreshed (its only like 10 mins) and when i got home my apt was hotter than outside. i turned on the a/c sorry planet earth u had a good run

Yes, I run in the heat. I just go slower and drink sufficient fluids.

So apparently we're all under some kind of *HEAT DOME* -- because it being hot outside needs to be some kind of scary-sounding new phenomenon and not just it's hot

or need a title for Mad Max IV

tbh it does feel an awful lot like what i imagine being in that pig shit methane farm under bartertown would feel like right now

Those anti global warming dudes are all recalling a mere two Chicago summers ago, when there were no days that even hit 90, and several in the 70s.

That was blissful. I didn't even bother installing the A/C unit that year.

TS: anti global warming dudes justifying their beliefs based on an extremely small sample size vs global warming dudes doing the same thing.

let the A/C run all night, a rare indulgence, bcz at 7am today it was 85

103F / 39C

index 115F / 46C

Golfing tonight. Expected to be 95 at tee off.

Word of warning: remember to hang onto the club after follow-through.

it's going to be too effing hot to leave work at 5:30

this is probably the one day this year when i wish i had to get up at 6 to go into work instead of going in at 2.

guys, nelly has provided a simple solution to this problem that you would all be well-served by remembering

so it's 101 in Baltimore with a "heat index" of 136

looking up what a heat index of 105-130 is, I find: "Danger — heat cramps and heat exhaustion are likely; heat stroke is probable with continued activity" ; since today we're at 136, this produces: "Extreme danger — heat stroke is imminent"

yikes!

imminent!

I am drinking one of these and trying to decide if it is disgusting or really, really delicious:

http://www.bkfoods.com/store/media/Products/ss_size1/55235202.jpg

Not good at drinking lots of water to beated the heat, so I'm focusing on yuppie sodas.

Looks like it should be sold on etsy tbh

how i roll

http://skyrisefoods.com/store/pc/catalog/Beverages/images2/Perrier.jpg

http://skyrisefoods.com/store/pc/catalog/Beverages/images2/Perrier.jpg

I'm a Pelligrino girl myself. Perrier is ultra fizzy!

just trying to calculate the number of iced coffees sold on one square block in midtown is making my head spin

for those of you making them at home just remember that instant bustelo is your ticket to frenzied incoherence

i am usually like an eight-year-old when it comes to staying hydrated with water vs. sugary garbage, but i am pretty sure i have had four gallons of h20 in the last two hours.

98 right now. fabulous day for an outdoor wedding; to which i will wear a black suit.

ew. i am pretty much done pretending to give a shit about suits at summer weddings. i wear short sleeve button downs, no tie.

the number of answers ott is like the degrees

destroyer this is an excellent opportunity to "rock" the suit + flipflops gestalt

oh man if it was with any audience other than my gf's family...

I was in a wedding in 03 or so in August, highs in upper 90s, bridesmaids in long black dresses, and we were all supposed to get ready at a friend's not air-conditioned house. Also the rehearsal dinner was outside. The couple divorced three months later, probably under the weight of all the curses heaped upon them by their bridal party.

i would rather puke 5 times than get ready at that house