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Post by bjd on Sept 7, 2009 11:28:29 GMT
Today we have 31°, sun and a hot wind blowing from the south. No rain though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2010 3:11:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2010 10:39:35 GMT
Another oppressively hot day here in store for us. Everyone at dinner last night remarked and bemoaned the fact that it is only the second week of June and we are already reaching temperatures we would normally see in August. The heat index yesterday was 107F. Same forecast for today. Have to be up and about by at least 6a.m. to be outside doing anything,start out in full sun and gradually work your way into the shade. By noon, in the outdoor shower.
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Post by lola on Jun 13, 2010 17:39:50 GMT
I'm working at airconditioned office, but yesterday was at home where we haven't caved in to using AC yet. My it was muggy. Then we had a big cloudburst finally that left 4" of water in one corner of the basement. Last night, the whole world felt wet. Probably the same by now, but it it felt fine at 0630.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 13, 2010 19:44:14 GMT
It's just the opposite here. With the rains come cooler weather, washing away the dust and baking heat of Spring. The air is moist, the plants are green! It's 76 in the house right now -- just right.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2010 10:46:21 GMT
How fortunate for you Bixa. Lola, I remember spending the summer of 1974 in Saint Louis,I was attending UMSL summer session to make up some credits to graduate the following year from another school there. It was one of the hottest summers I ever experienced anywhere. The long haul out to class from the West End of the city along King's Highway in scorching temperatures will forever be etched in my brain as pure misery. I don't think we felt a breeze blow all summer. Meanwhile,we are still deep in the inferno here. Yesterday late afternoon however,we got a nice thunderstorm that did cool things off quite a bit.
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Post by rikita on Jun 16, 2010 20:44:40 GMT
i wish it was warm enough to post here. well it was nice today but quite windy and thus not that warm.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2010 18:59:54 GMT
No complaints at the moment. We had about 3 years of miserable summers, and it looks like this summer is finally going to be a "real" summer. Yes, it will feel too hot part of the time, but it's better than remembering the summer in later months and just thinking of how cold it was.
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Post by rikita on Jul 6, 2010 19:21:39 GMT
there were some really hot days for a while, now it has cooled down a bit but it's still ok...
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Post by lagatta on Jul 7, 2010 0:57:57 GMT
It is very hot and humid here now - sultry! The Jazz Festival is concluding with a Mardi Gras parade and it is appropriate weather (moreover, it is mardi). I'm not complaining though - I hate winter so I can't bitch too much about a bit of respite.
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Post by rikita on Jul 9, 2010 21:37:15 GMT
well my apartment feels a bit like a sauna.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2010 23:43:00 GMT
The heat index got up to 105F here today,then a cloud cover later in the afternoon made it a bit more bearable. I'm still not going to whine too much about,I get out real early and do what I have to do,go out midday for just a stroll,then inside during the hottest part of the day,then back out. Far better than cold.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 10, 2010 1:22:54 GMT
I love to get up early and am usually up before 6am this time of year. Problem these last few days is that I think I slept poorly in the heat (it was 31c here in the middle of the night, indoors) and wound up sleeping in to 7:30 or so! That cuts out the early-morning "fitness" spins around the park (a big park with playing fields north of here) or going out to the market really early when the farmers are just setting up and everything is wonderfully fresh.
We've had heavy thundershowers today, so that very humid heavy weather should be over. Fortunately it is remaining warm though.
Casimira, where you live, I assume anyone who can possibly afford it has air conditioning, at least in their bedroom if they can't afford to AC the whole house.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2010 3:16:12 GMT
Yes,Lagatta,almost everyone has AC of some kind. We hold out for a pretty long time. I prefer to sleep w/out it on nights that hover in the 80F's. Other than that, we don't run it constantly,and are not hermetically sealed.On days when I have the baby here,I put it on low for her to nap in,she gets overheated really easily. I prefer ceiling fans personally,even if they are just moving hot air,it's moving. Have one in almost every room. In the winter, they're efficient for moving the hot air down from the heater. My car does not have AC.
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Post by rikita on Jul 10, 2010 20:33:13 GMT
well at nine pm i checked the temperature on a weather-site online, and it said it is 34,5 degrees celsius, which is somethign like 93 or 94 - for here that is quite a lot... 105 would be really extreme here... here, people don't usually have ACs in their homes, and i must admit i am not overly fond of them - at least when i was in the states, i found that people kept turning them up too much, and i found the difference between indoors and outdoors then hard to deal with (quite apart from energy usage and thus environmental aspects)... when i went in the car with my host family i was always cold and had to take a sweater along, and used the breaks to warm up a bit outside...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2010 10:23:18 GMT
Yes, I have to carry a sweater or reboza with me at all times here,for that very reason. I go to a fair number of neighborhood meetings and they always have the AC cranked up too too high for me. Grocery stores on the absolute worst. I am taking care of a neighbor's house and garden for the whole month of July. The gentleman has alot of sound equipment in the house as he free lances doing podcasts etc. for the symphony and the local NPR station. While gone,they left 3 AC's going!! I asked several times since they have been gone,do they really want it this cold in there? They reiterated that yes they do. It feels like a meatlocker when I go over there.
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Post by lola on Jul 11, 2010 13:51:07 GMT
I'm with you, casimira. Can't stand feeling sealed off from the sounds outside like cicadas and birds. I'm perplexed by how many people keep windows closed at night even in late spring when the air feels wonderful.
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Post by rikita on Jul 11, 2010 20:06:41 GMT
well i do sometimes think higher electricity prices might not be all bad. they might make people think a bit more. and build more according to climate - when you go into older buildings without airconditioning, you can still feel that they were built in a way that keeps out heat, while modern buildings just depend on airconditioning...
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 13, 2010 23:51:39 GMT
I'm with you, casimira. Can't stand feeling sealed off from the sounds outside like cicadas and birds. I'm perplexed by how many people keep windows closed at night even in late spring when the air feels wonderful. Well, in the States sometimes you have to close your windows because the neighbors next door turn on the AC the moment the temperature goes above 70. If their monster compressor is close to your window, there goes all your pleasure in keeping the window open. =============================================== That's so true, Rikita. Houses used to have transoms in them, so there could be privacy, yet the air would keep flowing. Good point about making people think about electricity use, too. Yes, sometimes the heat or ac needs to be on, but does it have to be kept SO hot or SO cold?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2010 3:26:31 GMT
We are fairly fortunate in that the compressors for both neighbours are on the other side of their houses,and also fortunate in that the gentleman who built our house,was a house builder in this area of town,he designed this house for himself,taking elements of design that were energy efficient and keeps the house relatively well insulated from the heat and the cold. We had some guests over this weekend who marveled that we were not running the AC as the downstairs felt relatively cool considering the outside temperature.Upstairs during the hottest part of the day it does get hot,but cools down once the sun goes down.
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Post by rikita on Jul 14, 2010 14:36:32 GMT
well the other thing is of course that one gets used to things. like, it is pretty hot in my place, and when i got in from outside i definitely notice that (though right now a light breeze is coming in every now and then, so it is a bit cooler) - but when i am here for a while, it starts feeling normal... oh well, but i suppose it also depends on the person, some deal more easily with heat others don't. but of course the majority of the world's population can't even afford air conditioning... how is that in mexico btw?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2010 21:41:54 GMT
I made the dreadful mistake of riding my bike to work today,it wasn't bad going but,coming home,it was rough riding,the heat from the pavement,you could see it.
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Post by rikita on Jul 14, 2010 23:04:16 GMT
sounds like fun...
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Post by spindrift on Jul 17, 2010 11:20:20 GMT
The heatwave willl return next week - so we are told.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2010 17:27:00 GMT
Hot as blazes here right now,jeez,spent the morning outside in the garden and just now had to come in as it's so intense. Looks like maybe a thunderstorm may give us some relief. I read in the newspaper that last month,June, was the hottest on record, all over the world...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2010 19:48:54 GMT
Heat index 110F here today
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2010 20:49:56 GMT
Today was merely "muggy," one of my least favorite weather conditions. Frankly, I don't mind sweating when I'm on vacation (Indochina, Southeast Asia, Cuba, etc.), but I absolutely hate sweating at home.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2010 10:38:07 GMT
Yesterday turned out to be a record breaking temperature,(100F in Audubon Park!) and no relief in sight. I am grateful that I am an early riser,however,when I go to make appointments with people for garden consults,invariably,many,more than I care to count,want to schedule times midday,out in the full,scorching sun. I am usually wiped by then,and in dire need of a siesta. GRRRRRRRR!
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Post by rikita on Aug 3, 2010 19:59:29 GMT
cold and rainy here now, and will stay like that for a while. i have a sore throat.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2010 9:19:10 GMT
When I come to the office in the morning, sometimes the streets have already been cleaned, sometimes not. I don’t think that anybody can imagine how dirty a street like the Champs Elysées can get in just one evening during the tourist season. Of course, the fact that there are no trash receptacles for security reasons does not help things, but even if they existed, there would be no way to make them big enough for the ice cream cups, the pizza boxes, the empty wine and champagne bottles, the beer cans, the fast food boxes and bags, all of the flyers for the Arab stars performing in various hotels, tissues, discarded shopping bags, newspapers, vomit, abandoned clothing. Remember how the field looked at the end of Woodstock? That’s not too far from what I see most mornings.
I am really impressed at how the trucks, machines, vacuums and brooms of the sanitation workers can make the street and sidewalks presentable in just a few minutes, and then come through with the water trucks and make it sparkle.
Oh, it doesn’t stay clean long. When summer ends, it will all be better.
I keep thinking that I should take a picture of it one morning before it is cleaned, but it is so disgusting, I don't want to.
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