And so it begins: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Brush-Fire-Burning-Hillsides-Off-Highway-39-Above-Azusa--383670151.html (or should more accurately say, continues: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-heat-fire-red-flag-conditions-socal-20160620-snap-story.html )
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:43 PM, dstein <davecst...@gmail.com> wrote: > It got to a blistering 80 today in Oakland! Which actually does qualify for > a scorcher out here. Don't worry I spent 32 years in the deep south, 21 of > them in south Louisiana. i've done my time in 100 degree temps with 75% > humidity (for 5 months out of the year). I started riding while living in > Tennessee which isn't a whole lot better, it actually consistently gets > above 100 for several days, again with the high humidity. If it was above 90 > I didn't go out. > > > On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 3:40:57 PM UTC-7, Tim wrote: >> >> Here in Louisville, KY it's 88 and 50% humidity. Forecast for the week is >> 90-94 with humidity between 55-65%. I'll take that over 50 degrees any day. >> I've always done pretty well with the heat. I'm from KC where it's hotter >> and more humid this week than here in KY. As an ironworker who has spent >> every KC winter since 1979 working outside, I'll never, ever complain about >> hot weather. I sweat as profusely as anyone I've ever known (the bolt on a >> brand new quill stem will be completely rusted within 2 weeks of >> installation) and I just drink and drink and am usually none the worse for >> it, so there has never been a day when I thought it was too hot to ride. I >> did make a slight miscalculation in 2011 when I decided to ride the Southern >> Tier route from San Diego to St. Augustine, and I thought it would be >> clever, since I'm so tough and macho, to begin the ride on July 5th. The >> first 14 days of the ride reached over 100 degrees, with the peak reading on >> my Garmin in a parking lot in Phoenix at 122! I never once reached my goal >> mileage (which I set unreasonably high to start with) and didn't complete >> the ride. Next time I try it will be an April or October start. Lungimsam, >> the DC and KC heat and humidity are very, very similar. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
