Re: Good Lord, it's hot
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:53 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: On 7/23/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:33 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: The last two days, my little indoor/outdoor thermometer has recorded a high temp of 117 degrees. I suppose I should clarify that that was the maximum recorded outsidetemperature. The maximum inside temp was ... good heavens, 97 degrees. In my office! But I think it has mostly been 77-82 in here, with A/C and ceiling fans working all too hard. Now I'm wondering when it hit 97... I suspect it was while the thermometer was on top of my display, which, despite being a flat panel, puts out some heat. Allow me to clarify also: I was talking about glancing at the thermometer part of the clock display that is about a foot or two from my head when I am lying down on numerous occasions during the past couple of weeks or so and noticing it read 94.5°F it's down to 95 now, at 8 pm... .and we still don't care to walk the dog. Nor does the dog seem especially inclined to keep moving much. During the day the cat is similarly disinclined to move much. He has taken to lying on top of things with all four legs, his tail, and most of his head hanging over the edge putting them more in line with the output of the fan. On occasion he shifts position a bit and finds that in the new position enough of his mass is hanging over the edge to make him unstable, so Clunk! he goes to the floor and then jumps back up to try to get into the artificial breeze again. It was nicer today. It rained pretty hard for awhile about lunchtime, although according to the news that plus the 2.5 we got over the weekend (according to my rain gauge) is not enough to get the water use restrictions lifted . . . It is nice and cool here in southeast Alaska. Enjoy your sun bathing. --JWR ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
At 10:00 PM Friday 7/28/2006, Brother John wrote: It is nice and cool here in southeast Alaska. Enjoy your sun bathing. Enjoy your Christmas. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
John Horn wrote: We've been good until then. I have several friends who still don't have power almost a week later. And there are hundred's of thousands of others throughout the area. We were very, very lucky! I'm about 20 miles south of Dave and Nick. Because we're farther away from the bay, we're even hotter down here. Some times by as much as 10°. Miserable. The overnight lows have been setting records too. I think there have been nights that we didn't get much below 80° and of course the house doesn't cool off. In over thirty years in Ca. I've never experienced anything close to this. -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Good Lord, it's hot
At 10:54 AM Tuesday 7/25/2006, Horn, John wrote: It's not as hot here (St. Louis) as it was. And we have power, unlike a lot of other people here. As you probably heard, some really nasty storms rolled unexpectedly through St. Louis last Wednesday. I was at a friend's house and didn't realize how serious it was. The power at his house flickered a bunch but didn't go out for any length of time. My wife called and let me know that we had lost power at our house. The temperature on Thursday was predicted to be over 100 F so we knew we were in trouble. Wednesday night wasn't too bad temperature-wise. First thing Thursday morning, my wife got on the phone calling hotels. Though it had been reported that all the hotels within 100 miles were full, she was able to find a room. So we packed up the house and kids and headed over to the hotel. I went by the house Thursday after work to check on the cats and found the temperature, though hot in the house, wasn't as bad as I feared. Our neighbor let us know that the power came back on at about 2:00 a.m. on Friday. So we checked out of the hotel and headed back home. Another round of storms came through Friday morning but fortunately, had no effect on us. (Ironically, I had booked a different (closer) hotel for Friday night and they lost power in this second storm. Good thing we didn't need it.) We lost power again about 6:30 p.m. Friday. No storms, no idea what happened. And it stayed out until about 4:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. Fortunately, again, it wasn't too hot and we were able to stay at home. We've been good until then. I have several friends who still don't have power almost a week later. And there are hundred's of thousands of others throughout the area. We were very, very lucky! There are millions in heat-affected areas nationwide who can afford neither air conditioning at home nor to stay in a hotel. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
On 7/25/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are millions in heat-affected areas nationwide who can afford neither air conditioning at home nor to stay in a hotel. Libraries around here have had to drag out folding chairs and tables to accomodate all the people who are escaping the heat. I've heard that shopping malls, grocery stores and other public places with A/C have been crowded. Thank goodness there are places to go... I'm sure there are millions elsewhere in the world who have nowhere to go when the weather goes crazy. And I'm sure there are people who can't get to them around here... Thirty heat-related deaths in California, they say. While Wes was in Iraq, he turned into a skinny guy (before somebody turned him into a dead guy in many small pieces). While I imagine that was partly due to stress, I'm sure part of it was the heat. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
Dave Land wrote: So there appear to be at least two ways to deal with the heat: crank up the AC and the fan, or crank up the blues. You non-tropicals are so weird. Enjoy the heat; that's what Homo sapiens was designed [:-)] to cope. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Dave Land wrote: So there appear to be at least two ways to deal with the heat: crank up the AC and the fan, or crank up the blues. You non-tropicals are so weird. Enjoy the heat; that's what Homo sapiens was designed [:-)] to cope. Yeah, well, I've run into a few weird people that way. I had an English teacher in high school who would lecture from near the window, because he wanted to be cold, so he'd open the window. In winter. When it was below freezing. We learned to bring jackets to class. I think that the blues are a perfectly nice way of handling it. :) (Letting the kids splash in a freshly-filled wading pool has its charms, as well. The hard part on that one is getting Tommy dried off *before* he starts walking into the house.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
On Jul 24, 2006, at 3:34 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Dave Land wrote: So there appear to be at least two ways to deal with the heat: crank up the AC and the fan, or crank up the blues. You non-tropicals are so weird. Enjoy the heat; that's what Homo sapiens was designed [:-)] to cope. Well, I'm non-tropical, to be sure, but where I grew up, in Western Pennsylvania, it was not that unusual to have the temperature settle in at 90 or 95 degrees and very-near 100% humidity for weeks at a time, so I know what hot and humid feels like. I also know that sweating it out while Ms. Carol Fran sings the blues is better than coping with the heat, it's making the best of it. Dave Mid-Latitude Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
At 09:53 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: On 7/23/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:33 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: The last two days, my little indoor/outdoor thermometer has recorded a high temp of 117 degrees. I suppose I should clarify that that was the maximum recorded outsidetemperature. The maximum inside temp was ... good heavens, 97 degrees. In my office! But I think it has mostly been 77-82 in here, with A/C and ceiling fans working all too hard. Now I'm wondering when it hit 97... I suspect it was while the thermometer was on top of my display, which, despite being a flat panel, puts out some heat. Allow me to clarify also: I was talking about glancing at the thermometer part of the clock display that is about a foot or two from my head when I am lying down on numerous occasions during the past couple of weeks or so and noticing it read 94.5°F it's down to 95 now, at 8 pm... .and we still don't care to walk the dog. Nor does the dog seem especially inclined to keep moving much. During the day the cat is similarly disinclined to move much. He has taken to lying on top of things with all four legs, his tail, and most of his head hanging over the edge putting them more in line with the output of the fan. On occasion he shifts position a bit and finds that in the new position enough of his mass is hanging over the edge to make him unstable, so Clunk! he goes to the floor and then jumps back up to try to get into the artificial breeze again. It was nicer today. It rained pretty hard for awhile about lunchtime, although according to the news that plus the 2.5 we got over the weekend (according to my rain gauge) is not enough to get the water use restrictions lifted . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
At 08:33 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: The last two days, my little indoor/outdoor thermometer has recorded a high temp of 117 degrees. At least that was [presumably] the temperature on the _outside_ side of the thermometer. We had some rain yesterday afternoon and overnight which kept the highest temperature I've noticed inside today to 84.5°F, which is a full 10° lower than it had been several days during the past couple of weeks. And even when it is not raining, we have plenty of humidity. While that's probably a bit higher than the actual temperature outside, it's close enough to reassure me that I'm not crazy, it's dang hot. We were at 90 degrees by 9 a.m. and we're still at 101 now, at 6:30 p.m. Toasty. And unusual for this area, we have some humidity, too, so the heat index is just nutty. Once again, I'm grateful that we're in Santa Clara, which has some of the most reliable electical power around here. Yes, being able to run a fan does help somewhat. P.S. They say that global warming would make this area cooler and wetter. They say a lot of things . . . -- Ronn in Birmingham, AL :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
On 7/23/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:33 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: The last two days, my little indoor/outdoor thermometer has recorded a high temp of 117 degrees. I suppose I should clarify that that was the maximum recorded outsidetemperature. The maximum inside temp was ... good heavens, 97 degrees. In my office! But I think it has mostly been 77-82 in here, with A/C and ceiling fans working all too hard. Now I'm wondering when it hit 97... I suspect it was while the thermometer was on top of my display, which, despite being a flat panel, puts out some heat. it's down to 95 now, at 8 pm... .and we still don't care to walk the dog. Nor does the dog seem especially inclined to keep moving much. He wants to go for a walk, but I know I'll end up carrying him home if we go as far as he wants to go. I feel like I'm blogging. Hmmm. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
On 24/07/2006, at 11:33 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: Now, I realize that for some of you, this weather might just be routine, especially if you happen to be serving in Iraq. Last Wednesday night, I was in 36C. Last Thursday night I was in 2C. That's a hell of a shift. Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Good Lord, it's hot
On Jul 23, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: The last two days, my little indoor/outdoor thermometer has recorded a high temp of 117 degrees. While that's probably a bit higher than the actual temperature outside, it's close enough to reassure me that I'm not crazy, it's dang hot. We were at 90 degrees by 9 a.m. and we're still at 101 now, at 6:30 p.m. Toasty. And unusual for this area, we have some humidity, too, so the heat index is just nutty. I live a few scant miles from Nick, and I can attest: it's stupid hot. Today, however, Peggy and I did something that made the heat seem perfectly appropriate. We went to a place for brunch called the Poor House Bistro not far from downtown San jose. We sat under the big awning beside a hundred-or-so year-old house and sweltered and grooved and drank and ate and drank and applauded for a wonderful Gospel/Blues singer named Carol Fran from Lafayette, LA. Ms. Carol looks like someone's grandma and sings like she's just had her heart broken and plays keyboard like she's been doing it for fifty years. Which she has. Peggy's a California girl who'd never seen much of the rest of the country before she spent a week last September doing relief work in the Gulf Coast. I think she found a whole new world down there, and today's visit to this little exported chunk of New Orleans seemed to hit the spot. So there appear to be at least two ways to deal with the heat: crank up the AC and the fan, or crank up the blues. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
