Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-28 Thread Brother John
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
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

RE: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-25 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-25 Thread Nick Arnett
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-24 Thread Julia Thompson
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-24 Thread Dave Land
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.

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-24 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
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

Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-23 Thread Nick Arnett
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-23 Thread Nick Arnett
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-23 Thread Charlie Bell
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

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-23 Thread Dave Land
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