Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:37 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

Hot enough for ya? 🥵

Actually cut the grass at noon. Just went outside to put new air filters in both our cars. It was so hot I lost my concentration and had to step over into a shadow.

99 degrees- feels like 106 according to the Weather Channel app.

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Hot enough for ya? 🥵 (Original post)	underpants	Jul 2020	OP
Not for nothing but mowing the lawn at noon while it's 99 is probably not a good idea.	dem4decades	Jul 2020	#1
It wasn't that bad.	underpants	Jul 2020	#5
Remember to snack on melons/cucumbers...	2naSalit	Jul 2020	#20
Mustard	underpants	Jul 2020	#25
That's interesting...	2naSalit	Jul 2020	#26
Salt for water retention	underpants	Jul 2020	#34
Thanks...	2naSalit	Jul 2020	#45
Be careful out there!! It is hot. nt	SWBTATTReg	Jul 2020	#2
81 out on Oregon.. we are supposed to hit 90. Not bad so fsr.	CentralMass	Jul 2020	#3
I hate the heat. We have had about a week total of high temps (over 85) all summer and I hate the	LizBeth	Jul 2020	#4
It's 105 degrees here in AZ and not even noon yet. When humidity is factored in it's a feel's like	in2herbs	Jul 2020	#6
We have been hovering just under the 100 mark for the last ten days or so	Chainfire	Jul 2020	#7
In-laws almost bought into a time share in Vegas	underpants	Jul 2020	#10
Hot cha cha in DC. Maybe the WH AC will go on the blink	soothsayer	Jul 2020	#8
Your post made me ask my wife a what-if	underpants	Jul 2020	#12
Yeah options are limited aren't they	soothsayer	Jul 2020	#16
🙂	underpants	Jul 2020	#36
Yeah, same here with our grocery store cooling (ha, obviously)	soothsayer	Jul 2020	#39
You can get a nice cheap (less than $100) window unit to keep around	soothsayer	Jul 2020	#17
I had a window unit but I gave it to my brother	underpants	Jul 2020	#27
Mid Summer and hot as anything	jimfields33	Jul 2020	#9
Not here in the GWN	Disaffected	Jul 2020	#11
GWN?	underpants	Jul 2020	#14
Canada's nickname	Disaffected	Jul 2020	#18
Oh.	underpants	Jul 2020	#28
About to here :)	Disaffected	Jul 2020	#38
Yes, it's been very pleasant in Calgary this summer	ironflange	Jul 2020	#33
Yup, southern Alberta,	Disaffected	Jul 2020	#37
That's right	ironflange	Jul 2020	#42
No Calgary Stampede this year cuz... virus?	soothsayer	Jul 2020	#40
Nope, COVID knocked it out this year	ironflange	Jul 2020	#41
Yes,	Disaffected	Jul 2020	#44
Interesting. 44 C Humidex in Eastern Canada n/t	Cetacea	Jul 2020	#46
It has been hot here in Houston as well.	cayugafalls	Jul 2020	#13
Our dog running through the garden	underpants	Jul 2020	#15
Another year of record heat and Twitler still calls GW a hoax.. NT	Imallin4Joe	Jul 2020	#19
welcome to DU	gopiscrap	Jul 2020	#48
You're nuts, man! Be careful!	LuckyCharms	Jul 2020	#21
I needed a good sweat.	underpants	Jul 2020	#31
Yesterday & Last Week, Yeah	ProfessorGAC	Jul 2020	#22
Careful, there. Do outside chores well before 10:00 in weather like that.	Hekate	Jul 2020	#23
Only 82 here	mokawanis	Jul 2020	#24
Ugh! It's 95 here in Boston.	smirkymonkey	Jul 2020	#29
In North-central Kentucky, we're having a weird one....	KY_EnviroGuy	Jul 2020	#30
Basic at Ft. Knox	underpants	Jul 2020	#32
I'm 75 and I walk briskly for a half hour every day for exercise in a partially shady neighborhood.	kskiska	Jul 2020	#35
57 here on Oregon Coast. Would be glad to trade you for an hour or so..	jalan48	Jul 2020	#43
Be careful of those heat strokes.	kentuck	Jul 2020	#47

Response to underpants (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:42 PM

dem4decades (7,180 posts)

1. Not for nothing but mowing the lawn at noon while it's 99 is probably not a good idea.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:51 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

5. It wasn't that bad.

The grass has stopped growing it seems. I only had one area to cut. Manual lawnmower-no gas.

Yeah I made it as quick as possible

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Response to underpants (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:33 PM

2naSalit (47,467 posts)

20. Remember to snack on melons/cucumbers...

they cool you down and help you withstand the heat.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:46 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

25. Mustard

Pre Gatorade, mustard and pickle juice was the way to stay hydrated. The mustard thing is still a tradition at the Naval Academy for their Freshman hell day.

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Response to underpants (Reply #25)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:50 PM

2naSalit (47,467 posts)

26. That's interesting...

I wonder why I've never heard of that! Have recipe or guide for proportions? Seriously, I'd like to try it.

All Gatorade does in heat is give me a headache. Now after a vomiting episode, it's fantastic.

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Response to 2naSalit (Reply #26)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:20 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

34. Salt for water retention

That’s the purpose of the mustard. Mustard then water.

Pickle juice has salt and fluid.

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Response to underpants (Reply #34)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 05:03 PM

2naSalit (47,467 posts)

45. Thanks...

we have some hot days ahead and I want to have options.

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Response to underpants (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:43 PM

SWBTATTReg (14,469 posts)

2. Be careful out there!! It is hot. nt

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:45 PM

CentralMass (10,391 posts)

3. 81 out on Oregon.. we are supposed to hit 90. Not bad so fsr.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:50 PM

LizBeth (7,171 posts)

4. I hate the heat. We have had about a week total of high temps (over 85) all summer and I hate the

heat. I walked dog about half an hour ago, and was griping about it thru out my walk. Lol. And it is only sitting at 78 now. Hate the heat. This is when I drive over to the ocean, lol. Drops ten to fifteen degrees.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:58 PM

in2herbs (1,764 posts)

6. It's 105 degrees here in AZ and not even noon yet. When humidity is factored in it's a feel's like

temp of between 100 and 105 degrees. This summer we have had more days of 110+ degrees thus far than ever recorded. Neither man nor animal can live in this weather. Biden must not waste time implementing the challenges needed to reverse of global warming.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:00 PM

Chainfire (4,798 posts)

7. We have been hovering just under the 100 mark for the last ten days or so

High humidity makes it feel like around 110. It is hot, but it is July, and it is always hot in the third week of July. I limit my outside work to early mornings and wrap up by around 10:00 AM. Next week we have some rain coming which will lower the temps a few degrees, and a few degrees either way, makes a lot of difference when you are talking high 90s. Our weather will be very hot until late October, we will have a few weeks of cold weather in Dec or Jan, then six months of Spring-like weather, so it all works out.

I enjoyed long days and hot weather when I was younger, but at near 70, my cooling system just does not work as well as it used to, so I spend the hot weather hunkered down in the air conditioning.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:06 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

10. In-laws almost bought into a time share in Vegas

until my father in law realized that the “27th week” meant July in Vegas. Yeah that was the term they used instead of saying it was the third week in July.

Hey, my wife and I went and got a free week in Vegas - I think it was in February. We made the drive to the Grand Canyon.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:04 PM

soothsayer (31,809 posts)

8. Hot cha cha in DC. Maybe the WH AC will go on the blink

Image makes me smile.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:24 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

12. Your post made me ask my wife a what-if

IF our AC goes out, would you be comfortable getting a hotel room?

My wife is super let’s say aware of this virus situation. Never leaves the house. She was on this back from the beginning and had all the numbers right from early on.

The other option is using the AC in the cars or buying a window unit.

As pilots say - don’t play for IF the engines cuts, plan for WHEN it cuts off.

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Response to underpants (Reply #12)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:28 PM

soothsayer (31,809 posts)

16. Yeah options are limited aren't they

As a kid when our AC died my folks would take us to the movies, or we’d hang out in the grocery store to cool off.

Can’t really do that now.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:26 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

36. 🙂

My mom got a “membership” at a Howard Johnson hotel pool for $50 back in the day. 70’s.

We were way poorer than my brother or I realized.

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Response to underpants (Reply #36)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:39 PM

soothsayer (31,809 posts)

39. Yeah, same here with our grocery store cooling (ha, obviously)

My mom made my dad join knights of Columbus 60s, 70s) for the pool. (It was a cheap option for Catholics, who usually earned less and wouldn’t have been allowed to join a country club anyway.)

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Response to underpants (Reply #12)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:30 PM

soothsayer (31,809 posts)

17. You can get a nice cheap (less than $100) window unit to keep around

We have a spare sitting here in case

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:54 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

27. I had a window unit but I gave it to my brother

He needed it. My wife said “it could be here in a few days”. Me: uh I’m going to Lowe’s and getting one. Leaving the house is not in her universe.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:05 PM

jimfields33 (4,417 posts)

9. Mid Summer and hot as anything

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:15 PM

Disaffected (1,509 posts)

11. Not here in the GWN

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Highs in the high teens to mid twenties all summer so far.

And enough rain to keep things nice and green (but not without the mosquitoes). I'll take mosquito season over smoke season any time though (we seem to be alternating between the two the past few years).

Myself, I start to wilt when it gets close to 30 (86 F).

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:25 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

14. GWN?

???

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:31 PM

Disaffected (1,509 posts)

18. Canada's nickname

Great White North

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:54 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

28. Oh.

I should have known that. How high up?

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:38 PM

Disaffected (1,509 posts)

38. About to here :)

Actually around 1,100 metres (about 3,600 ft).

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:17 PM

ironflange (6,585 posts)

33. Yes, it's been very pleasant in Calgary this summer

Except for that hailstorm thing a while ago. . .

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:35 PM

Disaffected (1,509 posts)

37. Yup, southern Alberta,

the hailstorm capital of the world (actually). Beats tornados and hurricanes (although we do get the odd small tornado)

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:49 PM

ironflange (6,585 posts)

42. That's right

We had a billion-dollar hailstorm a little while ago, didn't affect this end of the city though (whew). For some reason, the worst storms hit the northeast part of Calgary; where I am is relatively calm.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:41 PM

soothsayer (31,809 posts)

40. No Calgary Stampede this year cuz... virus?

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:45 PM

ironflange (6,585 posts)

41. Nope, COVID knocked it out this year

Though there were still some events, like fireworks, little donuts, etc.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:56 PM

Disaffected (1,509 posts)

44. Yes,

first cancellation (and it's been held every year prior for nearly a century).

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 11:38 PM

Cetacea (7,168 posts)

46. Interesting. 44 C Humidex in Eastern Canada n/t

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:24 PM

cayugafalls (4,170 posts)

13. It has been hot here in Houston as well.

Mowed my 2 acres a couple days ago and boy was it hot. We have lots of trees so that helped, but it has been real dry and it was very dusty. I think I swallowed and breathed in a pound of dust. Should have worn a mask, but it was so darn hot I forgot. Next time I will have to mask up as I was coughing for a couple hours after mowing.

We keep our house at a balmy 80 because we don't like to run the AC all the time. You get used to it after a while.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:27 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

15. Our dog running through the garden

I saw dust flying up. We are watering once the sun sets. It’s going to be 85 here at 11PM.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:32 PM

Imallin4Joe (299 posts)

19. Another year of record heat and Twitler still calls GW a hoax.. NT

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Thu Jul 30, 2020, 12:27 PM

gopiscrap (21,495 posts)

48. welcome to DU

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:34 PM

LuckyCharms (9,978 posts)

21. You're nuts, man! Be careful!

I was going to rake over about a 12 square foot bare area and plant some grass. Stepped out side and said "Nope" and walked back in the house.

I thought my nurse practitioner was going to kill me one day when I told her I spent 14 hours in the hot sun building tree rings.

Her words were...are you suicidal? I said no. Are you drinking a lot of water? Yes I am. Well, you're in your 60's. Your kidney tests show that you have damaged your kidneys. You said you sweat a lot...there is probably no amount of water you can get into you in time that would prevent you from getting dehydrated when you do stupid shit like that. DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE!!!!

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:15 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

31. I needed a good sweat.

20 minutes and I was done.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:35 PM

ProfessorGAC (46,241 posts)

22. Yesterday & Last Week, Yeah

Cold front bumped into the hot air and we're at 77 at 230pm.
We did get 2" of rain in 45 minutes, though.
Raining bucketfuls!

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:36 PM

Hekate (66,336 posts)

23. Careful, there. Do outside chores well before 10:00 in weather like that.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:42 PM

mokawanis (3,884 posts)

24. Only 82 here

Went out and mowed the lawn this afternoon. Took about 2 hours and I was sweating buckets. Now I'm back inside drinking Gatorade like my life depends on it.

Wife is refusing to do our daily walk, due to heat/humidity, and I ain't putting up an argument.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:58 PM

smirkymonkey (58,059 posts)

29. Ugh! It's 95 here in Boston.

Went to breakfast with a friend around 9am this morning and it was pretty hot, but not quite this bad yet. I hate the heat! I don't know what I would do without AC. I am such a miserable person in the heat if I can't be in AC or swim.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:10 PM

KY_EnviroGuy (12,260 posts)

30. In North-central Kentucky, we're having a weird one....

95 deg-F but the humidity is only around 45% so it does nor feel so bad outside.

Years ago when I did a bunch of work in the High Desert in Wyoming, I learned the hard way that very low humidity can be dangerous. Being raised in the South, I instinctively relate dangerous heat with severe sweating which I did not do in the desert due to low humidity (10-to-15% many days). I got really dehydrated a few times before I learned to use other indicators as a gauge.

Everyone please keep some water out for your birds in a shady spot if you can.

KY

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:17 PM

underpants (159,399 posts)

32. Basic at Ft. Knox

In January- April. I’m told it gets brutally hot there in the summer without any water anywhere near.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:20 PM

kskiska (26,343 posts)

35. I'm 75 and I walk briskly for a half hour every day for exercise in a partially shady neighborhood.

Once it gets to 95, though, I begin to think twice about it. I did it today, listening to music and carrying something to wipe my brow. This summer has been relentlessly hot, though.

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:49 PM

jalan48 (11,370 posts)

43. 57 here on Oregon Coast. Would be glad to trade you for an hour or so..

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Mon Jul 20, 2020, 04:12 AM

kentuck (100,595 posts)

47. Be careful of those heat strokes.

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