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seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:28 PM Jul 2014

i got to turn off my airconditioner, run thru the house opening windows. from 91 to 66 in minutes.

ok. it might have taken more than minutes. not more than an hour. the northern rain and storm came in. it was 91 this afternoon. right now at 7:30, 66

i LOVE it

this has been the best summer. we generally have to water twice a week. i watered twice in may. none in jume. and once, so far this july. i did it middle of last week, assured we would get some rain this week and i would not have to water for a good couple week, at least.

just great.

i hate the heat.

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i got to turn off my airconditioner, run thru the house opening windows. from 91 to 66 in minutes. (Original Post) seabeyond Jul 2014 OP
Must be nice Scootaloo Jul 2014 #1
oh no. i laughed, when i got to pugent sound. ah, my dream seabeyond Jul 2014 #3
its not so bad by Lakewood MFM008 Jul 2014 #111
Awful thunderstorms here. Squinch Jul 2014 #2
coolest. i am on property that declines toward the bottom of the hill. all the rain runs down, seabeyond Jul 2014 #5
I went out to dinner tonight, and on the way home, the traffic had to stop because the rain was Squinch Jul 2014 #29
but these monsoons... really? i love them. but. there does get to a point of dangerous. seabeyond Jul 2014 #32
Actually, what I should say is that I like them as long Squinch Jul 2014 #33
true that. i hear ya. we drove to cape cod. twice got in a down pour we could not see at all. seabeyond Jul 2014 #36
I didn't much enjoy my swift-water rescue experience 2 years ago. DeadLetterOffice Jul 2014 #39
i have a neighbor on a little hill where the water pour down into the other neighbors moat. seabeyond Jul 2014 #62
Not Colorado, no -- upstate NY. DeadLetterOffice Jul 2014 #97
oh, noooo, you had me laughing rescue wanting to play with their toys. well, seabeyond Jul 2014 #99
I was stuck outside walking the dog in that TorchTheWitch Jul 2014 #94
A friend of mine was saying, "We never have drizzle any more. It's torrential or nothing." Squinch Jul 2014 #95
hey, that really seems to be true TorchTheWitch Jul 2014 #96
i love your story, all the way down to the seabeyond Jul 2014 #100
It's the polar vortex II! pipoman Jul 2014 #4
that is it. that is what i hear. and it worked. nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #6
never had a polar vortex before, now we have had 2 in 6 months. rurallib Jul 2014 #21
You must be a young'un... truebluegreen Jul 2014 #61
This front is gonna stall right above us. Texasgal Jul 2014 #7
i hope you get some too. Im sittin comfortable on my porch, as the gentle rain falls, now. breeze , seabeyond Jul 2014 #9
Nice! Texasgal Jul 2014 #18
shhhhh, dont listen. i have the fan on, with the windows open and i am getting a ..... seabeyond Jul 2014 #34
Swatting hundreds of the trillions of mosquitoes on my front porch, growing mold in the humidity Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #37
i started out laughing and agreeing about all the mosquitos to that seabeyond Jul 2014 #63
also unheard of in Florida even if it rains most of the day nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #87
My air conditioner capacitor went out last Wednesday... tammywammy Jul 2014 #8
that works also. seabeyond Jul 2014 #10
Me either. tammywammy Jul 2014 #12
It's cool here today as well BainsBane Jul 2014 #11
you betcha. ;) nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #14
Has anyone been having trouble with their basil? AngryAmish Jul 2014 #13
i do not think we have hit 100 this year. BASIL... peoples. i do not garden. hubby does. seabeyond Jul 2014 #15
You may have answered your own question. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #22
it's probably too cool at night. KittyWampus Jul 2014 #31
We have a big pot in the bag yard it comes back in, but not so much this year snooper2 Jul 2014 #91
Glad you are getting rain. mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #16
i have to check where all of you are. i love know what is up, other parts of the country seabeyond Jul 2014 #17
I love that feeling too. It's like a raised middle finger to a sweltering day Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #19
Thick blooded visceral heat hater. 3catwoman3 Jul 2014 #35
LOL! Plucketeer Jul 2014 #41
right there with you. nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #43
YOU... of my own heart. listen to you. what an awesomely creative post. i love. seabeyond Jul 2014 #42
Two weeks of near perfect weather here. sheshe2 Jul 2014 #20
yea you. well deserved. well earned. i am glad to hear. and that the weather accomodated. seabeyond Jul 2014 #45
Sweet, sea~ sheshe2 Jul 2014 #51
wow. very capturing pictures. seabeyond Jul 2014 #64
Cranked open our windows here in Iowa rurallib Jul 2014 #23
yes yEs YES... the best. good to hear. tis fun, isnt it. nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #46
Good for you! William769 Jul 2014 #24
Ha! Same here n/t PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #26
well, ya. seabeyond Jul 2014 #48
I've been here all my life PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #60
i do enjoy trying out different places. i hope you will be able to. seabeyond Jul 2014 #65
I wish I could do it soon PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #70
perfect fall destinations. seabeyond Jul 2014 #73
lmFUGGINao william. out loud too. i have a robust laugh, on occasion. seabeyond Jul 2014 #47
Weird weather here in SoCal... PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #25
i am feeling for calif. we have had a drought too many years. seabeyond Jul 2014 #49
We haven't had to water in about 5 years here in SW Washington. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #27
i am looking in your area, seabeyond Jul 2014 #50
one of the absolute best things about living in coastal norcal... mike_c Jul 2014 #28
i lived in carmel valley for a time. i do hear you. perfectly ideal weather. and the fog that seabeyond Jul 2014 #52
Southern Wisconsin here Half-Century Man Jul 2014 #30
bah hahahah. you are after their bigfoot huh? it is interesting this summer, seabeyond Jul 2014 #53
Not chasing them Half-Century Man Jul 2014 #56
60s and drizzly here now fizzgig Jul 2014 #38
you are right above me. so you did get it before me. you shared, this time. seabeyond Jul 2014 #54
floods last september fizzgig Jul 2014 #67
i see. thanks for explaining that. and giving me the time of the floods. nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #69
but you should see the river above the burn area fizzgig Jul 2014 #76
too beautiful. isnt it. thank you for showing off. seabeyond Jul 2014 #79
i've had some harrowing drives in the mountains fizzgig Jul 2014 #83
yes. that. lol seabeyond Jul 2014 #85
We had a couple of drops of rain today abelenkpe Jul 2014 #40
ah, i do hear you. seabeyond Jul 2014 #57
I went from 101° to 78° in about an hour Brother Buzz Jul 2014 #44
yea you buzz. coolest. lol, literally. seabeyond Jul 2014 #58
It could be the heat humidity factor in play with you Brother Buzz Jul 2014 #71
it really does. good point. and you are right. it has been way more humid than usual. seabeyond Jul 2014 #74
In KC, I just had to shut some windows because it was a bit chilly. tridim Jul 2014 #55
ha ha ha ha ha ha. and JULY. i tell you. seabeyond Jul 2014 #59
This Summer's freezing cold weather absolutely sucks Reter Jul 2014 #66
you are one of THOSE. i never complain during the cold. cause i want to righteously seabeyond Jul 2014 #72
No I'm not one of those Reter Jul 2014 #113
isnt that funny. polar opposites. i grip about the heat all the time. i hate it. and never gripe seabeyond Jul 2014 #116
I hate the heat as well. Boudica the Lyoness Jul 2014 #68
yes. that. seabeyond Jul 2014 #75
It is so humid here in Mississippi Aerows Jul 2014 #77
yes yes yes. my son has been in new orleans. seabeyond Jul 2014 #80
Uh, I live in California... nikto Jul 2014 #78
i know.... i know. lol seabeyond Jul 2014 #81
It rained here... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #82
i do not know where you are.... seabeyond Jul 2014 #84
Fort Worth. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #89
Sort of the same thing here, but we had some sever weather too. NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #86
i do not like bad coming with the storms, but i hear ya with the heat. nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #106
had to close the windows this am or my 93 year old mom will want the heat on dembotoz Jul 2014 #88
i love your story. too funny, huh? i slept with open windows. it was great. nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #105
It's so hot here Aerows Jul 2014 #90
high today, 78.1, lol. lovely. seabeyond Jul 2014 #104
We had to wait until this morning when it got down to 69 CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #92
wouldnt that have been lovely weather for the tournament. but then, seabeyond Jul 2014 #103
Not to mention the exercise from swatting flies lame54 Jul 2014 #93
screens dude, screens.... nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #102
Cooler in Houston today, less humid. texanwitch Jul 2014 #98
i do not know how you do houston. 78.1 today, high. windows open all day.... sigh. nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #101
Really nice today. texanwitch Jul 2014 #109
agreed. third day. 76. windows still open, lol. and no 100. adn middle of july. unheard of. seabeyond Jul 2014 #117
enjoy it while it lasts, seabeyond :) steve2470 Jul 2014 #107
wowsers... i could not do that for anything. well. i did live in az the first part of seabeyond Jul 2014 #118
It's been a wild summer here in Ohio. riqster Jul 2014 #108
i hear ya. seabeyond Jul 2014 #119
so the HAARP is working out rather well? TheNutcracker Jul 2014 #110
By raping the sky with energy rays from large amounts of antennas placed at HAARP's location in Alas seabeyond Jul 2014 #120
Very cool today and will remain so for the week ahead. Skidmore Jul 2014 #112
this morning, got up early, windows opened, getting coffee, mumbling, ... it feels like fall. seabeyond Jul 2014 #121
I can't say the same for the east side. LWolf Jul 2014 #114
oh my. last year, i took the boys up northwest and hit high 90's and 100 degree seabeyond Jul 2014 #122
We had LWolf Jul 2014 #124
wow. and we are sittin at 59 right now. middle of friggin july. i am not over the trippiness of seabeyond Jul 2014 #125
Won't get past the mid-nineties today (DFW) LanternWaste Jul 2014 #115
i hope we get more today. monday, the rain was hard and lots. seabeyond Jul 2014 #123
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
1. Must be nice
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:30 PM
Jul 2014

Windows and doors are open, still 86 in here. In Puget Sound!

Granted it's because all the humidity is holding the heat in and preventing any breeze.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
3. oh no. i laughed, when i got to pugent sound. ah, my dream
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:34 PM
Jul 2014

i so want to live there. maybe 5 yrs.....

we had that last night. it was so hot. it rained. i thought that would cool it off, and it was disgusting. still so hot, no cool off and humidity. it was like what it sounds you are experiencing. it was odd.

MFM008

(19,803 posts)
111. its not so bad by Lakewood
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 06:42 PM
Jul 2014

80 feels a bit cooler, rain is coming back by Saturday. Friday, Sat , especially Sunday was horrible. Even global warming cant hold back our marine layer..........yet.................

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
5. coolest. i am on property that declines toward the bottom of the hill. all the rain runs down,
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:38 PM
Jul 2014

from both hills and the other hill on an intersecting street. my neighbor even has a moat around the house, then the water drains across the street. i sit high. with a heavy rain, i love running from window to window to see who chickens out going across the waterway. too funny. i laugh and laugh.

i love weather. the extreme.

Squinch

(50,915 posts)
29. I went out to dinner tonight, and on the way home, the traffic had to stop because the rain was
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:32 PM
Jul 2014

running down a hill and literally making a river on a major parkway.

We had one flood here where the same parkway flooded high enough to strand motorists who had to be pulled out in boats from the roofs of their cars. And I'm just north of NYC.

I like windy weather, and snow and autumn, but these monsoons I could do without.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
32. but these monsoons... really? i love them. but. there does get to a point of dangerous.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:12 PM
Jul 2014

and having lived in az where there are flash floods, twice getting in the middle of one, when i was very young, it is important to always play it smart. for sure. i do not ever want to experience a helicopter rescue cause i am stranded on top of my car. for sure.

Squinch

(50,915 posts)
33. Actually, what I should say is that I like them as long
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:14 PM
Jul 2014

as I am in my living room looking out my window. I am on a high floor, so the views during a storm are beautiful.

But not on the road.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
36. true that. i hear ya. we drove to cape cod. twice got in a down pour we could not see at all.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:17 PM
Jul 2014

and we were driving forward. trying to see. finally was... hey. pull over. never drive forward when you literally cannot see. it was around the great lakes. but then, afraid to pull over, and slow down, stop cause fearful the others wont see you.

in the home is the best place to be, to enjoy.

even with a tornado. i have an excellent basement.

DeadLetterOffice

(1,352 posts)
39. I didn't much enjoy my swift-water rescue experience 2 years ago.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:24 PM
Jul 2014

But it did give me perspective on how annoyed to get or not get when the creek floods and puts most of my gravel driveway into my yard. Annoying as hell, and costs money to put back, but much better than the joy that was watching them evacuate my kids.

That said, I'd still prefer not to flood again in the next few days -- we had enough of that 3 weeks ago -- so I'll ask the weather fairies to keep the storms downstate so you can enjoy them seabeyond!

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
62. i have a neighbor on a little hill where the water pour down into the other neighbors moat.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:59 PM
Jul 2014

this mans house also situation between two hills, both sides. so more water to merge in it all. he has a damn little rock yard and all the rocks travel down to my house. he has had city out so often trying to fix it, but... he is on a hill. with a hill on both sides. water is gonna go down. and his gravel yard is the perfect path.

you made me think of him, his struggle last year. this year, he just accepts.

colorado, i take it? i was talking to another coloradian and trying to remember when all your floods were. scary stufff. and what you say about your experience, with kids? ya. i would not want to do that again.

DeadLetterOffice

(1,352 posts)
97. Not Colorado, no -- upstate NY.
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 04:49 PM
Jul 2014

We live on a cute little creek that turns into the Flooding Stream From Hell every couple of years after heavy rainfall, and our property flash-flooded on June 25 -- turned the house into an island, put the driveway in non-driveway places, left really impressive trees and other woodland debris all over the place. But it didn't move the shed, and the sump pumps kept up with the groundwater rising into the basement (for the most part), so it was definitely better than the joy that was Irene in 2012 (which involved the swift-water rescue people, who seemed honestly excited to try out their equipment, lol).

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
99. oh, noooo, you had me laughing rescue wanting to play with their toys. well,
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 05:27 PM
Jul 2014

i am glad your rescue was not an inconvenience for them, anyway. that is cute. and the men and women that rescue, i salute. but that made me laugh.

you sit in the middle of a possible disaster. interesting choices. i bet beautiful and well worth it though.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
94. I was stuck outside walking the dog in that
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 12:11 PM
Jul 2014

We had a brief storm blow through, and I thought that was the end of it, so I took the dog for a walk. We were a good 10 blocks from home when suddenly this massive black horizon came rolling up and spewed lakes of water on us. It was the thunder and lightening I didn't like most of all though.

We got totally drenched. Even my pack of smokes in my pocket turned to brown mush with bits of cardboard pulp. Doggie had a blast playing in the white water rapids barreling down the sides of the roads. Even in middle of the road it was ankle deep in a lot of places. But I wanted to run home and hide in the closet... I hate thunder. My dog pays it no mind.

Squinch

(50,915 posts)
95. A friend of mine was saying, "We never have drizzle any more. It's torrential or nothing."
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 12:36 PM
Jul 2014

That is true.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
96. hey, that really seems to be true
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 02:03 PM
Jul 2014

I can't remember anymore the last time we had just steady showers. Had to be years and years ago. I think I prefer the nothing or downpour though. I remember when I was young I'd get so depressed during the three or four day perpetual rain events.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
100. i love your story, all the way down to the
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 05:28 PM
Jul 2014

soggy cigs, lol

sigh. and once again, today i have had no cig. i am stopping again. in the last couple years i have stopped more than smoked but man, i cannot get this monkey off my back.

rurallib

(62,382 posts)
21. never had a polar vortex before, now we have had 2 in 6 months.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:09 PM
Jul 2014

it's them damn scientists, I tells ya!

Texasgal

(17,038 posts)
7. This front is gonna stall right above us.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:41 PM
Jul 2014
It was 101 degrees here today.

I wish we it would come lower! Enjoy! 66 degrees in JULY in TEXAS is unheard of!
 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
9. i hope you get some too. Im sittin comfortable on my porch, as the gentle rain falls, now. breeze ,
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:46 PM
Jul 2014

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nice and cool sweeps over.

lovely. wish i could put a picture up. all the rain. all the green.

Texasgal

(17,038 posts)
18. Nice!
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:02 PM
Jul 2014

It's so stinking hot here today! The AC in the office never clicked off.

The forecast says some rain just because we will have some of that cool air mixed with humidity. Nothing serious though. I've been spoiled this year already, we've only had three days over 100 degree temps so far.

Enjoy yourself! I am so jealous!

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
34. shhhhh, dont listen. i have the fan on, with the windows open and i am getting a .....
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:15 PM
Jul 2014

chill.

lol lol

Dustlawyer

(10,494 posts)
37. Swatting hundreds of the trillions of mosquitoes on my front porch, growing mold in the humidity
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:21 PM
Jul 2014

down here in Southeast Texas at 80 + degrees. Why do I like sitting out here reading DU? Crickets and frogs performing a symphony, a child laughing down the street, the moon bright as all get out tonight, in a word peaceful!

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
63. i started out laughing and agreeing about all the mosquitos to that
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:01 PM
Jul 2014

sigh of contentment, sittin on the porch

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
8. My air conditioner capacitor went out last Wednesday...
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:44 PM
Jul 2014

I don't know how long it wasn't running, but I got home at 8 pm and my house was at 89. Thankfully fixed the next day.

I'll just enjoy that the next few days won't be 100+

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
12. Me either.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:51 PM
Jul 2014

Made sure there was food & water for the kitties and I spent the night at a friend's house.

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
13. Has anyone been having trouble with their basil?
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:52 PM
Jul 2014

Usually it grows like crazy but this year both ours and a neighbor it has been growing slow and some leaves are blackening.

It has been really wet this year and little heat.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
15. i do not think we have hit 100 this year. BASIL... peoples. i do not garden. hubby does.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:55 PM
Jul 2014

we are always curious when something does not behave like it has in the past.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
22. You may have answered your own question.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:10 PM
Jul 2014

"really wet and little heat" describes a good amount of our weather year, and I've had crap luck growing basil- until this year, when I planted some later-- and we've had unusually hot and sunny weather.

It's rockin'.

mnhtnbb

(31,374 posts)
16. Glad you are getting rain.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:59 PM
Jul 2014

We've had very little the last month.

But, right now? Lightning, thunder, and some rain.

I'll take it!

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
17. i have to check where all of you are. i love know what is up, other parts of the country
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:02 PM
Jul 2014

where people are living and stuff.

it is down low this year. hopin you get the grass well watered. i always look at it as a free water for my grass and trees.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
19. I love that feeling too. It's like a raised middle finger to a sweltering day
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:04 PM
Jul 2014

I know it's a short lived fleeting feeling, but as a thick-blooded visceral hater of hot weather, seeing a 90 plus muggy day having its back broken is a tremendous morale boost. What makes it even better is if the storm is proceeded by cool gusty breezes for a time before the rain hits. Seeing and feeling the temperature drop from 96 to 66 in less than 5 minutes, the the rain comes, giving the air a clean feel, in contrast to the air I was "wearing" as if it were an inch thick layer of scuzzy muck coating my body. It's all I can do to contain my exuberance and not go out on the driveway pump my fist into the air and taunt the heat gods.

Sure it's fleeting, as 20-30 minutes later the clean cool air becomes muggy again despite the cloud cover. What sucks worse is if it happens too early in the afternoon and then dissipates, the sun will come out in the super-humid air and roast you again.

Even so, I'll take whatever break I can get from the "heat miser".

3catwoman3

(23,949 posts)
35. Thick blooded visceral heat hater.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:15 PM
Jul 2014

That would be me, too, for sure. If the outside temp never went above about 78, I'd be thrilled. I'll take winter and snow from Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day, and then the rest of the year I want 55-78, with low humidity. Where can I find that?

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
41. LOL!
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:27 PM
Jul 2014

On Mars! T'was 104 and humid here today. Rain? Wha's dat? We had a teaser shower back in April. Bone dry since - welcome to central california.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
42. YOU... of my own heart. listen to you. what an awesomely creative post. i love.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:29 PM
Jul 2014

we are getting a couple days. 65 now. gonna keep going down. windows open, lol, fan on, and getting a chill.

hey.

i have had that happen in the fall and it is totally awesome. a warm day, and the north bitter cold comes down. it is a wall. it can be seen coming. one minute 80's and in seconds it plummets. that is a blast.

sheshe2

(83,654 posts)
20. Two weeks of near perfect weather here.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:06 PM
Jul 2014

I have hardly used the fans at all. Rained a lot tonight, we needed it.

Only bad days were the 3rd and the 4th of July. Who cares, I had the best 2 weeks ever for vacation!

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
45. yea you. well deserved. well earned. i am glad to hear. and that the weather accomodated.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:32 PM
Jul 2014

not gonna mess with sheshe, now mother nature is not, lol.

rurallib

(62,382 posts)
23. Cranked open our windows here in Iowa
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:12 PM
Jul 2014

We have had a lot of rain, but today we are getting the polar vortex. It is wonderful. Fall like weather at the hottest part of the year.

66 at 8PM and headed to 50!

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
48. well, ya.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:38 PM
Jul 2014

if you are in pasadena. lol. there is a duh. (i tease). i was born in arizona and grew up in calif. having seasons is a treat.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
65. i do enjoy trying out different places. i hope you will be able to.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:03 PM
Jul 2014

i was in southern calif for a while. change will be fun.

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)
70. I wish I could do it soon
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:14 PM
Jul 2014

I'm 50 now and my family tends to die in their early to mid-60s! At least I can travel. I'm going to Abq and Santa Fe in the Fall

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
73. perfect fall destinations.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:18 PM
Jul 2014

both will be fun. the best balloon races in albq sometime fall.

you will have a blast. new mexico surprises me with its beauty. i didnt know.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
47. lmFUGGINao william. out loud too. i have a robust laugh, on occasion.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:37 PM
Jul 2014

ah william. i do not know if it is cause you choose to live in hot and humid florida that never cools off or the pacific northwest and you are just that opposed to the heat.

i do like my windows open. whenever i can.

in ways our winters are worse with that cause it is too cold always, for too long. well, not too long as far as what i like. but too long in keeping everything shut up.

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)
25. Weird weather here in SoCal...
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:16 PM
Jul 2014

Very humid and warm. Sprinkled a bit but no measurable rainfall. We so need it!

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
49. i am feeling for calif. we have had a drought too many years.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:39 PM
Jul 2014

that is another reason we are so excited by the rain. but calif has had it bad. and no snow this year either, right?

 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
27. We haven't had to water in about 5 years here in SW Washington.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:17 PM
Jul 2014

The winters and summers have been very mild.

I love it.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
50. i am looking in your area,
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:41 PM
Jul 2014

but honestly, thinking southwest.... that would be like vancouver, olympia and such. i bet you do not, lol lol. at first picturing southeast, my bad. but once i thought about, i am sure you do not water. i assumed you did not. llol

love that country. i have looked at olympia.

mike_c

(36,269 posts)
28. one of the absolute best things about living in coastal norcal...
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:26 PM
Jul 2014

...is the lovely mild summers and winters. No one here has AC, and in winter we heat mostly with a small wood stove. Our winter heating budget, which includes hot water and cooking, rarely exceeds $100/month. Today's high temp: 74F, sunny and dry. Currently 68F (6:30 PM) and tonight's forecast low temp is 57F. Subtract 15F or so for a typical winter forecast.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
52. i lived in carmel valley for a time. i do hear you. perfectly ideal weather. and the fog that
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:44 PM
Jul 2014

literally rolls in the afternoon, early summer is awesome. i could not agree with you more. truly, a piece of heaven.

one year we had rain from febraury to may, every day. people were so tired of it. no me.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
30. Southern Wisconsin here
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:35 PM
Jul 2014

It's been raining here so often, I think we are becoming a temperate rain forest. Take that Seattle. Once our environment changes, Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) will move here for the cheese.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
38. 60s and drizzly here now
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:23 PM
Jul 2014

got to the mid 80s here today, but that was still much too hot for my liking.

but you know how i love to brag about my northern colorado climate.

my phone did just blow up with a flash flood warning, though. but i'm lucky it's not a concern with my area.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
54. you are right above me. so you did get it before me. you shared, this time.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:47 PM
Jul 2014

i am going to make it there, i swearzzz. i do love the country.

was it last summer with the floods? fall? winter? that was not good.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
67. floods last september
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:05 PM
Jul 2014

river here running brown with runoff from the june 2012 fire. the river is facing flood danger for years.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
76. but you should see the river above the burn area
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:23 PM
Jul 2014

water almost clear as glass (i wanted to show this off).



 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
79. too beautiful. isnt it. thank you for showing off.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:27 PM
Jul 2014

did i tell you. i took your silverton road last year on vacation. i was so traumatized, that today i still feel the effect. you coloradians do not do what you are suppose to do for all of us, with your mountain roads you know. they are scary. i was internally shaking for two day, couldnt eat, and wanted to hire a helicopter to get me, my boys and car off the mountain.

instead i put a shirt in the driver side window so i could not see all that open air, lol... drove really slow back down to durango. i was going to go the other way, million dollar hwy. that is even worse. i could not do it.

i have been back to colorado, but i swear i have ptsd. and get flash backs, often.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
83. i've had some harrowing drives in the mountains
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:36 PM
Jul 2014

the "the crows will eat my eyes before they find me if i go over the side" drives.

and the husband likes to play rally car driver in the volvo wagon. stuff me in the glove box, please.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
85. yes. that. lol
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:38 PM
Jul 2014

what is it??? and i understand it is not just that silverton/million dollar road either. calif at least put up these really high barricades and if i scrunch down in the seat, i can not see a whole lot of the vastness. colorado, these little dinky roads on friggin cliffs.

and bad bad bad hubby of yours. tell him to behave.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
57. ah, i do hear you.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:50 PM
Jul 2014

as i told another calif up above, we were in severe drought conditions. we got hardly anything this winter and i was so afraid what kind of summer we would have. a couple years ago, it was so hot, too many days in a row, hovering 110, and no rain at all.

you guys are not in a good place, from what i hear.

Brother Buzz

(36,380 posts)
44. I went from 101° to 78° in about an hour
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:32 PM
Jul 2014

I just open the front and back doors and let Sacramento delta breeze evacuate my house.

I tolerate the heat well up to 98.6°, beyond that I suffer.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
58. yea you buzz. coolest. lol, literally.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:51 PM
Jul 2014

my number is 85. really 80, but i do not want to be too much of a cry baby.

Brother Buzz

(36,380 posts)
71. It could be the heat humidity factor in play with you
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:15 PM
Jul 2014

We got hot, but it's a 'dry' heat, or so they say. When we have a long spell of triple digit days, I haul a chaise lounge into the frozen aisle at our market and read detective mysteries set in the tropics. Life is good.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
74. it really does. good point. and you are right. it has been way more humid than usual.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:20 PM
Jul 2014

we generally get a couple days a year. we have had a lot this summer and it takes me down. i hate it. the other day, high 80's i was telling kids. this feels fine. a breeze, high 80's and i am ok. it was one of the few dry heats.

but then, we are getting the rain. and have not had this for like 5 yrs. we need.

ya. you are right.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
59. ha ha ha ha ha ha. and JULY. i tell you.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:52 PM
Jul 2014

ya that. i was saying up thread, i have the fan on with windows open and getting a chill.

 

Reter

(2,188 posts)
66. This Summer's freezing cold weather absolutely sucks
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:04 PM
Jul 2014

I live in NYC and this is awful. My 4th of July was ruined. A 69 degree Independence Day in NYC is unacceptable. I'm still waiting for a heat wave of continuous days in the upper 90's.

Here's what I have to say to those who complain about the Summer:

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
72. you are one of THOSE. i never complain during the cold. cause i want to righteously
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:16 PM
Jul 2014

complain about the heat.

even at 6 am, and my son ran out of gas, up the street. pitch black. he in shorts and a jacket. me in slippers and jacket. no glaves. or hats. and it is like -25 wind chill factor pouring gas into tank our of one of those things....

 

Reter

(2,188 posts)
113. No I'm not one of those
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 01:32 PM
Jul 2014

You will never find me complaining about the heat. One exception will be Christmas, because that day gets you in the mood much better when it's cold.

Now, I never said I didn't complain about the cold. I do all the time. I hate it with a passion. My pet peeve is also people who are always hot.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
116. isnt that funny. polar opposites. i grip about the heat all the time. i hate it. and never gripe
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 02:51 PM
Jul 2014

about the cold, love it.

you, the opposite. at least we are not hypocrites and stay true,

 

Boudica the Lyoness

(2,899 posts)
68. I hate the heat as well.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:08 PM
Jul 2014

I'd do better in western Washington, but I live in hot dry eastern Washington.

Our house is over a hundred years old and some of the original windows weren't designed to open. About 20 years ago we gutted the house down to the studs and also replaced all the windows. I love to turn the AC off on a cool evening and mornings, open the windows and let the breeze blow through the entire house. The house is filled with bird song as well and it's heavenly.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
75. yes. that.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:23 PM
Jul 2014

i hear you. that is pure pleasure.

i have an older house too. '48. we put new windows in a couple years ago. best decision.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
80. yes yes yes. my son has been in new orleans.
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:29 PM
Jul 2014

i will say... man humid today. he says, not like NO. lol. a month into it, he has finally stopped after we all shout.... not like NO.

i betcha arrows. i do not know how yawl do it.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
81. i know.... i know. lol
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:30 PM
Jul 2014

i have already talked to two calif about it. you need rain. i hear ya. it is bad there.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
84. i do not know where you are....
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:36 PM
Jul 2014

arent you tx too? that was us last night. it was hot, rained then killer humid with heat. i could not cool the garage down enough, later at night, to allow dog in there to sleep. it was weird, and bad.

that was keep everything shut up and air on.... for sure.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
86. Sort of the same thing here, but we had some sever weather too.
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 06:38 AM
Jul 2014

A lot of people were out of power, and several buildings were damaged. Nobody was hurt, though, so we were fortunate.

I hate the heat too. The older I get, the worse I hate it.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
104. high today, 78.1, lol. lovely.
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 05:32 PM
Jul 2014

i am getting cocky and it is gonna nip me on the ass. it is wise i stay humble and appreciative.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
92. We had to wait until this morning when it got down to 69
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 11:35 AM
Jul 2014

after the last day at the golf tournament when it got to over 100. Thursday's projected high is 70 degrees. Climate change has truly come to Oklahoma and I swear some day I am going to hit Senator Jim Inhofe over the head with a barometer.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
103. wouldnt that have been lovely weather for the tournament. but then,
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 05:31 PM
Jul 2014

with oklahoma, a storm would have people looking for the tornado. man have you guys gotten hit. did not realize you were in okla.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
98. Cooler in Houston today, less humid.
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 05:21 PM
Jul 2014

No ac on just open windows and fans.

Yesterday was hot and humid.

This summer hasn't been that bad for Houston.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
117. agreed. third day. 76. windows still open, lol. and no 100. adn middle of july. unheard of.
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 02:55 PM
Jul 2014

i am off to red rive, in NM mountains first week in aug. i always go to have a little cooler weather after a long summer of heat. lol. not seeming like i need or have earned it this summer.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
107. enjoy it while it lasts, seabeyond :)
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 05:50 PM
Jul 2014

We here in Florida don't get the same luxury at night until October. We don't get daytime temperatures like that until maybe November at the earliest.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
118. wowsers... i could not do that for anything. well. i did live in az the first part of
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 02:57 PM
Jul 2014

my life. we only owned sweaters cause in the summer they had air cranked up so high, we needed them inside. lol.

i would have no desire to live that, but some people do not like the cold for anything.

riqster

(13,986 posts)
108. It's been a wild summer here in Ohio.
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 05:57 PM
Jul 2014

The next couple of days are supposed to be cooler. Of course, the term "Ohio forecast" is an oxymoron.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
119. i hear ya.
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 02:58 PM
Jul 2014

we are working on day three, windows open, still in 70's. totally odd. glad it has cooled down for you all.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
120. By raping the sky with energy rays from large amounts of antennas placed at HAARP's location in Alas
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 03:02 PM
Jul 2014

lol. that?

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
112. Very cool today and will remain so for the week ahead.
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 06:45 PM
Jul 2014

Feels like October weather. We still have flooding going on too. My veggie garden literally drowned. The corner that sort of survived is confused by the temperatures though.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
121. this morning, got up early, windows opened, getting coffee, mumbling, ... it feels like fall.
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 03:04 PM
Jul 2014

exactly.

sorry about the garden. so much work put in. so much hope and happiness with fruition.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
114. I can't say the same for the east side.
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 01:53 PM
Jul 2014

July has been brutal, and today's high is forecast for 99. It's already 90, and the hottest part of the day is usually between 5 and 6. We're supposed to drop down into the 80s on Friday. I'm hoping. This has been one of the most enduring July heat waves I've experienced in Oregon.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
122. oh my. last year, i took the boys up northwest and hit high 90's and 100 degree
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 03:05 PM
Jul 2014

weather. told the boys, cooler in texas. it was odd. you are getting another. not fun.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
124. We had
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 10:15 AM
Jul 2014

something like 3400 lighting strikes in the region during Sunday's thunderstorms, sparking a bunch of fires all around; it's hot, windy, and smoky. I hope a little temperature drop will help them get a handle on the fires.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
125. wow. and we are sittin at 59 right now. middle of friggin july. i am not over the trippiness of
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 10:27 AM
Jul 2014

this. huge storm last night that is still sprinklin around this morning.

i was the west from bottom to top, to get its rain.

i hope they get a handle on it too. we had fires about 3 yr ago, with the worst, driest summer i have experienced. not fun

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
115. Won't get past the mid-nineties today (DFW)
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 02:08 PM
Jul 2014

Won't get past the mid-nineties today (DFW), and tonight we're expected to have lows in the high sixties, with the next two or three days being unseasonably cool. Yeah... I hate the heat too and am loving this stuff.

And rain tonight! Rain in July!!! July rain in Texas is as rare as a December snow! Woohoo!!!!

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
123. i hope we get more today. monday, the rain was hard and lots.
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 03:07 PM
Jul 2014

both yesterday and today in the 70's.

i am good with this. i was telling someone above, i go to red river first week in aug. to cool off after a long hot summer. this year, i hardly feel i deserve it, or have earned it. going anyway, lol

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