Summertime thoughts

WOW - now that is one BIG banana split. It looks incredibly delicious...........:D

OOPS - that's in the other thread about the hot weather. Sorry.



Not to harp on the hot weather and those who choose not to use their a.c.'s, but I just heard this sad story on the Phila news: Philly's first heat related death was reported today when a 57 year old man was found dead in his house. He had a.c., but it was not turned on. Even quite frequently you hear of people found dead in their homes and apartments (mostly the elderly) who have no a.c. or fans, yet leave all their windows closed - thinking that they are keeping the hot air out. :(

I know you might say the heat doesn't bother you, but it takes a toll on your body whether it bothers you or not. Stay safe in this dangerously hot weather. One good thing about it - it can't last forever and will cool off some soon. :p

Yeah, I meant to post it over there, posted it here then moved it!

The great thing about Cabot's is they have dairy free ice cream, too - so you could have a sundae of your own, no tummy ache required. I have heard from lactose intolerant friends that it is the only dairy free ice cream they have had that actually tastes like ice cream!

Do not worry about me, I drink enough water, cold water this time of year, and only do my exercise late at night when it has cooled off.

Hi - it's just your friendly PT weather lady, checking in.

It was already 81 at 5:30 a.m. YOWZER!!! It's gonna be another cooker. I was just looking at The Weather Channel web site for this zip code, and they are reporting "oppressive humidity" No shiat, Sherlock,,,,:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Take it easy everyone, if you are stuck in this soup. Relief coming here by late Sunday. Woo-Hoo :D I hope the forecasters have it right this time.

It's 77 here and it's only 10am. At least it's not in the 80s or 90s yet.

Temp at noon: 94F
Heat index: 107F

We had a little heat wave a few weeks ago so I ran the A/C and got a bill for 300 dollars, so I try not to run it too much.

If I jump in the pool I am cooled off for hours after. Of course the dogs don't swim so when they start panting the air goes on.

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We had a little heat wave a few weeks ago so I ran the A/C and got a bill for 300 dollars, so I try not to run it too much.

If I jump in the pool I am cooled off for hours after. Of course the dogs don't swim so when they start panting the air goes on.

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Yikes - you must have some outrageous electric rates. :( This is an all electric house (about 2350 sq ft) and has a 3 ton central a.c. and a smaller heat pump/a.c. unit in the area of the 3 room addition. Total electric bill in the heat of summer never runs us that much. And that's just not the cooling - it includes hot water, clothes dryer, kitchen range, freezer that is in the hot garage - anything and everything that is electric.

It is about 2:30 p.m., I have not ventured outside today - I just looked and it is
Temp: 97° F
Humidity: 41%
Feel like: 103° F

I'll stay inside and cool for now, thanks!

One other summertime thought: I bought some popsicles - peach ones, real fruit - and when I finish one, it reminds me of Miss Hoppy - she enjoyed nibbling the wooden, fruit-soaked popsicle sticks. Now I just discard them, but think of her and feel a tad guilty for "wasting" them!

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Yikes - you must have some outrageous electric rates. :( This is an all electric house (about 2350 sq ft) and has a 3 ton central a.c. and a smaller heat pump/a.c. unit in the area of the 3 room addition. Total electric bill in the heat of summer never runs us that much. And that's just not the cooling - it includes hot water, clothes dryer, kitchen range, freezer that is in the hot garage - anything and everything that is electric.

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Our house is 2750 sq feet, it has 3 zones for the a/c but if i don't turn them all on it doesn't work right. I think our rates are pretty high here.
We also run a pool pump but I don't think it costs too much to run that.

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It is about 2:30 p.m., I have not ventured outside today - I just looked and it is
Temp: 97° F
Humidity: 41%
Feel like: 103° F

I'll stay inside and cool for now, thanks!

One other summertime thought: I bought some popsicles - peach ones, real fruit - and when I finish one, it reminds me of Miss Hoppy - she enjoyed nibbling the wooden, fruit-soaked popsicle sticks. Now I just discard them, but think of her and feel a tad guilty for "wasting" them!

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We topped out at 96 / 110

It has now dropped to a cool :rolleyes: 94 / 105


So Karen - did you finally have to break down and turn the a.c. on - or are you still cool enough without it?


Every time I have a freezer pop - and I go thru a lot in this weather - I think of how much Sparky loved them and how I always had to share mine with him. I miss that little fuzzbutt-fuzzmutt.....:(

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We topped out at 96 / 110

It has now dropped to a cool :rolleyes: 94 / 105


So Karen - did you finally have to break down and turn the a.c. on - or are you still cool enough without it?

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Thankfully, as I said, this apartment gets very little sun, so as long as we are smart about it, it stay fairly cool. Right now, just looked, it is only 80° in here, which is fine! It rarely hit 80° inside, but that's way better than what's outside!

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Thankfully, as I said, this apartment gets very little sun, so as long as we are smart about it, it stay fairly cool. Right now, just looked, it is only 80° in here, which is fine! It rarely hit 80° inside, but that's way better than what's outside!

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You must have a lot of shade, and a very well insulated building if it's only 80 in spite of the outside temp. However - I still would never be able to stand even that "low" temp when the humidity is so high. That's the killer.....:mad:

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You must have a lot of shade, and a very well insulated building if it's only 80 in spite of the outside temp. However - I still would never be able to stand even that "low" temp when the humidity is so high. That's the killer.....:mad:

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Amen to that.:) We've had high temps with equally high humidity for the last 4 days & that's murder. I couldn't breath with out AC.

Okay - we have hit a landmark - tonight, it is solo humid outside after being soooo hot today, I have to say walking outside felt like walking into a dryer. But the most remarkable was, I just did some grocery shopping. The store is, of course, air conditioned. I was in there long enough so that when I walked OUTSIDE, my glasses immediately fogged up! (This normally only happens in winter, coming in from cold outside!)

Weather.com currently - this is at 9 p.m., says it is
88°F
68% humidity
"feels like" 99° !

Officially yuck! Will be glad when the thunderstorms come tomorrow to break this pattern!

So today was a huge improvement, low 80's, low humidity! Is everyone else out of the humdididity hotness, I hope? We never got the promised big storms Saturday, and yesterday was pretty sticky and hot still be today was a big relief, and we may get rain tomorrow!

Saw this on Facebook and had to share!

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Even though it's been in the mid 70's to low 80's, it's been very humid and muggy here. I'm not used to this so this makes me feel so much hotter and sweaty than I should be. It's still about 70 outside at almost 11:30pm. I don't have any AC so I hope that I'll be able to sleep well tonight with my fan turned on all night as well as my window open. I don't think I'd ever be able to survive living on the East Coast again. My body isn't used to any humidity any more. I have a feeling that August will be an even hotter month this year.

Still way too uncomfortable to suit me. Temp hovering around 90 and humidity is still way way way up there. Yesterday it really got to me - knocked me on my butt - soooo sick!! Storms came thru last night but all it did was make it more humid. I'm fading fast.................:(

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Still way too uncomfortable to suit me. Temp hovering around 90 and humidity is still way way way up there. Yesterday it really got to me - knocked me on my butt - soooo sick!! Storms came thru last night but all it did was make it more humid. I'm fading fast.................:(

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Hang on pom, it's still early Summer.:) There's always the ice cold rag on the face trick. It works if you're not moving around much.;)

Rains came through here & cooled it off some, but still humid. This mornings temp was 79 degrees and 79% humidity. Just wonderful.....:rolleyes:

I am happy, rain, rain and now sunshine, but still just 75°F! Come to Boston, Pom! ;) The rain just stopped, and as I said the sun has come out, but weather.com says 95% humidity - duh! It just stopped pouring!

Here we are not even 7 days later, and it has been cool and rainy, good for the gardens, but I saw Rusty the chipmunk today and he was bouncing across the grass rather than scampering as he normally does - must not like getting his feet wet, but it was silly to see!

And yes, the grass underfoot kinda went splash as I walked across it to put out birdseed!

How's everyone else who was in the H&H doldrums last week?

Temperature has been in the 70s, low 80s, low humidity, around here the last few days. Lovely!

We had a couple of days break - very low humidity and one day in the 70's and the other in the low 80's. It's warming back up and getting sticky again - I could really feel the difference in the air when I walked outside this morning. A couple of cool and breathable days was better than none tho and I feel like I earned it. I came off a 3-day extra brutal migraine in time to enjoy the cooler air. Haven't had a head-banger like that in years, and it actually sent me to the walk in clinic Wednesday morning when I couldn't get in to see my doctor. A shot for the pain and a pill for the nausea, and 2 prescriptions later - it finally eased up by the following morning. Don't want my head to go there again any time soon...............:(

We're having a cool summer, which is unusual but nice for a change. In July the "heat waves" have lasted for one day each. The second one comes in August, so we'll see. The partly sunny days or even sunny ones with cooler air are wonderful!

Today and tomorrow the forecast is for showers and a HIGH of +15 and 16 respectively! That's about 58 and 59F.

This week has been what I think of as normal summer weather - hot but not too bad, rain at night, thunder, but nothing catastrophic. How is it where everyone else is?

The weather has been MUCH more tolerable here than it was - a few days were absolutely perfect - clear bright skies, fluffy clouds, low humidity, a nice breeze and actually somewhat chilly first thing in the morning. The afternoons still warm up enough to leave the a.c. set to run if it's needed, but it's running a whole lot less than it was.

Today's been rather cloudy and rain is in the forecast for tomorrow. At least we didn't get the torrential rains that Philly got a couple of nights ago - upwards to almost a foot in some areas. My house in NC got some wicked rains the day before that too - roads and bridges washed out in the town where I'll be living - people being cut off and no way out of their homes, cars washed into rivers, etc. and at least one drowning. My house is at the end of a dead-end street and at the bottom of a hill several miles outside of the town, and my niece said the water running down the street looked like a raging river. No flooding at the house tho, except some standing water at the back of the property line, and what runs down the road just keeps going and drops down another hill.

Here's a pic of the house, tho it's not very big since I can't get a good one off of Google, but you can see a little of the dropoff on the right side.

Hopefully the roads are passable agin for you!

The weather here the past couple days has been nice - upper seventies, maybe 80 - so some people are thinking it is too cold! ;)

Karen I couldn't live healthy without a/c. I have it on day and night when it's needed. We have had a very hot and humid summer here in NJ and I get physically ill when it's that hot so yes, I need the a/c. When we have a cool day which hasn't happened much this summer, I do open windows and Autumn loves that. Unfortunately most of this summer the windows have been closed, I just can't take the heat.

Well, today it has rained so much, the back yard is a pond! We have had relatively nice weather all week, then today it was absolutely pouring, and when I checked weather.com just out of curiosity, it said, "Light rain" - duh! We had downpours!

I run a/c starting in April and would find it horrible without one. Although this summer has not been hot hot, it has been wet and humid and warm/hot and I would be miserable without an a/c. Wonderful invention!!!

Had to bump this up, I love when this happens:

I go to weather.com, and it says:

Current temperature: 83° (feels like 84°)
Today's (predicted) high: 79°

You'd think they would have a way to programatically bump up the "projected high" when the actual temperature passes it!

Present temps in Indy Hotter than blue blazes.


94° F
High: 93° F
Low: 72° F


Partly cloudy
Feels Like: 100° F


Barometer: 29.92 in
Humidity: 45%
Wind: W 17 mph
Sunrise: 7:09 am
Sunset: 8:21 pm

Full Forecast >>

7:15 PM... it's 80F, but 69% humidity. Not too hot but sticky.

We're having another heat wave, the temperatures have been up to 30C all week but the humidity is what's keeping everyone down. I keep praying the a/c doesn't decide to break down, that would be a real catastrophy-- it's new but anything can happpen when you least expect it. And with the kind of humidity and heat we're having I think I'd be off to a cooling center in less than an hour.
We're expecting hail tonight, who knows, the forecasters have been so wrong all week about everything. After 8:30 am it's impossible to be outside, so I hope we get relief soon.
Shouldn't complain because if this breaks we could be freezing like 2 weeks ago when we were hitting below 0.