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    Today we had a high of 96* (35.5 C) with a heat index of 106! Plus around 70% humidity. Thank doG for Air Conditioning!

    My brother and I went to a couple stores to get out of the house and we broke a sweat just walking to the doors of the places! It is so hot out there! We'd be gone for 30 minutes and the car was scorching!
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    randi where do ya live? i live in the midlands and it is quiote hot the cats love it though! they ly in the sun! the ferrets enjoy it sometimes but hat it other times like when we went to a ferret show we had to do ferret raving in tubes they didnt mind it but would rather not! we are constantly spraying then but thank god we are having some rain at the mo!

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    Its in the 90's F in WI right now, whatever that is in C. No humidity, no wind, no clouds. We've started our rainless days of summer. At least you aren't working in a warehouse in this heat. Sorry Arizona, you can't pipe our great lakes to water your golf courses, we need that to grow our crops. You do like your cabbage don't you?
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    Randi, I'm with you!!! I hate the heat too, and I also cannot open the windows wide because that wouldn't be safe for the girls. Outside, it has cooled off a bit here now, but I just cannot get this humidity out of my flat, and it's still 24°C. I absolutely hate it, and it makes me sick!! The worst part is that I have to close my bedroom door for Luna and Lily during the night, because I just HAVE to open the windows. I feel so bad about it, and I miss my girls!

    I hope cooler weather will be coming your way!

    Kirsten

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    Well, today has been bearable, although it's still quite warm. At least we get a bit of wind. Clouds are coming in, so hopefully we'll get some rain too.

    Fister has come back to lay under his own little sun (my desk lamp), so it must be getting better.

    Catty1, my blinds do have that tin-foil effect.

    Boris91, I live in Denmark.

    David, I hope you wear a hat out there - and sunscreen!

    Kirsten, it's just awful that you have to lock the girls out during the night, but of course, you can't risk them jumping out of the window. I'm lucky that I can open all my top windows, Fister won't jump up there - and I have blinds to cover.



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    Kirsten, it's just awful that you have to lock the girls out during the night,
    I really hate doing that, and I feel so bad about it, but I just cannot sleep when it's so warm, and with all the muggy air. And it really annoys me that this place is still so hot when it's getting colder outside!! An hour ago, I locked the girls in their room to open all the windows in the rest of the flat, but it didn't help one bit!! I just don't get it!

    Kirsten

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    Kirsten, I know what you mean, you probably get the wind from the wrong direction, like me. Hope it cools off soon! Sleep well!

    One of my friends once opened the fridge and sat there with his feet inside. LOL!

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    Spring = 3 months, summer = 5 months, autumn = 2 months and winter = 2 months - with the following temperatures: Spring 15C, Summer 25C, Autumn 10, Winter 5C - except for 10 days with frost and snow.



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    Randi,

    Can you tell me why Europe doesn't use screen windows on houses and
    apartments?
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    I can finally say that it is much colder here than where most of you guys live It is currently 5ºC here (like 41º F) which is reeeally cold, considering that we are not even in winter yet!
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    41F would be great! I must consider going south for the summer, waaaaaaaaay south.
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    They sell screens on adjusting frames so you can stick it in just about any window and pull the sides to fit. You can buy them about a foot high and close the bottom window against it or buy one larger and just adjust. That way the window can stay open for a breeze but bugs stay out and cats stay in (unless it's Eddy) Just a thought

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    I have two of these in my cat room. I put a couple of screws on each end so the cats can't jiggle them loose. They've been good for three or four years. If any of our foreign PTers want some, PM me and I'll send them, postage paid.

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    I have lacelike insect netting stuck down with velcro on my bedroom window and one of the windows in Ebby's room, those plus the lace curtains have worked ok. Saying that, in Ebby's room I have things on the sill kind of blocking off the bottom and always shut the window in there at night.
    Downstairs I can leave the kitchen windows open, in the 4 and a half years she's lived here she has never once jumped up on the sink in front of them so I'm reasonable confident of safety. (touches wood ) Living room is a different matter, she often jumps up to look through the window so I keep them shut.

    When, and if, I move to the bungalow I need, I do plan to get proper screening for all the windows.

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    Somehow I get the feeling Fister isn't quite as "gentle and ladylike" as sweet Ebby and doubt lacey netting would keep the lad from going where/when he wants to When you get the bungalow can we come visit?

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    Laurie, I think you & Mary both had great ideas here with the screens.
    I'm glad you found something that works well for you too Chris. I just can
    not imagine living in a house without screens. It's great for Spring & Fall.
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