Heatwave!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

pomtzu


You do need a plug adapter because our plugs are very different than theirs,
If you use a 115v hair dryer with an adapter it will work but the heat output will be reduced because their voltage is 220v. Things like TV's and other electronic devices will not work even with an adapter. They will probably smoke and burn up the instant it is turned on. There are inverter devices that will convert voltage and frequency, but they would be very expensive.

You've explained this so well!! I am sure you have been in Europe already !!
In Belgium we have that system too

There is also a heatwave here.....! NOT easy to live in, when you know that AC isn't yet very popular here! We have a big fan in our bedroom, but that's it!!
I swear, if we ever have another house built, it MUST have AC everywhere!!!

[Randi]

When I visited CA, I brought a converter and it worked fine charging my batteries for the camera. However, I borrowed an American hairdryer.

In a hotel in Spain, John and I blew the fuses in whole building one time, when we took his shaver out of the plug and put my hairdryer in another. We had just arrived and had complained about the noise from the disco downstairs. We got a quiet night and moved to another hotel the next morning.

[pomtzu]

In a hotel in Spain, John and I blew the fuses in whole building one time, when we took his shaver out of the plug and put my hairdryer in another. We had just arrived and had complained about the noise from the disco downstairs. We got a quiet night and moved to another hotel the next morning.

Oops!!! That's one way to quiet things down. Are you sure you didn't plan it that way??? That's just so funny........

[Randi]

Oops!!! That's one way to quiet things down. Are you sure you didn't plan it that way???

Well, subconsciously (is that a word? LOL!) we might have done!

[Asiel]

When I visited CA, I brought a converter and it worked fine charging my batteries for the camera. However, I borrowed an American hairdryer.

In a hotel in Spain, John and I blew the fuses in whole building one time, when we took his shaver out of the plug and put my hairdryer in another. We had just arrived and had complained about the noise from the disco downstairs. We got a quiet night and moved to another hotel the next morning.

Thanks for the laugh, that was too funny. Subconsciously is a word and I bet it applies here

We're getting thunder,lightning and heavy rain here tonight. It isn't cooling things down at all but at least everything is getting a good soaking, we might see green grass again. Maybe tomorrow will be cooler if the wind shifts during the night.

[Marigold2]

The dogs the snow. It's like I died and went to heaven.

Thank you pomtzu!!! It's just cooling down to 89* now! How about this, from February!

[chocolatepuppy]

The dogs the snow. It's like I died and went to heaven.

Heaven indeed! I love snow and love playing with my dogs in the snow!!!

[lizbud]

Randi, I loved your story. Sooo funny. I'll bet you two had a good
laugh over that.


I swear I will never talk bad about the cold weather ever again.

[Randi]

Thanks Asiel... I was just too tired to look up the word up last night.

Liz, you can bet we had a really good laugh! The icing on the cake was that we got a much better hotel room.

Btw, it has cooled down here, at least it feels like it, because the humidity is lower, but the sun is sharper.

Liz, if you ever visit Copenhagen, I think you'll like the temperatures we have here - AND I know another girl from Indiana who lives here. She is a catlover, of course!

[chocolatepuppy]

85* today, 91* tomorrow

[pomtzu]

Still in the miserable 90's here - with 99 forecast for Saturday. Of course that means it will be even hotter!
We all need a break from this. Problem is - when the heck are we going to get it?????

[pomtzu]

I don't think we'll reach 99 today like was forecast, since right now it is somewhat overcast. It's ONLY 95, but the heat index is 108!!! Open the door to go outside, and it's like a blast furnace. I am so, so, so, so SICK of this weather............


ETA: 4:30
I think we topped it out for the day. It made it to 97 with the heat index of 113!

[chocolatepuppy]

89*F, feels Like: 96* here right now. Tomorrow, 79* for the high!!! Better break out my winter coat!!!

[momcat]

Tomorrow, 79* for the high!!! Better break out my winter coat!!!

We're expecting (or rather hoping for) an arctic blast here in Trenton for Monday and Tuesday, reports are saying 88 degrees. Our heavy jackets and extra blankets are already out.

Now if we could only get some desperately needed rain! The grass everywhere is brown and the ground is like a rock.

The only ones coming out ahead during this horrible summer are the electric & power companies with air conditioners and fans having to run non-stop.

ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

[mruffruff]

Another day of temperatures near 100. It's been a week since we had a temperature under 95. The heat index (what it feels like) is around 112. Even nighttime teperatures stay around 76.

I wonder how Scarlet and Rhett could handle this stuff back in their day.