This heat is killing me!!!

[Texasgal]

UGH! It's gonna be 105 tomorrow and 108 on Monday! It's 11:00 PM and it's still 89 degrees!

Anyone else melting like I am?

[NutmegYankee]

1. Nah, it's 65 right now in Conn.

But that's the North for you. There are four seasons - Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. Ha...just left there after 2 weeks in Niantic....picture

perfect weather....to go back to TX where it is an oven...no, a furnace.

Don't these morons care one iota about the environment? For their kid's/grandkid's sake?

[NutmegYankee]

23. I'm 20 minutes north of Niantic.

The big change the Northeast keeps seeing is never-ending winters roll well into Spring. I mean FOUR nor’easters in March for Pete’s sake.

[pangaia]

22. Lol....

[yortsed snacilbuper]

2. 66 degrees in pittsburgh Pa.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/today/Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,United-States/we-city?iso=US&el=u7xVq0TGW7BhgtERQqbHBw%3D%3D&ocid=spartanntp

[BigMin28]

3. I'm in North Texas.

109 degrees today. At 10::00 tonight, was 96. Tomorrow suppose to be 111 degrees. I hate summer in Texas.

[onecaliberal]

5. 91 right now central California. It was 107 today. It's been several days of it.

[herding cats]

6. 108 here today 110 forecast on Monday.

My plants are crying and we're both wilted.

[vercetti2021]

7. 105 today

Mind you this morning someone ended up hitting our fence and then a power pole behind our house. No electricity for 7 hours and by the time the power was back on, our house was an oven

[kentuck]

8. You may get a little rain by Tuesday or early Wednesday....

It's headed your way. We are supposed to get some rain every day next week, starting on Monday. Anyway, that is in the forecast.

[Texasgal]

12. Gah! I hope so!

It's unbearable right now! Rain would be welcome... its not looking too good right now. 10 to 20% usually means a bust!

[hlthe2b]

9. Yup... and no A/C for two weeks as I wait on parts...

I've got a system down so that it is bearable. But, once it gets to or exceeding 100, even the films I put on all my windows, the blinds and black out curtains on south & west facing windows can not keep the indoor temp below 90. Fortunately I have lots of fans and a freezer full of cold packs to cool me down. It's cooler in the basement, but that really only helps for the dog. By about 10 or 11 PM it starts feeling a bit more comfortable.

Ready for this hot spell to break!

[Texasgal]

14. OMG! No AC?

I think I would die!

I hope you get it fixed soon... damn.

[hlthe2b]

16. I'll make it, but it has taken some adjustment.. Fortunately it does cool off in CO overnight.

If I was too hot to sleep, I'd have to go to a hotel.

[Texasgal]

17. My AC has been running like crazy

No way I could get through this heat without it.

Hope you are able to get cool soon!

[pansypoo53219]

41. get wet. if its hot when i go to bed. i get in the shower, underwear + bra. get hair wet too.

sometimes get my sleep tank top wet. same for the day. i wear a sleeveless WOVEn shirt. get †hat wet or my hair. am an extreme night owl. open windows til 6am to let cool air in. did not work when WI got katrina leftovers.

[Laffy Kat]

42. I can't remember having to run my A/C at night in Colorado...

For years but I've been having to do it sporadically recently. I dread my next Xcel bill! And we need rain, too.

[hlthe2b]

44. Best time now is about 3 AM when it finally feels cool and even my dog can stand to come lay down

to cuddle next to me. If I don't do long walks with her at 5:00, I've largely lost my chance for the day.

At least it isn't humid, I guess.

[Glimmer of Hope]

10. I am not looking forward to the upcoming heatwave without AC.

And sun downers. Ugh.

[oldtime dfl_er]

11. Going to be in the 80s

and 90s here in Seattle all next week. Too hot for me. I cannot imagine living where you guys live. 105 is unlivable. Do what you can to stay cool, and if you have pets, keep a close eye on them.

[Texasgal]

15. My babies are indoors...

They haven't been on a walk in several days... they are going NUTS! Too hot for walks!

[oldtime dfl_er]

20. nuts now

but I bet they'd hightail it back indoors in a sec if they touched the hot sidewalk! I try to keep the bathroom cool by filling the tub with ice water, and that's where my cat likes to hang out on the hottest days.

[roamer65]

13. Just wait until 20 years from now.

The Southwest and Southeast are going to feel like being in broiler.

[marlakay]

18. I am having a four day reprieve

From the heat, highly recommend a break if you can but in Texas you have to go far.

I live in southern Oregon, heat wave its been high 90’s or 100’s for weeks, this coming week 100-103 all week.

I am down in Santa Rosa at a nice 85 and went to ocean 68 yesterday. Such a breath of fresh cool air. It cools down at night here.

At home its not the heat that’s the problem, I can’t go out because of smoke from forest fires. I am not getting enough exercise and neither is my dog. I throw a ball in the house.

I feel trapped inside when home so this trip is wonderful!

My other daughter from San Antonio is here too enjoying a break for a week.

[smirkymonkey]

19. I feel for you. I absolutely hate the heat. Anything above 75 and I am miserable.

It's been very seasonable here in Boston - 70's and 80's, but dry and breezy. Gets down into the 60's at night. I like it cooler, but I can deal with this. Hope you get a reprieve soon. I at least hope that you have AC.

[Texasgal]

25. Yes! I have AC

I would never be able to survive a Texas Summer without!

I have some family in Marblehead.. no AC in those homes! I was always confused when I would visit! I am a native Austinite, AC is needed here!

[smirkymonkey]

28. Marblehead is beautiful! However, even they get the scorching heat in the summer.

AC is a must even here in New England. I am lucky that I don't have to pay for it in my apartment building (I live in a condo bldg. and for some reason heat and AC are paid for). I would die without it. I am one of those people who likes the room to be about 65 degrees or lower. I don't think I could ever deal with the heat in Texas! You are very brave!

[oldtime dfl_er]

21. Should we start a thread

with ideas on how to stay cool? I'm in a 3rd floor apartment with no AC and pretty lousy crosswind, and it can get sweltering in here.

[notdarkyet]

37. I lived in a trailer in the middle of az for four years with no ac. One thing I would do is get

A light weight kitchen (bar cloth) wet and drape it where I was feeling hot. Also hanging wet cloths in front of window.

[Horse with no Name]

24. It's about to kill me

It was 109 in Dallas.
I can’t stand this. FWIW, I never whines about the cold this winter either. Lol
My ac is having a hard time keeping up.

[Texasgal]

27. YUP!

Dallas has gotten it bad! I'm in Austin and it's a few degrees cooler but I sill think I am dying!!!

Hope you stay cool!

[ggccvvtt]

26. 61

in San Francisco right now My parents left TX for a couple months to get away from the heat.

[Texasgal]

29. Bite me!

I'd kill for 61 degrees right now!!!

[Grassy Knoll]

30. It's 68 In Reno,NV Right Now With Thunder Storms, And Power Outages..

Fuckin Weird.

[notdarkyet]

38. My area got hit by a thunderstorm so intense last week it knocked the server out and

Replacements had to be shipped in. No internet for four days.

[blogslut]

31. I live in some sort of miracle/backwards apartment.

It's warm at night and cool during the day. It got to 105 and still I spent the whole day with the windows open + ceiling fan and stayed cool the whole time. Now that it's dark and the temp is down to the low 80s it's getting warm and I'll have to turn on the air conditioner.

Don't get me wrong I'm super glad about it but it's strange.

[betsuni]

32. There's a heat wave here, temps over 100.

No AC, using the poor person's AC -- cold wet towels and fans. Every day some deaths and a couple thousand taken to hospital for heat stroke (Japan). As of Thursday total of 10,000 taken to hospital and 30 deaths during this heat wave. It shouldn't surprise me that school sporting events are still held during the day under that merciless sun, then the inevitable footage on the evening news of ambulances hauling collapsed kids away. There's a great deal more awareness of heat stroke than there used to be, but still people seem to drop like flies.

Silver lining, usually it takes vigorous physical activity for a certain length of time to work up a good sweat, but in this heat if I wash the dishes or do the vacuuming, within minutes I'm dripping wet. Makes me feel like I've worked out without the actual work out.

[Mosby]

33. Phoenix forecast is 115 monday and 118 tuesday. Overnight low 91.

[secondwind]

34. 61 here in the Bay Area. Hope it cools off for you soon!

[Aristus]

35. I'm so glad I don't live in Texas anymore.

It got up to 85-degrees in Washington State today. Hot enough for me...

[dixiegrrrrl]

36. Are you also in a humid area?

I have a friend in Dallas area who told me she gets messages from the power company to set her thermostat at 85!!! in order to avoid power interruptions.

She said the heat index today was over 110. But at least it is not Houston, one of the most humid places I have ever been in August.

[mnhtnbb]

46. I had an HVAC tech tell me one time that most systems are good

for reducing the indoor temp about 20 degrees below the outdoor temp. That means if it's in the 90's outside, the system will easily handle keeping the inside in the 70's. If you're dealing with an outdoor temp of 105, then it makes sense the power company would advise 85. You get hundreds of thousands of systems running constantly to reduce indoor temp to the 70's when it's 105 outside, something's gotta' give.

[edbermac]

39. Take Bluto's advice.

[Demovictory9]

40. it was hot in southern cali, but I'm near the ocean.. Evening cools off substantially

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[ananda]

45. Same here in Austin.

I mostly stay indoors.

[LeftInTX]

47. Texas summers suck!

It depends on what you are doing too...

Shopping?
Walking?
Gardening?
Outdoor events?

It seems for each degree above 95, we feel it. At 105, I begin to feel it when I go shopping, whereas at 95 shopping is no big deal.

I hate outdoor events in Texas summers. 104 seems to be my tipping point for my daily hike. But even 95 sucks cuz nothing outdoors is enjoyable at that point anyway.

108 is really bad. One of those days to stay indoors. And it sucks cuz all the plants will need extra water.

We're forecast for 102 today and 105 tomorrow. San Antonio has a heat advisory.