How hot is it where you live???

[ClusterFreak]

It's unbearable where I live in southern Ontario. Us Canadians are used to one, maybe two, heatwaves each summer...lasting maybe a week or so each. But it has been pushing 90 degrees or beyond most every day of the last month and a half. We've had enough!!! AArggh!!! It's humid beyond belief too!!! Any tips for beating the heat from my American compadres??

:dilemma:

[hobbit709]

1. Here in Austin

90° would be a cold front. And in Texas they say air conditioning is that invention of the devil that lets Yankees live in Texas.

[Not_Giving_Up]

6. Houston here

Yep, it's HOT and HUMID!

[madeline_con]

2. Any tips

I'm in central Florida, and we have 90's every day for most of July, all of August, and well into Sept. most years.

Unless your job demands it, avoid the hottest part of the day. Go out and do yard work in the AM or the evening when it's cooler.

If you must work outside, take mucho breaks and get lots of fluid, water and gatorade, not sodas and junk that only compounds thirst.

[Lannes]

3. Amen

Gulf coast fla here.Humidity you can cut with a knife.

[madeline_con]

13. "Gulf coast fla here>"

How'd you fare during Dennis' visit? I hope a; is well, it's pretty torn up in the panhandle. :(

And here comes Emily...

[Lannes]

18. Missed us altogether

Fortunately.Im not looking forward to this hurricane season.Id rather live back in the northeast where Im from but its not feasible right now.

[ClusterFreak]

8. Trying to keep up the water intake...doing outdoorsy stuff like you said

early in the day or in the evening....I don't know how you folks in the southern states handle the heat....I guess you're just used to it...and to tell the truth, if I had to handle extreme temps for a long time, I'd rather handle the heat over the cold!!!

:toast:

[madeline_con]

12. Cold hurts...

My joints ache when it dips below 40.

A lot of people who live here never venture outside. They go from AC in their homes, to work, to shopping, and never get out. And they're white as sheets in the summer in FL! Weird.

[justinsb]

29. Not me...I'll take the cold

You can always layer (put more clothes on) but there's only so much you can take off.

[u4ic]

4. Move

it worked for me. :hi:

(though I can't decide which I like least...southern Ontario summers, or Ralph Klein. Both are bad for one's health)

[u4ic]

5. btw...Welcome to DU!

[ClusterFreak]

10. thanks!

:)

[WCGreen]

7. Across the Lake in Cleveland

it has been miserable, Polution and heat...

And I have respitory issues....

So, I would suggest you do what I do...

Stay inside, or better yet, sleep durring the day and stay up all night working and posting on DU

[enigmatic]

44. Dammit, I'm going to do another Clevo reminiscing post..

I really miss Don Webster and his weather forecasts on WEWS; Gib Shanley used to kid him to death all the time..

[Tom Kitten]

9. Rainy all summer here so far!

I think we have had one, maybe two days over 80 degrees so far this summer...

ed Oops! I meant to add in Portland, and welcome to DU! :)

[ClusterFreak]

11. thanks!

:)

[Ariana Celeste]

14. Take advantage of the sun and heat

make some sun tea, air out the home. If you don't have roomies and are free to do as you please, roam around naked.

:hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

15. lots of water. fans blowing on damp skin will cool you down

fast! I sometimes jump in the shower, then lie down under the ceiling fan for a quick chill down...works for those hot flashes no matter what the weather! LOL

It is 85 degrees at 11:45 pm right now. That is Texas.

I also do my yard work late in the day, from 6:30 or 7 until I run out of daylight. Or early before it gets hot.

Going to the movies is a good way to beat the heat too.

Are you sure you are not in Texas?

Does it cool down at night, though? It most definitely does NOT cool down at night here..
at least when I was growing up without AC in Kentucky, it got cool at night. We all had big exhaust fans to pull air through the house at night and by midnight or so it would be COOL.
Of course we all sneezed all the time from all the pollen and ag dust that came in with those fans....but at least we weren't hot.

[BeTheChange]

17. 85 here, 11:51pm

Im so not enjoying this. And my stupid apartment is built like a frigging shanty with horrible insulation. I paid 290 bucks this month to keep it 78-80 degrees in here... an 1100 sq ft apartment.

I cant wait to get back to the mountains where you can open your windows at night and breath clean crisp air.. and gasp, even have a blanket on you.

[rustydog]

16. Snohomish, N/E of Seattle, 21:50 hrs: 60 degrees

[BeTheChange]

19. I hate you.

Not really..

well, kinda....

Okay, not you persay...

Just all people who arent miserably hot like I am.

[rustydog]

22. I recently moved from central Washington

where the temp is upper 90's constantly until late August over 100 too many times to count.

but it is that dry desert heat.....

[u4ic]

20. I remember one trick

I used to take very hot showers. When I came out, I was pretty darn cool. It lasted all of 15 minutes, but hey...

I take it you don't have AC?

[carpetbagger]

21. This month: 99,99,100,100, 98,101,102, 98,96,97,99

The less obvious advice I can give you is this...

1. Walk around with wet hair whenever possible
2. Stay away from highly-paved areas.
3. Shade is your friend, of course, but so is ground vegetation. Since you're lucky enough to have it (down here the soil is dry, hot, sandy, and filled with nasty critters), hunker down in the grass whenever possible.
4. The temperature of your skin is the most important variable once it hits about 100. Light, long-sleeved/legged clothing is actually better than shorts and a t-shirt at that temperature.
5. When driving, first drive with the windows open to cool the car quickly, then always use the "max AC" setting. A pair of white washcloths make the steering wheel bearable. A pair of gloves left under the seat will serve almost as well. Don't worry when the rearview mirror melts off; you can get the adhesive in a big auto parts store. Also, park with the sun at your back.
6. The beach is the worst place to go to try to stay cool. A wooded streambed does the trick much better.

[fleabert]

36. I knew just from your subject line that you were talking about SA.

unfortunatly, it isn't even that unusual to be that hot...it's a little early though, I hate to think of what August will be like for y'all. :-(

my whole family has been bitching about how hot it is right now.

[Omphaloskepsis]

23. I have a sweatshirt on in..

Eugene Oregon. It was hot earlier but our temp falls fast at night.

[halobeam]

24. New York

it's disgusting here. I never use AC in the eve unless I've been too hot for days. Welp, AC is blaring away until the last second I'm ready to fall asleep. We are getting rain storms Thursday I hope, so that might help a bit.

I'm afraid to complain about the heat anymore. Last time, I felt like a fool because a soldier in Iraq posted and described the 116 degree days they are having and the sand storms and without complaint really. I might be uncomfortable, but I think of him and I feel I shouldn't complain. Many people have it worse.

[justinsb]

28. I don't use the AC until after the sun goes down

then I run it to cool down the house, before that I just slog through it, but I have to be able to sleep.

[Seabiscuit]

25. 75 today in Del Mar

[justinsb]

26. Can't help I'm afraid, I'm in Toronto

contemplating sleeping in the fridge tonight :grr:

[Blue_In_AK]

27. It's probably about 62 here right now.

Anchorage has lovely summers.

[slutticus]

30. High of 75, low of 57.

About 60 right now.

:D

[Floogeldy]

31. "They" say it may rain.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

32. It was 105 here today

I don't mind it when it's sort of hot, but 105 is excessive!

[deadparrot]

33. Usually it's a couple of degrees over 100,

but we're feeling the effects of Dennis, and have had rain for the past few days with temperatures in the mid-to-high 70s.

[Champ]

34. 118 this week

Hotter then hell.

[roguevalley]

35. mid 70's in Alaska. We're all gonna die. Have fun fast. Global

warming is turning us into Hawaii and when that happens, the rest of you are going to be under water.

[JCMach1]

37. You have no idea... regularly 45 Cent. here

and HIGH humidity

Thank God I will be going back to COOL florida for my summer vacation...

[Lilyhoney]

38. My only complaint about the weather here is

there is no weather. It is a beautiful day everyday. Southern-Central coast CA.

[fleabert]

39. 9 day forecast: 102-102-103-102-99-98-95-93-94

at least it's going to cool down some soon.
:sarcasm:

[bridgit]

40. sac ~

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=95814

[fleabert]

42. my car said it was 105 on the 50E today at 6pm.

woo-fucking-hoo.

[grannylib]

41. Tropical Minnesota here, and it's been hot and muggy as well. Try

the gel-filled packs that one puts in the freezer for sprains, migraines, etc. Put it on the back of your neck. Heaven.

[enigmatic]

43. Not this week..

But it was bad in Edmonton last week, though not as bead as you guys..