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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 10:38 pm
Ugh, Vacanick! At least it still cools down here. Well, it's about 75 outside now, which is down from around 95 earlier today. Tomorrow's forecast says 104! ACK! This is the Pacific Northwest, it's supposed to be mild temps here! I have an appointment at church to donate blood at 2:00 tomorrow. Hope I don't pass out from the heat afterwards! Definitely will hang out and drink a bunch of water before I leave. Our car club was going to show our cars at an event in Beaverton on Saturday, but we cancelled. None of us want to stand around on hot pavement in 104-degree temps! I just thank God that I got my air conditioning fixed. Hope it keeps working! 
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, July 21, 2006 - 7:03 am
Max, ack! This morning KEX said 105 expected today. I have to go out also, but hope to be back home before two. I guess it's about like the rain...run from shelter to shelter. My biggest problem is trying to keep the sun from burning up my prize fern in the courtyard. I use a white sheet over two umbrellas and keep it sprinkled all day. Last month only one frond got a little sunburned, but the rhodys took a bad hit. However, they are on their own. PS. Don't pass out!
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Friday, July 21, 2006 - 7:43 am
Max & OG...stay cool! We are heading camping up by Mt. Hood. Hopefully, it will be a little cooler up there, although it is still supposed to be in the 90's. We don't have a/c in our house, three days of over 100, yikes, I'm not looking forward to coming home!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Friday, July 21, 2006 - 12:39 pm
What is 38 Celsius? It's hot enough to die from heat stroke here in Munich and there is very very little airconditioning. It is a sauna....I hope that it rains tonight and cools off! <Maybe Marm doesn't want to know what 38 Celsius really is!>
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, July 21, 2006 - 1:19 pm
38c = 100.4F Click here for a CELCIUS TO FARENHEIT CONVERTER: http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm 25°C/77f Overcast FEELS LIKE 34°C/93.2f WIND S 4 km/h GUSTS RELATIVE HUMIDITY 79% DEWPOINT 21°C PRESSURE 101.32 kPa VISIBILITY 16 km CEILING 5200 ft http://www.weather.ca/weather/cities/can/pages/CAON0696.htm
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, July 21, 2006 - 1:21 pm
we're due to be in the mid- to high-30s C (high 90s F) for the next 4-5 days. which really sucks because we don't have air conditioning.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, July 21, 2006 - 1:26 pm
Canadian Weather Network: http://www.weather.ca/weather/cities/can/pages/CAON0696.htm
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 21, 2006 - 1:50 pm
104 right now, highs supposed to be 108 today and 109 tomorrow. This was what was in the paper today about yesterdays storm: The National Weather Service stated that microbursts - which sometimes look like small tornadoes - had been spotted in Lancaster. link Trees were knocked down, fences, power lines, broken windows from stuff flying around. Our street is covered in branches, limbs and anything else that could fall off trees. I drove to the store last night and it was like driving through an obstacle course. We also had some brush fires. Sucky part is we have the same conditions today and could be in for more thunderstorms.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, July 21, 2006 - 4:51 pm
Went to my church today to donate blood, then ran errands. At 4:30 on the way home, the radio said Hillsboro hit 108! If that doesn't break some long-standing record, it sure must come close. I feel most sorry for those folks who have outdoor jobs, especially things that involve stuff like hot tar. The radio guy talked to someone who does roofing and they said when it's 100 degrees on the ground, it's probably about 125 on a roof. I don't know how those guys do it!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 6:53 am
Max, wasn't that temp in Hillsboro something!? I remember when Portland hit the all time record of 107...no a/c then. Now, I'd die, for sure. Fern looked good last night. Will be back on 'fern watch' again today and probably tomorrow, too.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 9:22 am
Yeah, fern! Yes, it was brutal yesterday. I couldn't help but wonder if some folks had problems coming out of the bloodmobile into the scorching parking lot. Hope no one did! When the clouds rolled in last night, I thought maybe we'd get some respite. But it was still around 90 at 11:00! This morning, it actually rained a little. So now the temp isn't as high, but the humidity is thick. Glad I don't have to go anywhere today! So far the A/C is maintaining a nice 74 degrees in my house (I don't like it to get too cool) and the room A/C I have in my bedroom kept me quite comfortable all night. Thank the Lord for whoever invented air conditioning!!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 11:24 am
It has been way hotter than usual here, but luckily it has cooled down at night so far. NO A/C , just a fan in the LR and a fan in my BR. I have the back slider open and the fan going. Awhile ago I started to open up the front door but was met with a muggy wall of hot air so quickly closed the door ..
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 8:42 pm
Well, it's 9:42 PM right now and the thermostat in the house is reading 92 degrees...
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 8:56 pm
i was in fairfield today and it was 117. and at 7pm at home it was still 108. never been this hot here before!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 8:58 pm
Landi .. I was in Marysville today and it got to 114. Right now in Vacaville it's 98. Crazy hot weather .. thank goodness for central air!! Stay cool!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 9:16 pm
We don't have a/c.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 9:57 am
I feel for you, Yankee. (I live about 50 miles south of Yankee and don't have a/c either; most of the year we don't need it.) Friday was way worse than Saturday here. It was 88 degrees in my computer room at 10 p.m. with the window wide open and a really strong fan on.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 10:35 am
When we get up into the 80's, my a/c goes on! We've had summers when I hardly used the a/c, but man-oh-man, I will NOT be without it when it's needed. Why won't any of you at least buy a $90.00 window a/c and have one "cool room"? I sleep in my living room when it is sweltering, and my electric bill hardly budges even when that a/c is on 24/7. I don't believe in suffering, especially when it comes down to something that costs less than a hundred bucks!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 10:49 am
11:48 am and it's already 103 here. We've got thunder storm warnings for the fifth or sixth day in a row (we may get the thunder/lightning but it's unlikely will actually get rain.) I love our window cooler unit! We bought it last summer and for the most part (only in the evening when Darren and the kids go to bed) don't have to use the big swamp cooler. We close the hall door, cool down the living room and keep the den comfortable without having to cool down the whole house. It's saved us some, not a lot, but some money on the electric bill too.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 10:59 am
Trust me, Hukd, if I could get a/c I would. RE: window units, they will not work in my house. Lemme show you why. I live in what is pretty much a glass box -- wall to wall windows. Which ensures it's like a greenhouse in the heat! Here's an example of a wall in my living room:
The only sections that open on that wall are those two rectangles up about 6 1/2 feet. And they only pop out, which only allows for about 6 inches of air to come through. Here's an example from the outside of how they pop out:
So, not only does not a lot of air come through, but you can see how a window a/c unit wouldn't work work in those style of windows. (AND, the sun comes in so strong in the afternoon we need to keep the blinds closed, which allows even LESS air to come through! LOL ) I paid $600 for a portable floor a/c last year and it doesn't work very well. We turn it on anyway, but it only pretty much cools our feet while we sleep, which is better than nothing. It looks like a tall humidifier. But as Juju says, we only have to deal with this a couple of weeks a year. I'll take it and can deal with it, as my payment for living in this beautiful province. I just like to b**ch about it when it gets tough. And at least we don't have a lot of humidity! 
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 11:45 am
Yankee, your place looks very nice. Don't know that I would like not having any of those windows open, though. I have a standing A/C unit in my bedroom 'cause the central air doesn't do enough upstairs to make much difference. It only requires about 6" of window space for the hose to fit in (there are pieces of foam that hold the hose and you close the window around them. That should work in your space, but as you said, it's only a few days a year. It's around 95 outside right now which, ironically, seems rather cool compared to the 108 of Friday! I remember years in Portland where hitting 90 was a rare occurrance. For me, anything over 80 is too hot. 75 is perfection! That used to be more the norm for the Northwest, but alas those days seem to be gone. I just hope that it's not nearly this hot next Saturday when I have to deal cards at an outdoor party. 
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 11:49 am
Max, that's the kind we DO have in the bedroom. The only problem is I have 20 foot ceilings in there... so it doesn't really cool the room down, ever. It just basically cools our feet LOL. The other windows in other rooms are too tall -- the hose doesn't reach.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 11:57 am
Wow, that's quite a place you have, Yankee! Geesh, I wish this heat on no one (except my best friend's "new friend" who I can't stand). I hope the heat stops torturing you people!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 3:19 pm
Friday night Portland had the highest low temp on record, 74 degrees. It was very, very strange to get up in the morning and have it already almost hot outside. More like Phoenix.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 4:39 pm
If we were getting the heat Portland is getting, I would probably get a room air conditioner. I just really don't have any place to store the thing the 363 days of the year we don't need it. I do have windows that open fully, so it's not so bad. We have spent two nights with the bedroom window fully open and a fan on all night. Normally, it would get too cold to do that. It's only about 85 again today. Bearable.
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