Author |
Message |
Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 1:11 pm

|
Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 1:14 pm
There sort of is, dfennessey. If you go a certain amount of feet below the earth's surface (not very many) it stays a constant 60 something degrees almost everywhere in the US. I forget what that type of heating and cooling is called, but I saw it on Dirty Jobs. They pump up cool air (or warm, depending on the time of the year) right out of the ground.
|
Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 2:03 pm
Yes Jim, that's right. A/C is kinda useless here unless you are willing to run it constantly and have the thermostat sat pretty low. My bil's been trying to talk us into central heat/air for years since that is what he does for a living but we don't want it, it'd cost a fortune during the summer. The problem with a swamp cooler though is that they require constant care. You always see people up on their roofs working on them. The pads can get calcified and crunchy like if you don't take care of them and the little hoses break (we're on our second one this summer and it's leaking so on to a third.) We have to take it apart and clean it and shut off the water, then cover it before winter, then uncover, take it apart, clean it and replace pads and hoses before summer. The good thing is that they aren't that hard to take care of and fix and it's fairly cheap.
|
Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 5:10 pm
here in the heart of TX it's too dang hot for me car registered 104 at about 5:15 this afternoon
|
Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 11:08 am
starting Thursday the sun will reappear and last right through the weekend. it is also going to be in the low 80's (which to us New Englanders will feel like 100)
|
Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 2:07 pm
If we were in the low 80s right now, it would be like a cold front. We're going into our second week of 100+ degree weather and we're dry as a desert. We haven't had rain in weeks in New Orleans.
|
Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 2:25 pm
It's so freaking hot I feel like I am going to faint if I stand out there longer than 5 minutes. One of my dogs is still to little to let go out by herself.
|
Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 3:02 pm
Too darn hot and humid! And hubby wants to move me FARTHER south? aaaaaaaaaggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!
|
Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 4:20 pm
still triple digits here. I'm watching the news right now & it will stay this way for the next cpl of days and then we'll get a little relief with high 90s
|
Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 4:52 pm
90's
|
Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 6:55 am
they MAY change the lightbulb in th sky today. that would be a nice change.
|
Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 7:01 am
It's supposed to get into the mid-high 80's here today and some big storms this afternoon. All I know is that I'm sweating and that's disgusting. This is New York! We're supposed to have snow and high taxes, we expect those! I'm moving to Antarctica where I can be comfortable.
|
Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 7:32 am
We're getting hammered here in San Antonio with a string of 100+ days and a drought. My lawn looks like part of a dried flower arrangement but understandably we're on watering restrictions so that's the way it's going to be until a big rain. Having said that we're not looking to move back north, no way we want to put up with the winters.
|
Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 7:43 am
Huk it is almost July We deserve some heat. It is been a while since we have had a full day of sunshine it is getting depressing.
|
Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 9:32 am
I HATE heat. I hate sweating. I hate being all sticky. I hate stinking. You are welcome to any heat I get here. Now if I could only find a fan big enough to blow it all your way...
|
Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 9:51 am
I love living in the Willamette valley in Oregon. We are in the high 60's, no wind so it's perfect to me. It did get to 80 the other day with the breeze, was nice.
|
Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 10:01 am
In Maine, the sun is out, the sky is blue, and it is 80 degrees. It is humid, but I don't dare to complain after all these weeks of rain and damp, chilly weather.
|
Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 10:27 am
I hear you Mak1 about the rain. Enough of it already
|
Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 6:28 pm
We hit 100 yesterday - what the heck??? In MICHIGAN??? We had four days of 85-90 degree weather and it's not even July. Fortunately, tonight the humidity has broken a bit and the temps are a more normal 80.
|
Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, June 26, 2009 - 4:36 am
we had partly sunny skys yesterday. when my arlarm went off this morning it was raining again. Enough already
|
Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, June 26, 2009 - 12:13 pm
Our electricity went out in the neighborhood yesterday evening, and the temperature inside the house shot straight up to 85 in about three minutes, then climbed some more. It took much longer (couple hours) to settle back down to the mid-seventies once the utilities crew found the burned out fuse and replaced it. There was thunder and a few dark clouds, but again no rain. It's going to be a long and very hot summer here, and like Mack says, we don't want to move back to the cold winters up north.
|
Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, June 26, 2009 - 1:59 pm
Thunderstorm and rain
|
Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, June 26, 2009 - 4:18 pm
triple digits - dry hot AGAIN
|
Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, June 26, 2009 - 5:07 pm
92 now, supposed to get up to 99 this weekend. The girls start their all-star games next week and looks like it should drop down to the mid 90's. That would be really nice!
|
Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, June 26, 2009 - 5:22 pm
War - mid 90s are still way hot especially for folks doing outside sports. I'm sure you'll keep your girl well hydrated.
|