It's 815 am and...

Willow

already we are at 32C heading for 42C.

Time to stay inside, there's hot and there's just outright gross, well that's today just gross!!

nadams

Wow... that's quite a bit worse than down here in PA. Arent you Canadians supposed to be all snow and eskimos and stuff?

swerve

Originally posted by Willow
already we are at 32C heading for 42C.

Time to stay inside, there's hot and there's just outright gross, well that's today just gross!!

how much humidity do you get? we usually get up to 105 here during the day at this time of the year which is very close to 42c. It gets so humid here though it's stupid...

Willow

FEELS LIKE 35°C
WIND SW 9 km/h
GUSTS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 74%
DEWPOINT 21°C
PRESSURE 101.75 kPa
VISIBILITY 16 km
CEILING unlimited

Willow

Originally posted by nadams
Wow... that's quite a bit worse than down here in PA. Arent you Canadians supposed to be all snow and eskimos and stuff?

Sort of and to be politically correct they are called Inuit. (FYI)
It depends on how far north you go.

Last night they had alternating black outs due to overamount of electricity consumed. Yesterday was not as hot as today, let's see what happens.

nadams

I was really just joking

It has been extremely dry here in PA, rainwise, too. Hazy, hot, and humid, but no rain. although I'm told it rained a lot in Allentown yesterday, we got nothing here. When I walk across what's supposed to be my lawn, I raise a cloud of dust w/ every step. And we're gonna try to see it in this! Luckily, we have two wells on our property, so we can water w/ one, and leave the house one for more important stuff.

Willow

it's messed around here during winter we can reach -45C with the wind and summer reach up to 45C. No wonder our stuff breaks down.

exalted512

weak and unimpressive-try living in texas
-Cody

swerve

Originally posted by exalted512
weak and unimpressive-try living in texas
-Cody

Cody I hate to tell you but it's about the same. sure our humidity may vary from place to place but today in texas it will not get above 107f or 42c.

you are just trying to make it seem like you are cool because it's hotter where you live.


oh yea... you don't deal with snow either... we have one up on you there... I'd like to see you in chicago or even bloomington with a 30-45 minute commute to work//school everday.

ND13

Originally posted by exalted512
weak and unimpressive-try living in texas
-Cody

Try living on the banks of the muddy Mississippi. The humidity in places like Memphis and New Orleans is wicked. Then you have mosquitos the size of dragon flies. They sound like dive bombers flying by your ears.

We used to describe it as "Africa Hot".:D

exalted512

Where I used to live was right by the ocean. I knew all about humidity:D Where I'm at now in college isnt as bad, but not all that great either. But we only deal with mosquitos when it rains;)

Adam, during the middle of the summer the heat index can get to 120*, usually once or twice a week. And we got 7" of snow in December this year:eek:
-Cody

swerve

We get the best of both worlds still. I'd rather have 120 heat index than 5+ inches of snow on a random night int he middle of winter ya know.

Anyways I like the hot weather

thehaens@cox.net

Originally posted by exalted512
weak and unimpressive-try living in texas
-Cody

Exactly the reason I left Houston and headed to South. Cali. Couldn't even go clubbing without my shirt sticking to me before I got in the club in Houston....

Willow

I forgot to mention we have an extreme smog advisory along with very high uv.

Just breathing outside make me sweat !!:mad:

wodom1

It's been really hot here in Chicago for the past week. We've been averaging mid-90's but hit 100 last Friday. It's not nearly as hot as it is in my old hometown in south Louisiana (South of New Orleans) where my parents still are. It's just miserable there due to the heat index. They're about 75 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and 30 miles from the Mississippi. I'm glad I don't live there anymore...

Josh

SCompRacer

Originally posted by wodom1
It's been really hot here in Chicago for the past week.

Dry too. Watering bans in effect in some communities. Doesn't affect me cause I let nature take care of that. If it goes brown, then let it be.

ND13

Originally posted by exalted512
Where I used to live was right by the ocean. I knew all about humidity:D Where I'm at now in college isnt as bad, but not all that great either. But we only deal with mosquitos when it rains;)

Adam, during the middle of the summer the heat index can get to 120*, usually once or twice a week. And we got 7" of snow in December this year:eek:
-Cody

I knew there was something wrong with you. You're a damn AGGIE.;)

wodom1

Originally posted by SCompRacer
Dry too. Watering bans in effect in some communities. Doesn't affect me cause I let nature take care of that. If it goes brown, then let it be.

Doesn't affect me either as I live in an apartment in Lincoln Park, but it has been really dry. How long has it been since it's rained -- two weeks or so?

NCrewson

Bah... I grew up in northern Manitoba (that's a province in Canada for all you Yanks:D ). Admittedly our sumers weren't as bad, only got to around 40 if I remember correctly. But I've gone to work in the winters when it was -72 C (thats -98 farenheit)outside. If that happened in Texas they'd probably shut down the whole state and the neighbouring ones for good measure. I know there are others on this board who live further north than that and can probaly top that but thats a 112 degree temp swing throughout the year. Oh yeah, they didn't even close the schools that day. The only day they ever closed my school in 11 years was the day after we got 4 or 5 feet of snow.

Just keep thinking cool snowy thoughts Willow, and don't do anything stupid, like exercise, during the heat wave. Plenty of fluids and all that.....

Nathan

swerve

Originally posted by NCrewson
Bah... I grew up in northern Manitoba (that's a province in Canada for all you Yanks:D ). Admittedly our sumers weren't as bad, only got to around 40 if I remember correctly. But I've gone to work in the winters when it was -72 C (thats -98 farenheit)outside. If that happened in Texas they'd probably shut down the whole state and the neighbouring ones for good measure. I know there are others on this board who live further north than that and can probaly top that but thats a 112 degree temp swing throughout the year. Oh yeah, they didn't even close the schools that day. The only day they ever closed my school in 11 years was the day after we got 4 or 5 feet of snow.

Just keep thinking cool snowy thoughts Willow, and don't do anything stupid, like exercise, during the heat wave. Plenty of fluids and all that.....

Nathan

Yessir that's pretty cold. Why would you ever want to bare something that cold?!

MSALLA

Originally posted by NCrewson
Bah... I grew up in northern Manitoba (that's a province in Canada for all you Yanks:D ). Admittedly our sumers weren't as bad, only got to around 40 if I remember correctly. But I've gone to work in the winters when it was -72 C (thats -98 farenheit)outside. If that happened in Texas they'd probably shut down the whole state and the neighbouring ones for good measure. I know there are others on this board who live further north than that and can probaly top that but thats a 112 degree temp swing throughout the year. Oh yeah, they didn't even close the schools that day. The only day they ever closed my school in 11 years was the day after we got 4 or 5 feet of snow.

Just keep thinking cool snowy thoughts Willow, and don't do anything stupid, like exercise, during the heat wave. Plenty of fluids and all that.....

Nathan

No thanks! In PA we average 80-90F in the sumer and in a bad winter we get down to maybe 18F. You can keep that -46C weather. When my kids are grown (if we stop having more) I moving to Florida. It's always nice there.

cfrizz

Originally posted by MSALLA
No thanks! In PA we average 80-90F in the sumer and in a bad winter we get down to maybe 18F. You can keep that -46C weather. When my kids are grown (if we stop having more) I moving to Florida. It's always nice there.

Yeah all you have to worry about in FL is getting your house knocked over by a hurricane, or getting a body part took off from a shark!:D

billbillw

Originally posted by Willow
already we are at 32C heading for 42C.

Time to stay inside, there's hot and there's just outright gross, well that's today just gross!!

Willow,
Me thinks you are exagerating. Weather forcast for Ottawa is only high of 33 according to CNN. Current Temp at 2:20 EST is only 32C. The rest of the week is only in the upper 20s.

According to weather records, the hottest day ever recorded in Ottowa was only 37.8C in Aug 1944.

If you are referring to Heat Index, that is a different story.

When you factor in high humidity, there is no place in North America that is more uncomfortable, on average, than the Deep South (eastern) US. Lousianna, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and the eastern part of Texas. I'll take that heat over the winter weather in Canada any day though. I grew up in Michigan, so I know what 40 below windchill is like. That's why I moved South.

Willow

Sorry, in canada we don't care about the actual temp. means nothing we quote with humidex or windchill cause thats what we feel.

landry_p2000

Originally posted by swerve
oh yea... you don't deal with snow either... we have one up on you there... I'd like to see you in chicago or even bloomington with a 30-45 minute commute to work//school everday.

I spent half of my life in Chitown (Maywood and Southside), and it got extremely hot and extremely cold every year. When I moved to Memphis, I found that they have time off for "snow days". I was like what the hell is a snow day? They were granted time off from work or school for bad weather. WTF?!!!
In Chicago if you went to school, That is just what you did: went to school. Conversations between me and my mom went like this....

Me: Mom! Snow is up to my butt!

Mom: Put on your long drawers and hit it!

Me: I got a cold.

Mom: Eat this soup and go to school.

Sheesh! There was no way around it. When I got to Memphis, it was lovely. I mean you would miss school if someone farted too loud. They are wussies down here when it comes to weather. It has been pretty hot for the past two weeks (90s), but we got a little rain last night and that made today more humid. Oh well, at least when winter comes I can expect some time off with pay.:D

billbillw

Originally posted by NCrewson
Bah... I grew up in northern Manitoba (that's a province in Canada for all you Yanks:D ). But I've gone to work in the winters when it was -72 C (thats -98 farenheit)outside. Nathan

I know its cold up there, but I think you're exagerating too. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Manitoba was -52 and that was way back in 1899. Are you throwing in wind chill?

swerve

I'm just saying that he doesn't know how hard the snow makes it to commute sometimes... nothing about school cancellations.... we still have school because we are used to it.


-adam

billbillw

Originally posted by landry_p2000
I spent half of my life in Chitown (Maywood and Southside), and it got extremely hot and extremely cold every year. When I moved to Memphis, I found that they have time off for "snow days". I was like what the hell is a snow day?

I grew up in Michigan, and we definetly had snow days. Not many, but when we got more than 20" of snow overnight, there was no way that the buses could move. Chicago gets shut down on occasion too. I've seen it in the news.

In the south, they have a few snow days as well, normally because they don't have the snow removal capabilities that the northern communities have. 4 inches of snow is a big deal because there are far less snow trucks and limited supplies of road ice. No one in the south can justify having huge stockpiles of salt when there is a chance that they won't even need it in any given year.

Toxis

Say what you will... but there's only 3 CP'ers that have to live in KS. Not only does the weather suck, BUT IT'S KANSAS!

Arguement done and done. Move on, nothing more to see here.

landry_p2000

Originally posted by billbillw
I grew up in Michigan, and we definetly had snow days. Not many, but when we got more than 20" of snow overnight, there was no way that the buses could move. Chicago gets shut down on occasion too. I've seen it in the news.

True. But, it would have to be pretty darn bad for that to happen. I don't recall missing much school due to weather. I went to a Public school most of my life, and we didn't ride the "Big Cheese" to school. We walked rain, sleet, or snow.

I know that in recent years there were a vast amount of deaths due to heat in Chicago. Mostly elderly people. Its sad when you think about it. They started a few programs where they take donated fans and ac units for the elderly people. That was a great idea and we would buy about 2 or 3 fans to donate every year.

exalted512

Originally posted by ND13
I knew there was something wrong with you. You're a damn AGGIE.;)

its ok if you werent accepted, dont be jealous
-Cody