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I feel like I'm living in a sauna...........

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:13:48 GMT

It is so hot and so muggy here in NE PA. I know it's been like this in a lot of the country and I feel for everyone dealing with it. I hate complaining because I dislike winter but I feel like I'm going to melt.

In my younger years I lived for this weather and would lay out in this for hours, with or without a pool. The older I get I can't do the extremes. No hot/damp rain forest temps and no windchill freezing cold.

Short of moving to Hawaii for moderate temps I'm out of luck. I would die in the South and I don't care if it's a dry heat, nowhere 100 + in the Southwest.

Everyone take care during this awful heat. Please check on the elderly. Pets too.

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esmerelda — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:17:15 GMT

It's like that here too. But I have AC and I'm inside, so I'm not complaining. I'm goling out in 2 or 3 hours to cut grass. My choice...so I won't be complaining.

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Krimpette — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:19:46 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 Do you not have access to air conditioning? I guess it's because of A/C that I don't mind the heat. When I have to be out, it's typically for short periods of time. As I said in other posts, from my point of view...at least I don't have to shovel the heat/humidity! Good luck!

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catter70 — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:21:28 GMT

I'm with you, @CrazyKittyLvr2 . I'm in N.E. PA., also and right now it's thundering and raining and so darned hot and humid. I turned my A.C. on yesterday and hated to do it so early in the season cos I hate the electric bill when it comes. I was saying to a neighbor yesterday that I wish I could find a place to live that stayed between 65 and 75 degrees with low humidity all year around, but if there was a place, I couldn't afford to live there. Anyhow, I hope all is well with you. Take care.

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esmerelda — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:22:26 GMT

@catter70 I've been told that place is Aruba.

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Helen852 — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:22:41 GMT

It's hot and humid where we are as well, but I'll take it. I'm going in and out, we have central air. Our winter was long, hardly any spring to speak of, so for these few short months, bring on the heat. I'll make adjustments.

I was in Nevada last month and was disappointed that the temps were in the low 70's.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:25:28 GMT

@Krimpette Yes, I have an air conditioner, but it's a big unit. I will have to call my son to come put it in. He has been on call at work so it will have to wait a couple of days. I do have fans in the windows and ceiling fans but it's still just damp and disgusting.

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kaydee50 — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:27:21 GMT

Hasn't been bad here in Chicago. Wet May, cool June. I think it reached 90 at O'Hare for the first time yesterday. Cooler here at the lake. So far, so good!

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Teddie — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:27:44 GMT

In my teen years I used to lay out in the sun for hours, too. We didn’t have air conditioning but we closed our heavy drapes in the morning to keep the heat out. So we were kind of used to it. As I’ve gotten older, I feel like I can’t handle the heat like I used to. I had to be out and about yesterday and was so glad to get home and take another shower and get comfy. Our heat index right now is 108. Very thankful for AC.

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AuntG — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:29:14 GMT

Except for the cities along Lakes Michigan and Superior, Wisconsin is hot and humid. I suppose 87 degrees isn't too bad for those who like the heat, but I hate it.

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Meowingkitty — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:39:20 GMT

In Arizona at 1:30 is around 110. But we don’t have humidity for now. When the monsoons get here that will be a different story. Thank goodness everywhere has a/c.

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Pqfan — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:43:14 GMT

I have this weird way I divide summer. June is summer,July is summer and August even though it is still hot is fall prep month🤣 In my head I have deleted a month off summer in my brain somehow lol

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BirkiLady — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:53:46 GMT

This is my kind of weather! I love, love, love the sunny, warm days. Didn't think they would ever get to Lincoln and am thoroughly enjoying the upper 90's this week! Just trading high heating bills for high AC bills, so who cares about the cost of keeping cool inside. Enjoy the long days of summer, the beauty of green grass and lovely blooms, and the ability to take walks each morning! So much to do outside when the weather is warm: art walks, concerts in the parks, restaurants open their sidewalk dining, neighbors visiting on the patios, family get-togethers around the grill, friends and a mimosa as we wander about the yard before brunch, etc. It doesn't get any better than this for my health and well being! Hope everyone else survives what makes me so happy.

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FrostyBabe1 — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:57:25 GMT

It's summer, it gets hot in many, many areas of the country. It's in the low 90's and a bit muggy in SW Michigan. Another couple of months and people will start complaining about it being cold.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:05:19 GMT

I hate the bitter cold also but at least you can add another layer to keep warm. If you have to go out in the blistering heat and humidity you can only peel down so far in public.

I am 16 months shy of 70 and carry extra wight so I don't inflict the sight of me sleeveless and in shorts on the general public. In the house I will do it but nowhere else. If anyone stops by and sees me, well that's their misfortune, they can poke their eyes out later. lol

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:18:12 GMT

It seems like I was just enjoying beautiful high 70’s sunny weather finally after too much rain. Well the switch flipped, and now it’s 90, so my complaining has officially begun. AC, whiles great invention will never be as nice as a breeze coming through the window. Sigh, 😢

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Financialgrl — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:21:46 GMT

I'm in VA and the temperature and humidity are bad here too. It's presently 85 and with humidity it says feels like 93. Haven't walked this week - too hot!

ETA: I sweat just thinking about the temps in Arizona and Nevada!

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
It is so hot and so muggy here in NE PA. I know it's been like this in a lot of the country and I feel for everyone dealing with it. I hate complaining because I dislike winter but I feel like I'm going to melt.

In my younger years I lived for this weather and would lay out in this for hours, with or without a pool. The older I get I can't do the extremes. No hot/damp rain forest temps and no windchill freezing cold.

Short of moving to Hawaii for moderate temps I'm out of luck. I would die in the South and I don't care if it's a dry heat, nowhere 100 + in the Southwest.

Everyone take care during this awful heat. Please check on the elderly. Pets too.

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granddi — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:45:31 GMT

Even with central AC in Texas, the humidity is brutal.

I found a product called DAMP RID. Mine is a bag of crystals and below is a clear bag.

I guess somehow the crystals attract the moisture in the air and magically the bag is fulling with water. (Amazon)

I have one hanging in the laundry room near the kitchen in the hopes that I can keep the indoor humidity at 50% but it goes up to 60+ at times.

If that is not enough to fret about, now we have mosquitos that have tested positive for West Nile.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 22:19:04 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
It is so hot and so muggy here in NE PA. I know it's been like this in a lot of the country and I feel for everyone dealing with it. I hate complaining because I dislike winter but I feel like I'm going to melt.

In my younger years I lived for this weather and would lay out in this for hours, with or without a pool. The older I get I can't do the extremes. No hot/damp rain forest temps and no windchill freezing cold.

Short of moving to Hawaii for moderate temps I'm out of luck. I would die in the South and I don't care if it's a dry heat, nowhere 100 + in the Southwest.

Everyone take care during this awful heat. Please check on the elderly. Pets too.

from across the pond.

Surprisenly not too hot. Nice breeze w/the thunderstorms. Maybe because I am in the boonies.

Neighbor & I walking in the woods during the storm. As we were leaving, neighbor spotted a fox family & took a pic using zoom. Didn't want to get too close as we did not see the "parents" & didn't want to get leave our "human" scent.

My first time seeing a fox.

In about 1 hr, going back into the woods before round 2 of thunderstorms. It's sunny out now w/clear skies.

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Sooner — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 23:13:40 GMT

Where I live the air conditioners get cranked up sometime in April and not turned off until middle of October or even later. Once in awhile we'll switch back even in November because it's not unheard of to have hot days even then.