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DesertDi

Kachina624 — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 22:37:30 GMT

Our local news just announced that Phoenix broke a record high temperature today with a cozy 117°. We've got several upcoming days of 100° in Albuquerque. Thankfully we don't get much higher because if our mile- high altitude.

I imagine you, like me, are in hibernation mode.

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Meowingkitty — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 22:39:09 GMT

I'm in Phoenix area and it's only 112 at 3:30 in the afternoon.

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spumoni99 — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 22:45:10 GMT

I would die! It was 108 saturday and sunday and I was in serious hibernation mode!

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Pezzie — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:30:10 GMT

I am in the Tucson area and it's 109. 4:30

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Desertdi — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:55:22 GMT

@Kachina624 Aw gee whiz...YOU KNOW IT!!!!!! And both our cities are under the same heat dome that's gonna last for THE NEXT WEEK.

My freezer is stocked...and I'm praying the electricity holds up. di

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Kachina624 — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 01:01:11 GMT

@Meowingkitty wrote:
I'm in Phoenix area and it's only 112 at 3:30 in the afternoon.

@Meowingkitty You must live in the chilly part if town. I imagine the 117 was at the airport.

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pdlinda — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 19:22:58 GMT

@Kachina624

Please add me to the list.

I go out about at about 7 AM to throw out the trash and drive down the hill to get the mail (too hot to walk), that's about it.

This is my 31st summer in Phx so I know there will be no break in the unbearable heat until October.

I feel so grateful that APS, our electric provider, is reliable in keeping the power on and IF we have a power loss (I have a battery-operated fan) it's usually for only a short time.

Grocery delivery (that I always schedule for 8 AM) is the greatest amenity I take advantage of for the last few years. Can't thank the delivery people and the markets enough for this service.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 19:42:06 GMT

@pdlinda @Desertdi @Meowingkitty @spumoni99 @Pezzie

I really don't know how people tolerate living in Phoenix or why the want to unless it's for a great job. I left Texas partially due to the hot summers and they were nothing compared to yours.

Albuquerque gets hot too but just occasionally (3 or 4 days a year) does it reach 100° then it cools in the evening. We have 4 seasons, beautiful autum leaves and some snow. It can get very cold; most winter nights are below freezing.

I really feel for you all in those extremely hot conditions.

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Meowingkitty — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:50:44 GMT

I have lived in Arizona since I was a child so I don't know any different. I would rather have the heat than snow, humidity, tornados and hurricanes.

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sabatini — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 01:25:32 GMT

Hi, @Kachina624. Count me in as a Phoenix dweller, & after 8 years, I've actually gotten used to it.

The ONE thing that freaks me out is worrying that my a/c will bite the bullet, which it did last 4th of July!

Thank God it only needed a repair and not a replacement.

I'm a New Englander by birth and at heart, but also lived in Alabama for a few years, and spent 20 years in California.

Sure, sometimes I want to move back to MA, but I don't know how much longer I'd be capable of shoveling snow after a blizzard, the way I always did before moving here.

What I love about Arizona is the wildlife: migrating birds of all kinds, javelinas, coyotes, etc.

Also, in some places, especially near the mountains, there's a pervasive feeling of deep spirituality, as if it's resonating from the earth itself. IDK how else to describe it.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 03:04:01 GMT

@sabatini I know what you mean about the mountains. My trips to Colorado are spiritual ventures. I'm very fond of our Sandia Mts. here in Albuquerque.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 03:04:58 GMT

We haven't hit 100 yet here in Colorado Springs. We just got plummeted with ping-pong-size hail. Shredded my trees and stripped pine needles/cones all over the place. Got one heck of mess to clean up tomorrow. Wonder if my roof is damaged? It's an older roof so it probably needs replacing.

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Desertdi — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:31:19 GMT

@Kachina624 I just looked at both the PHX and ABQ weather reports.....ummmmm, "this" heatwave is gonna be with us for more than a couple days. Then, the monsoon will be moving in from Mexico. YIKES! di

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Kachina624 — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:39:10 GMT

@Desertdi Apparently this dome of high pressure hung over Mexico for weeks before slowly moving North. We've got days of 100° temps ahead as I'm sure you do too....in spades.

I wonder if it will eventually move over the Midwest?