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Sweltering weather

hennypenny — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:45:02 GMT

We are sweltering in Santa Barbara. On the coast it was 104. Right now it is 101. No AC. Cats flopped on the floor by the fan. I am too old for this nonsense!

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catlover — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:48:33 GMT

I hear you-henny-I hate hot weather!

It was 78 and humid in New York today-but 101-that's crazy talk...............too hot for October-YUK!!!!!

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Meowingkitty — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:52:07 GMT

Arizona here and it's still in the 90's and supposed to be 99 on Monday. Maybe by Halloween. At least it isn't 95 at 6:00 in the morning anymore. It pretty much hits the high around 3:00 and starts dropping. It's in the high 60's low 70's in the mornings so great in the am.

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DoneTryin — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:58:00 GMT

Yikes! Guess I better not mention the 76 we had today.

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MacDUFF — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:00:56 GMT

I talked to my GF in San Diego earlier...it's 95 there. 101 is an oven! And no a/c is a nightmare. We finally cooled down here in the Carolinas...it's been around 80 the last few days and sunny with low humidity. We're loving it 'cuz the 10 days prior were rainy, chilly, and dreary. Hope for cooler weather for y'all tomorrow @hennypenny

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cotto22 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:07:22 GMT

It is supposed to be 95 here in the Houston area on Monday, "only" 89 here today. It would be nice to put away the sleeveless tops and skorts! 101 is ridiculous. What is up with all this hot weather??

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Moonchilde — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:12:20 GMT

It was as hot or hotter at the beach today than a few miles inland. 91 degrees in Santa Monica. I have a/c in my bedroom - which I pretty much never leave in this kind of weather :-( It's kind of like being held hostage. I've had enough. El Nino - bring it ON!

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ChynnaBlue — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:15:29 GMT

@hennypenny wrote:
We are sweltering in Santa Barbara. On the coast it was 104. Right now it is 101. No AC. Cats flopped on the floor by the fan. I am too old for this nonsense!

It's tough when you live in a place where it's normally not that hot and you don't have AC. My parents live in the east Bay Area of California and ran into that all summer.

Here it's in the 90s and 100s every day for the summer, but we do have AC. At least you're getting a break soon and it cools down at night. Here it's going to be in the 90s for the next week or more and while the report says we have a low of 64, that happens at 6:00 in the morning. My AC broke last week and I couldn't even open a window because it was in the 80s until midnight. We should have a cold front a week from now that may send us into the high 80s for a few days.

I only know it's fall because the office coffee stand has a sign advertising pumpkin spice lattes right next to the sign advertising iced strawberry lemonade.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:41:31 GMT

I think if I lived where it got as hot as 100 degrees and I didn't have AC, I'd be out buying at least a window unit, especially since this may be the norm from now on.

It has cooled off beautifully here in the Albuquerque area. I've been wearing my cozy fleece shirt in the evenings but back to the 80's next week.

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tansy — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:28:57 GMT

My son lives in SB, hennypenny. We were just on the phone talking about his hot temps. We had a much hotter than normal summer where I am near Seattle. I never thought we would put in a\c but so glad we did. Hope your temps break soon.

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hennypenny — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:54:08 GMT

I wiped the kitties down with wet cloths to try to help them. We are just not used to this here.

Our windows crank out so using a portable AC would be a bit tricky. If this is going to be a pattern we will have to do something.

Tansy, hope your son has AC. We will zoom to the farmers mkt in the early am and then back to hunker down. We don't even have indoor malls to hide in.

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sunala — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:00:01 GMT

Hennala I hope the weather cools off for your part of the country!

I was thinking the same thing about you getting an A/C. They do sell portable air conditioners that sit on your floor. The only thing you need is a window to put the hose through to vent, which I think would be no problem with your type of windows.

May it get cool and rain for you! xox

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Moonchilde — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:00:59 GMT

@hennypenny wrote:
I wiped the kitties down with wet cloths to try to help them. We are just not used to this here.
Our windows crank out so using a portable AC would be a bit tricky. If this is going to be a pattern we will have to do something.
Tansy, hope your son has AC. We will zoom to the farmers mkt in the early am and then back to hunker down. We don't even have indoor malls to hide in.

Give some thought to the portable air conditioners. It would be worth it to cut a screen and do something with plywood in one window. The hoses are not huge diameter.

I have a double window in the bedroom. One side is glass that does not open. The other side is louvered(!) This makes for just about zero airflow. My landlord cut the glass straight across on the unopenable side, removed the bottom glass, and put in an a/c we jointly paid for.

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tansy — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:27:38 GMT

@hennypenny. No a/c at their home:/

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brii — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:34:19 GMT

I hope it cools down for you soon. That's awful to have that kind of heat and no air conditioning.

I can't sleep well when it's hot. I'm sure you can't either.

Is it possible to look into central air?

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shoekitty — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 04:57:40 GMT

Henny,

I have gone through a horrible, hot summer near Silicon Valley. A week ago we were dying. Last week it was in the low 90's, and cooled down at night, which was tolerable.

My husband and I flew to SoCal, (Burbank) Thursday, and were greated with hot, hot 107 weather! Hot winds. We had 119 degree weather where I live in NoCal a month a ago, and I swear it wasn't as hot as this 107. It is a weird heat!!!! It was 103 after dark. Warm like you can't feel your breath. It never fails. Last week it was cooler here and rained . But as soon as we step off the plane , it heats up. I swear we come here 7 times a year. It can be 70, 80 degrees before we get here, but as soon as our plane lands there is a heat wave! We have been here in December, and it was 89 to 91. January last year it was hot as well. I don't know how my daughter tolerates it. They hate the heat, but their jobs are here.

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hennypenny — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 05:31:03 GMT

Have any of you ordered any of the portable AC units from the Q. Are there any that you would recommend?

I grew up on " the Peninsula" near SF. and have lived here since college. I have NEVER seen weather like this.

The ocean is so warm that the fog that usually comes in after three days of heat is now no where to be seen.

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Lilysmom — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:03:46 GMT

Wow, can't believe those temps! Hope it cools down soon. Without a/c it must be awful.

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catwhisperer — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:03:05 GMT

@hennypenny wrote:
Have any of you ordered any of the portable AC units from the Q. Are there any that you would recommend?
I grew up on " the Peninsula" near SF. and have lived here since college. I have NEVER seen weather like this.
The ocean is so warm that the fog that usually comes in after three days of heat is now no where to be seen.

@hennypenny...I bought a portable A/C unit last year for my bedroom. It doesn't cool the room very well and eats up a lot of electricity. I have a medium size bedroom. It would probably work better in a small room.

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Moonchilde — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:36:22 GMT

@catwhisperer wrote:
@hennypenny wrote:
Have any of you ordered any of the portable AC units from the Q. Are there any that you would recommend?
I grew up on " the Peninsula" near SF. and have lived here since college. I have NEVER seen weather like this.
The ocean is so warm that the fog that usually comes in after three days of heat is now no where to be seen.
@hennypenny...I bought a portable A/C unit last year for my bedroom. It doesn't cool the room very well and eats up a lot of electricity. I have a medium size bedroom. It would probably work better in a small room.

The key to window a/c is to never believe what size room they say the BTUs will cool. Size up, as it were. My bedroom is average apt size - 10x12 or thereabouts. I first had a 5000 BTU a/c and it didn't really do the job very well but was still better than nothing. It finally died after 14 years, and the one I have now is 8000 BTU. It does the job, even in weather like we're having now. It's not chilly in the room, but I can get it down to 68-70 in the wee hours of the morning. A/C (even central) only cools 15 degrees from the house temp/outside temp. In the super heat we had 2-3 weeks ago, it was 91 degrees inside when I would get home, and about 76 was the lowest I got - but still comfortable.