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Heatwave

Kachina624 — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:10:08 GMT

It's miserably hot, hot, hot in the Southwest. It's about 100° outside at my house right now, and is supposed to be as much as 120° today in the Phoenix area. Wildfires burning in several states with one 27,000 acre fire burning just South of Albuquerque.

We're under some sort of hazardous air advisory and they've advised people with evaporative coolers, which bring in outside air, to turn them off. Are they kidding? I'd rather have a little smoke than 100° in my house, although it's not exactly frigid with the cooler on.

Dare we hope this too will pass...soon?

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SharkE — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:13:32 GMT

102 in Amarillo Sat. Right now it's 91 I believe. we just turn on a/c from 12noon to 9. Commercial fans take over till noon next day. Energy bills went to 500 a month we had to do something and fast!

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catwhisperer — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:14:29 GMT

@Kachina624.....well, unfortunately, it is summer, and we have to deal with the heat and the fires. It's part of the area we live in. It got to 98 here where I live today, but I am just thankful it's not humid. I have my apt. closed up and the A/C on, so it's comfortable. Take care.

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SStar — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:20:21 GMT

Kachina624, that is some serious heat. It's been so hot and dry here in north Ga. Our grass is dead and crunchy. It hasn't rained in about two months. We've been in the high 90's. This heat is just so unrelenting.

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hoosieroriginal — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:22:34 GMT

Summer begins tomorrow morning - so looks like this is just the beginning. Cooling down this week a bit in Indiana luckily, only to heat up again next week. Stay cool and hydrated!

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SStar — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:26:10 GMT

I'm gonna call Miss Summer and tell her she is LATE to her own partay! Haha

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Kachina624 — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:31:24 GMT

Where do you live @catwhisperer? I'm right outside of Albuquerque, and its unusual for us to get this hot due to the altitude. I think the last long spell of extreme heat was in 1980. I'm just hibernating with my 4 dogs who are also not enjoying the heat.

I'd love to be high in Colorado right now and I don't mean on legalized Marijuana.

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catwhisperer — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:32:24 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Where do you live @catwhisperer? I'm right outside of Albuquerque, and its unusual for us to get this hot due to the altitude. I think the last spell of extreme heat was in 1980. I'm just hibernating with my 4 dogs who are also not enjoying the heat.

I'd love to be high in Colorado right now.

@Kachina624....I am in San Diego ten miles east of the coast. The past two summers have been horrible with heat and humidity. I am hoping and praying that we don't have the humidity this summer. Time will tell.

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catwhisperer — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:33:54 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Where do you live @catwhisperer? I'm right outside of Albuquerque, and its unusual for us to get this hot due to the altitude. I think the last long spell of extreme heat was in 1980. I'm just hibernating with my 4 dogs who are also not enjoying the heat.

I'd love to be high in Colorado right now and I don't mean on legalized Marijuana.

@Kachina624...LOL

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hsawaknow — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:34:05 GMT

I saw on the news parts of Arizona were going to reach 119 degrees! The hottest heat I was ever in was Las Vegas at 118 degrees, of course I was at a resort with a nice few pools to lay by.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:35:30 GMT

@catwhisperer It is more humid than normal here today which is why my house isn't cooler. Yesterday humidity was 9%.

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hckynut — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:35:41 GMT

Pretty hot here too in Nebraska. Been at or over 100° here for over a week. Right now the temp in our patio room is 99°, because I do not turn the AC on unless my wife wants to be in the room.

We have a portable AC in her master bedroom, she sleeps in a bed, I have slept in a lounge chair for over 25 years. She keeps her room at whatever temp she is comfortable. Our whole home AC has not been for many years now.

My body got pretty acclimated to hear the 30 years I worked in a factory that was well over 110°, and that was in the coolest spot.

I just keep our ceiling fan on high and I do just fine.

hnj

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catwhisperer — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:40:14 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@catwhisperer It is more humid than normal here today which is why my house isn't cooler. Yesterday humidity was 9%.

@Kachina624....wow, 9% is really low.

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HB glamma — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:45:01 GMT

118 today in Palm Springs area and heating up to 122 tomorrow.

We're staying in and I have all the plantation shutters to try to keep some heat out. A/C running full-blast; sounds so good to be in cool mountains somewhere!

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dancingwoman — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:45:36 GMT

Hi I'm in the Four Corners area in SW Colorado and the thermometer on them north side of the house under a covered porch says 95..

our saving grace is that it will cool off tonight and b comfortable sleeping....I hope...DW

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catwhisperer — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:40:55 GMT

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loveschocolate — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:47:32 GMT

I am not a fan of summer. Humidity here is awful.

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SeaMaiden — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:53:37 GMT

Wishing everyone suffering with the relentless heat wave relief soon. How awful! That is just too hot.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:55:09 GMT

@catwhisperer wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
@catwhisperer It is more humid than normal here today which is why my house isn't cooler. Yesterday humidity was 9%.
@Kachina624....wow, 9% is really low.

I've seen it as low as 0%, but usually it's 6-7% this time of year. The monsoon season will soon start and hopefully we'll get some rain. It's been several months since it rained at my house. We're in the desert of course.

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loveschocolate — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:58:03 GMT

@Kachina624, have you always lived there?? Someday, I hope to get out that way...