How Hot Is It In The West? - Page 4

mousiegirl · ‎03-09-2010

@Noel7 wrote:
Record heat and it's scary. Climate change is hitting the West hard.

How hot is it in the West? Let us count the ways

1. Some planes can't fly

2. Heat records are being shattered

3. Wildfires are burning

4. Power is being knocked out

5. Roads buckle under the heat

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@Noel7 Waaaaay TOO hot, and I am worried that another drought is on the way. Last summer's weather was wonderful, nothing like this year, and we got rain, now with this horrendous heat for months to come, worrisome.

HappyDaze · ‎06-13-2012

I certainly hope we don't hear about an increase in pet and children deaths due to being left in the car!! ((

mousiegirl · ‎03-09-2010

@Noel7 wrote:

@Noel7 Sacramento has always been too hot. I remember as a child going to the state fair and staying overnight at my Mother's friend's home, could not sleep, so put a wet washcloth on my forehead. I still take a wet towel to bed with me during horriblly hot nights, and that, in addition to the fan, allows me to sleep.

mousiegirl · ‎03-09-2010

@Lucky Charm wrote:
Hi Noel!

DH has been in So Cal since May and said it's cloudy and gloomy almost every day. Today included!

@Lucky Charm It depends where he is. I know someone who lives there and has posted that it has been in the 100's, and more to come.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

Oh! I want clouds. Clouds would help a lot!

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

It's really hot here in Colorado, too. We've had record-breaking heat already this year on two days. I'm ready for summer to be over already. Enough of the long daylight hours. I can't sleep at night. Okay...got that off my back.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@HappyDaze wrote:
I certainly hope we don't hear about an increase in pet and children deaths due to being left in the car!! ((

@HappyDaze

Those warnings are out, too. Unfortunately, some people don't pay attention or they think they know better.

The police rescued a dog in a car around here day before last.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@mousiegirl wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:

@Noel7 Sacramento has always been too hot. I remember as a child going to the state fair and staying overnight at my Mother's friend's home, could not sleep, so put a wet washcloth on my forehead. I still take a wet towel to bed with me during horriblly hot nights, and that, in addition to the fan, allows me to sleep.

Yes, it has, @mousiegirl but it's going to get hotter they say

Wsmom · ‎03-09-2010

@Noel7 wrote:
@Wsmom wrote:
@Katcat1 wrote:
I remember years ago over 20 driving up to Lake Tahoe from SF and stopping in Sacramento that was 107. Please don't tell me about dry heat. It felt like the ground was melting. You could hardly breathe it was so hot. I don't know how people do it that live there and in AZ and other parts out West that experience very hot weather. I will take the cold any day over heat. I hope people stay indoors as much as possible in AC and stay safe.

You acclimate to where you live. I have lived in So Cal at the beach and now in the Sac area. There's air conditioning everywhere here so yes, it is hot when you get in the car and if you're walking, but other than that there's AC. You just don't plan outdoor activities when it's this hot. Now in So Cal, at the beach, used to be you never needed air conditioning. Not anymore. So many houses and restaurants don't have it yet they're getting 90-degree weather at the beach. That's horrid.
@Wsmom

Not everyone acclimates and there's no AC around here. Not in malls, not in theaters, etc. There are also NO cooling centers for the elderly and disabled.

There are medical conditions where just being in the sun and heat makes you sick. Many of us are constantly warned not to go out in the sun, and sitting inside in hot buildings can be torture.

@Noel7, what area are you in?

I was referring to the comments about Sac in particular and the dry heat here, and the comment "I don't know how people do it that live there". I wasn't trying to be dismissive of the heat. It's awful. But that's how we do it in Sacramento. In the Sacramento area there are cooling centers. I did acclimate when I moved here from living at the coastal area. That doesn't mean I can sit in a hot building or no air conditioning; I mean that I have acclimated to the point that I prefer the dry heat over the coastal humid heat. I apologize for offending you.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@Wsmom wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
@Wsmom wrote:
@Katcat1 wrote:
I remember years ago over 20 driving up to Lake Tahoe from SF and stopping in Sacramento that was 107. Please don't tell me about dry heat. It felt like the ground was melting. You could hardly breathe it was so hot. I don't know how people do it that live there and in AZ and other parts out West that experience very hot weather. I will take the cold any day over heat. I hope people stay indoors as much as possible in AC and stay safe.

You acclimate to where you live. I have lived in So Cal at the beach and now in the Sac area. There's air conditioning everywhere here so yes, it is hot when you get in the car and if you're walking, but other than that there's AC. You just don't plan outdoor activities when it's this hot. Now in So Cal, at the beach, used to be you never needed air conditioning. Not anymore. So many houses and restaurants don't have it yet they're getting 90-degree weather at the beach. That's horrid.
@Wsmom

Not everyone acclimates and there's no AC around here. Not in malls, not in theaters, etc. There are also NO cooling centers for the elderly and disabled.

There are medical conditions where just being in the sun and heat makes you sick. Many of us are constantly warned not to go out in the sun, and sitting inside in hot buildings can be torture.
@Noel7, what area are you in?
I was referring to the comments about Sac in particular and the dry heat here, and the comment "I don't know how people do it that live there". I wasn't trying to be dismissive of the heat. It's awful. But that's how we do it in Sacramento. In the Sacramento area there are cooling centers. I did acclimate when I moved here from living at the coastal area. That doesn't mean I can sit in a hot building or no air conditioning; I mean that I have acclimated to the point that I prefer the dry heat over the coastal humid heat. I apologize for offending you.

I'm glad you acclimated @Wsmom

I lived in southern CA for a couple of years, near Riverside at one point and an area near San Bernadino. THAT'S HOT

I never acclimated. Never ever and it really made me sick. I didn't know at the time that I had lupus, the heat and direct sun are very dangerous for us.