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[Noel7]

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@fourpaws56 wrote:

we are all dealing with it the best we can....having asthma makes it difficult....running the air constantly and worrying how to pay the electric bill does not help either...

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@fourpaws56

I didn't know you have asthma, the smoke has to be awful.  Do you have all the inhalers you need?  I have asthma, too, I am so sorry you're going through this.

[fourpaws56]

hi Noel...yes,I have a few health issues, but I do have the inhalers...thank you for caring

[Noel7]

ABC local news reporting PGE very worried power will hold.  The power in a nursing home went down.  Authorities are worried about health problems for many in the Bay Area from the heat. 

Just minutes before nine o'clock and it's 89 degrees here.  

[Moonchilde]

I'm just...like...WT*???

Yeah, everyone should just suck it all up and deal, okay? Since hurricanes are an act of G*d just like heat waves, all the victims in Texas and Louisiana should just suck it up too, right? 

Everyone just needs to deal and quit whining. Hear that, Houston?  *SMH.*

Several people in my "neighborhood" have reported losing beloved pets to the heat - even when they did what they should to protect them. I guess they should have told the pets to suck it up - and themselves too (failing that, "it's your fault" is always helpful too. People love to hear that. Or "who cares?"

Good grief. 

[fourpaws56]

any relief in sight for your area?

[shoekitty]

I had ice water and Salt and STraw.,Roasted Strawberry and Coconut Cream ice cream.  Then i washed it down with more Salt and Straw, but I switched the flavor to Pear and Blue Cheese ice cream.  Yum

[Moonchilde]

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@fourpaws56 wrote:

we are all dealing with it the best we can....having asthma makes it difficult....running the air constantly and worrying how to pay the electric bill does not help either...

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I hear you, @fourpaws56. In LA during heat waves I had to run the a/c every minute I was home, or even much of the time period I wasn't home, because I had a kitty. And I totally worried about paying the electric bill.

As much as possible, I paid ahead during the cool months and that helped a little. When I lived in OC they did a thing where after you'd lived somewhere for 12 months, the electric company added up 12 mos worth of bills, divided it by 12 and charged you a flat amount every month for the next year. Sometimes you'd have to pay extra but it usually wasn't huge. LA city didn't have that :-(

[Noel7]

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@shoekitty wrote:

I had ice water and Salt and STraw.,Roasted Strawberry and Coconut Cream ice cream.  Then i washed it down with more Salt and Straw, but I switched the flavor to Pear and Blue Cheese ice cream.  Yum

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@shoekitty

I have to ask... what is salt and straw?  I've never seen pear and blue cheese ice cream, but like my father, I love a fresh pear on a plate with a little blue cheese.  I ate very little, no appetite.

[Moonchilde]

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@shoekitty wrote:

I had ice water and Salt and STraw.,Roasted Strawberry and Coconut Cream ice cream.  Then i washed it down with more Salt and Straw, but I switched the flavor to Pear and Blue Cheese ice cream.  Yum

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@shoekitty

I have to ask... what is salt and straw?  I've never seen pear and blue cheese ice cream, but like my father, I love a fresh pear on a plate with a little blue cheese.  I ate very little, no appetite.

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@Noel7 It's one of the trendy "non-traditional flavors" ice cream chains. Mostly in Oregon but also in LA. 

I can't say why, exactly, but I've never been a fan of what I think of as "savory" ice cream or dessert, as opposed to sweet. So, I skip those places. I lived a couple of blocks from one (not this chain) in LA and never went. I'm just trad when it comes to ice cream. Except that I love the Persian, Turkish and Indian ice cream flavors.

[truffle]

Is the electricity in CA all on one grid or is it broken up by Northern and Southern CA? I wonder which counties use the most electricity during these hot days. I'm guessing it's not San Francisco.  It just doesn't seem fair that the blackouts or brownouts occur in areas that don't use the most juice. Just thinking out loud but I hope someone can explain it. Thanks.