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Another triple digit day in California !!! Its freaking hot!! (Original Post) yuiyoshida Sep 2017 OP
OMG do I ever feel for you Skittles Sep 2017 #1
Along the Central Coast, where we are, it is in the low 90's, but that is hot for us. Tikki Sep 2017 #2
Get some ice and put it in front of the fans!!! nt blaze Sep 2017 #3
Thanks...cool idea. Tikki Sep 2017 #5
In Santa Maria where I am it is 102 wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #14
We are closer to the Pacific...it should cool off soon for all of us. Tikki Sep 2017 #19
Santa Ynez valley here - about 104. n/t SpankMe Sep 2017 #26
About 100 triple digit days in Tucson this year. panader0 Sep 2017 #4
Blythe California must hell today!! yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #6
Blythe sucks no matter what the temp is. panader0 Sep 2017 #7
Hehe,yeah drove through it once on an A/C Greyhound bus yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #9
Up in Oregon, the forest fire smoke is keeping the heat a little lower. Prediction is 96 degrees. Shrike47 Sep 2017 #8
Yeah no A/C here either yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #11
101 and humid here in San Diego. maveric Sep 2017 #10
Yikes yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #12
Low last night here in Manistee National Forest (W MI) 36 F longship Sep 2017 #13
I use to tell people that California is not like Florida, weather wise, now its more like yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #15
I lived in SoCal for a decade, up until a decade ago. longship Sep 2017 #16
More in the mood for a yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #17
New England had a pathetic summer this year, but from 2013-2015 we had some brutal winters. NutmegYankee Sep 2017 #18
In Michigan we call them Alberta Clippers. longship Sep 2017 #20
We could use some Alberta Clippers down in Texas - LOL LeftInTX Sep 2017 #23
We get those, though they only produce 1-4 inches normally for us. NutmegYankee Sep 2017 #31
ohm myyy. 104 in sonora. ditto with the fans. i did that as a kid when i AllaN01Bear Sep 2017 #21
Hang out at a place with A/C LeftInTX Sep 2017 #22
LoL! Instead of a "pub crawl", montana_hazeleyes Sep 2017 #37
you should probably move to Kansas hfojvt Sep 2017 #24
Me? yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #25
nonsense hfojvt Sep 2017 #29
Most maybe, but its the 30% Trump fans who would make sure that yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #34
115 north bay, ca msdogi Sep 2017 #27
ice on your ears mahina Sep 2017 #28
sometimes I have used a cold wet towel around the neck hfojvt Sep 2017 #30
I do the ear thing LeftInTX Sep 2017 #38
Yeah I'm in Orange County, it's 106 here. Initech Sep 2017 #32
I got up to 37 degrees in Leadville, CO this morning. kentuck Sep 2017 #33
Alameda county (Livermore) 114. demosincebirth Sep 2017 #35
106 in the Central Valley(Merced) ansible Sep 2017 #36

Skittles

(153,156 posts)
1. OMG do I ever feel for you
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 05:24 PM
Sep 2017

I live in Texas where triple degree is a way of life but I would die without my AC I tell you

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
2. Along the Central Coast, where we are, it is in the low 90's, but that is hot for us.
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 05:32 PM
Sep 2017

We have lots of fans going....pushing hot, dry air around... hoping to confuse the heat enough that it will cool down.

Tikki

blaze

(6,360 posts)
3. Get some ice and put it in front of the fans!!! nt
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 05:35 PM
Sep 2017

Google "fan and ice" and click on images. You'll see lots of silly (but workable) options.

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
19. We are closer to the Pacific...it should cool off soon for all of us.
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 06:49 PM
Sep 2017

Love Santa Maria... We always stay there when we hit The Chumash.

Tikki

panader0

(25,816 posts)
4. About 100 triple digit days in Tucson this year.
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 05:37 PM
Sep 2017

"But it's a dry heat."
Thank goodness I live 90 miles away and 10 degrees cooler.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
8. Up in Oregon, the forest fire smoke is keeping the heat a little lower. Prediction is 96 degrees.
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 05:45 PM
Sep 2017

We tend to hit our hottest around 5:00 p.m. And no air conditioning, of course.

longship

(40,416 posts)
13. Low last night here in Manistee National Forest (W MI) 36 F
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 06:07 PM
Sep 2017

It never got above 90 F this summer here.

Recently, summers have been cool here; winters warm and dry. Yup! There are still many days below zero F in winter, but the snow has been light.

With this very unusual early cold snap, I fear for this upcoming winter. Where I live there are few paved roads. Snow can be a terrible burden. And my furnace burns heating oil which is fucking expensive. 500 gallons doesnt get me through winter. Price diesel fuel and you'll know about what I pay.

At my age, there is no more snow shoveling, so I have to pay for that. Hopefully my 22 year old car holds together. At least I have snow tires.

You can send all the heat you want my way, yui. I'd gladly accept it.


longship

(40,416 posts)
16. I lived in SoCal for a decade, up until a decade ago.
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 06:31 PM
Sep 2017

Then moved back to my house here in rural MI.

I was born and raised in Detroit, within the city limits, until my late 30's. Then I moved around a bit.

SoCal weather is not like SF area weather, which is usually cool.

Have a gin and tonic with lime this evening. That will refresh you.

My best to you.

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
18. New England had a pathetic summer this year, but from 2013-2015 we had some brutal winters.
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 06:48 PM
Sep 2017

Anyone along the coast fears the Nor'easter. Last winter was crazy. It was 65 in February. And then the jet stream shifted to the dominant pattern of the last few years (ridge west, trough east) and we got "Marchuary".

longship

(40,416 posts)
20. In Michigan we call them Alberta Clippers.
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 07:02 PM
Sep 2017

They dump tons and tons of snow then make for bitter, bitter cold. They are right out of the arctic.

I suppose we've had more moderate winters in recent years here because the arctic has had record warm winters in those years.

I'm no meteorologist but it does make some crazy kind of sense. I'm just thankful that I don't have be plowed out so often. Being snowed in is no fun.

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
31. We get those, though they only produce 1-4 inches normally for us.
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 10:35 PM
Sep 2017

The Nor'easters produce anywhere from a dusting (far off coast) to 3 feet of snow if cold, or rain and wind if temps are warmer. Sometimes you get powder and it just snow blows away, but 2013 had a storm that the weather channel called Nemo, that gave us a mix of snow, sleet, and rain that piled 30 inches high. It took me two days to dig out.

LeftInTX

(25,289 posts)
22. Hang out at a place with A/C
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 07:55 PM
Sep 2017

Even a lame food court will do. Heck even McDonald's will do. Then after you've stayed your welcome move to another one.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
29. nonsense
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 09:38 PM
Sep 2017

My city has about 1,000 Koreans. I've lived a block away from a Korean grocer and a Korean barber for many years now. There are several Korean churches, etc.

Of course, you are not Korean, but we white guys have no way of knowing that (lol)

Plus, with the CGSC here there are officers here from all over the world.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
34. Most maybe, but its the 30% Trump fans who would make sure that
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 12:07 AM
Sep 2017

I'm put on a slow boat, one way to Shanghai.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
30. sometimes I have used a cold wet towel around the neck
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 09:41 PM
Sep 2017

One guy was selling these tube things you could freeze and put around the back of your neck.

kentuck

(111,089 posts)
33. I got up to 37 degrees in Leadville, CO this morning.
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 10:59 PM
Sep 2017

It got up to the low 70's today. The aspens are already turning gold, a sure sign of an early fall and the winter that is coming.

(Leadville is the Two-Mile City in comparison to Denver, the Mile-High City. elevation over 10,000 feet)

 

ansible

(1,718 posts)
36. 106 in the Central Valley(Merced)
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 03:36 AM
Sep 2017

I'm posting outside the house right now and sleeping on a bed in the backyard. It's even cooler outside than inside

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