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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. Hot is hot.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2019, 10:51 PM

Oct 2019

I used to live in Phoenix, AZ, and learned a lot about extreme heat there. Which is why I live in a more reasonable place (Santa Fe, NM) and sometimes wonder at those who stay voluntarily in places with outrageous heat.

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Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors [View all] Demovictory9 Oct 2019 OP

Opening the refrigerator to cool the room, eh? nt Quackers Oct 2019 #1

yeah, because otherwise the room is too hot for human life Demovictory9 Oct 2019 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author groundloop Oct 2019 #25

Kick dalton99a Oct 2019 #2

Hot is hot. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #3

Very unpopulated until HVAC and piped water. I believe Hortensis Oct 2019 #12

I've been told by HVAC people that PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #31

Here in the deep south antibiotics and doing away with Hortensis Oct 2019 #34

you're wondering why they don't move to a cool part of Qatar? CreekDog Oct 2019 #17

My sister lives there and it is extremely humid and hot LeftInTX Oct 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX Oct 2019 #5

What took your sister there? maxsolomon Oct 2019 #36

She's a professor LeftInTX Oct 2019 #37

That makes sense. You go where the job is. maxsolomon Oct 2019 #38

She likes the Middle East LeftInTX Oct 2019 #41

Why are they having the World Cup in Qatar???? LeftInTX Oct 2019 #6

and article says previous sporting event held in Qatar didn't go well... Demovictory9 Oct 2019 #8

Money caraher Oct 2019 #10

Massive corruption and bribery Codeine Oct 2019 #32

Gawd..... LeftInTX Oct 2019 #35

Somewhere in the afterlife my grandmother is having a cow over this. TeamPooka Oct 2019 #9

make caves; move underground Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #11

Just a short distance down the earth provides its own natural Hortensis Oct 2019 #13

sports stadiums should be surrounded by parks Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #15

Great improvement in many regions for various reasons. Hortensis Oct 2019 #16

"cars and stadium under the park" -- yes! Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #18

It's really great what some cities are doing with spaces that Hortensis Oct 2019 #21

that's beautiful Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #22

Yes. :) That's on my list to visit some day. A number of U.S. cities Hortensis Oct 2019 #23

rooftop gardens Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #24

Trees don't grow over there LeftInTX Oct 2019 #27

sports stadiums are not limited to "over there" Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #39

CommerzBank Arena in Frankfurt... a la izquierda Oct 2019 #29

found a photo ... Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #40

That's it. a la izquierda Oct 2019 #45

you thought real hard about that CreekDog Oct 2019 #19

you thought real hard about Qatar to suggest groundwater is a problem? Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #20

good idea Demovictory9 Oct 2019 #42

adobe construction is essentially above-ground cave building Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #44

The business side of an air conditioner is cool but have you ever felt the air coming out of world wide wally Oct 2019 #14

Exactly! This is beyond foolish. Duppers Oct 2019 #30

The laws of thermodynamics sarisataka Oct 2019 #33

yep. otherside is a heater Demovictory9 Oct 2019 #43

I've seen a climate-change study that the Middle-East will be drastically hotter 100 years from now. DetlefK Oct 2019 #26

I dunno....I think the heat will just travel further from the equator LeftInTX Oct 2019 #28