I just burned my back - blistered it

[Control-Z]

on the beige leather seat of my car. 104 degrees in OC, So Cal. I had to use my winter driving gloves to grip the steering wheel. I've been here in So Cal since I was 7 years old. It has NEVER been this hot in April that I can recall. I know there are still people who dismiss global warming, but I do believe in global warming, I do believe in global warming, I do believe....

Temps could hit 100 for second straight day

http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/2009/04/20/temps-could-hit-100-for-second-straight-day/25941/

[EFerrari]

1. Too hot up here at SF Ocean Beach. We're not doing anything

that doesn't involve ice or water until after the sun goes down. :scared:

[lunatica]

4. Berkeley is sizzling in the 90s, but it's supposed to get down to the 60s by Thursday

It's really weird.

[Control-Z]

10. I think we'll take the family

to a nice air conditioned movie this afternoon. I feel for construction workers and anyone else who has to work outside. I can't imagine how they do it in this kind of heat.

[EFerrari]

17. No one really has A/C in SF, so when we have these events

we are at the sun's mercy. I had to call my elderly mom and remind her not to dig up her garden today. And, the kitchen venting fan is on to try to get some relief. The cats are splayed out all over the place. When they get up, I will. :)

[Maru Kitteh]

66. Thanks for reminding your mom that way. The elderly don't feel hot/cold as easily

as we do. Their poor bodies don't tell them when to quit sometimes until they're already in trouble.

If you can turn her garden for her or hire it done, please do. She's yer mom, take care of her.

[TahitiNut]

43. I'd trade places with you in a nanosecond. (Rainy and high in the 50s here today.)

:puke:

If I were still living in Los Gatos, where the temperature hit 92 today, I'd be out by the pool soaking up the sunshine and warm. Tonight, the temperature would be below 60 and I'd sleep like a baby.

:cry:

[Solly Mack]

2. I've been cold the last 3 days

It had been unseasonably warm and then the cold came back.

[Control-Z]

13. If you're cold,

I'm jealous. Where are you?

[Solly Mack]

21. Germany

It was rainy and very chilly over the weekend. Today was better - the rain stopped. Tomorrow the temps go back up.

[NutmegYankee]

30. Cold here. Never got out of the 40s today. n/t

[Solly Mack]

78. I'm not a big fan of the cold. Except when I sleep. I like it kinda cold then.

40 is good sleeping weather. :)

[Control-Z]

31. I love the rain. n/t

[Solly Mack]

79. You'd love Germany then :)

[comtec]

75. Hey it's a nice, balmy 15C here in Holland :)

Nice fog this morning (5C)
it's been really nice weather lately...
and yes i'm a total believer in global warming.
honestly it's TOO nice.

[Solly Mack]

77. It's downright hot here today

but tonight is supposed to be cooler. We're having one of the warmest Aprils on record (I'm told) - except for those recent cold days

[JerseygirlCT]

51. Cold and rainy here in the northeast. Yuck.

I hate the cold. I cannot wait to put on shorts and sunscreen.

[MADem]

3. You better get one of those silver doohickies for your windscreen, then. NT

[Control-Z]

16. You're right.

That's a good idea. Especially if this is any indicator of the summer months to come.

[MADem]

60. You might do well to get two--one for the front, one for the back.

And then get one of those tee vee solar fans that you shove in the rolled up window, to keep the air moving. http://www.asontv.com/automotive/auto-cool-solar-powered-fan.html?ref=gb&s_cid=104

[Control-Z]

64. That looks like a pretty cool

device. Have you tried it?

[MADem]

65. No, but I keep meaning to get one--my car gets hot as hell in summer! nt

[mmonk]

5. Must be all the cows putting out carbon dioxide.

[csziggy]

18. From all the happy California cows?

Sorry I couldn't resist.

[Control-Z]

19. California cows don't

put out carbon dioxide. Just cheese.

edit: typo

[JerseygirlCT]

52. I just caught that, too at the end of the Ed show.

Failed basic chemistry, I guess.

[Warpy]

6. I've got all the doors and windows open here in the high desert

and I just bought all the gear to set up my swamp cooler tomorrow.

It's amazing how fast we shift from snow to the 4th of July here in the southwest.

BTW, I have a fake fur steering wheel cover, keeps it comfy in all temperatures. I cover the vinyl with a blanket and that helps, too. Another thing that works for summer driving is the bicycle glove, padded leather palm, free fingers, and a mesh back, if you really object to the nerdy steering wheel cover.

[Control-Z]

24. I'll take comfort over looks

any day of the week. I burned myself because I just wasn't expecting it. It's April. When I got into the car my bare skin touched the back of the seat for only a fraction of a second. The fake fur cover sounds good for more than just the steering wheel. I think I'll look into seat covers.

[Yavapai]

7. I remember it was 102 degrees on New Years Day once during a Santa Ana wind episode.

That wasn't in the desert either, it was in the city of Fontana.

[Codeine]

9. OMG. Fontana weather sucks so bad!

Always two or three degrees hotter than the surrounding areas and invariably windy. I work there and I swear I can leave my home Riverside and feel nothing, or just a slight breeze, but when I get to Fontana it's some serious gale-force bullshit going on!

[Hekate]

73. Yowza. I lived in Cucamonga back in the mid-late 60s when the Fontana steel mill was still going....

That thing had a horrible smell when the wind was wrong. Added to the lovely smog drifting in from LA and I had a case of environmental shock you wouldn't believe, having come straight from Oahu courtesy of my dad's job at Lockheed.

I liked Chaffey College, though. It was great.

Hekate

[Control-Z]

27. Do you remember what year that was?

I'm vaguely recalling an exceedingly hot New Years day.

[Howardx]

8. im on the la oc border

pretty damn hot here. 98 at long beach airport around 3.

[Control-Z]

37. It is supposed to cool down

by Wednesday, I hear. Can't wait.

[phantom power]

11. It's a balmy 103F here in Tempe.

[Control-Z]

38. Balmy? So are you saying

it's pleasant? I can't imagine 103 being anything but brutally hot.

[phantom power]

63. Just joking. But it's not very unusual for April.

They say the historic average for April is around 86F. I've been here about 10 years, and my anecdotal experience seems more like 100F for a mean. A couple years ago we had 99F in late Feb. That was a short spring.

This particular spring has been rather nice. Until today.

[ASUliberal]

70. It actually didn't seem that bad. You just get use to the heat.

[NeedleCast]

12. Leather Seats + Southern Cal = Bad Idea

[Control-Z]

32. With kids,

it is the only way to keep a clean car. Although, I'm paying for it now I usually keep the top down in the summer, and the seats which are very light colored don't get quite as hot.

[petronius]

14. 99 here on the Central Coast - this is ridiculous for April

I would have gone to the beach, but I was worried about the cats - wanted to be here in case they needed to be wetted down...

[here_is_to_hope]

20. I am on the Central Coast of Oregon and its

71 and gorgeous!

[petronius]

29. Ya know, as a Californian, I have posted numerous responses like that

to people all across the country. Come to find out, it hurts a little... :(


;)

[Howardx]

34. dont let the jealousy of other states residents get you down...

youre living in california!

[here_is_to_hope]

44. Well, we did suffer through 8 months of rain, 55 inches so far...n/t

[Hekate]

71. No kidding. It was definitely in the 90s in Goleta. Last week the wind blew like crazy off the hills

Although last week my asthma kicked in I was really glad we didn't have the excessive temps on top of the wind. The Gap Fire last year was too close for comfort.

Our 2 young cats went outside and lay under the giant philodendron.

Hekate

[bbinacan]

15. Cold and raining

here south of Pittsburgh.

[Control-Z]

39. I'm jealous.

I always prefer cold weather to hot. Living where I do you wouldn't guess that, though.

[Fire1]

22. Fuck yall!! It's cold and raining, here!! lol!

[Control-Z]

40. I'll tell you something, though.

It was never this bad 10 - 20 years ago. It's scary.

[Fire1]

46. And in April no less!! What's it going t be like in July??? Wow!

[Control-Z]

49. That is exactly

what I am worried about. I can barely tolerate the hot summers any more. The past few years have become just brutally hot. And I'm only 8 miles from the beach, but we don't get a breeze to save us.

[csziggy]

23. Drink LOTS of water, stay out of the sun, and if possible get into AC

If you start to feel woozy, or see spots in front of your eyes, get help immediately - that is heat stress and can be deadly!

At least you guys get dry heat - not that it helps much over 100 but at least your sweat can evaporate. Here in Florida usually when it is that hot the humidity is over 90%. You pretty much drown in your own sweat.

[Control-Z]

41. My son and husband are in the pool.

If I felt decent in a swim suit I would probably join them. I think we'll go to a nice cool movie.

[csziggy]

56. Yes, pools are good - and this is when malls can be useful

But a nice dark, cool movie theater is a good antidote to a hot sunny day!

[rufus dog]

25. Brutal isn't it

It is like August/early September weather.

[Control-Z]

36. Exactly.

You've got to live here to know it.

My sister is in the military and did a year in the middle east. I felt so sorry for her. Just imagining how much hotter it was for her. But then she likes the heat, and was one of the few who enjoyed when she was stationed in Ecuador some years ago. I am not fond of the heat.

[lunatica]

26. The temperature in Berkeley went up 3 degrees in the last twenty minutes.

[Control-Z]

42. Pretty shocking,

isn't it? I watched the thermometer in my car remain at 104 even with the ac running. I thought it might be registering the inside of the car.

[BlooInBloo]

28. Yah - that's why I'll never get vinyl or leather seats....

Cloth for me all the way.

[Control-Z]

45. It's a toss up

with kids. It is definitely easier to wipe melted ice cream off of leather.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. I know it is hot.... hell what you are saying is exactly what people in Mexico City

told me... and down there it's been like this, never before in my life, for the last ten years

And it is predictive by the science

[Control-Z]

47. But people deny it.

'And it is predictive by the science'

What will it be like in 5 - 10 years?

[nadinbrzezinski]

53. Not down there, you mention global warming

you will get an earful on how it is happening from anybody and everybody...

actually kind of refreshing...

[Control-Z]

55. Unfortunately,

my county is full of republican idiots. Their latest argument is, there is global warming but it's not man made. Just two years ago they didn't believe in global warming at all. So I guess it's a step in the right direction.

[nadinbrzezinski]

57. This is the most religious country in the first world

that's partly the problem

That said, not all is peaches and cream down there

Recent survey, the most trusted institutions, the army and the church

[Control-Z]

58. 'the army and the church'

Just frightening.

[nadinbrzezinski]

61. Bad memories of history class yes

[jmg257]

35. You should come to NY, it's the end of April and frigging freezing. n/t

[Control-Z]

48. Right now I would love it.

But I always prefer cold to hot. It is much easier to remedy.

[rufus dog]

50. A few summers ago my brother in law was over

He grew up in Fountain Valley, lived in OC his whole life. It was muggy and clouds were rolling in from the south. He commented what the hell is this? Having grown up in PHX I told him. Monsoon weather my man, happens every August in Phx.

Not a weatherman, but I would assume it would have to be a very week front off the Pacific with strong pressure coming up from the gulf. 400 miles inland it makes sense, twenty not so much.

[Control-Z]

54. I went to

Fountain Valley HS for two years. I wonder if I know your brother-in-law.

I think we're having Santa Ana conditions, though, without the winds. It's dry, no clouds, just like the middle of August.

[rufus dog]

59. He went to Mater Dei - graduated in 1982 or 83. n/t

[Control-Z]

62. I knew some people

from Mater Dei, but it was when I went to University High. Mostly other cheerleaders.

[xxqqqzme]

67. You must be way inland OC then.

It was hot at the beach but not that bad but boy oh boy does my garden look defeated by the sun. Get up early Tuesday morning and water & mulch.

[Control-Z]

72. I'm about 8 miles from Laguna Beach (as the crow flies),

believe it or not, but the hills between prevent any offshore breezes from ever making it to us. It is at least 20 degrees hotter here than the beach during the summer. Might as well be living in Barstow, as far as the temps are concerned.

[ASUliberal]

68. LOL 104 is average in AZ during the summer...

I've burned my hand on the steering wheel, my side on the seat belt and my legs on the seat.

It gets so hot that I literally cannot get in the car without letting it air out first.

And I have no AC so driving during the summer is a bitch. Especially in rush hour on the freeway.

[ASUliberal]

69. Also it's suppose to be 103 tomorrow.

Feels like home again.

[omega minimo]

74. Our patterns have definitely shifted, as if clock turned forward by 2-3 weeks over recent decade....

Hi Control-Z, try aloe vera for the back. :pals:

[and-justice-for-all]

76. I do not need to believe in Global Warming...

because I accept the empirical evidence that makes it a fact.

The weather in Indiana has been irregular and odd to say the least.