It is HOT in Texas. 11:15 pm and it is HOT! 3+ months of this and it is miserable!

[SammyWinstonJack]

I can't even remember what cool weather feels like. x( And NO rain. Someone or something hates us! :silly:

[ChazII]

1. I hear you....

It has been around 115 for the high and right now it is 105 in Phoenix. I am looking forward to when we get back to the cool 90's. No rain here either. But as we like to joke, "at least it's a dry heat."

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. I grew up in the High Desert of So Calif. I know from dry heat. I feel for you.

:hug: It is suppose to be 110 here tomorrow. Yikes!

[defendandprotect]

2. Global Warming -- and drought across 14 states !!!

My imagination or are they looking at that proposed PIPELINE to bring water to you?

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. LOL! I wish!

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. My repug neighbor even after this miserable summer still denies global warming. Mind boggling.

:crazy:

[Tx4obama]

3. It is almost 11:30pm here on my patio in Houston the thermometer says 92 degrees.

92 feels much better than the 100+ degree afternoons we've been having.

I agree, it's been so long since we've had cool weather I can't remember what it feels like ;(

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Well I guess on thursday it will be 98. Woohoo, a cold front!

:rofl:

[seabeyond]

40. dont you love it, when news will say... it will cool down to 98. nothing cool about 98. nt

[seabeyond]

39. driving kid to school the other morning at 7 am. 81. wtf? lol. nt

[Solly Mack]

4. It hit 112 here today. (according to the sign in my neighborhood that flashes the temp.)

Not sure what the current temp is...but it's still hot.

I'm adjusting. I don't like it - but I'm adjusting.

I'm also wilting.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. Wishing cooler temps for you!

:hug:

[Solly Mack]

14. Thanks! It's going to be another hot day tomorrow.

Wishing us both cooler weather!!

[RB TexLa]

6. It's 92 here, feels nice outside. I like the heat

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. I wish I did! Happy for you!

:-)

[pokerfan]

11. Tomorrow it's supposed to reach 94

which would be the hottest day of the summer so far. The biggest problem is the humidity. It's up to 36%. :scared:

[SammyWinstonJack]

16. Stay cool! 110 for us tomorrow and triple temps since memorial day.

:hug:

[pokerfan]

19. I can't imagine

Then again we get about 4-5 feet of snow each winter.

:hi:

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. Snow! I love snow! I lived in Pittsburgh for three years. It was glorious! I would rather be

cold than hot, any day. :woohoo:

[DemoTex]

12. Texas: Been there, done that!

Today was the hottest day of the summer at my fire lookout tower in the Oregon wilderness. It was 81-degrees. Going down to about 40 tonight at my 6500-foot location.

But I feel for you. I've been through some of the really bad Dallas and Houston summers.

On edit: Oops, it was just 75.8-degrees for an official high at the lookout today. I just checked the data-logger.

[gateley]

15. I bet it was beautiful! Of course, you're surrounded by beauty! nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. 40 degrees....Heaven!

BTW...I love your photos of Oregon and your lookout post. :thumbsup:

[DemoTex]

21. Thanks

[calimary]

23. Glorious!

[defendandprotect]

47. How far North in Oregon is this --- ?

[gateley]

13. My heart goes out to you all - I don't know how you can still

be thinking coherently. It inches in the high 80's here and I'm glad I don't have a gun because I hate everything and everybody.

I hope you get some relief SOON! :pals:

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Trust me, I am on the edge! So sick of being hot and sticky. It is the worst summer I can recall

thanks! :hug:

[calimary]

22. Yikes. Sounds terrible!

My sympathies.

It's weird and muggy and too warm here tonight, too, and we usually don't keep the warmth outside after dark.

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. The no rain part is really freaking me out! We are drying up! Scary!

This drought is suppose to continue into Oct of 2012. That is bad! :scared:

[defendandprotect]

48. Yikes --- !!!

Are businesses able to continue work?

Is airconditioning working there 'cause presume that TX is unlivable without it?

What happens with cars there now -- here in NJ, seems to me that even the gas in tanks

is drying up from the heat -- not to mention various hoses and stuff.

How are you doing with vegetation there -- are they bringing in vegetables?


Hope you get some rain soon!!


:)

[calimary]

51. No shit.

It's an ongoing concern. Nagging like a toothache or something. It makes you feel so insecure, and so vulnerable.

[patrice]

25. Oh man! I wish this hug would help!!

:hug:

We're finally down to the mid-90s here, from 100+ most of July.

I know how oppressive the extreme heat can be.

There's a big emotional component. Maybe lots of soothing music would help?

Vent here as much as you want.

More hugs for you SammyWinstonJack! :grouphug:

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. Thank You! As I said, the no rain part is really freaking me out and this drought is suppose to

continue through Oct of 2012. We will be a dust bowl. :yoiks:

[bamboo harvester]

28. What if it gets worse every year?

I have lived in Texas all my life and it has never been this bad before. What if this is the start of a trend and it gets worse every year due to global warming? I'm almost starting to believe this 2012 end of the world stuff. How many posts do you need before they let you start a thread?

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. Welcome to Du. Not sure how many posts you need to start a thread.

This drought is suppose to last through Oct of 2012. That is bad.

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. I have been thinking how bad it is and will it rain ever again. It is scary here. The lakes and

rivers are drying up. The wild life are suffering/dying. This is bad. Ten months of no rain and Texas is dying. And the experts are saying that this drought will continue through Oct of 2012. I can't imagine the amount of suffering. I know it is hot in Texas in the summer months. I have lived here for 18 summers and this is the worst. Without a doubt.

[Lucian]

31. Well yeah.

It's Texas.

I don't understand why people live in such hot environments. I'll gladly take the cold Minnesota winters over the hot Texas summers anytime.

[SammyWinstonJack]

32. Well yeah it is Texas and yes it is hot here in the summer, however, it is unusually hot this year

and we are in a terrible drought with hardly any rain in ten months and this drought will probably continue through Oct of 2012. Our lakes and rivers are drying up, our wildlife are suffering. It isn't a good thing. We aren't complaining just for the sake of complain, trust me.

[seabeyond]

41. average over a 100 is 6 per yr. this yr 46 and counting.... nt

[iris27]

33. Here in Austin, we passed the local all-time record for days of 100+ temps on Wednesday.

The previous record was 69 days, from the summer of 1925. And we are probably going to blow this record completely out of the water (well, out of the dry riverbed anyway). as we stare down another week of forecasted record highs.

We just moved here from St. Louis two months ago. I never thought I'd miss the epic thunderstorms Missouri gets, the ones that leave tree branches littering the roads...but I really do. I heard somewhere that it would take 30 straight days of rain to make up the deficit we have accumulated so far with this drought!

[SammyWinstonJack]

34. Yes 30 straight days of rain to make up the deficit. That is true and we most likely won't .

It is bad. On the bright side, Austin is a great city! Welcome to Texas! :hi:

[Igel]

35. I gave up on my garden.

I'm just trying to keep the perennials alive. Last spring I found a kind of fescue more tolerant of heat, and hoped it would survive. It would have, a normal summer.

It was 104 here yesterday. Supposed to be 107 here today.

[seabeyond]

42. i have bushes, trees, vines dying that have been here over 30 yrs that i know of. nt

[itsrobert]

36. The media and East Coasters don't care

They rather report and talk about some rain and wind as they are the center of the universe.

[GreenPartyVoter]

37. I am so sorry. :^( I hope it breaks soon!

[seabeyond]

38. hubby had a surprise for me this morning. put in a window airconditioner. our air has not

caught up with the heat all summer (and part of spring), but two days. it is so hot in our bedroom, two fans going for air circulation.

this morning, he put in a window air conditioner. why didnt we think of it sooner.

it has been totally, miserable

[Texasgal]

43. 108 today.

UGGGGG. And they are working on the "grid" and we could have some brownouts today. They are asking everyone to conserve.

I am so sick of this HEAT!

[lonestarnot]

44. 117 here yesterday.

[texanwitch]

45. I have been deep watering my trees.

You can buy a deep watering device or make one for yourself with a pvc pipe.

Garden centers have deep watering devices.

My trees are still ok because the water is deep in the ground.

Never thought I would want a Tropical Storm Allison.

[Arkansas Granny]

46. We've had an extremely hot summer here. We broke an all time recorded high temp with 115F.

It's been a relief to have temps in the upper 90's this week.

[a la izquierda]

49. I moved from Oklahoma to Ohio at the beginning of the month.

I was getting to the murderous point with that damned heat.
It's glorious here. 80 degrees and 55-60 at night. However, call me when the snow comes. I'll probably murderous then, too.

[tpsbmam]

50. Climate scientists predicted in 2009 that the heat & drought in the southwest would

eventually make the area "uninhabitable." I'm sure that's not what you want to hear right now! But it's likely that the area is starting to experience what the scientists predicted. We all have lots of shit to look forward to thanks to climate change -- you're not alone!

Heat and Drought May Make U.S. Southwest 'Uninhabitable'

A warming and drying climate across the southwestern United States could eventually make major cities in the region uninhabitable, according to some of the world’s pre-eminent climate scientists.

"With severe drought from California to Oklahoma, a broad swath of the Southwest is basically robbed of having a sustainable lifestyle," Christopher Field, of the Carnegie Institution for Science, told the U.S. Congress.

He went on to warn that major cities in the region, such as Sacramento, Calif., could soon experience heat waves for up to 100 days a year.

Other climate experts have warned over the past month that the effects of greenhouse gasses on the atmosphere in the coming decades are likely to be far stronger than those predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2001.

[BlueDemKev]

52. That's why I left Texas.....

...I lived there for several years back in the '90s and the summers were absolutely insufferable.